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she/her. executive editor @ aladdin/s&s.

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · Nov 14

✨i'm an exec editor at s&s!! ahh!✨

agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices

let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋

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Madiha Shafqat @madihashafqat.bsky.social · 10d

Ayesha dribbles through Texas, dodging prejudice as a Muslim-American teen.

Decades earlier, her teen grandmother fled the fields of 1947 India during the violent Partition.

Bound by struggle across generations, both must reclaim who they are or be lost to a world coming undone.
#DVpit #YA #MENA

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds incredible--i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented!

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds great--i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented! 💖

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jordandipirro.bsky.social @jordandipirro.bsky.social · 10d

CHINESE ZODIAC + PRIDE & PREJUDICE Jo sticks to the straight and narrow, but when her parents are kidnapped, she strikes a deal with the kingpin of the city, the Monkey King; he’ll help her save her parents & she'll give him their research granting him the powers of the Chinese zodiac. #DVPit #ya #f

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

obsessed with this--i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented 💖💖

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Jackie 🇦🇺🇵🇭🇲🇾🌈 @jackieyap.bsky.social · 10d

DIAL A FOR AUNTIES ✖ NANCY DREW

When 🇵🇭🇦🇺 16yo Aussie teen Izzy's dropped into a filthy-rich international school in Manila, she didn't realise she had to survive:

☠️ 1 x dead diplomat’s daughter
🤑 nepo babies
💰 rich kid drama
👵🏼 aunties of Manila
= 🕵🏾‍♂️ a hell of a murder mystery 🔪🩸

#DVpit #YA #Mys

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds so fun! i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented 💖

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Ara Lani @aralani.bsky.social · 10d

Disney Starstruck x To All The Boys

Sewa can totally handle curing popstar Nathan Ross of his potion-induced crush on her, if her old crush on him doesn't come back to screw them over first.

⚜️meet-cute fails
⚜️ Love potion sweeteners
⚜️”I like you” “you'll get over it”

#DvPit #YA #RomCom #BVM

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Joy is ✨querying✨ 🥀🪦 @joyiswriting.bsky.social · 10d

THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT
A #YA horrormance featuring:

🫀body horror
🪦Southern Gothic setting
💋 lesbian angst + ”she falls first but *she* falls harder”
🗝️ neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep
🩸cryptids, witches, & skin walkers, oh my!
⚜️ ✨Big 5✨ editor interest

#DVpit #H #R #LGBT

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

obsessed with these comps 😉! i'd love to see this on submission once you're agented!

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds great! i'd love to see it on submissions once you're agented 💖

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 10d

SHADOW & BONE x HEARTLESS HUNTER

👤 A half-Asian, fear-filled herbalist
🎭 A dual-faced, chaotic deity
🌿 An ugly secret that ties a rare plant to the economy 
👯 Complicated sibling dynamics 
🌙 A rare celestial event feat. a masquerade
🖤 And healing magic with a dark twist!  

#DVpit #YA #F #POC

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

obsessed with these comps! i'd love to see this on submission once you're agented 💖

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HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 10d

LEGENDBORN’S Black girl magic+DUNE’S theocratic mysticism in a #YA dystopian #F where memories are sacrificed to an arcane intelligence.

To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#DVPit #SFF

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds so magical--i'd love to see it when you are agented! 💖

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Hannah Ban @hannahban.bsky.social · 10d

PAN'S LABYRINTH x WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER

💎 A 12yo girl who wants to get her ears pierced
🌌 Having perfect vision... but only at night
🏺 A vase that becomes a boy with flowers in his hair
🧟 Being followed by a doppelganger with rotting ears

#DVpit #MG #Asian #MR

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this art is incredible--i'd love to see this on submission once you're agented! 💖

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Hansel is pitching✨🌻🍀 @justhanselart.bsky.social · 10d

Treasure Planet x Over the Moon

After losing his parents in a civil war, Astro, a 10-year-old Filipino boy with a knack for machines, must finish building his solarboat in time for All Souls Day to see them again—or risk losing them forever to the cosmos.

#DVPit #DVArt #GN #MG #POC

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds amazing--i'd love to see it once you're agented! 💖

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 10d

SPICE ROADxSPIRITED AWAY
Leila lives by 3 rules for survival: never look at the jinn, never talk to them, & never draw their attention. But when the treacherous spirits from her sitti’s tales steal her sisters, she’ll do anything—even strike a deal with a jinni—to save them.
#DVpit #YA #F #MENA #ND

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Maggie C. @seethewaymcs.bsky.social · 10d

JADE FIRE GOLD X STUDIO GHIBLI

On a war-torn, magical Earth, a young fey woman with amnesia and her two friends must band together to fight for peace against a soul-stealing army
🌿Atmospheric magic
🏮Chinese Mythology
💔Pining & All. The. Feels.
🥰 Diverse found family
🐲Genre-blending

#DVpit #YA #F

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds epic--i'd love to see it once you're agented! 💖

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds so fun! i'd love to see it once you're agented 💖

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Elena B Sato @elenabsato.bsky.social · 10d

BETTER THAN THE MOVIES X A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER X VAMPIRES

🧛🏻‍♀️ an antisocial vampire turned amateur sleuth
💫 her ex-best friend, back from boarding school
🔎 a baffling murder with secretive suspects
🖤 an inconvenient time to fall in love

#DVPit #YA #CF #Asian #WOC #CI

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rebecca kuss @rebeccakuss.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds great--i'd love to see it once you are agented 💖