Congratulations to Amy Spalding, whose debut adult romance OUTFOXED has been acquired by Norma Perez-Hernandez at Kensington! OUTFOXED is a queer f/f romcom about chosen family, honoring your dreams, and falling for the person who sees you as you really are. After a bad breakup, Nina Rice believes that she’s […]
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I’m so thrilled to working with Amy Spalding and her editor Maggie Lehrman at Abrams on a new YA contemporary, NO BOY SUMMER, coming out in Spring 2023. As Amy says, “It’s the disaster bisexual book of my dreams” and we can’t wait to share it with the world!
Congratulations to Amy Spalding on the release today of her sixth YA novel, the musically named WE USED TO BE FRIENDS! Told in dual timelines—half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backwards—We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood […]
Congratulations to all of our authors who finished a tough first draft, got a great book deal, had their debut published, or landed a foreign deal! While I can’t call out all of those (although you can check the archives for some!), we’re especially happy to share the following mentions […]
It’s a big book birthday today, with another fantastic book being released — THE SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ (AND THE BEST BURGER IN LOS ANGELES) by Amy Spalding! Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people’s lives. While her friends and sister […]
I’m thrilled to continue the parade of good news with congrats to Amy Spalding, whose next YA novel, tentatively titled THE LAST YEAR OF JAMES AND KAT, will be published by Amulet Books in Spring 2020! From the PW Children’s Bookshelf announcement: Maggie Lehrman at Amulet has acquired world English […]
Congratulations to Amy Spalding, whose forthcoming YA novel THE SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ (AND THE BEST BURGER IN LOS ANGELES) just received a starred review from Kirkus! An excerpt: Working at her favorite boutique and falling in love, a girl enjoys a lush Los Angeles summer—until things become complicated… Funny, […]
I’m thrilled to share the good news that Amy Spalding’s next YA novel, THE SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ (AND THE BEST BURGER IN L.A.) will be published in Spring 2018! JORDI is a fantastic no-angst lesbian romantic comedy set in LA, in which a plus-size fashion blogger and her fellow […]