🎉 We're turning 20! 🎉 This year marks 20 years of stories, voices, and unforgettable journeys at PSLA. From our very first book deal to today's award-winners and bestsellers, it's been an honor to champion our creators for two decades. 📚💙 #PSLA20 #20YearsOfStories #TeamPSLA

We are delighted to share that senior agent @mariavicente.com will be expanding her impact by serving as a senior advisor, providing strategic consultation on the development of the agency. Please join us in congratulating her on this expanded role and in celebrating her 12 years of excellence!

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"Looking for crime fiction like Laura Lippman, Patricia Cornwell, and Lorna Barrett." @curtisrussell.bsky.social #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

"Send me history, business, politics, current affairs, memoir." @curtisrussell.bsky.social #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Please help us welcome our newest associate agent, @clgslr.bsky.social‬! 👋 Carleen Geisler will be building her list in both adult fiction and nonfiction. For more details and to find out how to send her a query, please review the Submission Guidelines linked in our profile.

Marina Green has joined #TeamPSLA as an Associate Agent! Join us in giving her a big welcome! Marina will be representing fiction and nonfiction. Keep a lookout for more about what types of work she's hoping to represent in coming days.

"I want crime fiction like Louise Penny, Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich." @curtisrussell.bsky.social #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

imagine being so empty your entire identity hinges on fixating on somebody else's sexuality and/or gender identity. humiliating.

Three cheers for @thetruthdoctor.bsky.social whose debut nonfiction book, YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS SHOWING: TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE WITH THE 12 STEPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, is out today! 🎉 🥳

This scrum of pot-bellied, sunken-chested betas trying to bully an all-black clad badass Eastern European wasteland survivor while dressed like Men’s Wearhouse mannequins is peak cinema.

Three cheers for Christina Mychas on the release of THE MINIMALIST-ISH JOURNAL:BUY LESS, LIVE BETTER, AND FIND JOY IN WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE! This journal helps you successfully complete low-buy or no-buy challenges, declutter your physical space, and simplify your life and finances.

It's #MSWL day! For those who don't know, you can read through posts under the hashtag to see what literary agents and editors are looking for in submissions. My official MSWL profile is linked below, but I'll share some specific wish list items in the posts that follow, too.

✨ 2025 ROMANCE #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new romance authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of romance/rom coms, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, shows, and songs, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

Congrats to @rebelsam94.bsky.social! 🎂🎉 It's pub day for THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS: STORIES FROM THE BRAM STOKER AWARD-NOMINATED WORLD OF EDENVILLE! Return to Edenville in this creepy collection of literary horror stories set in the Renfield universe.

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Celebrating with @andreadunlop.bsky.social & Mike Weber on the release of THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR: MEDICINE, DECEPTION, AND MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY today! 🎂 This narrative nonfiction investigates three cases of MBP from the host & creator of the award-winning true crime podcast Nobody Should Believe Me.

The many ways to connect with @psliterary.bsky.social 👇

This February brings adult readers chills in both fiction and nonfiction alongside a chance to refresh your mindset.

“Courts have agreed that these vague and overbroad laws aimed at keeping young readers from accessing contested library books are unconstitutional.”

The wait is over for @hellocookie.bsky.social's highly anticipated follow up to THE RACC PACK, THE PRINCE AND THE PAWPER! 🎉 This hilarious middle grade graphic novel series, with illustrations by @heywhitney.bsky.social, follows Dusty Bins as he switches places with a pampered look-alike raccoon.

Four days into the new administration, the Department of Education says "so-called 'book bans'" are a "hoax" and has terminated all complaints and investigations. Courts and PEN America say otherwise.

Congratulations to @drlaurenfogelmersy & @drjennifervencill on the UK release of DESIRE: AN INCLUSIVE GUIDE TO LIBIDO IN ANY RELATIONSHIP, AT ANY AGE. Through research, cultural analysis, & practical exercises, two certified sex therapists teach how to create a healthier attitude towards intimacy.

Congratulations, @lauraobuobi! BECOMING A BALLERINA: THE STORY OF MICHAELA MABINTY DePRINCE is out today! This lyrical nonfiction picture book tells the story of ballet star Michaela Mabinty DePrince from her childhood as an orphan in Sierra Leone orphan to becoming a world famous dancer.

Are you ready to find a love that lasts? Make sure you pick up Aleeza Ben Shalom's MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER: FIND ME A LOVE THAT LASTS today! In this guidebook, the dating coach and Netflix star reveals the surprising ways that your dating habits influence your chances of finding lasting partnerships.

Mark your calendars! 👇

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