Sandra Proudman

2020 Pitch Wars Wishlist

Hello Pitch Wars Hopefuls!

We’re Team Snickersnee (Sandra Proudman and Shannon A. Thompson) and this is our Pitch Wars YA manuscript wish-list! We’re on the lookout for all the YA science fiction, romance, fantasy, horror, contemporary, retellings, gothic, and STEM! Especially from marginalized voices!

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2020 Pitch Wars YA Mentor Badge Featuring Poe the Owl!

If you’re here, you’re likely familiar with Pitch Wars. But if you’re not…Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer to spend three months revising their manuscript. It ends in February with an Agent Showcase, where agents can read a pitch/first page and can request to read more. Learn more at PitchWars.org.

P.S. Since you’re likely reading this, shout-out to you, our Future Mentee! Let’s get ready to rumble!


ABOUT SHANNON

Shannon A. Thompson is the bestselling author of the Bad Bloods series and the Timely Death trilogy. When she is not writing, she is climbing rooftops, baking cookies, or watching KDramas in the middle of the night, often done with her cats by her side. She is represented by Katelyn Uplinger at D4EO Literary Agency. Thompson graduated from the University of Kansas with a BA in English with an emphasis on creative writing. Visit her blog for writers and readers at www.ShannonAThompson.com.

You can learn more about her on: Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter              

Find her books on: Amazon / Goodreads / Author Website / Barnes & Noble


ABOUT SANDRA

Sandra Proudman writes young adult and middle grade stories with unabashed Latinx protagonists. She lives in California with her awesome husband and hanging-on-by-a-thread houseplants. In the time of COVID, when she’s not at her day job—where she’s a graphic designer and marketing coordinator—you can find her baking banana bread, on zoom with writer friends, and working on home improvements.

Sandra is represented by Hannah Fergesen of KT Literary. Before signing with Hannah, she was in Pitch America ’17 and Query Kombat ’18.

You can learn more about her on: Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter


BOOKS WE LOVE SIMILAR TO OUR WISHLIST:

Contagion by Erin Bowman

Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera

Labyrinth Lost/Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas

The Kingdom by Jess Rotherberg

Want/Ruse by Cindy Pon

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Wilder Girls by Rory Powers


MOVIES WE LOVE:

Aliens

Annihilation

Arrival

Ex Machina

Howl’s Moving Castle

Pan’s Labyrinth

The Descent

The Fifth Element

The Girl With All The Gifts

What Happened to Monday


TV SHOWS WE LOVE:

Altered Carbon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Hemlock Grove

Memories of Alhambra

My Holo Love

Stranger Things

Supernatural

The 100

The Expanse


FUN FACTS FROM SHANNON:

I published my first novel at 16.

I’ve lived in six states: Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Georgia, Kansas, and Missouri.

During the day, I work at The Story Center, which is a grant-funded project that brings equal opportunity storytelling courses to Kansas City via the library.

I leave half-empty water glasses everywhere, just like the girl in SIGNS. I also consistently throw away spoons. This is not fixable.

I have narcolepsy, and it often causes hypnopompic hallucinations, which I use as inspiration to write!


FUN FACTS FROM SANDRA:

I have sold photography prints worldwide.

My favorite hike in the world is trekking up a dormant volcano at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

I am growing an avocado tree! Just 10+ more years to go till it bears fruit! 

I recently learned that outlines are a writer’s best friend (no regrets)

I make a mean banana bread loaf (with chocolate chips, of course!).


CLICK HERE TO SEE PART II OF OUR WISHLIST THAT INCLUDES WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR ON SHANNON’S WEBSITE!!! :]