Mira Landry

Mira Landry (pronounced Meer-ah) is an associate literary agent at Corvisiero
Literary Agency. Born and raised in British Columbia, she has lived on four
continents, traveled to over eighty countries, and now resides in Colorado with her
husband where she still seeks adventure in both real life and on the page. She has
a bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia and a Certificate of
Creative Writing from Simon Fraser University. After a decade building her own
business as a photographer, she’s eager to help authors turn their art into a career.
She’s dedicated to building writing and literary communities through events and
educational programming. This has extended to her co-hosting a new podcast,
Writers Who Read, analyzing recently published novels using Literary Forensics™.

In non-fiction, Mira is looking for a wide variety of projects, including but not
limited to narrative non-fiction, self-help, how-to, journalism, essay collections, and
memoir.

In fiction, Mira represents most categories and genres, with a preference for
literary and upmarket, or upmarket-leaning commercial fiction. In all writing, she
enjoys strong interiority and sensory-immersive descriptions and only considers
projects with well-crafted character arcs and themes. Projects that explore society
and culture are ideal.

In both fiction and non-fiction, Mira would specifically love to see more work from
Indigenous/ First Nations authors, as well other historically marginalized and
underrepresented voices.

Mira is CLOSED to queries until the New Year and does not accept queries via email.

Here’s what Mira would love to see in her query box, but she’s always open to being surprised:

For non-fiction:

Indigenous/ First Nations voices speaking about politics, science, climate, and more.
Climate, sustainability/ restoration/ regeneration, environmental topics.
Behavioural economics, psychology, behaviour and development topics.
Subjects relating to inclusive feminism, such as abortion rights, trans rights, politics, and medicine.
Subjects relating to anti-racism, especially around education, medicine, and politics.
Sports, athletics, and fitness (not diet or weight-loss) topics.
New developments in medicine and health.
Memoir from an insular community, or lesser-known community.
Memoir from a female athlete or female professional in STEM.
Accessible work about global conflicts and politics.
All things art-related, from how-to to self-help to development to memoirs.
Ideally, all non-fiction proposals have an established platform.

For fiction:

Any Indigenous/ First Nations works—magical realism, horror, romance, literary, sci-fi, urban fantasy, especially if they include any of the items below.
Contemporary sci-fi/ thriller/ action with space science reminiscent of Armageddon or Contact where it’s mostly in our current reality with speculative plot. (Love-story sub plot a bonus!)
Atmospheric upmarket speculative fiction that is lush and beautiful, maybe plays with time or nature or has a witchy component (a la Alice Hoffman).
Sophisticated Suspense (in the vein of Megan Abott), dark and sensory-driven, that avoids expectation. Dark academia only if it’s a super fresh perspective with original voice/prose.
Non-western horror, ideally with strong themes that reflect modern issues. Would love to see this with a love-story tied in.
Sports romance (LQBTQ+ ideally but not necessary). Especially something that subverts toxic masculinity.
Magical realism that feels psychological and twisted, with an unreliable and/or unlikable narrator.
Anything that gives the vibes of being in a pop-culture museum or wax museum. Think bright, bold colors, off-beat characters, unpredictable and quirky.
Ocean-side settings, especially in any of the following places: Ireland, Pacific Northwest, Alaska/ Yukon/ NWT/ Nunavut/ Arctic, Turkey, Croatia, Philippines, South Africa.
Stories that center around normal, capable people, MacGyvering their way to victory.
Unrequited love in women’s fiction where it works out for the best.

She is not looking to acquire middle grade, children's books, or inspirational, and is not the best fit for slasher-horror, erotica, or books about parenting/ motherhood/ pregnancy.

Some of her favorite books:

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese (and everything else he’s written)
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Normal People by Sally Rooney (and everything else she’s written
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Circe by Madeline Miller
Barbarian Days: A Surfer’s Life by Willian Finnegan
The Searcher by Tana French (and everything else she’s written)
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (and everything else he’s written)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (and everything else he’s written)
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Query Guidelines

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