padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: "Quicksand"; Jim McCarthy @JimMcCarthy528 Aug 22 Follow Follow @ JimMcCarthy528 Following Following @ JimMcCarthy528 Unfollow Unfollow @ JimMcCarthy528 Blocked Blocked @ JimMcCarthy528 Unblock Unblock @ JimMcCarthy528 Pending Pending follow request from @ JimMcCarthy528 Cancel Cancel your follow request to @ JimMcCarthy528 I particularly swoon for memoirs, popular history, social commentary, and pop culture. I’m always looking for MG, YA, and adult, and I’d love to find something that knocks me out! It’s not even out yet, but Swati Teerdhala’s stunner, The Tiger at Midnight is EXACTLY the kind of high-stakes, thrilling novel that I tumble head over heels for. Call me. display: none !important; I also reallllllly want to see nonfiction. padding: 0 10px; } padding-left: 10px; ELSE. z-index: 100; #nameblock { } padding: 10px; /* ----------------------------------------- */ Happy new year! Please watch it so there can be a second season. This installment features Jim McCarthy of Dystel & Goderich. Recent loves: Laymon’s Heavy, Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, Westover’s Educated. And while I love YA fantasy, I have a strange aversion to stories about fae/faeries.I'm a giant theater geek, so if there are any other nerds out there that these names mean anything to, these are the current playwrights whose work is, for me, unmissable: Lynn Nottage, Annie Baker, Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Amy Herzog, Stephen Karam, Suzan-Lori Parks, Samuel Hunter. /** float: right; **/ margin-top: -90px; I’d be ecstatic to find more nonfiction for any age. padding: 10px; Please send my way.Please send your query in the body of an email along with the first 25 pages of your project (either in the body or as a Word attachment).BETTER NATE THAN EVER by Tim Federle (whimsical, funny, emotionally satisfying middle grade for the win)My favorite books ever since high school have been SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE and SONG OF SOLOMON.More recently, I've greatly enjoyed (in no particular order):THE CASTLE CROSS AND THE MAGNET CARTER by Kia CorthronCopyright © Manuscript Wish List - All Rights Reserved If you can compare anything you do to anything they've done? #MSWL I'd love some fun, happy stories. } I'm always on the lookout for great fiction of any stripe but do gravitate towards YA and the fantastical--still, that doesn't mean I'm not very open to realistic adult fiction and anything in between.At this exact moment, I would particularly love to find fantasy or sci-fi in non-Western settings, sagas of family or friendship in the vein of Mary McCarthy's THE GROUP or J. Courtney Sullivan's MAINE, queer stories of any kind (particularly if yours has an asexual, non-binary, or intersex lead), and a super fun mystery.I'm probably not your go-to for political or medical thrillers or police procedurals or stories involving time travel (with very rare exceptions). I love books with elderly protagonists. You can see his MSWL page here. width: 100%; #MSWL } How to use the search. position: relative;
} /* Content Template: mswl-profile - start */ www.literaryrambles.com/2010/02/agent-spotlight-jim-mccarthy.html Think Fluornoy’s The Turner House, Sullivan’s Maine, Urrea’s The House of Broken Angels, Gyasi’s Homegoing, etc. I love memoir. Upon graduating, Jim realized he would much rather continue working with books than make the jump (as he had originally intended) to the field of city planning.
I'm always looking for fresh voices--whether that means authors from underrepresented communities, new takes on old tropes, something that hasn't been seen before, or all of the above. font-size: 30px; ... sagas of family or friendship in the vein of Mary McCarthy's THE GROUP or J. Courtney Sullivan's MAINE, queer stories of any kind (particularly if yours has an asexual, non-binary, or intersex lead), and a super fun mystery. And if you’re an author and share it’s sense of humor? } I am ALWAYS looking for YA fantasy or sci-fi. Again, MG to adult.
It's thrilling to see that legends, icons, and heroes Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will finally be receiving tribute statues in NYC. } Bringing to bear the experience of being part of a large agency, she enjoys all aspects of working with her authors, offering hands-on experience, personal service, and an abundance of optimism. border-radius: 3px;
On the adult side, I would loooooove some epic family stories across generations. On the adult side, I would love, love, love to find some multi-generational family stories. I’d be ecstatic to find more nonfiction for any age.
#upcomingevents { I'm excited to have debut author Remy Lai here with her agent Jim McCarthy to share about her MG contemporary PIE IN THE SKY. width: 100%; /* ----------------------------------------- */ I've said it before, but I still Speaking of conferences, why has no one written a novel about someone getting murdered at a mystery writers' convention where EVERYone thinks they're the person who can figure out whodunit? I particularly swoon for memoirs, popular history, social commentary, and pop culture. As ever, I want novels with a sense of humor whether that means a light romcom or a scathing satire: truly, anything from When Dimple Met Rishi to My Sister, The Serial Killer. 22 Aug 2018. Jim McCarthy interned for Dystel, Goderich & Bourret while studying urban design at New York University. I ADORE my list and my clients, and I'm always willing to read dark material, but in terms of upcoming stuff (with exceptions!