In advance of her new Stevie Bell mystery releasing in December, NINE LIARS, I’m so thrilled to share the news of Maureen Johnson‘s next book, a standalone contemporary mystery entitled DEATH AT MORNING HOUSE. From Publishers Weekly: Katherine Tegen at HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books has acquired, in an exclusive submission, DEATH […]
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Congratulations to Jamie Pacton, whose new YA romantic fantasy novel was just announced this morning! THE ABSINTHE UNDERGROUND is a sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy pitched as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell meets Holly Black, with a dash of Moulin Rouge. Intrigued? Read on for more information: The Belle Époque city of […]
Congratulations to author K.D. Edwards on this exciting announcement… From Publishers Marketplace: Escape Artists is attached to adapt THE LAST SUN by debut author K.D. Edwards (Pyr, 2018), a queer Tarot-inspired fantasy in which the only remaining heir of The Sun Court must find Lady Judgement’s missing son somewhere on […]
Congratulations to award-winning author Rebecca Roanhorse! On May the 4th (be with you), LucusFilm announced its upcoming STAR WARS tie-in books including RESISTANCE REBORN by Rebecca. According to the StarWars.com press release, “StarWars.com is thrilled to reveal “Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” a series of books and […]
I’m thrilled to share the announcement that we’ve sold North American rights to The Bold Type creator Sarah Watson’s YA novel MOST LIKELY to Pam Gruber at Poppy/Little Brown, with British Commonwealth rights going to Linas Alsenas at Scholastic UK. The details: As Sarah said on Twitter yesterday, “It’s so […]
I’m so thrilled to share the news of the sale of Carrie Allen’s amazing MICHIGAN VS. THE BOYS to KCP Loft! I have long wanted a great teen athlete story, and (to mix a metaphor) Carrie knocked it out of the park. You can read the short pitch below, but […]
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 […]
I am thrilled to announce that Katelyn Larson has signed with kt literary! I requested her full manuscript 1 hour after she queried me. And the rest is history. Katelyn Larson is a YA science fiction and fantasy author hailing from just north of Boston. She recently graduated from Rice […]
Please join me in welcoming Lindsay Henry to the kt literary family! Lindsay is a talented writer with a long, exciting career ahead of her. She writes honest, moving YA stories with real-life issues and swoony romance. Though I wasn’t looking for another YA contemporary book, I loved her manuscript […]