A critique of a query letter, synopsis, and first three chapters from author Deborah Bailey (#190)

Deborah Bailey is a YA writer represented by Sera Rivers of Martin Literary Management. She is a 2022 WriteTeam Mentor and 2022 WriteMentor mentor, and a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop and Tin House YA workshop. Her work has been longlisted for the Exeter Prize and Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize, and her short fiction has been published in Mirror Dance and Luna Station Quarterly, among others. A US expat in the UK, she is a former Chairperson of the Nottingham Writers’ Studio, where she championed writing as a means for social inclusion and emotional well-being. She is on Twitter and Instagram as @4greensquares.