Adult Fiction
NYT-bestselling author of THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA ‘s MURMURATION, INTO THIS RIVER I DROWN, HOW TO BE A NORMAL PERSON, and THE IMMEMORIAL YEAR; and four untitled queer novels, to Ali Fisher at Tor, in separate major deals, each for seven figures, in separate four-book deals, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).
Stegner Fellow ‘s TRICKS OF THE LIGHT, following a queer down-and-out poet who, in the throes of marital heartbreak, is invited to a remote island estate in the dead of winter to complete a mysterious project for a great sum of money—but the secrets of the island, and the machinations of the benefactress who brought her there, may cost her everything, to Lexy Cassola in her first acquisition for Celadon Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Duvall Osteen at UTA (NA).
‘s TEA & TIME LOOPS, a queer cozy fantasy pitched as LEGENDS & LATTES meets THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES by way of TJ Klune, set in a sleepy town where the resident town screwup and tea shop owner must travel back in time via a special brew to prove their innocence after someone is poisoned in their shop, to Ruoxi Chen and Molly Donovan at Putnam, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027 and spring 2028, by Deidre Knight and Tyler Knight at The Knight Agency (world).
Winner of the 2025 Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writer’s Prize ‘s DO NOT KISS NICHOLAS PRINCE, a queer romcom, in which the grandson of a famous author and former boyband member get caught up in a fake dating scheme, to Kat Resurreccion at Mira, in a nice deal, at auction, for publication in February 2027, by Sarah Scarlett at Penguin Random House UK (NA).
‘s SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BREWED, a sapphic rom-com in which a woman lies about being engaged and the cafe owner across the street offers to be her fake fiancee, to Ryan Nuzzo at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).
‘s YOU’VE GOT KUDOS, a m/m romance, pitched as in the vein of HEATED RIVALRY and SPOILER ALERT, in which an NHL player discovers gay fan fiction about himself and soon realizes he’s in love with his captain and best friend, to Lizzie Poteet at Bantam Dell, in a good deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).
‘s THE ALCHEMIST BAKER OF ROSEN, a cozy queer fantasy following a refugee baker whose forbidden magic keeps his struggling harbor district fed, until a royal inspector arrives who may expose him, to Chantelle Aimee Osman at Simon Maverick, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency (world).
Young Adult Fiction
‘s THE NIGHT SERPENT, in which a betrayed queer teen’s heartbreak and rage are so strong they summon the big bad from their failed D&D campaign, and now she and her estranged friends must work together with their characters to stop the night serpent from destroying both worlds, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in an exclusive submission, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (world).
Author of A STUDY IN DROWNING and FABLE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD ‘s WINTERVEIL, a duology set in an alternate future where the Cold War still rages, following four precocious teenage criminals with dark skills and darker secrets who are offered a fresh start by enrolling at a secret military academy—but instead of training to end the war, they find themselves on a mysterious mission that will test loyalties, forge romances, and maybe end the world as they know it, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Children’s, in a major deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Sarah Landis at Sterling Lord Literistic.
‘s ICARUS FELL, the sequel to VESUVIUS, following two boys to Rome where, in the wake of the devastation in Pompeii, the inauguration of the Colosseum looms as ghosts of the past threaten to destroy the future they have been working to build, to Zoie Konneker at Peachtree Teen, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027, by Allegra Martschenko at BookEnds (world).
Jenna Baner’s GIRLS WALKING WITH WOLVES, pitched as a Little Red Riding Hood-inspired aro-ace fantasy, in which a young blind woman forms a secret friendship with her village’s last surviving witch while negotiating an uncomfortable courtship with a witch-hunter determined to win her heart, to Tamara Grasty at Page Street Kids, for publication in November 2026, by Emma Loy-Santelli at Serendipity Literary Agency (world).
Non-Fiction
Author of National Book Award winner LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB ‘s SOMETHING INSIDE ME KNOWS, incorporating free verse, found poetry, and lyric essay, weaving a nonlinear story of immigration and identity that connects the author’s childhood in small-town Colorado in the 1980s to her grandmother’s experiences in wartime China, to Andrew Karre at Dutton Children’s, for publication in March 2027, by Michael Bourret at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world English).
Author of HOW DO I UN-REMEMBER THIS and THE JOLLIEST BUNCH and host of the Everything Iconic podcast ‘s JUST MY LUCK, a collection of humorous essays that explores the universal horror, delight, and joy that accompanies becoming a parent, navigating the complexities of IVF, being a gay dad, and finally welcoming a son, to Kate Roddy at Abrams, for publication in summer 2027, by Kristyn Keene Benton while at CAA (world).
Author of the Lambda Award-winning RADIANT and the forthcoming memoir GOOD MORNING MOON ‘s EDMUND AND HIS KIND, a portrait of the late novelist Edmund White, his social circle in New York and Paris, and his impactful force in both literary and political history, again to Jonathan Burnham and Noah Eaker at Harper, by Joy Harris at Joy Harris Agency (NA).
Scholar ‘s DANDELION CHILD: ESSAYS AND ARTIFACTS OF PLACE, FAITH, AND BELONGING, a memoir-in-essays tracing their Black, queer, trans-masc life across gardens, borders, and identities, meditating on how the past lives in the body, how belief is remade, and how belonging can bloom beyond the binary, to Dede Cummings at Green Writers Press, with Sharyn Skeeter editing, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027 (world English).
Historian Matthew J. Prigge’s DOG’S DAY: THE TRUE STORY OF ARMED ROBBERY, TOXIC LOVE, AND GAY LIBERATION THAT INSPIRED A HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC, which investigates the true events behind the 1975 Sidney Lumet film Dog Day Afternoon, about the life and times of queer bank robber John Wojtowicz, famously portrayed by Al Pacino, and his genderfluid spouse, Liz Eden, a drag queen who underwent gender-affirming surgery with the proceeds of the film, and tells a tale as relevant today as it was 50 years ago: a messy love story in a politically fraught time in which simply being oneself could be seen as an act of rebellion, to Dan Smetanka at Counterpoint, with Dan Lopez editing, for publication in fall 2026, by Sandy Lu at Book Wyrm Literary Agency (world English).
Poetry
Trans poet, author of A BOY IN THE CITY, and PhD Candidate in English at Northwestern University S. Yarberry’s THE ROBERT POEMS, a speculative history project that reanimates Robert Blake (the late brother of poet William Blake) as a trans man in the 18th century, which plays with historical boundaries and expectations around gender and transformation; and URGENT, STARS, a book-length poem written using a “prosody of needles,” which functions via duration, improvisation, and collage reflecting the silver arm of the needle used for testosterone injections, to Will Evans and Sarah McEachern at Deep Vellum, with Hannah Smith editing, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2026 and 2027 (world).
