Adult Fiction
Author of WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY and YOURS FOR THE SEASON ‘s PULLING THE GOALIE, book three in the Puck Struck series, a sapphic hockey romance in which a championship-winning goalie agrees to train a Hollywood actress for her breakout role in a sports biopic, hoping it will help her overcome a fear of returning to the ice after a nasty injury—until sparks start flying, complicating things even further, to Leyla Erkan at Harlequin, for publication in winter 2027, by Paige Terlip at Starling Literary + Media (world English).
NYT bestselling author of PEOPLE WATCHING ‘s SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, a previously self-published sapphic holiday novella, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, for publication in September 2026, by Jessica Alvarez at BookEnds (NA).
Essayist and journalist ‘s THE UNDERSIDE, following three LGBTQ women forced underground in La Paz, Bolivia; one flees with her young daughter after her violent husband discovers her lesbian affair; another, an aspiring composer, is cast out after being caught with a female dancer; and the third, the openly gay daughter of a European diplomat, falls for a transgender nonbinary artist and activist, and must confront her privilege as the underground community fights for equality and visibility, to Jaynie Royal at Regal House, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2028, by Stephanie Katz at GiraffeLight Media Agency (world English).
‘s FROM BEIJING, WITH LOVE, a contemporary gay rom-com, in which a fish-out-of-water Chinese Dutch programmer struggling with OCD and heartbreak finds himself stranded in Beijing and forced to rely on the help of a snarky yet attractive PhD student moonlighting as a tour guide who has no patience for what he perceives to be obnoxious Western entitlement—but as each impromptu visit to a tourist destination brings them closer together, they find themselves sharing more than just meals and cultural differences, to Jess Verdi while at Alcove Press, for publication in September 2026, by Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Azantian Literary Agency (world English).
‘s HAPPILY EVER AFTERLIFE, a sapphic found-family romance in which an author’s assistant meets the ghost of a 1960s socialite and her two ghost children wandering the halls of the famously haunted Dakota Building and must find a way to write them a happily ever afterlife, to Katie McGuire at Alcove Press, for publication in fall 2026, by Stacy Testa at Writers House.
Author-illustrator of I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME MariNaomi’s graphic novel GET BACK, pitched as Memento meets Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with a drop of Syd Barrett, a queer love story in which a woman attempts time travel in hopes of professing her love to an unrequited crush and saving her life, to Rob Clough at Fieldmouse Press, with Alex Hoffman editing, for publication in the summer of 2027, by Gordon Warnock at Fuse Literary (world English).
Senior editor of Citizen Magazine Kevin Quinn’s CHILD AND GOD, about a brother and sister told in alternating perspectives—the brother (“Him”), the sister (“Her”), and the overall family unit (“Them”)—as they grow up in a Black Pentecostal Church in ’90s Detroit, exploring themes of revelation and concealment, queer desire and its sublimation, and the ultimate cost of belief, to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf, with John Ingold editing, in an exclusive submission, by Sharmaine Lovegrove at International Creative Agency.
Author of FIVE WINDOWS Jon Roemer’s MOTHER IN THE SUN IN PUERTO VALLARTA, pitched as an alternative to HEATED RIVALRY, in which a queer 30-something misfit navigates a hypersexualized gay world in search of his elusive celebrity mother, to Jaynie Royal at Regal House, for publication in spring 2028 (world).
‘s IT’S IN HER KISS, an f/f romance in which a woman cursed to cause accidents every time she kisses someone falls for the private investigator determined to prove she’s a fraud, and THE EX FILES, in which exes fake being in love for a couples’ retreat and accidentally fall back in love for real, to Emily Gowers at Storm Publishing, in a two-book deal, for publication in February 2027 and October 2027, by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency (world English and Italian).
Comedian, podcast host, and content creator ‘s RUN OF THE MILL, a darkly humorous murder mystery following a “girl-loser” barista whose already disastrous day is worsened by a cafe robbery and a suspicious death, which her roommate decides they must solve, all while she simultaneously embarks on a reckless side quest to ruin her ex’s life, pitched as Only Murders in the Building meets The Big Lebowski with a queer twist, to Jesse Shuman at Bantam Dell, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Dan Milaschewski and Madison Hernick at UTA (NA).
‘s TO KEEP A THIEF, pitched for readers of KJ Charles and Lex Croucher, a queer Edwardian romance about class rage, found family, and a bisexual jewel thief intent on stealing a fortune from a grouchy country gentleman, to Genni Eccles at Berkley, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Maggie Cooper at Aevitas Creative Management (world).
Queer Latinx author of HOW WE NAMED THE STARS ‘s WHAT THE LIGHT WOULD SAY, about an unexpected romance that blossoms between a college student and a young soldier during the dying days of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; an exploration of two people willing to risk it all in order to live openly and freely and forge their new family, to Sara Hunt at Saraband, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2027, by Caro Clarke at Portobello Literary.
‘s DEATH BY MISADVENTURE, a humorous historical mystery with a sapphic subplot, in which a coroner in 16th-century England investigates a suspicious death at the local mill, navigating village secrets and incompetent witnesses, unaware that a young housemaid holds the key to solving the case, to Pippa White at Lake Union Publishing, by Joanna Kaliszewska at The BKS Agency (world).
Children’s Fiction
‘s CELEBRATE SHABBAT WITH MOMMY, MAMA, AND ME and HAPPY SHABBAT FROM DADDY, PAPA, AND ME, each following a LGBTQ+ family as they prepare for Shabbat together with prayer, candles, challah—and lots of love, illustrated by , to Rotem Moscovich at Knopf Children’s, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Elizabeth Harding at Curtis Brown for the author, and by Andrea Morrison at Writers House for the illustrator (world).
Middle Grade Fiction
‘s CONSIDERING THE LOBSTER, taking place the day before Thanksgiving, when a middle schooler, desperate to avoid going home, accompanies her college-age sister around town completing DoorDash deliveries, concocting a plan to free lobsters from the tanks she sees them trapped in at the grocery stores that they pass through; ultimately, the sisters will have to confront their shared history of abuse and the legacy of trauma left behind, to Martha Mihalick at Greenwillow, at auction, for publication in fall 2027, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (NA).
Author of the Canterwood Crest series ‘s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIE, a sapphic rom-com about a winter-obsessed girl who creates a fake identity to text her crush—only to discover she’s been messaging (and falling for) a prickly classmate instead, forcing her to face the consequences of her facade—and to choose between the “perfect” girl and the girl she previously thought was a grinch before the Winter Wonderland Dance, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin, for publication in fall 2027, by Josh Getzler at HG Literary (world).
Young Adult Fiction
Author-illustrator of I SHALL NEVER FALL IN LOVE ‘s graphic novel A TRUE GENTLEMAN, a queer historical romance following a trans teen grappling with masculinity, disability, and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn—and his sweetheart’s secret plans to see him again, to Caitlin O’Connell at Penguin Workshop, at auction, for publication in 2028, by Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management (NA).
‘s graphic novel MONUMENTAL, a queer YA romance set in an alt-Renaissance about the forbidden love between a princess and a groundskeeper and how they reunite with the help of an exiled sculptor and a little bit of magic, to Marisa DiNovis at Knopf Children’s, for publication in fall 2027, by Daniel Lazar at Writers House (NA).
Non-Fiction
Author of 2023 Lammy Finalist ANOTHER APPALACHIA Neema Avashia’s ANOTHER MOTHERHOOD, an essay collection about becoming a non-gestational parent while being Desi, queer, and Appalachian, featuring deep personal reflections and meditations on intersectional parenthood, familial legacies, grief, and selfhood, to Alison Rodriguez at Beacon Press.
Actor, drag king, and activist ‘s RISE OF A KING, sharing stories from their Puerto Rican upbringing and drag king journey that inspire readers to honor their heritage and embrace their truest selves, to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Primero Sueno, in an exclusive submission, by Katelyn Dougherty at Paradigm (world).
Nan Shepherd Prize longlisted and Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize shorlisted author, educator, artist, and curator ‘s Q IS FOR GARDEN: TENDING THE HISTORIES OF QUEER CULTIVATION, an exploration of how queerness and nature entwine, blending memoir, history, and cultural criticism to imagine what happens when we step beyond the binaries that fence us in; from illness and recovery to queer love and ecological wonder, inviting readers to rethink how we inhabit land, culture, and each other, to Thomas Dark at Manchester University Press, for publication in July 2026, by Caro Clarke at Portobello Literary.
