Current Wishlist

In all fiction, I am a sucker for messy and unlikeable characters, unreliable narrators, diverse casts, undercurrents of social commentary, and twists I couldn’t possibly see coming. On the opposite side of the spectrum, I love swoon-worthy characters and stories that are joyful and tender-hearted—it’s hard to make me laugh or cry, but if you have a story that will do either or both…I’d love to see it!

I am especially passionate about stories with a feminist slant and about representing Latinx and BIPOC voices, so please send me your diverse #OwnVoice stories.

I am closed to ALL picture books and non-fiction.

Middle Grade

  • Mystery/Thriller – no ghosts please

  • Rom Com – hilarity of first crush and friendships

Young Adult

  • Werewolves

  • Horror – suspense-led horror that could possibly happen in real life

  • Rom Com – looking for laugh out loud anticsWerewolves

Adult

  • Thriller – no serial killers, a thriller/horror mash-up is fun, romantic threads encouraged

  • Commercial/Book Club Women’s Fiction

  • Horror/Horror Romance – filled with tension and sharp hooks and social commentary, all heat levels

  • Sports Romance – all heat levels (no hockey or race cars please)

  • Cowboy/Ranch Romance – all heat levels

  • Paranormal Romance – all heat levels

  • Werewolves

Please do NOT send to me:

  • Erotica

  • Zombies

  • Mafia

  • Pandemic/virus stories

  • Historical

  • Military or political-based stories

  • Novellas, short story collections, screenplays

  • Previously self-published work

  • Stories that focus on: religion, suicide, rape, physical/mental abuse, sexual abuse, death of a dog


Submission Guidelines

I will be open to unsolicited queries ONLY during the first week of every month—beginning September 2025.

Queries should be submitted through QueryManager: http://QueryMe.Online/AmyGiuffrida

  • All queries received via email, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram will be deleted without reading.

FICTION QUERIES: please include your query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages of your manuscript.

Important

I respond to EVERY query. If you don’t hear from me in 8 weeks, please feel free to nudge.

If you already have a query/submission out with another agent at Belcastro, please wait to send to me.