Querying a complicated book

Anatomy of a (complex) query letter

So, like it says on the title, in this post I'm going to go through my successful query letter line by line and talk about why it worked. But before I get into that, I want to talk more broadly about what you're trying to achieve with your query, the basic guidelines for what needs to be in there, and some faux pas to avoid.

This post will be particularl…