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GiannaMarie

@giannamarie.bsky.social
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associate agent at Azantian Literary Agency, crip autistic book enthusiast, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷

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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#DVPit info: 1) if you're already in one of my colleagues' inboxes, you can wait, nudge them, or withdraw. 2) If you get requests from multiple Azantian agents, send to whoever you like first, but mention in your query who else has requested. We'll pass along internally!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hi! So sorry for the confusion, I didn't anticipate this problem and that's totally on me. Also, my instructions got cut off when I submitted the request form too early by accident 😅
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good morning, happy #PitchDis! I'm looking through everyone's lovely pitches now. 😊 Some FYIs: 1. During #PitchDis, I try to request as many queries as possible, because I want to give disabled authors as much of a chance as I can. Even if the pitch doesn't strike me as necessarily for me --
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're disabled and have a query-ready manuscript, please consider #PitchDis! I'm soooo looking forward to seeing all the pitches later in September 💖 ♿
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Victoria and I talk about this like once a month lol. This thread is such a great breakdown!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is the thing. Boy protagonists have disappeared in YA outside of romance and queer fiction; occasionally a book about police violence might make it through. WE NEED MORE
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Peter Parker lying pathetically in bed in his tighty whiteys pondering death is too sexy for bluesky
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My inbox is open! You know what to do :) querytracker.net/query/3926
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Query GiannaMarie Dobson at Azantian Literary Agency
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi everyone! The news is officially out––I'm moving to Azantian! I'm so, so grateful for @jenazantian.bsky.social and @keiralekseii.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity and so excited to get started!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Just finished reading DEEPA, M.D. by Priya Swaminathan. What a wonderful MG--it was so charming, hilarious, and heartfelt. Absolutely can't wait for book 2!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hi hi hi! Quickly popping in to share the link to an agent spotlight interview I did recently for @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social's Literary Rambles blog! Thank you so much for giving me a chance to chat about agenting and my #mswl! www.literaryrambles.com/2026/06/lite...
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Literary Agent Interview: GiannaMarie Dobson
Today I’m thrilled to have agent GiannaMarie Dobson here. She’s an associate literary agent at Neighborhood Literary .   Hi­ GiannaMarie! ...
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not be more excited for this to finally be official. I cannot WAIT for everyone to meet Indigo and Tulia 💖💖💖💖!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Love seeing @publisherswkly.bsky.social cover www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @thellpsx.bsky.social's accessible book tour! Crossing my fingers I'll be able to make it out to the Durham event whenever it happens! 😷
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Disabled Authors Reimagine the Traditional Book Tour
Booksellers are being asked to make accommodations for greater accessibility
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The best way to make this happen is to support YA contemp, especially titles that aren’t household names! Buy it, tell your libraries to buy it, check it out once they have it on shelves. Teens will always, always need YA contemp!!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Closing my queries for a little while, as I have a pretty busy and exciting month coming up! See you soon. :)
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 17/05/2026
The Trump administration wants to make a rule change that would decrease or end benefits for SSI recipients who live with their family. As many as 400,000 disabled people may have their benefits cut if this rule change occurs. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities…
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I am sooo happy to be able to gush about this in public, finally, after agonizing months of tongue-in-cheek talking Victoria up behind the scenes 😭 I can't wait for all of you to meet Amy and Josie!!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's important that I qualify on this platform I use for professional reasons that I do not think that 95% of the Arrowverse is GOOD. Unfortunately the Arrowverse is important to me 😭
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🤩🤩🤩 Can't wait!!!!!!!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You see, this movie didn’t have any lovingly detailed, magic-hour shots appreciating the beauty of corn fields, so you know it never had a chance of making me happy
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
So absolutely heartbroken to hear this news today. It was so painful to be a student in 2019 and see how many of my classmates were only safe and welcomed at Hamp, who didn't have homes they were able to go back to.
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Jake Koniszewski @jakekoniszewski.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Absolutely thrilled to join Neighborhood Literary! Thank you @giannamarie.bsky.social for having faith in me and my writing!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So excited to share with y'all the newest author I'm adding to my list of wonderful clients at Neighborhood! Please everyone welcome @jakekoniszewski.bsky.social 🎉🥳
A cute "welcome to the Neighborhood" graphic showing a photo of Jake Koniszewski.
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is. Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I just read this and it was INCREDIBLE. 10/10. I could not possibly recommend CHRONICALLY DOLORES more, and I am absolutely ravenous for whatever Maya Van Wagenen writes next. What an amazing addition to the canon of disability kidlit 😭
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hey friends! I’m gonna run another query and first page workshop, as I plan for our summer of events. These help fund those endeavors. Details here! Help me help you! ☺️ www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2026/4/...
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Summer Query Workshop: Let's Work on those Query Letters and First Pages! — ERIC SMITH
Well, my workshops at the beginning of the year sold out pretty quick, and were a total blast. And as summer gets closer, I thought I’d do another. Especially with the Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl l...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Wow this sucks www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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HarperCollins Partners with ‘AI-Powered’ Animation House Toonstar
The publisher will co-produce animated YouTube series based on select titles through a “creator-led” process that employs Toonstar’s proprietary AI production technology, beginning with Lisa Greenwald...
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Okay so I did finish IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD @nordqvistbooks.bsky.social this weekend and I am just blown away. Absolutely fantastic, 10/10 recommend, if you have something like this in your back pocket PLEASE send it to me!!! #mswl
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Really not happy about this for more reasons than I can name!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
After 2 months on a Libby waitlist I have finally gotten my hands on this and OMG. What a premise, what a killer first chapter. I am going to fall into this book headfirst the moment it’s the weekend 😭
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I am SO HAPPY about this!!!!!!! Congrats Sarah and congrats Becca!!! I've been waiting so eagerly for Sarah's next book 😍
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I’m so excited for this one!!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#MSWL update! I'm widening my adult genres just a bit. I already get a ton of horror crossover queries, so I'm officially opening the form to horror! I also am VERY selectively opening up to adult romance 🙈
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Ugh. Lots of rumbling about editor layoffs in publishing, and oh my god, if you keep letting go of the people who make the books happen, you won’t have the books. I want to scream.
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Xtian, ComixMonger. @xtiancomixmonger.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hi! This is Xtian, Im also sometimes called ComixMonger but you already knew that! have to move again, sooner the better! I wanna stay in Easthampton! Where i go Rufus gotta go too! He's good with cats and some other dogs! 1/
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Xtian needs housing! Help needed with moving expenses & car repair. Xtian W. Z. Reader, AKA ComixMonger (them!) is a disabled small business owner + mutual aid organizer in Easthampton, MA in need of our help. They have unexpectedly been asked to move & need urgent help raising funds as well as finding a place to live. Please help support a cherished member of our community!
* Would like to stay in Easthampton MA or within a 20-30min drive
* COVID-Conscious. Masks in public and prefers you do the same, but can discuss!
* Needs dog-friendly apartment. Rufus gets along with some dogs & cats (they’d need to meet!)
* Need a petsitter? Loves cats too! Started petsitting 2 yrs ago.
Gofundme: gofund.me/796cc67f6
Venmo: Xtian-Reader (gifts only)
[Image Description] Purple background with cutout orange graphics and light peach text. Cutout images of Rufus, a small terrier dog, Xtian smiling wearing Comics ’N More tshirt, Xtian masked up in a KN95.
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Omg omg omg! Preordering right now!!!
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 01/03/2026
🕯️Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us tonight 6pm ET for ASAN’s virtual vigil: youtu.be/HeF3LrHTuBM #DDoM2026
Dark blue gradient background. There are two illustrated white candles. Text reads: Today, March 1st, is Disability Day of Mourning. Today our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join ASAN for our virtual vigil tonight on our YouTube channel.  The ASAN logo is at the bottom.
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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Are you an organizational whiz with great attention to detail and an interest in the world of publishing? This is an in-person job opportunity based in San Diego.
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hi everyone! Thanks so much for your patience waiting for me to reopen to queries––it's finally time! :D You can find my QM here: querytracker.net/query/3926 And my MSWL here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/gi...
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Query GiannaMarie Dobson at Neighborhood Literary Agency
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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is live, friends! You can also bid on a critique from me in here.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If anyone in Alabama who both protests and takes Covid seriously wants to talk to me about your problems with the bill, my email is jmetraux@motherjones.com (reposts appreciated) www.alreporter.com/2026/01/28/d...
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House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor's note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
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Jordan Hamessley @thejordache.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Y’all!!!!!! @dirtbagqueer.rocks won the Stonewall for ONE OF THE BOYS!!!!!!! So proud of Victoria and this book! Huge thanks to @capaciousmood.bsky.social and @levinequerido.bsky.social for helping to bring this book to life!!!! Let’s go!!!!!!
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I have never been so vindicated about anything in my life, except maybe OOTB hitting bestseller lists 🎊🥰
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Congratulations, Raven!! I'm sooo excited to see this in stores. I KNEW someone would scoop it up! :)
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Closing in on the end of SOME DESPERATE GLORY by @emilytesh.net and I am so anxious it’s making me nauseas 😭 this act three is a doozy 😭
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Well, the fact that Leverage Redemption won’t get a season 4 isn’t exactly a surprise, but I am so sad 😭 every episode this year was so delightful and I’m really, really hoping we’ll get lucky again and a third iteration of Leverage will be in our future sometime 🤞🏻
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
All right, my QM is officially closed for the year! As publishing slows down for a few weeks, I'll be hunkering down to get some rest. I'll see you all in January. :)
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
All right, I know my inbox wasn't open for that long, but I am preparing to close for the year THIS SUNDAY, December 7. If you've got something for me, now's your chance! Send it in before Sunday, or else wait until January. :)
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 17/11/2025
A lot of people who look like me will have a lot to say about Alice in coming days and I stand by this: We take up too much space, something Alice and I talked about a lot. I'm focusing on letting Alice speak for herself, and uplifting those she asked to represent her.
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