Adult Fiction
‘s EAT CROW, pitched as the sapphic horror twin to Micah Nemerever’s THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS and reminiscent of Julia Armfield, exploring desire both empowering and grotesque, art as love and as violence, and the beauty and darkness of sisterhood, to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Blackstone Publishing, in a very nice deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Bailey Tamayo at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (world English).
Author of THE OLD PLACE and cohost of the podcast Who? Weekly ‘s WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY, pitched as THE WEDDING PEOPLE meets THE CELEBRANTS, about a recently engaged gay man second-guessing his belief in marriage, and his beloved cousin’s chaotic Texas wedding weekend, with old friends and unexpected strangers assigned to the increasingly rambunctious “queer table,” that will help guide him to his truth, to Ashley Di Dio at Putnam, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (world).
‘s ROMANTASYLAND, a queer satirical romantasy in which a superfan of the genre attends a romantasy-themed retreat, only to fall through a portal and into a real fantasy world where she is declared the chosen one and expected to save the kingdom, all while entangled in a love triangle, to Ivanka Perez at Bantam Dell, by Nina Leon at Perez Literary & Entertainment (world English).
‘s GODBOUND, a sapphic high fantasy standalone brimming with unpredictable gods, unreliable narrators, and suspense, following a petty thief on the run from her all-seeing god and finding that even her thoughts are no longer safe space, to Katie Dent at Titan Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in February 2027, by Sophie Sheumaker at BookEnds (world English).
Author of ALL (DEAD) GIRLS LIE ‘s (DEAD) GIRLS DON’T CRY, a sapphic mystery pitched as WE WERE LIARS meets Cruel Summer, following a pair of sisters whose lives are turned upside down after a freak accident last spring break claims the life of their best friend, to V. Ruiz at 100 Block Futures, in an exclusive submission, for publication in September 2026 (world).
‘s THE FRACTURED LIFE OF LUCY HUGHES, a dual-timeline contemporary novel with a sapphic subplot, in which a woman’s response to an unexpected jumbotron proposal splits her life in two directions—one version where she says yes and becomes the reluctant fiancee of a political heir, and another where her rejection goes viral, imploding her relationship, career, and privacy, to Pippa White at Lake Union Publishing, in a pre-empt, by Trinica Sampson-Vera at New Leaf Literary & Media (world).
Debut author-illustrator ‘s graphic novel GREAT GATSBY: IMAGE IS EVERYTHING, pitched as a thriller reimagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic through a QTPOC lens, in which Nick Carraway develops a parasocial codependency with Gatsby—an aspiring couturier with a fabricated identity—until their shared obsession with New York’s criminal underworld, excesses of opulence, and performances of love threaten Nick’s American Dream, Gatsby’s grasp on reality, and the lives of the muses they would each die—and kill—for, to Anita Okoye at Abrams ComicArts, at auction, for publication in 2028, by Jas Perry at Looking Glass Literary & Media (world).
‘s PRETTY POISON FLOWERS, a queer dark romance about former school enemies whose paths cross years later when one of them makes the other an indecent proposal: I’ll solve your money problems if you agree to cater to my every whim for a year, again to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca, in an exclusive submission, by Courtney Miller-Callihan at Handspun Literary (world English).
‘s A CHRISTMAS INN, MAINE, a queer holiday rom-com, featuring a young man determined to save his family’s inn in time for the holidays, and to not fall in love with the hot contractor hired to help, to Grace Vainisi at Avon, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Sara Megibow at Megibow Literary Agency (world).
, Harvey Award-winning and Eisner Award-nominated artist , and and illustrator-comic book author ‘s graphic novel EASY TO LOVE, a fictionalized portrait of Matt Baker, a queer Black cartoonist celebrated for his “good girl art,” like the controversial Phantom Lady, who helped define the romance genre while navigating his own secret love life in 1950s Manhattan, to Mark Irwin and Mike Marts at Mad Cave Studios, for publication in February 2027, by Alice Tasman at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency (world).
Children’s Fiction
Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor ‘s OUR GUNCLE, about grief and the importance of family—in all its unexpected forms— inspired by the young characters Maisie and Grant from the author’s adult novel THE GUNCLE, illustrated by , to Jennifer Klonsky at Putnam Children’s, in an exclusive submission, for publication in May 2026, by Rob Weisbach at Rob Weisbach Creative Management for the author, and by Justin Rucker at Shannon Associates for the illustrator (world).
Young Adult Fiction
‘s DON’T PRINT THIS, a queer mystery in which a boy investigates the murder of a journalist in hopes of winning back his ex-best friend—the victim’s son, to Tamara Grasty at Page Street Kids, for publication in fall 2026, by Nicole Eisenbraun at Ginger Clark Literary (world).
Poetry
Art historian, James Baldwin MacDowell Fellow, and author of THE GROVES, LUSH LIVES, and the forthcoming BLACKNESS THIRTEEN WAYS ‘s GARLAND650, about a queer December-May relationship between two women, its poems in conversation and agreement with the 650 lines of Sappho’s translated fragments, to Deborah Garrison at Knopf, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, by Madison Smartt Bell of Ayesha Pande Literary (world).
