Adult Fiction
Author of MY SHARE OF THE BODY ‘s RUGGERS, following a women’s college rugby team in New England through the eyes of a single player who is facing a crossroads as a battered shoulder threatens to keep her out for the season and pushes her to begin searching for a life off the field; a portrait of a brutal sport that explores queer friendship, desire, social identity, community, and athleticism, to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton, at auction, by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Literary Agency (world).
Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award winner and author of FOR HER CONSIDERATION and ON HER TERMS ‘s untitled sapphic standalone rom-com, featuring ex-friends to lovers with a healthy dose of bachelorette party shenanigans in Palm Springs, to Alexandra Sunshine at Kensington, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Kate Schafer Testerman at KT Literary (world).
‘s THE BAYOU, a queer Southern gothic horror in which people start disappearing, and a man is reminded of a death from 20 years ago and the mysterious man that haunted his dreams, while also getting tangled up with a charismatic fugitive, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).
‘s BEAN THERE, FOUND YOU, an opposites-attract sapphic romance where a mean girl finds herself falling for her supervisor, who she used to tease in high school, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).
Author of YOURS FOR THE TAKING and THE SHUTOUTS Gabrielle Korn’s LONG ISLAND GIRLS, a story of first love and second chances set in the indie music industry, featuring a queer woman from Long Island who works at a small record label in the early 2000s and the complicated love interest from back home whom she encounters three life-altering times over the next 20 years, to Hannah O’Grady at St. Martin’s, in an exclusive submission, for publication in June 2026 (world).
Practicing folk witch Antonio Pagliarulo’s MY COVEN IS A CRIME SCENE, MAGIC IS THE BEST ALIBI, and THE APOTHECARY OF OTHERWORLDY ACCOMPLICES, in the Italian Witch mystery series, featuring a gay witch and his crime-fighting Italian family as they investigate the murder of their local nemesis in fictional Strega Moon, Connecticut, all while battling an ancient demon, unlocking the mystical, dark history of the popular Italian tarantella dance, and feeling the heat of his blossoming romance with the hunky cop who prefers forensics to folk magic, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world).
‘s DANGEROUS AND WELL-READ, pitched as Xena Warrior Princess meets Mrs. and Mrs. Smith, in which daughters of enemy kingdoms must wed to unite their people against the greater threat of an immortal army, all the while plotting each other’s murder, to Alice Jerman at Amara, with Sarah Guan editing, in a two-book deal, by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary Agency (world).
Tom Ryan’s untitled sequel to the forthcoming Edgar-nominated THE TREASURE HUNTERS CLUB, sending readers back to Maple Bay for another mystery filled with adventure, intrigue, generational secrets, unexpected twists, and, of course, murder, to Joseph Brosnan at Atlantic Crime and Adrienne Kerr at Simon & Schuster Canada, to Joseph Brosnan at Atlantic Crime, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Samantha Haywood and Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Literary Agency (US). Rights also to Adrienne Kerr at Simon & Schuster Canada (Canada).
Humor columnist and author of A PRODUCT OF GENETICS (AND DAY DRINKING) and the forthcoming ADULTING FOR AMATEURS ‘s AN OLYMPIC FLAME, pitched for fans of CLEAT CUTE and DELILAH GREEN DOESN’T CARE, a queer romantic comedy about a superstar Olympic swimmer who returns to her Southern small town for her sister’s wedding and sparks an unexpected second-chance romance with her former high school girlfriend, a city planner hoping to transform the town with a new recreation center and pool—if she can get the hometown hero on her side, to Emi Ikkanda at Tiny Reparations Books, in a pre-empt, by Claire Draper at Azantian Literary Agency (world).
PEN/Faulkner and Barnes & Noble Discover Prize finalist for OPEN THROAT Henry Hoke’s THE FIRST GIRL IN HELL, a Western set in 1940, narrated by an infamous actress whose career has been torpedoed by the Hays Code as she embarks on a drunken quest for revenge and to rescue the woman she loves, again to, to Jackson Howard at MCD/FSG, by Jim Rutman at Sterling Lord Literistic (NA).
Golden Poppy winner and PEN/Hemingway and Lambda finalist Tomas Moniz’s THE KING OF ALOE VERA, set in the slowly gentrifying San Francisco Mission District, about a retired widower on the verge of giving up his home, and a soon-to-be-unhoused queer 20-year-old, in a story of community, forgiveness, and the legacies we carry with us and leave behind, to Kathy Pories and Jovanna Brinck at Algonquin, by Eleanor Jackson at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner (world).
Gwendolyn Kiste’s IN THESE GILDED, GHOSTLY HEARTS, pitched as a queer reimagining of THE GREAT GATSBY, in which Daisy Buchanan’s daughter struggles to uncover her mother’s death in Gatsby’s cursed West Egg mansion before his eternal party claims her as its next victim, to Amanda Manns at Creature, by Elizabeth Copps at Copps Literary Services (world English ex Can).
Moonbeam Award medalist and author of TINFOIL CROWNS ‘s THE LAST ICEBERG TASTING MENU, the author’s adult debut, a speculative novel following an ensemble of characters orbiting an eccentric billionaire and restaurateur who has stolen a piece of the world’s last iceberg, exploring themes of climate catastrophe, wealth inequality, queer lives, and immortality, pitched for readers of HOW FAR WE GO IN THE DARK and LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, to Roxane Gay at Roxane Gay Books, for publication in spring 2027, by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Literary Agency (NA).
Comic artist known online as @ArtbyLid Lindsay Thomasson’s APOCALYPSE BROS, the author’s debut graphic novel, based on their eponymous webcomic, pitched as a queer dystopian buddy comedy for fans of Mariko Tamaki, following estranged childhood besties who reunite at the end of the world, to Amanda Meadows at Andrews McMeel, for publication in spring 2027, by Maile Beal at Arc Literary Management (world English).
Author of the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize-longlisted THE BOY WITH THE BIRD IN HIS CHEST ‘s RUN! RUN! RUN!, a magical realist novel of fugitives on the run, found family, and what trans identity means at the end of the world, pitched as the punk sister to STATION and RED CLOCKS to Ellie Pritchett at Vintage, by Leila Campoli at Calligraph (NA).
Author of the Jacksonville Rays series and the Tuonela duet ‘s DEVOUR ME, the first in an MMF paranormal trilogy, in which a young woman becomes caught between a handsome witch and a cursed wraith in a brewing war against dark forces, to Laura Schreiber at Avon, in a major deal, for seven figures, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Susan Velazquez at JABberwocky Literary Agency (NA).
Author of RULES FOR GHOSTING ‘s AMERICAN GOLEM, in which a songwriter who was left at the altar decides to take the queer cross-country road trip that was meant to be her honeymoon on her own, until she picks up a mysterious, androgynous stranger with their own reasons for needing to get to California, setting off a will-they-won’t-they romance over the backdrop of queer American landmarks, new friends, and a soundtrack of betrayal, to Jesse Shuman and Gabby Colangelo at Bantam Dell, in an exclusive submission, by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Literary Agency (NA).
‘s THE FOREST BLEEDS, pitched as an Appalachian and Southeast Asian-inspired horror, in which a group of magical PhD candidates are kidnapped by a handsome pharmaceutical billionaire and told to heal him or die, and the anxious, obedient witch who must decide whether to accept the privileged life he offers or save her disappearing classmates, including the woman she’s had a crush on for years, to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co, for publication in fall 2026, by Rose Ferrao at P.S. Literary Agency (NA).
Comic artist known online as @ArtbyLid ‘s APOCALYPSE BROS, the author’s debut, based on their eponymous webcomic, pitched as a queer dystopian buddy comedy for fans of Mariko Tamaki, following estranged childhood besties who reunite at the end of the world, to Amanda Meadows at Andrews McMeel, for publication in spring 2027, by Maile Beal at Arc Literary Management (world English).
Author of REVOLUTIONARY and THE STORY OF SILENCE ‘s OLD BOYS, NEW RULES, a queer dark academia thriller, in which the first female head of a coed prep school must deal with an inquiry into sexual assault among students, a campus in turmoil, and the murder of a faculty member, all while navigating her growing attraction to the female investigator assigned to the case, to Laurie Johnson at Severn House, for publication in June 2026, by Ellen Scordato at Stonesong (world English).
Young Adult
Youtuber ‘s THE SECRET WORLD OF BRIAR ROSE, pitched as a queer fantasy Sleeping Beauty retelling, in which a cynical thief and her sister travel inside the dreams of a cursed princess, exploring a world fueled by imagination before their darker secrets transform into nightmares, to Zareen Jaffery at Kokila, for publication in 2026, by Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).
Author of THIS FATAL KISS ‘s THIS LETHAL LOVE, in which a former water nymph, an exorcist, and a forest demon team up to restore balance between the mortal and spirit worlds after a fanatical newcomer stirs up trouble in their magical spa town, to Jonah Heller at Peachtree Teen, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Michaela Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world, excl. ANZ).
Karina Evans’s YOU’RE THE ONE, about a volleyball rivals-to-teammates-to-lovers romance, pitched as for fans of FENCE and HEARTSTOPPER, illustrated by Lissy Marlin, to Liz Kossnar at Little, Brown Children’s, for publication in summer 2028, by Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management for the author, and by Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management for the illustrator (world).
‘s THE UNPOETIC LIFE OF AUGUST GREY, a novel-in-verse which tells the story of a 17-year-old trans boy as he grapples with issues of identity, loss, and the terrible cost of keeping secrets—even from yourself, to Andrea Davis Pinkney at Scholastic, in a very nice deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in summer 2026, by Ammi-Joan Paquette while at Aevitas Creative Management (world).
‘s graphic novel LOVE BITES, in which a vampire boy believes that werewolves and vampires don’t mix, but then he falls for the Alpha’s son; adapted from the author’s webcomic Bite Me, to Emma Hambly at Webtoon Unscrolled, for publication in fall 2026 (world).
Author of THIS PACT IS NOT OURS and LOVE AND VIDEO GAMES ‘s SO SUPERB IT’S KILLING ME, an urban fantasy, pitched as Pacale Lacelle’s CURIOUS TIDES meets Lev Grossman’s THE MAGICIANS, in which a teen athlete, competing in elite magic battles at his prestigious school for gifted students, fights to win the championship in his junior year, all the while haunted by his brother’s mysterious disappearance and dealing with his own exploration of gender identity, worried that being his true self in the arena will mean losing everything he’s worked so hard for, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, in a nice deal, for publication in the spring of 2026, by Moe Ferrara while at BookEnds (world English).
Nonfiction
Historian and translator ‘s WITH MY OWN HAND: THE SECRET LIFE OF MARIE MAITLAND, SCOTLAND’S SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SAPPHO, drawing on a vast range of newly unearthed primary historical records to tell the story of Marie Maitland and the lesbian love poetry she hid in her family’s manuscript during Mary Queen of Scots’ reign, to Holly Purdham at Headline Press, at auction, for publication in July 2026, by Caro Clarke at Portobello Literary (world English).
Retreat host, travel writer, and founder of Gay Surf Week ‘s INSIDE THE RIPTIDE, about fleeing to a surf retreat in Sri Lanka, where the author discovers that paradise is built on exploitation, love is an endless paddle, and escapism comes at a price, to Alexander Rigby at DK, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in June 2027, by Todd Shuster and Anna Shumway at Aevitas Creative Management (world English).
Professor at the University of Georgia, contributing editor at the James Baldwin Review, and advisor to Barry Jenkins on If Beale Street Could Talk Ed Pavlic’s DARKER THAN BLUE: THE RADICAL LIFE OF JAMES BALDWIN, about the novelist, essayist, and civil rights icon, emphasizing his shifting engagements with the literary, cultural, racial, sexual, and political contexts of his changing times, and drawing on troves of documents, manuscripts, and private letters by Baldwin to which the author was given exclusive access by the James Baldwin Estate, to Riva Hocherman at Holt, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, by Elias Altman at Massie McQuilkin & Altman (NA).
Chris Arnone’s MY NAME IS BABY, about an intersex child named “Baby” until tests revealed XY chromosomes, charting the author’s path from the Midwest to off-Broadway, culminating in his mid-40s decision to undergo orchiectomy—one of the hidden stories from the less than two percent of people born intersex, to Alec Loganbill at Plainspoken Books, for publication in fall 2026, by Stephanie Hansen at Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
Lambda Award winner and finalist for the Governor General Awards ‘s CROOKED TEETH: A QUEER SYRIAN REFUGEE MEMOIR, in which the author takes the reader on a border-crossing journey, pitched as a refutation of the oversimplified refugee narrative, to Dan Smetanka at Soft Skull, in a nice deal, for publication in August 2026, by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic Literary Agency (US).
