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 […]
middle grade
37 posts
I’m very pleased to announce that UK-based author-illustrator-animator Sarah Burgess has signed with kt literary! With their lively, dynamic style paired with a sweet and genuine contemporary voice, Sarah’s the perfect creator for young readers and fans of realistic fiction in the vein of Raina Telgemeier’s SMILE. Sarah’s MG debut […]
Hurrah, hooray, yahoo!!! Excited to announce that I’ll be repping amazing comic artist Josephine Poppyseed! Such cool and cute art! Such a wonderful human! Joe has created a wonderful and joyful graphic novel about two trans kids that love to skate—ALSO: one of them is the most adorable vampire […]
Congratulations to Jen Petro-Roy, whose new novel LIFE IN THE BALANCE releases today!! Veronica struggles to balance softball, friends, and family turmoil in this new honest and heartfelt middle grade novel by Jen Petro-Roy, LIFE IN THE BALANCE. Veronica Conway has been looking forward to trying out for the All-Star […]
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 […]
I’m thrilled to welcome new client, Christa Martin, to the KT Literary family. Both her sweet, highly sensitive protagonist, Feather, and her incredible talent for conveying emotion simply and powerfully immediately got my attention. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to work with such a talent. Her #OwnVoices middle grade […]
Congratulations to Niki Lenz on the release of her second middle grade novel, THE STEPMOM SHAKE-UP, out today from Random House Children’s Books. Grace + her dad, Davy = Team Gravy. No way is a new stepmom going to break up this team. . . . Filled with reverse Parent […]
Henry Clark, author of WHAT WE FOUND IN THE SOFA AND HOW IT SAVED THE WORLD and THE BOOK THAT PROVES TIME TRAVEL HAPPENS, joins us to talk about his newest middle grade novel WHAT WE FOUND IN THE CORN MAZE AND HOW IT SAVED A DRAGON. We talk about […]
Please help us congratulate Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev on the sale of her debut novel! Coming in 2021, THE LEOPARD BEHIND THE MOON is magical realism for the middle grade reader – a warm, sweet, beautiful story about friendship, healing, grief, community…and more than one intruding, talking animal. From this week’s Publishers […]