Lucy Carson

Literary Agent at The Friedrich Agency, New Yorker, Anglophile, dog AND cat person, theater nerd, @girlswritenow mentor 📚 she/her

[Los Angeles Public Press @LAPublicPress]

ICE raids tried to split LA apart, but might have made it stronger.

From coordinating wildfire relief to blocking ICE buses, community organizers say LA County residents keep proving that in a city of strangers, nobody fights alone.
https://t.co/LIuNRxO8Ba

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Daria Lavelle Debut Novel ‘Aftertaste’ Acquired Preemptively By Sony Pictures https://t.co/3HBiBuwXW9

[Terry McMillan @MsTerryMcMillan]

I’ve got some good news! My new book, IT WAS THE WAY SHE SAID IT, comes out Sept 9th! This book is EXTRA special to me-it’s a collection of work– old and new, fiction and non-fiction-I hope folks find something that lights them up, entertains them, and maybe even inspires them.

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

I wonder if the fall of Rome was this stupid.

[TIME @TIME]

AI companions can offer users unconditional validation without the messy demands of human relationships, writes Silvia Park
https://t.co/lAG1vXbtvw

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

This op-ed from ⁦@silviajpark⁩ is a MUST read! As is their debut novel, LUMINOUS, on shelves today!

The Dangerous Reason We Fall in Love With AI via ⁦@TIME⁩ https://t.co/y9qRe1cC5G

[Justin Horwitz @JustinAHorwitz]

Elons son picking his nose and putting a booger on the Oval Office desk while Elon addresses the nation from the Oval Office as if he were president perfectly encapsulates where America is at right now.

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

I’m officially reopening to queries! Thank you to all who have been hanging tight, and sorry to anyone who I missed during this time offline!

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

Hello querying authors! I am closing to queries (sadly, but with good reason) until February 1st. Please check out our agency website and contact one of my brilliant colleagues about your work! And I'll see y'all in Feb. 🙌

[Pamela Samuels Young @AuthorPSY]

Sounds Like a Plan by Pamela Samuels Young, Dwayne Alexander Smith. Grab a copy here: https://t.co/d8wMvy9wd1.

We will be going on a virtual book tour in July for Sounds Like Trouble!

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

@Alexander_Shaq Yup

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

The locker room chatter after today’s yoga class in LA was a debate about whether the procedural is truly “back” or current in popularity with network executives is just a blip…

Anyway…namaste? 🙄

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

@Alexander_Shaq As in the police procedural TV genre

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

@SyTheAuthor Well worth crowing about!! 🐓

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

Husband (reading aloud): Tempus fugit?
Me: time flies
Husband: thank god you studied Latin so you help with this one rare moment
Me: well I’m really fun in graveyards too, and government buildings.

[Henry Holt & Company @HenryHolt]

The readers have spoken: #TheWeddingPeople by @AlisonEspach is this year's 2024 Fiction category #GoodreadsChoiceAwards WINNER! 🎉🎉🎉 If you haven't had a chance to snag a copy or started reading it yet, why wait start reading the most loved fiction book of the year!

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

Big fan of the rainbow book shelf, this one! I choose one book at a time for the “cover reveal” and she goes wild. 🥰

[Lucy Carson @LucyACarson]

@GarthGreenwell I love this. The antithesis to all of those stupid apps that “digest” a book for someone

[Garth Greenwell @GarthGreenwell]

I wrote about how I take notes when I'm reading, and also why: not to be more "efficient" or "productive," but to dwell with a text more deeply--& also just as a way of relishing existence. With many photos of my notebooks. Link in profile.

[Algonquin Books @AlgonquinBooks]

YOUR UTOPIA by Bora Chung, translated by @AntonHur and NIGHT MAGIC by @lahenion were named Best Books of 2024 by @KirkusReviews ✨

Learn more and shop now: https://t.co/WClVXtcNMj

Plus, use code CYBER2024 for 30% off sitewide + free shipping over $30!

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

There’s been a lot of discussion about how young men are becoming isolated and radicalized.

Let me offer some perspective, as someone who was once a troubled young man.