Lauren Bajek is an associate agent at Liza Dawson Associates, and a genrequeer writer, artist, and parent. Her last name is pronounced BYE-ik.
She tweets at @laurenbajek and toots at @wandering.shop@laurenbajek.
Contact her about her writing at hello@laurenbajek.com.
For querying information, please visit the Liza Dawson Associates website.
MSWL
Lauren represents adult science fiction, fantasy, horror, literary fiction, and nonfiction rooted in the life sciences and social sciences. She is particularly seeking books in the genre/lit crossover space.
She is always interested in:
genre mashups, unusual structures, and hybrid forms
queer, abolitionist, and anticolonialist sensibilities
translation, transformation, and culture shock
non-human intelligence
plots driven by discovery, invention, arguments, and/or gossip
cozy stories of connection and growth, whether romantic or otherwise
gothic, surreal, fabulist, and weird horror elements
magic with no rules
werewolves
weird nature
sentient houses
She is a hard sell for fiction about cops, soldiers, dead or abused children, and crumbling marriages.
Her favorite authors include Karin Tidbeck, Helen Oyeyemi, Freya Marske, Isaac Fellman, and Courtney Milan.
Fiction
Baffling Magazine - Three True Auguries and a Lie
Postmodern Culture - An Oral History of the American Sacrifice Town