Adult Fiction
Hurston/Wright fellow and Syracuse MFA graduate ‘s FIGHT IN THE NIGHT, a queer coming-of-age novel set during one endless, storm-filled summer that follows a teenage girl—the only daughter of Haitian immigrants—and her five older brothers as they barrel through the Florida suburbs, where she must learn to grow bigger in a world that insists on her smallness, to Emily Polson at Scribner, at auction, by Iwalani Kim at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (NA).
Illustrator, comics artist, and co-creator of QUEER ‘s ORLANDO: A GRAPHIC NOVEL BIOGRAPHY, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, which tells the story of a poet adrift in time who starts out his life as a nobleman in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, and concludes her story as a 36-year-old woman in the present, to Avery Hill.
‘s PENITENTS, the author’s debut, pitched as a trans tribute to New French Extreme cinema and ’70s grindhouse horror set on the rain-slicked coast of the Pacific Northwest, in which a writer runs afoul of a local violent family while attempting to take some space from her partners, set against a backdrop of desperate hook-ups and polyamorous infidelity; a revenge romp that spans the course of one blood-soaked weekend around Astoria, Oregon, to Max Booth III at Ghoulish Books, for publication in August 2026 (world English).
‘s DEVIL AT MY DOOR, a m/m dark romance thriller in which, five minutes in the future, an anonymous killer of the CEO of an organ harvesting company is on the run and takes refuge at an angry young man’s isolated farm, where the tension between them boils over, to Laura Schreiber at Avon, in a very nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, by Dani Sanchez at SBR Media.
Author of the forthcoming THE WITCH DOESN’T DROWN IN THIS ONE ‘s graphic novel BOOKS, ICED COFFEE, AND A SIDE OF DRAGONS, a cozy queer romantasy set in Sea Witch Cove, where a bookshop owner discovers the magic of dragons, community, and true love, illustrated by , to Patty Rice while at Andrews McMeel, with Danys Mares and Amanda Meadows editing, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, by Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management for the author, and by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
Author of WORLD RUNNING DOWN and KEY LIME SKY ‘s SHAKE OUT THE GHOSTS, a contemporary queer romance with a magical twist, pitched for fans of TJ Klune and Ashley Poston, to Julie Constantine at Podium Publishing, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2026 (world English).
Author of The Ancients’ Bargain series ‘s A BAT TASTE IN HER MOUTH, pitched as a BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD meets Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal, an erotic dark romance with macabre humor, in which an undying woman is determined to save her marriage after tasting someone else’s blood on her wife’s lips, to Nelka Mazur at Hedone, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2026.
Author of CORRESPONDENTS and CHRISTODORA ‘s CAT BURGLARS OF PARIS, in which a gay American journalist in Paris falls in love and runs afoul of a burglary ring targeting Paris’s richest apartments, pitched for fans of Andrew Sean Greer and Armistead Maupin, to Nneoma Amadi-obi at Norton, by Madeline Ticknor at Janklow & Nesbit.
Ashley James’s Sunset Hope series, a queer cowboy romance series set on a Wyoming equine rescue ranch, where broken pasts and reluctant hearts collide, pitched as perfect for fans of Brokeback Mountain and The Long Ride, to Christine Bendorf at Arndell, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, by Josi Beck and Katie Thomas at Beck Literary Agency (world).
USA Today-bestselling author of the Tomes & Tea series ‘s THIS GILDED ABYSS, book one in the Titan’s Wrath series, a tale of lesbians vs. zombies on a doomed luxury submarine, pitched as Arcane meets Titanic, to Mal Frazier at Tor, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, for publication in November 2025, by Taryn Fagerness at Taryn Fagerness Agency (world English).
‘s QUEERLY BELOVED: A LOVE STORY FOR ALL SEASONS, to Archana Nathan at Penguin India (India), in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Priya Doraswamy at Lotus Lane Literary (world).
Korean American author of PSYCHOPOMP and LIAR, DREAMER, THIEF ‘s AVIARY, a blend of psychological suspense, gothic fantasy, queer longing, and body horror, in which an undocumented woman in South Korea steals her dead sister’s identity to move to the US and take part in an art program for underserved minorities—but the trip soon turns into a nightmare, as her destination is no ordinary art school and her sister’s death was definitely not of natural causes, to Rachel Slatter at Severn House, for publication in April 2026, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (world English).
Author of JESUS AND JOHN ‘s WITH BLOOD UPON HIS TEETH, a queer Gothic novel following a disgraced history tutor exiled to a decaying Cornish estate, where he becomes entangled in family secrets, supernatural dread, and dangerous desire, pitched in the tradition of Shirley Jackson and Sarah Waters, to Steve Berman at Lethe Press, by Eric Showers at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (US).
Young Adult
Author of COVEN and FULL SHIFT ‘s BITE ME, a sapphic supernatural YA about a newly turned teen vampire whose longtime crush turns out to be a slayer, illustrated by illustrator of WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER , to Stephanie Pitts at Putnam Children’s, for publication in summer 2026, by Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary for the author, and by Ben Grange at L. Perkins Agency for the illustrator (world).
Author ‘s BRIDGET AND GABE ARE NOT OKAY, the sequel to GWEN & ART ARE NOT IN LOVE, in which, with the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumored sightings of Arthurian legends popping up across the country, the four friends depart on a PR tour destined for disaster, to Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books, in a very nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in August 2026, by Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency (NA).
‘s MY OWN KIND OF PERSON, a queer coming-of-age debut about a teenage stand-up comic whose shot at a career-making contest is complicated by his spiraling mental health and a growing connection with a boy who sees through his act, pitched for fans of ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE and John Green, to Lauri Hornik at Rocky Pond Books, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2026, by Melanie Figueroa at Root Literary (world).
Author of BAD CREEK ‘s THE MONSTERS WE MADE, pitched as a queer, X-Files-inspired paranormal thriller in which, after a small town’s local cryptid makes a bloody reappearance, two teens must uncover the truth about Old Lucky’s origins and the town’s dark history—and not fall in love in the process, to Kristin Allard at Norton Young Readers, for publication in June 2026, by Miriam Cortinovis while at ArtHouse Literary Agency (world).
Non-Fiction
Author of UNCLOBBER ‘s BUT WHAT ABOUT…, pitched as going beyond the standard Bible passages and getting into some of the “but what about” questions regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity, to Joel Fotinos at St. Martin’s Essentials, in a nice deal, by Angela Scheff at Christopher Ferebee (world).
Author of A PLACE OF OUR OWN ‘s RITA DID, about the iconic RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE author Rita Mae Brown, using the eventful life of a complicated woman as a lens into the rapid transformations in our understandings of queerness and feminism over the course of the last 50 years, to Grace McNamee at Bloomsbury, at auction, by Maggie Cooper at Aevitas Creative Management (NA).
Emmy Award-nominated and NYT bestselling author ‘s AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, continuing the author’s story for 15 years following ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE, including their experience with an HIV diagnosis, the death of their grandmother, alcoholism, and nationwide book bans, to Asia Harden at Macmillan, in a major deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026, by Patrice Caldwell at The Caldwell Agency (NA).
Lambda Literary Award-winning author of TOUCHING THE ART and THE FREEZER DOOR ‘s ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK: STORIES AND STRATEGIES FROM A MOVEMENT TO END THE AIDS CRISIS, a wide-ranging collection featuring activists from ACT UP chapters that flourished across the country and beyond from the 1980s to the present; pitched as offering a historical corrective, rallying cry, and activist handbook, with a preface by Alexander Chee, to Katy O’Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by Rebecca Friedman at Rebecca Friedman Literary (world).
Photographer ‘s WOMEN IN ARMS: REDEFINING WHO GETS TO BE LEGENDARY, a fantasy portrait book filled with images of women and queer models styled as unconventional warriors, to Mirabelle Korn at Chronicle, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027 (world).
Ash Haffner Foundation founder ‘s JUST CALL ME ASH, a composition of left-behind letters that shed light on the many struggles that Ash Haffner, an LGBTQ+ teen who lost their battle to suicide, faced and fought from birth until their final breath, paired with their grieving mother’s narrative, which detail her own plights and more importantly, perseverance, to Ashley Calvano at Viva Editions, for publication in fall of 2026.
Poetry
Queer, trans, and nonbinary performer, artist, activist, and abolitionist ‘s THIS BODY, THIS FRUIT, a collection confronting the intersections of queer and trans identity, community, and place, to Kris Bigalk at Trio House, with Natasha Kane editing, in a nice deal, for publication in February 2027.
