Adult Fiction
Comics writer and artist ‘s CHICKEN HEART, a humorous story of the trans coming out experience, to Liz Frances at Street Noise, with Katie Fricas editing, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2025 (world).
Author of MEDEA ‘s ALL THE BEASTLY AND HOLY THINGS, set in a post-apocalyptic America divided into all-female monastic communities, following a young woman training to take her vows at an abbey on the moon, simultaneously discovering more about the world outside of the walls of the convent and the dark underbelly that exists beneath it, all while navigating her complicated romantic feelings for both her best friend and her new mentor, to Loan Le at Atria, by Jessica Spitz at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
‘s DEATHBOUND, pitched as a sapphic, romancing, necromancing Knight’s Tale, in which a princess and her squire seek to find the murderer killing her suitors, to Robin Morgan-Bentley at Audible Originals, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in January 2025, by Robbie Guillory at Underline Literary Agency (world).
‘s PLAY YOU FOR IT, a sapphic sports romance in which sparks fly between a sports journalist and her latest source—the first woman to be named head coach of a D1 men’s basketball team—leaving them to decide if they are willing to risk their careers for a shot at love, to Alicia Clancy at Bantam Dell, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Jo Ramsay at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world English).
‘s LOVE GALAXY, about an intergalactic Bachelor-style dating show where a reality show hater and former trash collector must somehow get the prince to fall in love with her, but starts falling for his twin sister instead, and then contestants start dying, a story that blends political intrigue, murder mystery, romance, and aliens, to Navah Wolfe at DAW, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Cameron McClure at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Author of THE STARS TOO FONDLY Emily Hamilton’s ASCENDANCY, TRANSCENDENCY, and RESPLENDENCY, an epic queer cyberpunk trilogy set on the moons of Jupiter, Mars, and what remains of Earth, pitched for fans of Tamsyn Muir and Arkady Martine, following a butch anarchist rebel pilot and a sword-wielding femme raised in a transhumanist death cult whose clashing ideologies and blazing romance may unite humanity or strike its killing blow, to Nate Lanman at Voyager, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Roma Panganiban at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
Stony Brook MFA ‘s THE UNDERTOW GIRL, about a queer ex-evangelical woman haunted by her dead sister who spirals when she learns the parents she testified against for her sister’s murder 14 years prior are out of prison and searching for her, to Kate Gale at Red Hen Press, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Esty Loveing-Downes at ArtHouse Literary Agency.
Children’s Fiction
Author of SHOW ME A SIGN and DEER RUN HOME ‘s SIGNPOSTS, about a young deaf girl discovering and embracing her Deaf and queer identities amidst a growing civil rights movement for the Deaf, illustrated by THUNDERBOOM illustrator , to Tracy Mack at Graphix, for publication in 2027, by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the author, and by Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
Young Adult Fiction
Author of the forthcoming VESUVIUS ‘s THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS, a queer, Hamlet-inspired historical romance set in Regency-era Edinburgh featuring a protagonist with borderline personality disorder, following two boys who must work together to stop a scheming botanist from cultivating the perfect poison—before he can use it to induce madness in them both, to Zoie Konneker at Peachtree Teen, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Annalise Errico at Ladderbird Literary Agency (world).
‘s debut THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY, pitched as a transfeminine remix of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, which sees Dorian moved to jealousy towards her own portrait not only by vanity, but also a sudden awareness of the young man she’s expected to become, leading her through a dark web of obsession, paranoia, and terror as her portrait starts to change in her place, for the Remixed Classics series, to Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends, in an exclusive submission, for publication in winter 2026, by Alexandra Levick at Writers House (world).
Author of TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART ‘s COLD BLOWS THE WIND, pitched as CITY OF GHOSTS meets Netflix’s Dead Boy Detectives, in which a queer, Afro-Latino teen accidentally raises a ghost, but to release it, he’ll have to help the spirit recover lost memories before time runs out, to Kortney Nash at Godwin Books, for publication in spring 2026, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
