Adult Fiction
‘s THE FORTUNATE FALL, a lost classic of queer cyberpunk, following a human “camera” as she uncovers a historical atrocity—and the memories and desires that have been stolen from her, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, for simultaneous publication with the new Tor Essentials edition in August 2024, by Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates.
‘s A SPELL FOR HEARTSICKNESS, launching a new cozy fantasy series pitched as perfect for fans of Travis Baldree and Freya Marske, in which a young enchanted fashion designer under a deadly curse learns his fate depends on winning the love of a mysterious cold-hearted man — and possibly saving a rural village from a sentient forest, to Annie Stone at Podium Publishing, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2024, by Ellen Goff at HG Literary (world English).
Author of HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL, THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, and EDINBURGH Alexander Chee’s OTHER PEOPLE’S HUSBANDS, about a queer Korean American novelist returning to Sheffield College, his alma mater, as a visiting writer, exploring the “literary wildlife preserve” of a college campus and questions of sex, authority, and the challenging economics transforming higher education, as well as the shift in queer identity from 1989 to the Obama era, to Kate Nintzel at Mariner, and to David Ross at Penguin Canada, in a major deal, in an exclusive submission, by Jin Auh at The Wylie Agency.
Erica Peplin’s WORK NIGHTS, pitched as Sally Rooney meets THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA and set between the sterile office of a newspaper and the intoxicating night scene of New York City, about a young queer woman who finds herself in a love triangle with an unobtainable intern and a quick-tempered musician, to Frances Yackel at Gallery, by Alison Lewis at Frances Goldin Literary Agency (NA).
Amanda Lee Koe’s SISTER SNAKE, following a pair of estranged sisters—one living as a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, the other as a picture-perfect conservative politician’s wife in Singapore—each hiding that they are actually centuries-old immortal snake spirits; exploring chosen family, queerness, passing, the struggle against conformity, and, ultimately, how to live free; pitched as a reimagination of the Chinese folktale Legend of the White Snake, to Sara Birmingham at Ecco, at auction, by Jacqueline Ko at The Wylie Agency (NA). Film/TV: Will Watkins and Michelle Kroes at CAA
Tara Tai’s SINGLE PLAYER, a sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance set in the world of gaming, in which an anti-romance, no-nonsense game developer clashes with the new writer brought on to add a romantic story arc to their newest game, to Jess Verdi at Alcove Press, for publication in spring 2025, by Abby Saul at The Lark Group (world).
‘s DARK ENTERPRISES, a darkly humorous queer, contemporary fantasy featuring a lowly employee at a Hell-like corporation, who must save the world when he accidentally dooms humanity after making a deal with a mysterious entity to land a promotion, to Jen Monroe and Candice Coote at Ace and Zainab Mirza and Deborah Sun de la Cruz at Penguin Canada, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2025, by Melissa Edwards at Stonesong (world).
Author of THAT SUMMER FEELING ‘s ANYWHERE YOU GO, pitched as a queer take on The Holiday meets The Switch, in which a small town waitress and big city press agent swap homes to escape their personal lives, only to complicate their situations further when they each find love away from home, to Kerry Donovan at Berkley, for publication in spring 2025, by Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary (world English).
Young Adult Fiction
Author-illustrator ‘s SECRETS OF A LOST DIARY, a YA story of two diaries that touches on the impact of dementia in a family, historical trauma and the Holocaust, LGBTQIA+ identities in two generations, and immigration, to Gary Groth at Fantagraphics, in a nice deal, for publication in September 2024, by Anna Olswanger at Olswanger Literary (world English).
Author of THE DARK TIDE and THE MIDNIGHT GIRLS ‘s THIS FATAL KISS, in which a mischievous rusalka blackmails her local exorcist into helping her regain her humanity by winning a kiss from a mortal; her plan goes awry when they both fall for the handsome boy who may be linked to her dark past, to Jonah Heller at Peachtree Teen, for U.S. publication in fall 2024, and Clare Hallifax at Walker Australia to follow in its territories, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).
NYT bestselling authors and ‘s MAKE MY WISH COME TRUE, pitched as a holiday Hallmark movie meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, about a messy and reckless teen actor who needs to clean up her reputation, and stages a fake romance with her childhood best friend in their cozy Christmas hometown hoping a little positive press will land her a dream role, in a significant deal; and SHE GETS THE GIRL: A CHRISTMAS NOVELLA, in which a couple visits a cozy, Christmas-loving town where they try to matchmake their friends — and reveal the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other, to Alexa Pastor at Simon & Schuster Children’s, for publication in fall 2024 and fall 2025, by Emily van Beek at Folio Jr. (world).
Author of THE ALPHA’S SON and CHASING THE ALPHA’S SON Penny Jessup’s untitled book three in the queer werewolf romance series, in which the newly coupled teen werewolves must deal with the fallout from the events of book two while encountering new threats to their relationship, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, for publication in summer 2025 (world English).
Author of FLOWERHEART Catherine Bakewell’s WHERE SHADOWS BLOOM, a romantasy where two girls battle shadow monsters—and their growing feelings for each other—as they seek truth in a beautiful, mysterious palace, following a 17-year-old and her lovelorn knight, who must face shadow monsters, a mysterious garden, and a king hiding dark secrets to find the teen’s mother, to Stephanie Guerdan at Harper Teen, with Clare Vaughn editing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2025, by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency (world English).
‘s GRAVITY’S FIRE, a contemporary fantasy meets romantic comedy about a gay boy and a bi boy in a world of magic who discover they are soulmates, to Desiree Stafford at Midnight Meadow, with Kadan Astrophel editing, for publication in September 2024 (world English).
Non-Fiction
Author of THE WANTING WAS A WILDERNESS and THE BLIND MASSEUSE Alden Jones, ed.’s EDGE OF THE WORLD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER TRAVEL WRITING, an LGBTQ+ essay collection exploring what it means to be queer and move through the world, exploring both the impact of a queer perspective on the experience of other cultures and how other cultures receive queer travelers, moving across Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the U.S., featuring contributors Alexander Chee, Edmund White, Daisy Hernandez, Putsata Reang, Genevieve Hudson, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Garrard Conley, and more, to Robin Miura at Blair, at auction, for publication in spring 2025, by Rayhane Sanders at Massie & McQuilkin (world English).
Poetry co-editor for Apogee Journal and contributor to the horror anthology IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET Zefyr Lisowski’s UNCANNY VALLEY GIRLS, a memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, spanning from a trans childhood in the South to an inpatient psychiatric unit in New York City and exploring issues of gender, class, whiteness, and violence, as both reflected in and projected onto the scary movies we watch, pitched as BRAIN ON FIRE meets GIRLHOOD if it was directed by David Cronenberg, to Ezra Kupor at Harper Perennial, in a pre-empt, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (NA)
Stonewall Honor-winning author Eric Rosswood and Jodie Anders’s QUEER CHEER: ACTIVITIES, ADVICE, AND AFFIRMATIONS FOR LGBTQ+TEENS, filled with inspiration, wisdom, and personal accounts from teens, to Brenda Knight at Mango, for publication in May 2024, by Jennifer Mattson at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
