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Victoria Marini began her career as a literary assistant at Sterling Lord in 2007 and spent the next sixteen years becoming an agent with Gelfman Schneider, ICM Partners, and the Irene Goodman Agency before co-founding High Line in 2023. Originally from rural Pennsylvania, she’s been in New York for over two decades, though she’s usually found in the same few-block radius. She has represented numerous award winning and bestselling authors across audiences and is interested in a broad range of sub-genres for both Upmarket & Commercial Adult and Young Adult readers. Her list is made up of everything from literary page-turners to commercial suspense, supernatural horrors, whimsical speculative romantasy, big world fantasies, adventures, romance, edgy sci-fi, grounded magical fabulism, rom-coms, speculative thrillers, etc. What unites her eclectic list is a sense of unforgettable authentic characters, hooky concepts with strong plotting and an emotional core, and unique voices or visions!
She is a sucker for quirk, mystery, small town hysteria, atmosphere, secrets, things that go bump in the night, a bit of charm, a twist of magic, or a dash of humor.
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BREAD & BUTTER
I specialize in well-written genre and genre-adjacent work including spec thrillers & suspense, horror, grounded fantasy, romantasy, magical realism, fabulism, cozy fanrasy, etc. for both adults and young adults.
WISHLIST
Fun, light twists on darker stories like thriller or crime or suspense — think Dial A for Aunties or Finley Donovan is Killing It!
Romance! I love romcoms with an emphasis on the Com and PLEASE give me a spec romcom or romance (thinking Pushing Daisies or The Dead Romantics)
I would love a fresh mash-up within spec: think Horror Comedy or RomVenture or RomHorror … anything from Jennifer’s Body to Romancing the Stone
High Concept and Big World Building with fresh takes on government and currency systems
TASTE SCALE
Ultimately, I believe in books that entertain! Whether you’re capturing us with magic, mayhem, family drama, or wild world building, I’m going to be drawn to anything that is undeniable.
Bottom Line
Submissions
Victoria is currently closed to queries.
