Join us in celebrating Brianna Peppins’ debut book deal with Disney Hyperion for her contemporary YA series. From Publishers Weekly: While at Disney Hyperion, Emily Meehan bought, with Britt Rubiano and Christine Collins to edit, Brianna Peppins’s YA debut Briarcliff Prep. At a Historically Black Boarding School inspired by the author’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!
So many great books coming out today! Happy Book Birthday to A SHOT AT NORMAL, the newest contemporary YA from acclaimed author Marisa Reichardt! Dr. Villapando told me to get a good attorney. He wasn’t serious. But I am. I’m going to sue my parents. Juniper Jade’s parents are hippies. […]
Please help us congratulate author Jen Marie Hawkins on the sale of her next YA contemporary, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE, to Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow Press. From Publisher’s Weekly: Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow has acquired world English rights to All the Lonely People by Jen Marie Hawkins (The Language of Cherries), a […]
I’m thrilled to announce that Brianna Peppins has been signed to kt literary! Brianna’s outstanding YA Contemporary novel, BRIARCLIFF PREP, can be described as a cross between the beloved TV sitcom, A Different World, and the #YouOkSis movement created by Feminista Jones to increase bystander intervention for harassment experienced by […]
Podcast episode number 2 up! The amazingly talented Trish Doller talks about her new book with Simon Pulse, START HERE, effective writing procrastination techniques, and relief work happening in the Bahamas right now. Here are the links to the Bahaman relief efforts Trish mentions during the episode. Red Cross HeadKnowles […]
It’s release day for Rebekah Crane’s POSTCARDS FOR A SONGBIRD! Be sure to pick up this beautiful YA contemporary story about the ache to belong and the joy of feeling understood. Everyone eventually leaves Wren Plumley. First it was her mother, then her best friend, and then her sister. Now […]
Congratulations to Jessie Hilb whose debut THE CALCULUS OF CHANGE is out today. Run–don’t walk–to your nearest bookseller and pick up a copy. If you love lyrical writing and moving coming-of-age tales, you will love this book. Here’s Jessie talking about her book! Check out her blog and her […]
Jessie Hilb’s stunning debut releases in February of 2018. I read the first page of this book at a conference in front of a room full of people, leaned into my mic and said, “whoever wrote this, please make sure we meet before the weekend is through.” And the rest […]