Adult Fiction
Author of LOVE AT 350 ‘s MOTOR CITY BABY, a sapphic romance about a woman’s efforts to save a club she managed—and where she fell in love—with a Detroit indie rock star in the ’90s, until the rock star dropped out of the industry and the woman’s life; a blowout benefit concert forces her to reckon with her past and find happily ever after where she least expects it, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, by Frances Black at The Literary Counsel (world).
‘s THE IN-BETWEEN BOOKSTORE, in which a trans man returns to the small town he grew up in when he loses his job in NYC just before his 30th birthday, only to make an astonishing discovery that causes him to rethink all of his choices in life and love—his hometown bookstore is caught in a time loop, with his teenage self working behind the register; pitched as for fans of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY and IN FIVE YEARS, to Sylvan Creekmore at Avon, in a very nice deal, for publication in winter 2025, by Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world).
‘s A MURDEROUS BUSINESS, in which two queer business women in turn-of-the-century New York partner to solve a murder that could make or break their careers, quickly discovering the blurry line between what is ethical and what is legal, to Vanessa Aguirre at Minotaur, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Natalie Lakosil at Looking Glass Literary & Media (world English).
Bookstagrammer ‘s WINGING IT WITH YOU, a gay rom-com about two men who impulsively pose as a couple to compete in an Amazing Race-type reality show contest just minutes after meeting at an airport TGI Fridays, and their run-in with the very real feelings that start to simmer between them, to Tarini Sipahimalani and Kate Dresser at Putnam, for publication in 2025, by Jessica Watterson at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).
‘s DC TRAFFIC CAN BE MURDER, the first in a new cozy mystery series, in which an autistic young millennial who requires a strict system of order comes face-to face with the murder of an old high school friend while on his first travel writing assignment, with hi-jinks, self-driving cars, and a sweet romantic crush on a guy who takes the protagonist completely out of his comfort zone, upsetting his carefully arranged plans, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Kimberly Fernando at Olswanger Literary (world).
Feature filmmaker and SXSW alum ‘s THE BOOK OF LUKE, pitched as Survivor meets LESS, following a gay former reality TV contestant turned stay-at-home dad who returns to the cut-throat competition show of his youth, desperate for cash in the wake of a humiliating and public divorce, forcing him to contend with a wild ensemble of charismatic yet duplicitous costars while also finally facing the unresolved mistakes of his past, to Jacqueline Young at Grand Central, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2025, by Stacy Testa at Writers House (NA).
Jo Morgan Sloan’s THE KEY, the author’s debut, in which two high school sweethearts—one cisgender, one transgender, both men—find each other again in adulthood and have a second chance at love, but one of them doesn’t know they’ve been in love before, to Desiree Stafford at Midnight Meadow, with Kadan Astrophel editing, for publication in summer 2025 (world English).
Author of REBORN and REFORGED ‘s debut science fiction VOLATILE MEMORY, a sapphic novella pitched as a trans EX MACHINA crossed with the bloody tenderness of GIDEON THE NINTH, in which a scavenger whose theft of a high-tech mask imbued with a dead woman’s consciousness forces them both to confront questions of identity while falling in love, evading capture, and racing to find an ex-husband for revenge, to Oliver Dougherty at Tor, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Maeve MacLysaght at Copps Literary Services (world English).
Author of GENDER OUTLAW, MY GENDER WORKBOOK, and HELLO CRUEL WORLD and ‘s NEARLY ROADKILL, a 30th anniversary revised edition of the erotic cyber-thriller full of queer outlaw sex, true love, and rebellion against the system—originally written at the dawn of the Internet, now updated with a present-day spin, to Elaina Ellis at Row House, with Amber Flame editing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring/summer 2025, by Malaga Baldi at Malaga Baldi (world English).
Authors of ABC-DECONSTRUCTING GENDER and THE QUEER TAROT and owners of the stationery brand Ash+Chess Ashley Molesso and Chess Needham’s JUST LIKE MY FAMILY, celebrating all types of families and breaking down gender stereotypes while offering aspirational messages to young readers, illustrated in their brightly colored, risograph-inspired style, to Julie Matysik at Running Press Kids, in an exclusive submission, by Meg Thompson at Thompson Literary Agency (world).
Young Adult Fiction
Elle Gonzalez Rose’s MARISOL ACTS THE PART, pitched as a sapphic Latine take on Legally Blonde, in which after a humiliating public dumping, a teen actress lands a role on the same high-profile show as her ex-boyfriend, only for things to get messy when she falls for his costar, to Bria Ragin, Nicola Yoon, and David Yoon at Joy Revolution, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2025, by Uwe Stender at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world).
National Book Award winner Kacen Callendar’s THEO PAGE’S GUIDE TO BEING A GUY, about an 18-year-old transgender teen who, because of struggles with transphobia and misgendering, takes notes on how to be seen as a man as he seeks validation from his cis boyfriend, but learns to battle his own toxic masculinity with the help of a new crush, ultimately realizing that there are an infinite number of ways to be a guy, illustrated by , to Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams ComicArts, with Mariko Tamaki editing, for publication in fall 2026, by Beth Phelan at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the author, and by Allison Hellegers at Stimola Literary Studio for the illustrator (world).
Co-creators of CHEER UP ‘s graphic novel WHIPPOORWILLS, a Southern Gothic following three young trans women who must band together to survive at a mysterious and magical all-girls boarding school, illustrated by , to Robyn Chapman at First Second, in a good deal, at auction, for publication in 2028, by Desiree Wilson at Looking Glass Literary & Media.
Sophia Hannan’s >WE WERE NEVER HERE, a sapphic debut about three ghost hunters turned art thieves who are blackmailed into completing their catastrophic last heist and retrieving the haunted painting that may have murdered their ringleader—but something followed them home that night, and it will do anything to stop them from finishing the job, to Alyza Liu at Simon & Schuster Children’s, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Jenissa Graham at BookEnds (world English).
Author of SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Kelly Quindlen’s THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, about an 18-year-old lesbian who unexpectedly inherits a gay bar from her late, not-so-straight uncle; following graduation, she spends the summer in football-obsessed Rustin, Alabama, serving the bar’s colorful patrons, digging up family secrets, and fanning the flames of an old spark with her childhood best friend—the closeted daughter of Rustin University’s venerated head football coach, to Mekisha Telfer at Roaring Brook Press, for publication in summer 2025, by Marietta Zacker at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (NA).
Non-Fiction
Ohio State University presidential fellow ‘s WOLF ACT, about the author’s growing up queer and neurodivergent in the Mormon religion and his subsequent exodus from it, to Nathan MacBrien at University of Wisconsin Press, for publication in fall 2024.
NYT Critics Choice playwright Domenica Feraud’s YOU ARE WHAT YOU SEE, a feminist memoir-in-essays that examines the iconic films and TV shows of the 2000s (think: Friends and Gossip Girl) to tell an intersectional coming-of-age story in which a queer female artist of color finds her way to success and happiness despite the often problematic messaging she saw on the screens of her youth; pitched for readers of Melissa Febos’s GIRLHOOD, Jia Tolentino’s TRICK MIRROR, and Emily Nussbaum’s I LIKE TO WATCH, to Kate Roddy at Sourcebooks, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Katherine Latshaw and Erin Harris at Folio Literary Management (world).
Author of THE PRESIDENT AND THE FROG and the forthcoming THE PALACE OF EROS ‘s SO MANY STARS, an oral history of a generation of trans and genderqueer activists and elders of color, weaving their own words and experiences, from the 1940s to the present, into a narrative of what it means to lead an authentic life and expand the possibilities of gender, to Madeline Jones at Algonquin, in a pre-empt, by Michelle Brower at Trellis Literary Management (NA).
