Adult Fiction
‘s THE OPEN ERA, pitched as Challengers meets Red, White, & Royal Blue, about the first openly gay male tennis player to compete in a Grand Slam who must battle his mental health, media attention, and a handsome new rival during an electric two weeks at the US Open, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Michael Bourret at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
‘s UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER, the first book in the MEET CUTE MINNESOTA series, a second chance, enemies-to-lovers f/f romance in which a down on her luck wedding planner receives a business-saving opportunity: a big budget wedding with an expedited timeline, but the job comes with one terrible caveat—the photographer is her high school ex-girlfriend; and two more books in the series, CHRISTMAS, COOKIES, AND CHAOS and I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (MAYBE), to Emily Gowers at Storm Publishing, in a three-book deal, for publication in August 2025, October 2025, and February 2026, by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency (world).
Illinois native ‘s BELONGING TO THE AIR, a coming-of-age novel pitched as THE COLOR PURPLE meets THE VANISHING HALF that captures the Great Migration experiences of Black families in the Midwest and imagines stories of resilience among Black queer folks within the Harlem Renaissance, following a young girl’s journey from a freedmen’s town in rural Illinois to Harlem in search of love and belonging, to Margaret Kelly at Screen Door Press, with Crystal Wilkinson editing, for publication in 2026 (world).
Author of PRIDE ‘s THESE ARE NOT MY FINAL WORDS, pitched as Bojack Horseman meets All of Us Strangers, following a gay screenwriter after the death of his writing partner and best friend, when their animated television character, a duck, appears at his funeral, to TruBorn Press, for publication in fall 2025 (world English).
Editor of BOUND IN FLESH ‘s COSMIC DYKE PATROL, in which a lesbian couple who hunt entities face their biggest challenge yet when a giant skull bear is summoned into their world, pitched as HELLBOY meets STEVEN UNIVERSE, to Max Booth III at Ghoulish Books, for publication in November 2025 (world English).
‘s bi4bi SPARKS FLY, in which a late bloomer looking to lose her virginity unexpectedly finds her potential soulmate at a sex club, and never expects to see him again, until her workplace brings him on to develop an AI that could change her industry’s landscape forever, to Esi Sogah at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).
Pushcart Prize-nominated author ‘s VILE LADY VILLAINS, a standalone horromantasy bringing together literature’s most notorious lady villains, Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth, in a tale of female rage, world-burning sapphic romance, and knives-to-throat action where retelling one’s story is the ultimate rebellion, to Jorgie Bain at Michael Joseph, for publication in spring 2026, by Lauren Bieker at FinePrint Literary Management (world ex Sweden and Greece).
Author of THE FORTUNATE FALL Cameron Reed’s WHAT WE ARE SEEKING, in which a doctor arrives at a backwater planet where squabbling human colonists may have discovered a very strange new intelligent species, in an examination of culture, gender, and transformation, to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor, in a two-book deal, by Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates (world English).
‘s HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE, a queer sports romance about two rival professional wrestlers who can’t fight their growing feelings for each other; and LOSER NEW YEAR, a queer contemporary romance, pitched in the vein of CRAZY RICH ASIANS, in which the heir to one of Singapore’s wealthiest families convinces his coworker to pretend to be his boyfriend when he’s forced to return home to celebrate Lunar New Year, to Amanda Maurer at Berkley, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026 and 2027, by Brent Taylor at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world).
‘s IN DUE TIME, a time-bending love story about a lonely trans artist who has a chance encounter with an intriguing older man who claims to be his husband from the future; now he must seek him out in the present in order to save their happy future—but how can he fall for the man he’s supposed to when he’s already head over heels for his future self?, to Laura Schreiber at Avon, for publication in summer 2026, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world English).
‘s untitled contemporary sapphic billionaire romance, in which an heiress needs a fake date for her best friend’s glamorous Sicilian wedding to save face in front of her ex—and the groom’s CEO sister fits the bill, to Jennifer Macey at Harlequin Romance, in a two-book deal, by Amy Giuffrida at Belcastro Agency.
Young Adult Fiction
Author of CAMERON BATTLE AT THE HIDDEN KINGDOMS ‘s FINDING PRINCE CHARMING, a contemporary rom-com in which a Black teen about to start college and a prince hiding his true identity meet, and pretend to date, all while looking for something real, to Camille Kellogg at Bloomsbury, for publication in summer 2025, by Caitie Flum at Liza Dawson Associates (world).
‘s TART, a queer, slow-burn romance, to Catherine Liney at Bloomsbury UK Children’s, in a two-book deal, for publication in August 2025, by Saffron Dodd at ASH Literary (world).
‘s YOU PIERCE MY SOUL, a sapphic dystopian romance in which two teen girls defy an algorithm that dictates your soulmate, to Jessica Yang at Quirk Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2026, by Michaela Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
Bookseller ‘s FALLING INTO YOU, a queer BIPOC frenemies-to-lovers story written in dual perspectives, following a transgender astrophysics student and a brash guitar player as they run experiments to stop the backward time-travel condition they share, questioning whether love can defy the laws of the universe, to Tamara Grasty at Page Street, by Connor Eck at The Eck Agency (world English).
‘s THE PRINCESS AND THE OUTLAW, pitched as a swashbuckling, sapphic retelling of Robin Hood in which the heroine and her lady love, Maid Marian, secretly work together to save Robin from a magically binding curse and solve the mystery behind King Richard’s disappearance in order to save Nottingham from the wretched Prince John and his greedy sheriff, illustrated by , to Jenna Lettice at Random House Graphic, for publication in summer 2027, by Ellen Goff and Carrie Hannigan at HG Literary for the author, and by Chad Beckerman at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).
Author of OLD WOUNDS ‘s TRANS PANIC, a slasher horror novel in which a young trans teen finds herself stuck in a summer camp for queer youth that has been infiltrated by a serial killer; and DOCILE CREATURES, a murder mystery thriller set in 1950s America, featuring two trans teens who get caught up in a deadly mystery after swapping identities, to Krista Marino at Delacorte, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026 and fall 2027, by Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency (NA).
‘s BURIED FEELINGS, about ex-best friends who should be queer royalty at their high school, but instead can’t stand each other; when a San Francisco treasure hunt ropes them back together, they’ll end up digging into their own complicated, buried history, to Alison Romig at Delacorte Romance, for publication in summer 2026, by Lauren Spieller at Folio Jr. (world).
Non-Fiction
Scholars and ‘s ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO QUEER FOOD, an anthology of essays, comics, and illustrated recipes celebrating the cultural importance of queer food from farm to table, to Brian Lam at Arsenal Pulp Press, in a nice deal, at auction, for publication in fall 2026, by Rob Firing and Brenna English-Loeb at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world).
Historian and author of GAY BERLIN ‘s INTERNAL ENEMIES, uncovering the full extent of Germany’s crusades against sexual minorities during and after World War II, with insights into how queer identity interacts with a state bent on consolidating power, to Caroline Adams at Norton, by Lucy Cleland at Calligraph.
