Mackenzie Carson

Mackenzie Carson writes genre blending speculative fiction with romance driven plots.She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, and works as a middle school curriculum leader, and mentor teacher, for reading and writing at a Title One school. She’s known for ensuring each of her students has access to books on campus, and has created a monthly book swap event that provides hundreds of books to at risk youth in the community.

Mackenzie has a master’s degree in education with a focus on reading instruction, and she is completing her doctoral degree in curriculum and instructional design. Additionally, under the name Rebecca Angus, she worked as an intern at Entangled Publishing and championed her list of authors as a literary agent from 2015 to 2020 before stepping away from publishing to focus on her family during COVID. She recently returned to the publishing world, joining Howland Literary as an agent in the fall of 2024.

Mackenzie advocates for infertility, disability, and mental health representation in her stories and is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Mackenzie is also published under the pen name Rebecca Elise with Red Adept Publishing (WHERE WE FIRST BEGAN, 2019).

You can follow her on socials using the link below:

X: @BookFairyAngus

Instagram: Mackenzie_Carson_Writes

Mackenzie is represented by Bethany Weaver at Weaver Literary Agency

Current Projects

A Song of Sapphire Stars

Currently On Submission

New Adult, Space Romantasy

103,000 words

Vibes: Dune x Acolyte x The Selection

Short Pitch: The planetary world-building of the HEAVENBREAKER meets The high-stakes political romance of TRIAL OF THE SUN QUEEN.

Embracing a Celestial Prophecy, Alira must destroy the planet’s cruel Emperor before the war between Tourran houses decimates the planet and, with it, the man she crossed the galaxy to love for eternity and the best friend she swore to protect.

Query Letter:

A weapon was stolen from the Tourran Emperor twenty-one years ago, but a twist of fate returned her with a vengeance.

Alira should've never made it on the Emperor's starship with the thirty other Prospects from New Earth. The moment she arrived on Tourran, her priority was protecting her best friend during the Empress trials—a dangerous competition where the winner would marry the Emperor's first son, and those who survived would be married to eligible Tourrans to repopulate their endangered civilization. Her plans were complicated when she fell in love with the Emperor's spare heir, Ayvan,—the man determined to make Alira reject him at any cost to protect her.

After Ayvan saved her from a deadly attack, Alira showed a connection to the planet's life source, giving her unexplainable abilities only a member of the Tourran species could possess. To test her abilities, she'd have to beat the Oracle in an impossible mental game—wield the power of all four Tourran houses to escape or die. But with her power came an ancient prophecy the Emperor was vying to control to secure his reign.

The Emperor's manipulation took a deadly turn when Alira refused to use her abilities to murder for his dark agenda. To turn her into the weapon he needed, he took away the only family she had left, forcing her to choose between forsaking the man she loves or avenging the best friend she lost.

Link to Book Playlist