Adult Fiction
Bram Stoker Award-longlisted author of MY DARLING DREADFUL THING ‘s SAINT, SINNER, SKULL, a sapphic folk horror novel with a fantastical twist following a nun and an orphaned peasant on their harrowing journey across a war-torn countryside to reunite the gilded skull of a saint to her body – but soon it becomes clear darker are forces at play, pitched as Robert Eggers’s VVitch meets THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Kristina Perez at Perez Literary & Entertainment (world English).
‘s THE BLUE MOON CAFE AND 24-HOUR OCCULT EMPORIUM, pitched as Gilmore Girls meets THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES, a sapphic paranormal romance featuring a cafe that fronts as a magical witness protection program and the below-average sorceress left in charge who must uncover her power or risk losing everything they’ve built, to Alicia Clancy at Bantam Dell, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world English).
Guggenheim fellow and distinguished professor at the CUNY Graduate Center ‘s MY LOVER, THE RABBI, chronicling the increasingly obsessive psychosexual relationship between a rabbi and the man devoted to him, an entanglement with unpredictable consequences for the two men and those around them; and an untitled essay collection of new and previously published material pitched as luxuriating at the crossroads of autobiography, criticism, and art, with reflections on such figures as Alice Neel, Susan Sontag, Jessye Norman, to Jackson Howard at Farrar, Straus, in a two-book deal, by PJ Mark at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
‘s TWO LEFT FEET, pitched as RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE in the Premier League, about an injured star midfielder who is forced to mentor the team’s newest addition, a younger hotshot called up to replace him, but soon sparks fly on and off the pitch, risking his career in football, his celebrity, his legacy, and his closely guarded heart, to Jesse Shuman at Bantam Dell, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Caroline Eisenmann at Frances Goldin Literary Agency (NA).
Poet and University of Iowa graduate ‘s THE BEHEADING GAME, in which Anne Boleyn awakens hours after her beheading, sews her head back on, and then sets out to seek revenge on Henry VIII, with a queer romance along the way, pitched as a cross between Kelly Link and Hilary Mantel, a researched feminist retelling of one of history’s most egregiously wronged women, to Amy Einhorn at Crown, in a pre-empt, by Renee Zuckerbrot at Massie & McQuilkin (world English).
Author of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET ‘s THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY, pitched as a sapphic romance in which Caroline Bingley recruits the perfect Georgiana Darcy to teach her how to become a more appealing match, to Stephanie Doig at Carina Adores, in an exclusive submission, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world English).
Author of WELCOME TO FOREVER and A FRACTURED INFINITY ‘s THE DISCO AT THE END OF THE WORLD, a sci-fi romance blending first contact and queer counterculture, set in an alternative 1970s Los Angeles, where America has launched its space program shortly after World War II, about friends and former U.S. spaceguard service members who discover communal powers at the disco after meeting an emissary of a utopian civilization who wants to help them resist an oppressive regime, to George Sandison at Titan Books, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Naomi Davis at BookEnds (world English).
Author of MAI TAIS FOR THE LOST ‘s THE HERESY OF THIEVES, book one in the epic queer fantasy Spellfall series, which follows a lovelorn knight, a con artist, and a young king as they confront their shifting fates when magic is lost, a mysterious force awakens in the outlands, and a charismatic priest with a dark secret rises to power, to Rob Carroll at Dark Matter Ink, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2026.
Cartoonist and graphic journalist Caitlin Cook’s ACE OF HEARTS: LESSONS IN LOVE FROM AN ASEXUAL GIRL, a coming-of-age graphic memoir about one girl’s struggle to figure out and then claim her asexual identity, to Liz Frances at Street Noise, with Hazel Newlevant editing, in a nice deal, for publication in February 2026 (world).
Author of ONE LOVE, BECOMING TED, and THE SECRET LIFE OF ALBERT ENTWISTLE Matt Cain’s THE CASTLE OF STORIES, in which a 40-something inherits a rundown farmhouse and castle in Tuscany from an uncle he never knew and can hardly believe his luck; he and his newly divorced and out-of-the-closet partner fly out to Italy for the summer, but find themselves accompanied by the partner’s three (mostly hostile) children for the entire time—what could possibly go wrong?, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2026, by Lisa Highton at Jenny Brown Associates (NA).
Amy Archer’s NEMESIS MINE, a queer fantasy rom-com set in a world where heroes and villains vie for power, and centered on a not-so-evil villain who makes a deal with a not-so-perfect hero to become fake nemeses and boost their reputations, but they inconveniently fall in love in the process, pitched as for readers of ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN and LEGENDS & LATTES, to Julia Elliott at Voyager, in a pre-empt, for publication in summer 2026, by Rebecca Wearmouth at PFD on behalf of Lucy Irvine (NA).
‘s YOU X ME, a series of queer and BIPOC modern entanglements depicting a romance, friendships, and journeys of self-discovery in cosmopolitan settings from Los Angeles to Montreal, pitched for fans of Sex and the City, The L-Word: Generation Q, and Harlem, to Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame at Generous Press, for publication in February 2026 (world).
Former Men’s Health executive editor ‘s SEE YOU AT THE SUMMIT, pitched for fans of Josie Silver and Alison Cochrun, about a heroine who, after years of coming to terms with her bisexuality, finally embraces herself by publicly coming out, only to reluctantly fall in love with a straight guy, finding herself forced to confront unexpected nuances of queer identity in the process, to Ghjulia Romiti at Gallery and to Brittany Lavery at Simon & Schuster Canada, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2026, by Danielle Burby at Mad Woman Literary Agency (world English).
‘s ALL WE HIDE, about a lieutenant who gets forced into the cold case unit when she comes out as trans, only to reopen an investigation involving the death of a trans sex worker that might be connected to her mother’s disappearance decades earlier, to Alexa Wejko at Soho Crime, at auction, by Carrie Pestritto at Laura Dail Literary Agency (world English).
‘s WITH ALL MY HAUNTED HEART, a sapphic paranormal about a witch who’s hired to haunt a small-town B and B, only to find herself spellbound by her non-magical client, to Liz Sellers at Berkley, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Danielle Burby at Mad Woman Literary Agency (world).
‘s AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER, about a broke goth wannabe brujo with a demon trapped inside him, who takes on a rich, cute, and very cursed client to pay for an exorcism but ends up enmeshed in a deadly magical finance bro conspiracy, pitched as The Dresden Files meets the queer chaos of GIDEON THE NINTH, to Rebecca Nelson at Alcove Press, for publication in fall 2025, by Cameron McClure at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world).
Author of STILL LIFE ‘s ALL US SAINTS, set 19 years after a closeted trans teen killed their twin sister’s three best friends in the basement of their childhood home, and chronicling the family’s yearly reenactment of the murders, during which the sister must reckon with the aftermath of an unthinkable crime and the violent legacy of transphobia, to Mo Crist at Bloomsbury, by Danielle Bukowski at Sterling Lord Literistic (world).
‘s THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JONAH PENROSE, a queer romance pitched as RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE meets London’s dazzling theater scene, in which a fake dating publicity stunt between rival costars results in a romance, to Jackie Quaranto at Harper Perennial, for publication in fall 2025, by Nina Leon at Perez Literary & Entertainment (NA).
Clarion West alum ‘s TELL ME YOURS, I’LL TELL YOU MINE, a collection in which immigrants, women, and queer people confront the horrors of a society hell-bent on controlling every aspect of their identities, pitched for fans of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, and Kim Fu, to Bodie Fox at Stillhouse Press, for publication in October 2025 (US).
‘s HELL’S HEART, pitched as a sapphic retelling of MOBY-DICK in space, in which the narrator takes a commission aboard a small spacecraft, bound to hunt vast cetacean-like leviathans, only to begin to lose herself in the eerie world of leviathan-hunting and the captain’s increasingly insistent delusions, for fans of Murderbot and GIDEON THE NINTH, to Mal Frazier at Tor, and to Bella Pagan at Tor UK, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Courtney Miller-Callihan at Handspun Literary (world English).
J.A. Stevens’s A CHANGE OF PACE, a sapphic historical romance that brings “pride without prejudice” to Regency London, pitched for fans of Shondaland’s Bridgerton and Alexis Hall’s A LADY FOR A DUKE, to Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame at Generous Press, for publication in winter 2025, by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Literary Agency (NA).
Middle Grade Fiction
‘s WHEN YOU’RE BRAVE ENOUGH, pitched for fans of Jake Maia Arlow and Kyle Lukoff, in which landing the lead in the school musical and preparing for her bat mitzvah push a queer eighth-grader to ask big questions about who she wants to be in the world; and HOW TO TAKE A RISK, in which a 12-year-old tomboy spends the summer completing a list of epic challenges with her best friend, but with her first crush on a girl, she learns that facing her emotions head-on can be the biggest risk of all, to Kelsey Murphy at Viking Children’s, in a very nice deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2026 and spring 2027, by Patricia Nelson while at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world English).
Picture Books
Rebecca Donnelly’s ONE SMALL MOMENT, in which encouraging notes from his mothers give a child the confidence to put his own ideas on paper, illustrated by Amelie Videlo, to Julia Sooy at Holt Children’s, with Valery Badio editing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026, by Molly Ker Hawn at The Bent Agency for the author, and by Alice Jin Zhang at Astound US for the illustrator (world).
Young Adult Fiction
Author of BESTIARY and National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree K-Ming Chang’s YA debut STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE, a queer love story following ambitious teen journalist who teams up with the rival school paper’s star editor, who happens to be her ex-best-friend and maybe crush, to uncover a story that forces the pair to face what happens when your biggest rival is your biggest story, and maybe your biggest love, to Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House, for publication in spring 2026, by Julia Kardon and Ellen Goff at HG Literary (NA).
Caitlyn Averett writing as ‘s NOT YOUR TYPICAL LOVE STORY, the author’s debut, pitched as You’ve Got Mail meets Loveless, an aroace-spec (asexual and aromantic) romance about a pair of academic rivals whose future dreams—due to a meddling older sister—become contingent on the two of them fake dating, all while dealing with grief, the weight of family expectations, and a secret online identity that could ruin everything, to Hannah Pierdolla at Wednesday Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (NA).
Nonfiction
Top Chef: All Stars winner and activist ‘s COOK LIKE A KING, a debut cookbook of 120 recipes, exploring her Chinese roots and California style, to Kelly Snowden at Ten Speed Press, with Claire Yee editing; and an untitled memoir about finding her voice as a queer Cantonese American woman and the empowerment that comes from embracing her multifaceted identity, to Clio Seraphim at Dial Press, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Sabrina Taitz at William Morris Endeavor (NA).
Lambda Award-winning author of CALLING DR. LAURA and FETCH ‘s RELATIVE FICTION, a queer, Syrian American memoir about uncovering the big family secret—that her father didn’t really die when she was young—and finding a whole new extended family and healing her relationship with her mother, to Vedika Khanna at Ten Speed Graphic, by Anjali Singh at Anjali Singh Agency (world).
Musician and queer activist who started the bands Faith No More and Imperial Teen ‘s THE ROYAL WE, exploring the faded tapestry of a pre-internet, 1980s San Francisco, and the complicated and historically charged landscape of punk rock, bicycle messengering, queer community, coming out of the closet, and heroin, to Johnny Temple at Akashic, for publication in November 2025, by David Dunton at Harvey Klinger (world).
Cult indie zinester ‘s F*CKING MAGIC, which lays bare the life of a polyamorous bisexual, hopeless romantic, and tenacious dreamer in creative memoir form, to Wallea Eaglehawk at Revolutionaries (Australia), for publication in fall 2025 (world).
Civil rights lawyer Chase Strangio’s SPARKLE IN THE DARKNESS, taking readers behind the scenes of 15 years of the author’s work and life, showing how the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States shaped his identity and the country, to Alessandra Bastagli at One Signal, in an exclusive submission, by Mollie Glick at CAA (NA).
Actor in White Lotus and Euphoria ‘s I WROTE THIS FOR ATTENTION, detailing the author’s upbringing on the West Coast—including a broken family and struggles with addiction, sex, and borderline personality disorder—and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, to Hana Park at Simon & Schuster, for publication in fall 2025, by Haley Heidemann at William Morris Endeavor (NA).
Jes Battis’s IT’S ONLY FOREVER: LABYRINTH, exploring Jim Henson’s 1986 film Labyrinth as 1980s time capsule that both reflects and challenges its era, with themes of queerness, gender, and neurodiversity, while presenting childhood as something dangerous but also heroic, to Jen Sookfong Lee at ECW Press, for publication in spring 2026, by Lauren Abramo at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
