V.A. VASQUEZ

BIO

V.A. Vazquez is the author of THE DEATH ROW CLUB (Scout Press/Simon & Schuster), which was an instant USA Today bestseller, Indie Next Pick, Amazon Editors' Pick, and Apple Books Must-Listen. She's represented by Victoria Sanders (Victoria Sanders & Associates). Her next novel, THE EXECUTIONER, will be released in August 2027. A lifelong educator and former Pitch Wars mentee, she's looking forward to reading all your stabby, twisty, feminist/queer thriller and horror manuscripts! You can follow her on Instagram @vavazquezwrites.

MSWL

Age Categories: Adult

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Things I Love:

  • Pink Horror

  • Good For Her

  • Dark Romance Elements (HEA Optional)

  • Speculative Elements

  • Mixed Media

  • Cross-Genre Fuckery

  • Slow Burns

  • All the Lore

  • '90s Slasher Vibes

  • LGBTQIA+

If you have a mixed media horror book (podcast transcripts, police interviews, message board posts, whatever), an LGBTQIA+ horror with I SAW THE TV GLOW vibes, anything with a deeply fucked-up romance subplot, or a manuscript that's so deep in the lore (think MISTER MAGIC or WE USED TO LIVE HERE) that I'll be thinking about the world-building for weeks, please send it my way.

Favorite Books:

  • PENANCE (Eliza Clark)

  • NIGHT FILM (Marisha Pessl)

  • IF I DISAPPEAR (Eliza Jane Brazier)

  • THE THINGS WE DO TO OUR FRIENDS (Heather Darwent)

  • THIS BOOK WILL BURY ME (Ashley Winstead)

  • TEMPER (Layne Fargo)

  • BACKSTABBERS (Eliza Jabore)

  • MISTER MAGIC (Kiersten White)

  • WE USED TO LIVE HERE (Marcus Kliewer)

  • RECURSION (Blake Crouch)

  • BUNNY (Mona Awad)

  • THE ONE/THE PASSENGERS (John Marrs)

Anti-MSWL:

Anything goes in terms of content. You can never get too dark or too weird for me.