Ivy Lin | Querying Author

@IvyLinWrites

AuDHD writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS
🏆 Undiscovered Voices Winner '26
Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores! 👇

ivylin.co.uk Joined August 2016

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @IvyLinWrites Oct 30, 2025

I am officially querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS, a YA Romance complete at 70,000 words! Here is my up-to-date Agent Guide.

#ya #romance #neurodiverse #ownvoices #agentguide #agentsguide

Title: “The Love In Your Words”
Genre: YA Romance
Word Count: 70,000 words
A picture of Lena and Alistair walking underneath an umbrella together, wearing blue and grey school uniforms. The Royal Liver Building is in the background as red paper lanterns float in the sky.

Comps
“Something More” by Jackie Khalilieh (Autism & Neurodivergence)
“Never Thought I’d End Up Here” by Ann Liang (Language, Heritage & Chinese Diaspora)
“Komi Can’t Communicate” (Overcoming Loneliness & Communication Difficulties)

Opening

Words don't come easily to me. Before they reach my lips, they fade like the smoke rising from a joss stick in front of my mum's shrine. My lighter brightens her portrait's uncanny youthful beauty, gazing out as if she's still alive, inviting me to speak. But when I extinguish the flame, the image slips back into shadow, a reminder that she's gone.
I kneel and clasp my hands, wanting to say what I should've said before she passed almost a year ago. Words that weren't, "I wish I had more friends." But my teeth close like gates, keeping my thoughts captive, even when I'm alone in my tiny, brick garden, surrounded only by a bin and a rusty barbecue.
For now, all I can do is wish, so I bow and whisper a message in my mind. I want Mum back, as impossible as it may seem. If I can't have that, then I want someone like her to enter my life—someone to sweep away the loneliness and help me speak... or even accept me when I'm silent.

Ivy Lin | Querying Author @IvyLinWrites Sep 21

I was just diagnosed with ADHD combined type which officially makes me AuDHD 😭

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @IvyLinWrites Sep 15

Another book that my crystal ball predicted 🔮 So proud of you @KassandraTyst

Kassandra Tyst ✨ @KassandraTyst Sep 8

It is finally time!! I’ve been googling myself an embarrassing amount this past week, and I finally found what I was looking for

My debut, Elsie Lovelace’s Gallery of Enchantments, is now available to preorder! It will be coming out May 18 2027 with @GrandCentralPub @HachetteUS

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @IvyLinWrites Sep 15

Fun fact: over a year ago, I predicted this book would be offered rep and published. I was right! My querying crystal ball, so far, has been 100% accurate. The question now is, when will I get published? 😂

zilla @zillawrites Sep 15

🩸It’s been a scream!🩸
We are Publishers Marketplace official! I can’t wait for everyone to meet Cody and the friendship she will do anything to keep.

I cannot overstate how lucky I am to have my brilliant agent Alex Land in my corner. Thank you for everything.

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @IvyLinWrites Sep 11

"Everyone's a little autistic." I know I'm not the only one who's heard this. So I wrote an article about it! 💖

ivylinwrites.substack.com/p/everyones-a-…