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Helen Gosselin @hgauthor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I have a long drive into work so I’m a big audiobook and podcast listener. If you’re looking for a new podcast, I def recommend The Slush Pile with host @ariannasidd.bsky.social! Arianna gives feedback on query letters & interviews new voices on the publishing space open.spotify.com/show/2g9yksq...

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The Slush Pile

Podcast · Arianna Siddiqui · The Slush Pile is your inside look at the wild world of publishing. Hosted by literary agent Arianna Siddiqui, this podcast dives into what it really takes to get a book f...

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leona has an agent✨🦋 @leonahwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

here’s a little pitch card for my little bone collector! my younger ya adventure explores death, friendship, and complicated relationships with family! my agent @ariannasidd.bsky.social and i are currently prepping for sub, so if any editors are looking…👀 #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #YA #F

a white trimmed green background with a girl (olena: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.) in the middle. there’s a transparent red text box with white text reading “Repped by Arianna Siddiqui at Fineprint Literary. PITCH. Olena Thunderchild, a bone magic user who can bargain with the dead, must venture into the beast-infested forest surrounding her village to find a rumored cure that could save her siblings from a sickness ravaging their home. In a clash of Slavic myths and dark consequential magic, this YA fantasy explores the strength of the natural world while highlighting the struggle to fit in as a young girl. By Leona H. Lach.”
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leona has an agent✨🦋 @leonahwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

✨HELLO! I have news!✨ I am so happy to announce I’m officially repped by @ariannasidd.bsky.social at Fineprint Literary! Her love for not only my little bone collector & her friends, but my future projects as well, blew me away. I’m so excited for our next steps with this novel!

a light green background bordered with leaves and lilies. there’s an arched image in the middle of me in a paisley blue dress and my dark curly hair down. the black text reads “AGENTED! Leona H. Lach now repped by Arianna Siddiqui at Fineprint Literary Management”

olena: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

so so thrilled to announce my newest client @arfrederiksen.bsky.social ! I am so pumped for AR’s Danish coastal gothic horror you have no idea (plus all of AR’s other AMAZING projects) studying abroad in Denmark has prepared me for this moment!! 🇩🇰🌊

New client! AR FREDERIKSEN / speculative fiction

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Amalie/AR Frederiksen @arfrederiksen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

So, let's make it fully official, shall we? 👀 I’m so happy to now be represented by @ariannasidd.bsky.social from FinePrint! I had a hard choice to make between several offers for my coastal gothic horror, but my chat with Ari wouldn’t leave my mind, and I knew I'd regret not joining forces! 🌱

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ari 🌙 @ariannawrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

hi #editors, here’s a #editorguide to my project, A SMOKELESS FIRE 🔥 a 🇵🇰 inspired low fantasy murder mystery, going on sub soon ☺️ feel free to interact or contact my agent!

Editor guide / a smokeless fire / arianna Siddiqui

Pitch: adult fantasy murder mystery when Sahara a 24-year-old woman with bipolar disorder discovers that her fiancé‘s dead body has been possessed by charming gin. She strikes unlikely deal. She’ll let him stay in the decomposing body if he helps her solve her fiancé‘s murder a smokeless fire explores the intersections of mental illness, Pakistani folklore and identity offering in #OwnVoiceIsNarrative

A love letter to Pakistani culture, a ticking clock in the form of a decaying body, grumpy, ( her) sunshine ( him ) bipolar one rep, #OwnVoices

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Mara @maraalyse.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Final reminder that I'm taking pitches online this Saturday with @writingdaywksp.bsky.social! (And then I'm burrowing into the amazing work you've all sent me, so I may not be doing a lot of other events this year.)

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

for those interested in my author pursuits, follow m here @ariannawrites.bsky.social … separation of church and state and all

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

#amquerying writers, here it is!!! a guide to writing that dreaded synopsis 💗 #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/lillyluw...

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slaying that dreaded synopsis 💅

or rather, tackling it with an artistic, non-violent approach

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Set against the backdrop of a ruthless war academy and brimming with anti-colonial themes, (+ magical mobsters ;) this book is not to be missed! #Editors feel free to reach out.

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Happy #MSWL day! I’m an associate agent at FinePrint. Authors I’d love to find: 🧟 horror of all kinds ✨ a South Asian romcom 😈 something so darkly funny I’ll feel bad for laughing

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a (dil)emma ✨️ is AGENTED! @emmailene.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

✨️WRITING RETREAT IN CHARLESTON✨️ @ariannasidd.bsky.social and I are co-hosting a writing retreat in the beautiful, literary city of Charleston, SC! We'd love for you to join us and our agents in residence! Register 🔗: forms.gle/TFMWkW7TB7sT... ✨️ RTs + boosts appreciated! ✨️

CHARLESTON WRITING RETREAT — EXPERIENCE THE LITERARY HAVEN OF CHARLESTON!

Dates: 10-15 Aug 2025

Location: Charleston, SC

JOIN US!

AGENTS IN RESIDENCE!

ARIANNA SIDDIQUI at
FINEPRINT LITERARY AGENT and
ALEX BROWN at
MAD WOMAN LITERARY AGENT. They will be providing SUBMISSION CRITIQUES, FIRST PAGE REVISIONS, PITCHES, AND MORE FROM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS!

JOIN US IN CHARLESTON!

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Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🔊Agent Interview with Arianna Siddiqui Writers, today we’re bringing you an agent interview with @ariannasidd.bsky.social with insights into querying, Arianna’s mswl, and more! Check it out and share👇🏼 #WritingCommunity #amquerying path2pub.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/a...

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Agent Interview: Arianna Siddiqui

A surefire way to determine an agent is the best fit for your manuscript/writing career is by learning everything you can about them. Such information is great when choosing who to query and decidi…

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Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 25/01/2025

In case anyone is looking for a way to not just disable Copilot in MS Word, but remove it completely, here’s how to revert your subscription to their “classic” level plan (same as your old plan but without the AI added): answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If there are any other new or newish agents who would like to join an agent discord to uplift and support each other, feel free to DM me!

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

New Client Alert! Think CIRCE X KAIKEYI X Kill Bill. So excited to work with Vishnu.

New client / Vishnu Kaimal / adult epic fantasy / CIRCE X KILL BILL

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Tasha Livingstone is ✨AGENTED✨ @tashalivings.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

As promised, here’s my query letter breakdown. Best of all? My agent, @ariannasidd.bsky.social , contributed her thoughts too. I always found it helpful to view queries during my decade in the trenches, so I hope others find this valuable. #WritingCommunity tashalivingstone.com/query-letter...

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Query Letter Breakdown

This query letter breakdown is organized into three sections: (1) the original query letter; (2) my breakdown; and (3) my agent’s breakdown. Special thanks to my agent, Arianna Siddiqui, from…

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Tasha Livingstone is ✨AGENTED✨ @tashalivings.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

After querying a decade and receiving two incredible offers of representation, I’m delighted to share I’ve signed with FinePrint Literary Management and have the absolute pleasure of calling @ariannasidd.bsky.social my agent. As you can imagine, fifteen years of writing means I’ve had significant

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Maeve MacLysaght loves a little gall on gall @mmmlysaght.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I’ve given the same feedback a few times recently and I know reading between the lines of agent feedback can feel opaque, so I thought I’d dig a little into what I mean. Hopefully this is helpful if you’ve ever gotten this feedback: “The stakes are too big”

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Hope everyone is having a warm and happy holiday. I am sneaking in here to announce I'm open to queries as I've read and decided on the majority of my fulls. (passes/other feedback will be delivered after Christmas) <3

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I’ve donated a six month mentorship! I encourage others to donate as well for such an important cause ♥️

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cam! 🐍 瑷薇 @camiscribbles.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY TO A WRITING MENTORSHIP (ft the old guard of mentorships, my experience as a mentee, and Roundtable Mentor) in 2022, I was a mentee hopeful with a manuscript that would later become my debut novel. Why did i choose to do a mentorship?

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Taylor Epperson @bytaylorepperson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

✨I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR✨ I am so very excited to announce my adult fantasy romcom, SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, will be published with @grand central in summer 2026 🤍

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Category: Fiction: Romantasy
SECOND TIME'S A CHARM By Taylor Epperson
Imprint: Grand Central
Deal Report
December 9, 2024
Taylor Epperson's SECOND TIME'S A CHARM, a cozy fantasy rom-com, in which a disgraced witch, who inherits her father's sanctuary for magical creatures, is reunited with the town golden boy, who is also her ex-turned-possible-assassin, to save her family's legacy, to Kirsiah Depp at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Emily Forney at BookEnds (world).
Summer 2026

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

hey #amquerying crowd, if you have fulls out - tell me in your initial query letter! if you get a full request while I have your ms, tell me again! I, personally, like knowing!

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Applications are open now! If you are an unagented author seeking mentorship in trad or indie publication, we hope you'll consider applying to Round Table! We close to mentee applications at 12pm EST on December 15th! Mentees will be announced February 1st. #writingcommunity #querying #mentorship

Round Table Mentor graphic announcing one more week to apply. roundtablementor.com/apply

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

@anascribe.bsky.social made me the most beautiful header! I recommend y'all go commission her.

Bluesky header with my name in gold on a red background. Intricate detailing on the border.

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#amquerying crowd, I'll be closing to queries 12/13 and opening back up 1/4. Happy Holidays!

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Carrie Golus @carriegolus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

First time I have ever known someone in the QueryTracker email … my amazing critique partner @ariannasidd.bsky.social 📬 📚 🔥

QueryTracker description for Arianna Siddiqui

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Please share widely 🙏🏼 I am taking item donations (literally anything from the publishing community or readers) for the next #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser to run Jan 15th through 31st. I am at about 100 items, trying to get to at least 500. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

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questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Seasons greetings! We’re so happy to announce our 2025 #questpit event list! We hope you all are having a lovely start to your December and we hope to see you here starting in February next year.

a pink background banner litter with candy canes and simple wreaths with red bows. A green box is in the center and white lettering reads “Our 2025 Event List: February 12th, May 7th, August 6th, and November 5th”

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We’re happy to welcome @ariannasidd.bsky.social to ManuscriptWishList.com! Arianna is looking for mysteries, romance, and speculative fiction across young adult and adult audiences. Read more here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ar... #MSWL

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The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

some news x QM: querymanager.com/ariannasiddi... FinePrint website: fineprintlit.com/arianna-sidd...

Arianna Siddiqui is an Associate Agent and open to queries

Arianna Siddiqui earned dual degrees in political science and economics from Trinity University and completed the Columbia Publishing Course at the University of Oxford. She also started her professional career selling used Mercedes before transitioning into a career in publishing. With experience as an assistant at Lucinda Literary and William Morris Endeavor, and as a mentee with the Writers House Mentor Initiative, she has a strong eye for engaging stories and market trends. Arianna is currently pursuing a part-time master’s in creative writing at the University of Cambridge. In her free time, Arianna writes speculative romance and fosters litters of kittens.

At this time, Arianna is particularly drawn to mysteries, romance, and speculative fiction across young adult and adult audiences. She’s also open to adult nonfiction that explores unique narratives or perspectives.

In mysteries, Arianna is captivated by stories that subvert traditional tropes and bring fresh perspectives to the genre, especially those told by voices that have historically been underrepresented. She’s particularly intrigued by locked-room mysteries, non-linear narratives, and stories infused with a ticking clock or ever-present sense of urgency. What excites her most are unconventional sleuths—amateurs or experts in adjacent fields such as historians, librarians, art restorers, or forensic accountants—rather than traditional law enforcement or military protagonists.

In romance, Arianna LOVES stories that blur genre lines and deliver the unexpected. She loves narratives that combine romance with horror, paranormal elements, or a mystery. Romantic comedies with sharp wit and distinctive voices also hold a special place in her heart. While romantasy can be a tougher sell for her, she’s open to it if the story brings a truly fresh perspective or a bold, innovative world.

Arianna’s tastes in speculative fiction lean toward grounded and intimate storytelling. She has a particular fondness for low fantasy and magical realism, especially narratives inspired by non-Western cultures, mythologies, and traditions. Speculative fiction that focuses on relationships, identity, and emotional journeys resonates strongly with her. She’s not currently interested in science fiction.

Though more selective about nonfiction, Arianna seeks projects with strong, distinctive voices that offer new insights or perspectives. She’s particularly drawn to narrative-driven works that blend memoir, cultural commentary, or history in compelling and original ways.

Arianna, above all, seeks to champion historically marginalized voices, including disabled, BIPOC, and queer writers.

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kate is here! @akatepockett.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

i almost wanted to gatekeep this bc there are some prizes i want BAD… like, B A D. but are you aware there’s a phenomenal auction raising money for trans youth? my wallet is wide open folks there are some absolute gems listed!!!!! #writingcommunity www.32auctions.com/stkbookaucti...

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Silent auction 'Support TK' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

For non-querying folks/anyone who prefers it, I'll alternatively do first 5 pages positivity pass for those who donate!

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

nothing like explaining the extent of book bans in the south to my British classmates and seeing their horrified expressions

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Do I have any moots in NYC that want to grab a coffee?

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

every time I’m in the UK I adopt a slight British accent and I promise it’s unintentional I really can’t help it I don’t know what’s wrong w me

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Isabel Cañas @isabelcanas.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

THIS COVER. Out Aug 19,2025! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737414...

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

#NW twisters…. As a huge glen Powell fan I can’t believe I’m watching for the first time on a plane

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

So this is my call to Greek publishers: if you’re interested in Vile Lady Villains and for some reason the manuscript isn’t already in your hands, reach out. I hope you’ll take a chance on a Greek author’s book that combines Greek myth with Shakespeare 🖤

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Arianna Siddiqui is OPEN to queries @ariannasidd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m on a long flight to London so why not? 1 like = 1 piece of Ari lore

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

25% of kids in the US are Latinx, so here’s your Latinx KidLit starter pack and make sure to read, boost, and support Latinx stories all year long! go.bsky.app/CGXLiaz

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