Happy Book Birthday to DATING MAKES PERFECT, an absolutely delightful #OwnVoices Thai-American rom-com from NY Times bestselling author Pintip Dunn! The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name–hence […]
contemporary YA
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Congratulations to Tiffany Schmidt, whose new novel ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS DREW we just sold to Anne Heltzel at Abrams/Amulet! From PW Children’s Bookshelf: Anne Heltzel at Amulet has acquired ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS DREW, a contemporary YA novel by Tiffany Schmidt (A Date with Darcy […]
Please help us congratulate Rebecca Mahoney on the sale of THE VALLEY AND FLOOD!! From PW Children’s Bookshelf: Debut Alex Sanchez at Razorbill has acquired Rebecca Mahoney‘s debut, The Valley and the Flood. The contemporary YA novel with shades of Twin Peaks follows Rose, whose car breaks down outside a […]
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 Karen Fortunati – the Washington Independent reviewed THE WEIGHT OF ZERO and absolutely nailed the important, moving, brilliant heart of this book! Mental health care is vital at all times of the year and even more so now at the holidays. Please read and share. “This intelligent debut […]
THE ODDS OF LOVING GROVER CLEVELAND officially releases on December 1st, 2016, but it is available to all Kindle Readers today! FOR FREE! Check out Amazon.com’s Kindle First program to download. It’s so easy. If you love to read paper copies–no worries! That still releases on December 1st. But for all Kindle […]
THE WEIGHT OF ZERO by Karen Fortunati releases on October 11, 2016. We’re so excited about this book – an intense yet hopeful look at mental health in a contemporary young adult novel. Karen is a debut author and these reviews are amazing! So pleased to share: “Debut novelist Fortunati […]
I am so thrilled to announce that Heather Carver has joined the KT Literary family! Heather queried me with a fantastic contemporary YA about two best friends and the collision of sexual assault and feminism, told through alternating perspectives and a secret blog with a feisty code name. This […]
A huge congratulations to debut author Karen Fortunati on the official cover reveal for her contemporary young adult novel THE WEIGHT OF ZERO. Karen is headed to her first ALA conference today (American Library Association) so the timing is perfect for a huge round of cheers! Please stop by Karen’s […]