Huzzah! I’m so glad to be able to celebrate the release day of Jamie Pacton‘s debut novel THE LIFE AND (MEDIEVAL) TIMES OF KIT SWEETLY. “A rousing, funny, feminist workplace fantasy that also takes a frank look at modern poverty.” – Kirkus Moxie meets A Knight’s Tale as Kit Sweetly […]
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Please help us congratulate Maya MacGregor on the sale of their first young adult novel! From Publishers Weekly: Jes Negrón at Boyds Mills Press has bought The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor. This YA debut is about an autistic genderqueer protagonist who leaves an intolerant school […]
Go Team! Please help us congratulate Margaret Rogerson, Casey McQuiston, Juno Rushdan and Rebecca Roanhorse whose books were named Best Of 2019 by Amazon These lists are outstanding – cheers to all the winners! SORCERY OF THORNS by Margaret Rogerson Best Young Adult Books RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by […]
I was in Bologna when the news broke, but I’m so thrilled to officially congratulate Jamie Pacton on the same of two contemporary YA novels to Page Street Publishing! From PW: Ashley Hearn at Page Street has acquired Jamie Pacton’s debut novel The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly, […]
Congrats to Mike Mullin on the publication today of his new novel SURFACE TENSION! After witnessing an act of domestic terrorism while training on his bike, Jake is found near death, with a serious head injury and unable to remember the plane crash or the aftermath that landed him in […]
Congratulations to Karen Fortunati – her brilliant debut young adult novel, THE WEIGHT OF ZERO, is available today in paperback! An ABA Indies Introduce Title Pick! New York Public Library Best Book for Teens! Winner of the 2017 Connecticut Book Award for Best Book in the Young Reader category Originally […]
A huge round of congratulations to Karen Fortunati whose debut young adult novel, THE WEIGHT OF ZERO, won the Connecticut Center for the Book’s Best Book For Young Readers Award! THE WEIGHT OF ZERO is an ILA Young Adult Honor Book, a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens, […]
A huge round of congratulations to Nikki Katz on her exciting book deal for THE KING’S QUESTIONER! From Publishers Weekly: Kat Brzozowski at Swoon Reads has bought The King’s Questioner by Nikki Katz, author of The Midnight Dance. A mental lockpick, Kalen has the ability to break into people’s minds […]
Please help us congratulate Karen Fortunati – her debut novel, THE WEIGHT OF ZERO, is a finalist for the 2017 Connecticut Book Award! The Connecticut Center for the Book awards a winner in each of four categories and THE WEIGHT OF ZERO is up for Best Book For Young Readers […]