A New York-based agent building middle grade, YA, and adult lists across genre-bending speculative fiction, romance, and horror, with a sustained focus on BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled leads.
In brief
Robinson works across age categories — middle grade, young adult, and adult — and leans hard into SF/F, romance, horror, and the spaces where genres cross over.
Marginalized voices are central, not incidental: the wishlist explicitly centers BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled protagonists falling in love, claiming joy, and leading their own stories.
Adult is where the door is widest right now — Robinson wants speculative fiction with strong crossover appeal, named through comps like The Night Circus and The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
YA is the tightest squeeze: Robinson says the current list is already heavy on SF/F there, so they're highly selective and need a real standout.
Background as a former editor and an MFA in fiction signals an editorially hands-on agent who thinks in terms of craft and commercial positioning.
Lately
Reported open and actively building middle grade, YA, and adult lists across SF/F, romance, horror, and crossover fiction centered on marginalized leads.
What Quressa is looking for
The widest-open lane. Robinson wants adult science fiction and fantasy that genre-bends and reaches beyond core SF/F readers — atmospheric, high-concept, commercially crossover work in the vein of the comps below.
A clear strength — Robinson teaches on building a lasting career in romance and commercial women's fiction. Drawn to contemporary romance, fantasy/romantic fantasy, and complicated-relationship stories, with marginalized leads falling in love at the center.
Cute, quirky, charming, and fun is the brief here. Robinson points to touchstones like Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, the Pandava series, and Hurricane Child.
Dark academia, dark fantasy, gothic, psychological thrillers, and horror all sit on the wishlist — the moody, unsettling end of Robinson's taste.
Open but narrow. Robinson notes the current list already holds a lot of YA SF/F, so they're extremely selective there; contemporary and rom-coms have more room. Bring a true standout.
Not the right fit
Taste fingerprint
How to query Quressa
Lead with the age category and genre, and pick your lane — adult crossover SF/F and romance/commercial women's fiction are the most open right now.
If you're pitching YA SF/F, acknowledge it's a crowded lane for Robinson and make the case for why yours is the exception.
Anchor your comps in the kind of atmospheric, genre-bending, high-concept work Robinson names; matching that sensibility matters more than chasing a trend.
Foreground marginalized leads where it's authentic to the story — BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and disabled protagonists are central to this wishlist.
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