Kelsey
Evans
Kelsey is looking for stories that are romantic, suspenseful, strange, spooky, or just a little bit weird.
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What I'm looking for
I represent adult and young adult fiction, with a particular love for horror, mystery and suspense, romance, and speculative stories. Give me atmosphere, compelling relationships, unforgettable hooks, and books I can't stop thinking about.
Creepy. Strange. Unnerving.
I'm actively looking for all subgenres of horror! Books that explore cults, religion, power dynamics; creepy, strange, unnerving stories that feel like an X-Files or Twin Peaks episode; unreliable narrators...I'm excited about it all. A few of my favorite authors in this genre are Riley Sager, Lisa Jewell, Cassandra Khaw, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, and Andrew Joseph White. I would love anything that can be comped to a Mike Flanagan show! Horror + romance is also a favorite here (I will read anything that Brynne Weaver writes).
Twisty, clever & impossible to put down.
Mystery, thriller, and suspense are at the top of my list. That can be a super dry, superbly paced English or Scottish standalone like Dept. Q, a series like Slow Horses by Mick Herron, or a multi-timeline, interwoven mystery like Case Histories by Kate Atkinson. I also love Richard Osman, Stuart Turton, Jessica Knoll, and Oyinkan Braithwaite in this space.
Give me all the feelings.
I'm very excited by romance across all subgenres. Send all the sports romances my way (I'm still waiting for a WNBA story to hit my inbox). I would love a grounded, laugh-out-loud grumpy × sunshine story like Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks, a paranormal story that balances heart and humor like Bride, or a speculative romance in the vein of Ashley Poston.
Magic first, please.
For science fiction and fantasy, I'm selectively looking for magic-first books. That can be academic: Ninth House, Katabasis, Babel, The Magicians, The Historian. My favorite book in this area in the last few years is Kirsten Miller's The Change.
Supernatural investigators.
Spooky romantasy.
Heists. Folklore.
And a WNBA romance.
If your book makes me laugh, keeps me up at night, or has me checking over my shoulder, we're probably off to a good start.
For YA
I'm searching for compelling romance, mystery, thriller, and horror stories.
Ready for traditional?
I'm also incredibly excited by indie authors who are looking to move into the traditional publishing space!
Books & storytellers I love
The Change · Ninth House · Katabasis · Babel · The Magicians · The Historian · Dept. Q · Slow Horses
Probably not a match
Picture Books · Chapter Books · Middle Grade · Novellas · Screenplays · Memoirs · Short Stories · Literary Fiction
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