Adult Fiction
‘s WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT, a queer Appalachian horror in which a recent graduate spurns all her inheritance—the penchant for pills, the blood-soaked family farm, and the ancient magic—until infectious iron rusts through the community and she must choose which monsters to slay and which to become, to Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Alexander Slater while at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.
Astounding Award winner ‘s LEGENDS & LATTES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL and BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, full-color adaptations, illustrated by and , to Aaron Wehner at Ten Speed Press, with Zoey Brandt editing, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in October 2026, by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency (world).
‘s THE GLORY OF GOLD, and books two and three in the Inka Land rivals-to-lovers sapphic fantasy series, pitched as steeped in Incan mythology, in which an ambitious soldier-in-training and a reluctant princess are forced together on a quest across the empire to save their people from an age-old calamity, to Juliana Nador at Simon Maverick, in a three-book deal (world).
Sunday Times bestseller ‘s SINNERMAN, pitched as INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE meets THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, a standalone set in 1950s London following an immortal who masquerades as a detective but consumes sins to survive, and what happens when his prey—a man accused of murder—slips from his grasp, leading to a chase across cities and continents, and a doomed love affair, to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co, in a significant deal, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Ginger Clark at Ginger Clark Literary, on behalf of Juliet Mushens.
Author of LIAR, DREAMER, THIEF and AVIARY ‘s PASTICHE, pitched as a steampunk adult fantasy mystery with a hint of queer romance, in which a hermit-like, middle-aged dressmaker assumes her dead father’s identity to prevent his magical opera costume shop from being shut down by a society that doesn’t allow women to own property—only to team up with the ravishing milliner next door when a blackmailer threatens to take everything, to Laurie Johnson at Severn House, for publication in March 2027, by Amy Bishop-Wycisk at Trellis Literary Management (world English).
‘s KILL BOY, about a trans man who works as an assassin to pay off his debts after top surgery and who is hired to infiltrate a religious terrorist cell deep in the Mojave Desert, to Toni Kirkpatrick at Diversion Books, in a two-book deal, by David Doerrer at The Platform (world).
Queer transgender teacher and jazz banjoist ‘s TRIVIAL MATTERS, a dimension-hopping science fiction adventure featuring a transgender heroine lost in time, to Justine Norton-Kertson at Android, for publication in winter 2027 (world English).
Author of VIRULENT ‘s MR. DOPPELGANGER, a queer horror-thriller in which the protagonist forms a strange bond with a man who looks just like him—and who may be after more than just his company, to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in January 2027 (world English).
Rae Wilde’s HAPPILY EVER AFTER THE MURDERS, in which two elderly queer women go on the run to cover up a double murder they committed four decades prior, to Amina Iro at Legacy Lit, in a very nice deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Carleen Geisler while at P.S. Literary Agency (world).
Arlie Adkins’s ANDIAMO!, in which two men die suddenly on the same transatlantic flight, leading their devastated spouses—a man and a woman who are complete strangers—to an unlikely friendship and a grief journey across Italy; but when one of them publishes a bestselling memoir about the experience, the detective who had initially deemed the deaths a tragic coincidence starts to suspect that there may be more to the story, pitched as psychological suspense by way of Andrew Sean Greer, to Lexy Cassola at Celadon Books, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Alexa Stark at Writers House (NA).
Poet, artist, and musician Shira Erlichman’s TANGERAPPLE, a lesbian domestic epic set in a lightly speculative version of New York, in which a 70-year-old is about to tell her wife a long-withheld secret when she falls into a coma and must “speak” her account of their 40 years together from a liminal state, exploring love, loss, art, consciousness, and chosen family, to Deborah Garrison at Knopf, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in June 2027, by Erika Stevens at Salky Literary Management (world English).
New Yorker, Harper’s, and Paris Review contributor Oscar Schwartz’s A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS, set in 2011 and pitched as inspired by true events, about a young journalist whose correspondence with a woman blogging about her life as a pro-Democracy activist in Damascus becomes increasingly intimate, then obsessive, then transforms into something else entirely, pitched as in the vein of Hari Kunzru and Elif Batuman, raising questions about digital identity and the limits of empathy, to Miriam Khanukaev at Random House, at auction, by Chris Clemans at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
Author of the forthcoming SPOILED MILK Avery Curran’s MORTAL PASSIONS, a queer campus love story between a graduate student at a prestigious but failing university and the crisis manager hired by the college, who happens to be a centuries-old vampire set on draining the institution of its lifeblood, again to Carolyn Williams at Doubleday and to Madison Hendricks and Catherine Abes at Random House Canada, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, by Stephanie Delman at Trellis Literary Management, on behalf of Imogen Morrell (NA).
Author of ORPHAN #8 Kim van Alkemade’s THE UPSTATE DISPATCH, pitched as THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP meets THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, in which a grieving writer sets out to revive an abandoned bookshop in upstate New York, only to discover hidden letters that reveal the shop’s secret sapphic history, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a very nice deal, for publication in October 2026, by Mitchell Waters at Brandt & Hochman (world).
Syrian Canadian LGBTQ+ refugee advocate and winner of a Lambda Literary Award Danny Ramadan’s A SALTWATER REQUIEM, a multi-point-of-view family epic journey across land and sea, spanning from the village of Saidnaya, Syria, to Marseilles, London and across the Atlantic on the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic, blending folklore, communal memory, and intergenerational trauma in a narrative that connects early 20th-century Levantine history with global tragedy, to Dan Smetanka at Counterpoint, in a very nice deal, for publication in April 2027, by Rachel Letofsky at Transatlantic Literary Agency (US).
Shannon Iwanski’s THE WAGES OF SIN, book one in the supernatural queer detective noir Baynes and Eklund series, pitched as The Dresden Files meets The Murderbot Diaries as told by Deadpool, and BURNED BY A COLD KISS, THEY MUST BE FED, RENAMING THE DEAD, and TO-BE-DEAD PILE, to Staci Troilo at Rogue River, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a multi-book deal, by Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
Comic artist and author of BYE-BYE, BABAROGA Ivana Gecek’s STRANGE FLOWERS BLOOMING FROM WITHIN, the fourth instalment in the Extremities queer anthology series, in which a woman and her roommate race to find a cure for the woman’s mysterious rash, which increasingly threatens to reveal something sinister that has always been buried beneath her skin, to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in November 2026 (world English).
Author of VIRULENT David Massengill’s MR. DOPPELGANGER, a queer horror-thriller in which the protagonist forms a strange bond with a man who looks just like him—and who may be after more than just his company, to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in January 2027 (world English).
‘s SLAKE HOUSE, a sapphic horror tapping into female hunger and rage, about a lady’s maid trying to escape her past and a dollar princess who is unable to conceive an heir, set in a decaying clifftop manor and pitched as reimagining the Cornish siren myth through a Victorian Gothic lens, to Michelle Vega at Berkley, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Laura Cameron at Transatlantic Literary Agency (NA).
New Adult Fiction
‘s HOW TO BREAK HIS HEART, pitched as Heated Rivalry meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, following two collegiate hockey teammates with a complicated history of hooking up; one wants to make the other fall in love using romance tropes for a lit paper, and the other wants to break his heart for a psychology project, only real feelings get in the way of their mastermind schemes, to Katie Holt at Saturday Books, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).
Young Adult Fiction
‘s I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, a standalone sapphic romance set in the same holiday-obsessed small town as EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS MAGIC, about two teen girls jaded by love and magic who fall for each other while exchanging anonymous hate-to-love letters during their town’s Valentine’s Day festivities, to Hannah Hill at Delacorte Romance, for publication in spring 2027, by Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary (world English).
Author of SPELLS TO FORGET US ‘s THE DIVINITY THIEVES, pitched as a sapphic YA high fantasy for fans of LIGHTLARK and LORE, in which the God of Merriment announces a dangerous competition where demigods will vie to inherit his power, rival con artists scam their way in to try to take divinity for themselves, to Polo Orozco at Putnam Children’s, for publication in spring 2027, by Sarah Fisk at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).
Author-illustrator ‘s DEAD GIRLS, pitched as a feminist love letter to slashers, following a foster kid who decides to hunt down a local serial killer, only to stumble upon a much darker conspiracy, to Alyza Liu at Simon & Schuster Children’s, and to Alison Dougal and Olive Childs at Simon & Schuster UK Children’s, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in September 2026, by Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management (world).
‘s QUEEN OF HEARTS, pitched as a sapphic TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE, in which a high school senior, after a devastating breakup, decides to interview every boy who’s ever broken her heart in an attempt to win back her ex, only to realize she might have feelings for the girl he dumped her for, to Maggie Rosenthal at Viking Children’s, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management (NA and Spanish).
‘s SCREAM, QUEEN!, a rom-com thriller about rival cheerleaders whose brazen attempts to win over the quarterback result in his death; forced to team up, they must bury the crime and their growing feelings for each other before someone unearths their secrets—secrets they’d kill to keep hidden, pitched as Mean Girls meets Bottoms, to Stefanie Chin at Union Square Kids, in a very nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027, by Maeve MacLysaght at Aevitas Creative Management (world English).
Non-Fiction
Private investigator and former crime reporter ‘s IT NEVER HAPPENED: FOUR WOMEN, THEIR WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT, AND THE LAW THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING, an investigation chronicling the cases of the “San Antonio Four”—Elizabeth Ramirez, Anna Vasquez, Cassie Rivera and Kristie Mayhugh—four queer Latina women who were wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two minors in the 1990s and their fight for two decades against homophobia, the “Satanic panic,” and faulty forensic science until their exoneration by a Texas court in 2016, to Chip Fleischer at Steerforth, at auction, for publication in 2027, by Jo Ramsay at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world).
Poetry
Winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry and author of ODES TO LITHIUM ‘s IS, the author’s sophomore collection of subversive love poems that celebrate everyday intimacy and cosmic interconnection while lamenting the violent present, asking who is afforded the right to exist and urging us against the callousness of privilege through queer, feminist, disabled, Buddhist, and anti-Zionist Jewish traditions, to Carey Salerno at Alice James Books, for publication in spring 2028, by Erika Stevens at Salky Literary Management.
