Adult Fiction
Lambda Literary Award and Goodreads Choice finalist and author of OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA and PRIVATE RITES ‘s UP TO THE LIGHT, set in the beautiful but deadly world of alpine mountaineering, following two climbers in the aftermath of an expedition in the Italian Alps that went horribly wrong, who believe something more sinister than bad conditions and bad weather may have been involved, pitched as INTO THIN AIR meets THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by way of Brokeback Mountain, to Caroline Bleeke at Flatiron Books, in a significant deal, by Olivia Maidment at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.
Author of SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Jenna Voris writing as ‘s INTO THE BURNING DEEP, pitched as a sapphic retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set on a boat quarantined at sea until an infection of magic can run its course, pitched as Hadestown by way of Titanic, to Julia DeVarti at Little, Brown, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2026, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management (world).
‘s FANTEUR, the author’s adult debut, a queer historical set in the Canadian wilderness in which an isolated small town is threatened by both bloodthirsty creatures in the woods and its own warring community in the depths of a dark winter, to Rachel Gilmer at Poisoned Pen Press, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Margaret Danko at High Line Literary Collective (world English).
‘s WHAT A NIGHTMARE, a queer, genre-blending horror-suspense about a young woman with nightmares that come true, who returns to her hometown seeking redemption and instead unleashes revenge, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in an exclusive submission, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).
‘s KILLER VIBES, the first in the Peter Key mystery series, pitched as “if David Rose from Schitt’s Creek found himself solving murders,” about a laid-back bisexual stoner who inherits a dilapidated bungalow from an uncle he barely knew in one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Austin, and when everyone he meets seems to have a hidden agenda related to the house, he starts to suspect that his uncle’s death wasn’t an accident, to Catherine Richards at Minotaur, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Melissa Danaczko at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).
‘s VENGEFULLY MATCHED, a sapphic rivals-to-lovers companion to the forthcoming HOPELESSLY TEAVOTED, featuring two witches as they fake date to uncover who’s sabotaging one’s Witchery Council initiatives and framing the other in the process, pitched as adult Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair meets Death Becomes Her with themes of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Taste” music video, to Melanie Iglesias Perez at Atria, in a good deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management (world).
‘s THE HEART OF VENGEANCE, pitched as a fantasy trilogy with a sapphic romance, Chinese mythology influences, and winged horses, in which the heroine is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime she did not commit and must enact her vengeance and win back her true love, to Tricia Narwani at Del Rey (NA), in a major deal, for seven figures, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency, on behalf of Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment.
Author of EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD ‘s IS THIS A CRY FOR HELP?, in which a gay librarian returns to work after a mental breakdown to find that she must confront book-banning crusaders at the library’s gates, rallying the community and finding her truest self in the process, to Sean deLone at Atria, for publication in spring 2026, by Heather Carr at Friedrich Agency.
‘s THE BANGBANG BOYS, following the fractious lives of the young male staff and the tough-loving matron of a gay massage parlor in Manila amid a deadly war on drugs, a polyphonic literary crime novel pitched as Gary Indiana’s RENT BOY meets Deepti Kapoor’s AGE OF VICE, exploring sexuality, agency, and resistance in an era of unraveling democracies, to Ben Brooks at MCD/FSG, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2027, by Eloy Bleifuss at Neon Literary (world).
Author of GREEN DOT ‘s CHOSEN FAMILY, following the evolution of one gorgeously messy friendship turned feud turned unrequited love affair between two women, from their meeting at an all-girls school in Sydney to their decision to have a child without being romantically involved, to Caroline Zancan at Mariner, in a pre-empt, by Dana Murphy at Trellis Literary Management, on behalf of Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary (NA).
PEN/Hemingway Award, LA Times Seidenbaum Award, and Joyce Carol Oates Prize nominee and author of THE RECENT EAST and IN TONGUES ‘s REGIONAL THEATER, a decades-spanning, polyphonic novel following the cast and crew of a fictional theater production, beginning when the musical’s early 1990s Saratoga Springs debut is derailed by its main star snapping a tendon in her foot, and progressing through the AIDS crisis and into 2010s New York as the musical is revived and as its main players orbit, obsess over, and reconnect with one another, again to Jackson Howard at MCD/FSG, by Jody Kahn at Brandt & Hochman (world).
NYT bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning author ‘s RATIONAL CREATURES, pitched as a historical romance retelling of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, in which a trans man is reunited with the man he loves, whose heart he broke, and must decide whether to reveal his true identity as they strike up a friendship, to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Lara Perkins at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
‘s THE LEVERET, in which a queer couple grieves the loss of a child late in pregnancy while the woman who carried the child cares for a baby hare, only to face the animal’s intractable wildness and the violence it can’t help but commit, to Mo Crist at Bloomsbury, by Amelia Evans at PRH UK (NA).
Author of WE HAD NO RULES ‘s THE TREASURE MAKER, a sapphic tale about the vampiric urge to merge, set off the gloomy coast of Washington during the pandemic quarantine with flashbacks to 14th-century plague-ridden Tuscany, pitched for fans of gothic romance and hot queer body horror, to Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame at Generous Press, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026 (world).
Author of LOVE AT FIRST SET ‘s ANDERSON IN BLOOM, an enemies-to-lovers second-chance rom-com, about a reclusive former child star turned florist whose quiet life is turned upside down when her annoyingly hot ex (and former costar) shows up in town with plans to write a tell-all memoir, to Madelyn Blaney at Avon, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2026, by Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary (world English).
Young Adult Fiction
‘s WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FIND THIS, a sapphic time travel romance with a murder mystery, in which a young girl stumbles back in time and meets her teenage mom before falling in love with the girl next door, pitched as in the vein of Casey McQuiston’s ONE LAST STOP and Back to the Future, to Char Dreyer at Wednesday Books, for publication in winter 2027, by Naomi Davis at BookEnds (world English).
Jessi Ann York’s debut TALONS AND NIGHTSHADE, a dark, queer fantasy of obsession, passion, and consumption set in a world fighting to break free of its eat-or-be-eaten ethos, featuring the first human girl to study among winged harpyia people, but when a de-feathered corpse appears in her research studio, they question if they made a grave mistake, to Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books, for publication in winter 2027, by Elizabeth Copps at Copps Literary Services (world English)
‘s CALLUM AT LAST, pitched as a queer coming-of-age contemporary with Sex Education vibes set in Brighton, England, in which a wallflower inadvertently causes chaos by harboring an ill-advised crush within his new friend group, to Alessandra Balzer at Balzer & Bray, for publication in spring 2027, by Alyssa Maltese at Root Literary (world).
‘s THE SIREN’S KISS, a sapphic mermaid and pirate enemies-to-lovers romantasy in which a pirate captain looking to free herself from her cursed ship enlists the help of a fiery mermaid, who’s on a quest to settle her score with the infamous Sea Witch, to Claire Stetzer at Amulet, for publication in fall 2026, by Ellen Goff and Carrie Hannigan at HG Literary (NA).
Author of THE CLOSEST THING TO A NORMAL LIFE ‘s BLACK & BROWN BOI DIVE INTO LOVE, in which a poor Mexican high school tennis boi phenom contends with internalized childhood trauma and keeping his relationship with a wealthy Black boi college diver hidden from his racist, religious, and homophobic parents, only to get outed on social media and kicked out of his home, leading him to found family and dreams achieved, to Nicolas Kanellos at Arte Publico Press, for publication in fall 2026, by Shari Maurer at Stringer Literary Agency (world).
Non-Fiction
Professor of Criminology and Queer Theory at Birkbeck, University of London ‘s UNSAFE: THE CARCERAL ROOTS OF THE ANTI-TRANS BACKLASH, a look at how the politics of exclusion, surveillance, and the policing of difference are driving the ‘gender wars’ in Britain, and a case for safety built upon collective care, material justice, and radical solidarity, to Brekhna Aftab at Haymarket, for publication in spring 2026 (world).
Two-time Emmy-winning network television writer ‘s DOOR IN THE MOUNTAIN, following a gay Brooklyn woman’s close yet complex relationship with her Catholic, rural-raised father and the hunting trip they go on against the backdrop of the 2024 election, pitched for readers of EDUCATED, PRIESTDADDY, and CRYING IN H MART, teaching us what it means to truly see, accept, and love those around us despite our differences, while also staying true to ourselves, to Austin Ross at Harper Horizon, in a pre-empt, by Laurie-Maude Chenard at UTA (NA).
Poetry
Educator and author of BALLAST and THIS GLITTERING REPUBLIC ‘s THE BEAST COMES TO YOU AS SMOKE, probing the intersection of Black life, the monstrous, and queer existence as a container for desire and justified violence, to Maya Marshall at Haymarket, for publication in fall 2026 (world).
