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Welcome! I’m Stacey Graham, an agent with 3 Seas Literary representing talented authors and illustrators from around the globe in picture books, middle grade, romance, graphic novels, YA, thrillers, and nonfiction. Wishlist Romance Nonfiction — I’m looking for fun, quirky, fascinating topics with strong commercial appeal and a great platform. Specifically looking for how-to books, antiques, and craft books. Offbeat/Quirky Pop culture Occult Ghost stories and Gothic horror YA horror (lite) YA paranormal — ghost stories Thrillers Mystery Horror To pitch me your project, please visit with your query, synopsis, and first two chapters for fiction or your query and full book proposal for nonfiction. For graphic novels, please submit query and a link to your portfolio. What am I looking for on my #? My Pinterest page has a great selection of projects I’ve sold, projects I wish I had sold, and ideas that I’m looking for in books now.
I’m not the best fit for
Sci-fi Poetry Screenplays High fantasy Religion Memoir Vampires
WWI/WWII
Time travel Urban Fantasy Angels/Demons
Fun facts about me
Stacey is teaching Writing Villains We Love to Hate. She is also is taking ten-minute meetings and critiques with The Manuscript Academy.
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Submission Guidelines Prep your pro pitch packet for submission! Query 250-300 words Discuss stakes, world, main characters, why readers will love/be invested in your main characters’ stories What’s the hook? Brief bio including professional writing credits For nonfiction projects, please include professional affiliations if applicable Synopsis Sample chapters Two sample chapters Doc or Docx only I suggest naming the file something such as: LASTNAME-TITLE-Partial (or full) Nonfiction book proposal: Need a guide? I break it down bit by bit here Guidelines & Details Consultations Vital Info stacey@ @staceyigraham Facebook Linkedin Website Agent
Fiction
Gothic, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Crafts/DIY, Pop Culture, Tarot/Astrology, Witches/Witchcraft
Favorite sub-genres
Adult Horror, Adult Rom Com, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Category Romance, Contemporary Romance, Cozy Mystery, Cozy mysteries, Family Drama, Gothic, Gothic Horror, Hauntings, Mysteries, Occult, Occult Nonfiction, Paranormal, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Thriller, Romance, Southern Gothic, Tarot, Whodunit, YA Contemporary, YA Mystery, YA horror, Young Adult, enemies to lovers, ghost story, gothic romance, horror, just one bed, just... all the tropes, mystery, nonfiction, traditional mysteries, witches I’d like the next… Just For the Summer and Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Book Lovers by Emily Henry The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston The Hazel Wood series by Melissa Albert How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix My favorites include… Books: People We Meet on Vacation, The Haunting of Hill House, Persuasion, The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Films: Rom-coms