Adult Fiction
Author of WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY ‘s YOURS FOR THE SEASON, a sapphic romance in which a former Olympic hockey player who has reluctantly returned to her home town for Christmas teams up with her childhood crush to win their town’s annual holiday contest and a fancy romantic prize, despite telling everyone “we’re just friends,” to Errin Toma at Carina Adores, for publication in fall 2025, by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
Katerina Silvanova and Elena Malisova’s PIONEER SUMMER and two sequels, comprising the Pioneer trilogy, which catalyzed the 2022 “LGBT propaganda” crackdown in Russia, about two boys who fall in love at summer camp in the waning days of the Soviet Union, translated by Anne O. Fisher, to Abby Muller at Overlook, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Meow Literary Agency (world English).
Hester Steel’s THE FACELESS THING WE ADORE, a queer cosmic horror, pitched as Eat Pray Lovecraft, about a heartbroken backpacker who joins a sex-fueled commune working to unleash a hungry god, and discovers she has more power than anyone bargained for, exploring emotional abuse and female rage, to Alexandra Murphy at Page Street, for publication in August 2025, by Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates (world).
‘s AUDREY LANE STIRS THE POT, the third book in the Winner Bakes All series, about a journalist who signs up for a reality TV baking competition on a whim and the jaded, foul-mouthed producer she definitely should not fall for, a sapphic rom-com about fresh starts, star-crossed lovers, and our connection to our queer elders, to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca, for publication in December 2025, by Courtney Miller-Callihan at Handspun Literary (world).
Author of SORRY, BRO ‘s OUR EX’S WEDDING, an enemies-to-lovers romance about an up-and-coming Armenian wedding planner who must team up with the infamous playboy owner of an Armenian winery in Napa to plan their mutual ex’s luxe wedding, a major career win for them both if they can avoid the obstacles—and the sparks—that threaten to derail them, to Angela Kim and Cindy Hwang at Berkley, for publication in fall 2025, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (NA).
Katie Cunningham’s debut SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR, pitched as A DOWRY OF BLOOD meets SHUTTER ISLAND, a queer novel centered on a vampire heroine forced back to life as she comes to terms with the reality of her undeath while imprisoned on a remote island where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted, to Anna Kubik at Dead Sky Publishing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2026 (world English).
‘s MUNECA, a queer, Latine novel set in 1960s Oakland, about a working-class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress to Spanish colonial wealth and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process, exploring misogyny, racial hierarchy, and the kinship of found families, to Daphne Durham at Putnam, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates (world).
‘s FALLING LIKE SNOW, a small-town sapphic Christmas rom-com about two women who join forces to help one of them win back her ex-boyfriend, but start falling for each other instead, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial, in a pre-empt, by Patrice Caldwell at New Leaf Literary & Media (US).
India-Rose Bower’s WE CALL THEM WITCHES, a queer eldritch horror pitched as BIRD BOX meets THE WATCHERS, following a young woman’s fight to protect her family from the monsters that ravage the countryside, until she falls for the mysterious woman who shows up on their doorstep, putting everything she thinks she knows about this strange new world into question, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Kelly Karczewski at UTA, on behalf of Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown UK (NA). Rights also to Michael Joseph (UK).
Freelance journalist Britt Peterson’s THE MAIDENHEADS, a queer coming-of-age novel, set in the D.C. indie music scene, about exes and former bandmates who decide to start playing together again, giving rise to old pressures and tensions that force them to reckon with their shared past and navigate who they want to be now, pitched as ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT meets THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN, to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton, in a pre-empt, by Julia Kardon at HG Literary (NA).
PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize winner Sonia Feldman’s GIRL’S GIRL, a sapphic coming-of-age debut about a trio of girls who begin to question the difference between friendship and desire in the blaze of one Ohio summer, pitched as a CALL ME BY YOUR NAME of modern Midwestern girlhood, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, in a pre-empt, by Alexa Stark at Writers House (world English).
Kat Dunn’s HUNGERSTONE, set against the violent wilderness of the English moors and the uncontrolled appetites of the Industrial Revolution, pitched as a compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the queer novella that inspired Dracula, and a story of desires bared when a steel magnate and his wife encounter a mysterious stranger on the way to their country estate, to Erin Wicks at Zando, for publication in February 2025, by Caitlin Mahony at William Morris Endeavor, on behalf of Hellie Ogden (NA).
Author of the forthcoming ALICE RUE EVADES THE TRUTH ‘s THE TWO LIVES OF AMELIA WAXLER, pitched as a Sliding Doors-style rom-com told from two versions of an adult woman, one of whom kissed her friend at a high school party, one of whom didn’t, exploring the question of what you knew about yourself and when, and whether or not one choice can decide your future, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Courtney Miller-Callihan at Handspun Literary (world English).
Author of WHILE IDAHO SLEPT and private investigator J. Reuben Appelman’s THE CHEATING SIDE, featuring a hard-bitten pansexual detective, pitched as a biting attack on the bigotries of the American West with a visceral connection to the Idaho landscape, to Lisa Miller at Blank Slate Press, for publication in fall 2025, by Leslie Meredith at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world English).
Queer Palestinian comics artist and graphic designer ‘s ORANGES, the story of three generations of family and the impact of the diaspora and the search for belonging, all while narrating the author’s efforts to grapple with grief during the war in Gaza and reconcile his many identities: an artist, a gay man, an Arab, and the grandchild of Palestinian refugees, to Kimmy Tejasindhu at Ten Speed Graphic, at auction, by Farley Chase at Chase Literary Agency (NA).
‘s audiobook EXPRESS OF DUST, a post-apocalyptic fantasy about a young trans man and his team of scavengers who find there’s more to the monsters roaming the deserts than they thought and he must choose between saving his crew or allying with the “monsters” who rescued him, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in an exclusive submission, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA).
Author of Lambda Literary Award-shortlisted BELLIES ‘s DISAPPOINT ME, a love story that grapples with the explosive ghosts of relationships past, romantic and familial, in an exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bourgeois domesticity, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, at auction, for publication in 2025, by Kent Wolf at Neon Literary, on behalf of Monica MacSwan at Aitken Alexander (NA).
PEN/Robert J. Dau Prize winner ‘s GIRL’S GIRL, a sapphic coming-of-age debut about a trio of girls who begin to question the difference between friendship and desire in the blaze of one Ohio summer, pitched as a CALL ME BY YOUR NAME of modern Midwestern girlhood, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, in a pre-empt, by Alexa Stark at Writers House (world English).
Lambda Literary Award-winning author of WRITTEN IN THE STARS ‘s THE DEVIL SHE KNOWS, a sapphic paranormal rom-com about a crafty thousand-year-old demon who prefers to wear pink as she brokers for human souls and a down-on-her-luck human recovering from a spectacularly humiliating breakup who is willing to risk everything for love, to Kerry Donovan at Berkley, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world).
Author of A MAN IN PIECES ‘s SOMEWHERE QUIET, FULL OF LIGHT, in which a gay couple buy a fixer-upper with a twisted past, to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in May 2025 (world English).
Children’s/Middle Grade Fiction
Author of JUST PRETEND and the forthcoming STAND UP ‘s graphic novel WING IT, in which a middle school boy and his first-ever boyfriend, searching for overlap in their divergent interests, start a true crime podcast in which they investigate a local crow’s petty thefts; meanwhile he questions whether he really understands what his friends mean when they “have a crush,” to Andrea Colvin at Little, Brown Ink, in a very nice deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Brent Taylor at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world).
Young Adult Fiction
Audiobook narrator Natalie Naudus’s GAY THE PRAY AWAY, in which an Asian American teen longs to break free of the conservative Christian cult she was raised in as she falls in love with the new girl in town, pitched as inspired by the author’s own experiences, to Jessica Yang at Quirk Books, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2025, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world).
Author of BEATING HEART BABY Lio Min’s THE L.O.V.E. CLUB, following three estranged Californian high schoolers who are pulled into a video game to pursue the disappearance of their friend, to Maxine Charles at Flatiron Books, by Dana Murphy at Trellis Literary Management.
‘s MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, in which a high school quarterback needs to bring up his GPA to secure his position in the playoffs, and his tutor is the boy who just ruthlessly rejected him, again to Dana Leydig at Viking Children’s, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).
and , eds.’s THIS IS HOW WE ROLL, an anthology exploring the crossroads between queerness and beloved tabletop role-playing games, featuring Akemi Dawn Bowman, DeAndra Davis, M.K. England, Jonny Garza Villa, Anna Meriano, Linsey Miller, Margaret Owen, Marieke Nijkamp, Jamie Pacton, Rebecca Podos, Tara Sim, and Andrew Joseph White, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street Kids, for publication in fall 2025, by Saba Sulaiman at Talcott Notch Literary Services for Thor and by Rebecca Podos at Rees Literary Agency for Wilkens (world English).
‘s LEAVING THE STATION, pitched as for fans of Before Sunrise and THE STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, following an 18-year-old who runs away from college to embark on a cross-country train trip and finds romance, community, and a deeper understanding of their gender along the way, to Tara Weikum at Harper Teen, for publication in summer 2025, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
Author of DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY Adib Khorram’s ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS, told in two voices, exploring the repercussions of a ninth grader’s impulsive decision that changes his classmates’ lives and forces a school community to examine the boundaries between mistakes and bad choices, fear and apologies, justice and healing, to Dana Chidiac at Holt Children’s, in a six-figure deal, at auction, for publication in winter 2026, by Molly O’Neill at Root Literary (NA).
Author of MY NAME IS MAGIC ‘s SECOND SOUL, pitched as a cyberpunk retelling of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY set in a futuristic city, in which an orphaned nonbinary teen must graduate as valedictorian from an elite academy to receive an inheritance from estranged family, but their plan to tear down the upper echelons of society from the inside will only work if they aren’t seduced by the very world they swore to destroy, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, in a nice deal, for publication in winter 2026, by Lindsay Leggett at The Rights Factory (world English).
‘s THE LIGHTYEARS BETWEEN US, a YA sapphic sci-fi/romance, in which a teen girl will stop at nothing to maintain her family’s political standing aboard a space station orbiting Jupiter that is home to the last remaining humans in the universe, even if that means risking her life on an exploratory mission and living in close quarters with her academic rival, and as sparks fly aboard the potentially doomed ship, the two girls discover their home might not be the utopia they believed, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, in a nice deal, for publication in December 2025 (world English).
Non-Fiction
Author of THE EVIL EYE Antonio Pagliarulo’s THE QUEER SAINTS: A RADICAL GUIDE TO MAGIC, MIRACLES, AND MODERN INTERCESSION, which recasts the definition of sainthood to include queer people and those whose allyship or achievements are embraced by the queer community, combining histories, original prayers, spells, numerology, and the tarot to give modern meaning to an ancient practice, to Judika Illes at Weiser Books, by Nancy Yost at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world English).
Licensed psychologist, queer-identifying therapist, and DBT-Linehan board certified expert clinician Dr. ‘s THE DBT WORKBOOK FOR LGBTQ+ MENTAL HEALTH: FIND EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE, SELF-LOVE, AND QUEER JOY, an interactive workbook teaching the proven emotion regulation skills of dialectical behavior therapy to LGBTQ+ readers struggling with fear and shame and cultivating resilience, self-compassion, and peace in one’s queerness, to Ryan Buresh at New Harbinger, in an exclusive submission, for publication in late 2026, by Stephanie Tade and Amanda Jackson at Stephanie Tade Agency (world English).
Stars of the show The L Word, hosts of the PANTS podcast, and decades-long best friends and ‘s SO GAY FOR YOU, a joint memoir following the authors’ journey stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists to successful actresses, podcasters, and business owners, celebrating the gift of finding your chosen family and the show that started it all, to Hannah O’Grady at St. Martin’s, in a significant deal, at auction, for publication in June 2025, by Tess Callero at Europa Content (world English).
Former NFL journalist and public relations director for the Cincinnati Bengals ‘s FOOTBALL SISSY, an account of the author’s experience as a lifelong closeted cross-dresser working in the NFL, following his first experiences in childhood, his career in a masculine industry, his long-term marriage to his wife, and the experience of making national news by being one of the first men in the NFL to come out as queer, to Belt, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2025.
Cofounder of Pronouns May Vary and contributor to the upcoming anthology ATHLETE IS AGENDER, school librarian ‘s BEYOND THEY/THEM: 20 INFLUENTIAL NONBINARY AND GENDER-DIVERSE PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW, a collection of biographies of famous and influential nonbinary people, illustrated by THE RIBBON SKIRT author-illustrator , to Cindy Harris at Andrews McMeel, for publication in May 2025, by Nicole Geiger at Full Circle Literary for the illustrator.
Chef, cookbook author, producer, and Emmy-nominated TV host ‘s ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE, following the author’s childhood as a Korean adoptee in the Midwest, discovering purpose in kitchens, winning season 10 of Top Chef and now hosting, and finding love and herself, all the while navigating life’s detours and celebrations and learning that she can ultimately define the unexpected and chart her own course, to Vivian Lee at Little, Brown, by Kim Witherspoon at Inkwell Management (NA).
Poetry
Poet and author of COFFEE DAYS WHISKEY NIGHTS ‘s THE STARLIGHT SHE BECOMES, a journey of transformation and self-love, told through the words of a trans woman reclaiming her identity and joy, to Michelle Halket at Central Avenue Poetry, for publication in July 2025 (world).
Author of FAILURE TO COMPLY Cavar’s DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, the author’s debut poetry collection that engages with critical disability, Mad, and trans studies to interrogate psychiatric power and locate capacities for disabled, trans, and Mad resistance in the oblique, the speculative, and the “nonsensical”, to Marisa Siegel at Curbstone, for publication in spring 2026 (world).
