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What Marin is looking for
Marin is always seeking innovative literary and upmarket fiction that is lush, evocative, and full of heart(break). She is drawn to family sagas, novels that subvert forms of power—specifically relating to colonialism and imperialism—and works that engage with social and environmental issues. Marin particularly enjoys genre-bending stories, including speculative concepts, ghost stories, magical realism, and anything that incorporates myth and folklore. For YA, Marin looks for voice-driven, literary-leaning novels with emotional breadth and depth. She also appreciates speculative concepts and is excited by gothic, atmospheric, and haunting books, especially those with a sense of mystery and a
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What genres does Marin Takikawa represent?
Marin Takikawa represents Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Upmarket Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction.
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