Congratulations to Heather Truett on the release of her debut YA contemporary, KISS AND REPEAT, out today from Swoon Reads/Macmillan! ‘Stephen Luckie isn’t so lucky in love. He’s never been able to catch the eye of the girl of his dreams, no matter how hard he tries, and he wonders […]
Hilary Harwell
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Please help me give a warm KT Literary welcome to new client, Kim Bussing. I’m thrilled to be partnering with Kim on her mind-blowing, imaginative middle grade fantasy that simply left me awestruck. From her beautiful, lyrical prose to her intricately crafted, highly original world, tight plotting, surprising twists, and […]
Please help me welcome my newest client, picture book author, Kelly Zhang! I first spotted the pitch for her beautiful, lyrical picture book TAKE ME TO LAOLAO during the #PBPitch event. When it landed in my inbox I immediately fell in love with this story about a little girl with […]
Please help me congratulate client Jennifer Gruenke on the release of her debut novel – a dark YA fantasy titled OF SILVER AND SHADOW! Ren Kolins is a silver wielder–a dangerous thing to be in the kingdom of Erdis, where magic has been outlawed for a century. Ren is just […]
Please help me give a warm KT Literary welcome to Trenise Ferreira! She’s the author of two very special and inspiring picture books that celebrate Black excellence by highlighting post-Civil Rights era and contemporary Black women and men who have — and still are — influencing culture today. Titled THE […]
Please help me welcome new client, Gregory Funaro, the NY Times best-selling author of Disney-Hyperion’s ALISTAIR GRIM series and later the WATCH HOLLOW series from Harper Collins. When I found Greg’s query in my inbox I nearly had to pinch myself. I’ve been a fan of his books for quite […]
Please help me welcome new client, Judith Valdes Breidenstine! I discovered Judith and her work during the #LatinxPitch event in October and fell in love with her illustrations and her beautiful storytelling. Her picture book, CELEBRATING PERRO, is THE ROUGH PATCH meets A GIFT FOR ABUELITA, an #ownvoices story that […]
Please help us congratulate author Jen Marie Hawkins on the sale of her next YA contemporary, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE, to Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow Press. From Publisher’s Weekly: Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow has acquired world English rights to All the Lonely People by Jen Marie Hawkins (The Language of Cherries), a […]
Please help us congratulate author Merrill Wyatt on the sale of her middle grade mystery, TANGLED UP IN LUCK, to Kate Prosswimmer at Margaret K. McElderry Books/S&S. From Publisher’s Weekly: Kate Prosswimmer at S&S/McElderry has bought Tangled Up in Luck by Merrill Wyatt (Ernestine, Catastrophe Queen). The contemporary middle grade […]