Mikaela Roasa [SOLD OUT OF PITCH APPOINTMENTS] is an editor with HarperCollins Canada.

Since joining HarperCollins Canada in 2020, Mikaela has had the privilege of working on many bestselling books such as Amita Parikh’s bestselling novel The Circus Train; Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson (winner of the 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Romance); Tanya Talaga’s highly acclaimed work of nonfiction The Knowing; and Juno award-winning Inuk artist Susan Aglukark’s memoir Kihiani.

Mika acquires and edits a range of commercial and upmarket character-driven stories and select narrative no-fiction and memoir. She is the editor of the forthcoming epic fantasy Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana, the romantasy The Lure of Wolves and Whispers by Amanda Connolly, and The God of Lost Causes by Jules Arbeaux. Her authors also include Natalie Sue, Amy Chan, Ashley Winstead, and Rebecca Reid.

For fiction, Mika is interested in science fiction & fantasy; romance; and voicey, emotionally compelling contemporary fiction. For nonfiction, she is drawn to works that explore themes of identity, race, sexuality and gender with nuance, as well as food and community or pop culture.

While Mika is open minded to a range of submissions, she is not the right fit for historical fiction, police procedurals, high-concept literary fiction, poetry, business books, or true crime.

Select favourite books:

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Babel by R.F. Kuang
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui
Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
Know My Name by Chanel Miller