Join us in celebrating Amar Shah’s debut book deal with Scholastic for his contemporary MG basketball trilogy, Play the Game! The first in the series, titled THE HOOP CON, is upcoming October 17th, 2023 and is available for preorder. From Publishers Weekly: Abigail McAden at Scholastic has bought Play the Game, […]
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Please help me congratulate client Erin Cotter on the sale of her debut YA historical murder mystery romp to Nicole Ellul at Simon & Schuster! Love forbidden romance? Shakespearean murder mysteries? The occasional pirate queen? You won’t want to miss Erin’s sharp, sharp wit in this one! Connect with her […]
Please help me congratulate client Kim Bussing on the sale of her debut middle grade fantasy series, THE PRINCESS SWAP, to Tricia Lin at Random House Children’s! Visit Kim on Instagram or Twitter to cheer her on!
Please help us celebrate with Laura Moher on today’s announcement of her debut book deal! From Publishers Marketplace: Fiction: Romance Laura Moher’s debut CURVES FOR DAYS, set in a small, quirky North Carolina town with a plus-sized heroine starting a new life in a wonderful new place; the tall, grumpy […]
Please help us celebrate with B.L. Blanchard whose debut speculative fiction murder mystery, THE PEACEKEEPER, releases today! THE PEACEKEEPER Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself. North America was […]
Please help me congratulate client Judith Valdes B on the sale of her debut picture book, AN OFRENDA FOR PERRO, to Charlie Ilgunas at Little Bee! Here’s the announcement from Publisher’s Weekly: Charlie Ilgunas at Little Bee Books has bought world rights to An Ofrenda for Perro by Judith Valdes B (l.), illustrated by Carlos […]
Congratulations to Sarah Burgess on the sale of their debut MG graphic novel to Andrews McMeel! From Publishers Weekly: Erinn Pascal at Andrews McMeel has bought Skip!, a middle grade graphic novel by U.K. debut author-illustrator Sarah Burgess, pitched as Raina Telgemeier meets slice-of-life manga. Anxious poet Jay joins a Double Dutch […]
Please help us celebrate with debut author DoanPhuong Nguyen on today’s deal announcement! From Publishers Weekly… Elise McMullen-Ciotti and Stacy Whitman at Lee & Low Books have bought Mèo and Bé and a second, untitled middle grade novel by debut author DoanPhuong Nguyen. Mèo and Bé is a historical novel […]
Many congratulations to JCJB on the sale of her debut YA graphic novel to First Second Books! From Publishers Weekly: Kiara Valdez at First Second has acquired, in a preempt, Anamnesis by JCJB, pitched as Studio Ghibli meets Yoruban folklore. The manga-style YA graphic novel debut follows Isra, a narcoleptic, […]