Adult
‘s THE CONMAN’S GUIDE TO DRAGON SLAYING, pitched as an adult HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON meets HEATED RIVALRY, in which an ambitious young dragon fighter has to team up with a powerless wizard to fake everything, including magic, for a shot at riches, respect, and a better life in the kingdom’s annual dragon games, to John Morgan at Grand Central, at auction, for publication in spring 2028, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).
‘s BENEATH THE VEINS, a sapphic western horror novella in which a young woman discovers her lover’s mind has been infiltrated by a mysterious desert creature wearing her face, as her lover’s body undergoes a monstrous transformation, to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co, for publication in fall 2027, by Paul Lucas at Regal Hoffmann & Associates (world).
Author of READ BETWEEN THE LINES and STARS COLLIDE ‘s TAKING THE REINS, a sapphic cowgirl romance featuring a Hollywood publicist who returns to her North Carolina hometown to raise her orphaned niece, only to find herself butting heads with—and falling for—her late brother’s best friend, the cowgirl who owns the horse farm next door, again to Lauren Plude at Montlake, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2027, by Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world).
Author of Reese’s Book Club pick THE THREE LIVES OF CATE KAY ‘s INSTANT CLASSIC, following a young filmmaker who stakes her career on making a movie about a forgotten pioneering women’s basketball player who was forced to give up the sport she loved because of a romantic scandal in the 1950s; pitched as a love letter to women’s sports, queer identity, and the power of storytelling, to Laura Brown at Atria, in an exclusive submission, by Katie Greenstreet at Paper Literary (NA).
‘s FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN, following a trans man who returns to his small hometown for the first time in years—this time with a beard, muscles, and one very big secret: nobody knows he transitioned; back to renovate his late parents’ house, he relives the quiet heartbreaks of being queer in a small town and reconnects with the childhood best friend he’s spent years trying to forget, rekindling old feelings and giving them the chance to finally say everything they left unsaid, to Sofia Salazar at One More Chapter, for publication in summer 2027, by Kara Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency.
and ‘s DEVIANT, a dark mm cowboy romance where the line between love and hate has always been thin, to Abby Gillick at Blue Nose Audio, in an exclusive submission (world English).
‘s MAGGIE AND OLIVE ARE JUST FRIENDS, a sapphic contemporary romance about two best friends who first met on the dating app, one a pragmatist with a fear of commitment, and the other, an incurable romantic who’s just caught her girlfriend cheating; when they decide to spend a cross-country road trip hooking up with new folks in each city as a cure for heartbreak, they soon realize they can’t outpace their buried feelings for each other, to Amber Flame at Generous Press, with Elaina Ellis editing, for publication in 2027, by Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary (world).
‘s 6 STEPS TO SURVIVAL, a sapphic, dual timeline space opera novella pitched as having the humanity of Becky Chambers with the politics of THE EXPANSE, in which a woman who lost her family in an uprising on Mars fights modern slavery, while her sapphic adopted daughter gets caught up in a second generation of resistance, to Veronica Holmes at Scylla (Australia), in a nice deal, for publication in March 2027 (world English).
‘s MAGESTRUCK, the author’s debut, a queer fantasy rom-com pitched as Sara Raasch meets C.S. Pacat, following a charming mage who is determined to turn over a new leaf after a life of indiscretion, only to be blackmailed into serving the kingdom’s war-blood prince as a royal companion, where he discovers a tender heart under the brutal exterior, and a secret that could change everything for the realm, to Leyla Erkan at Harlequin, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).
Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author of A HAUNTING ON THE HILL Elizabeth Hand’s UNSPEAKABLE THINGS, a historical thriller pitched as a love letter to the Gothic classics with a sapphic twist, following two young women who become tangled in a web of deadly secrets when a weekend at a legendary country estate draws them into the dark side of high society, to Helen O’Hare at Little, Brown, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Danielle Bukowski at Sterling Lord Literistic (world).
Author of TRANSMUTATION and THE GRIEF SHOP Alex DiFrancesco’s THROUGH THE BOONDOCKS AND BACK, pitched as a queer retelling of THE ODYSSEY, following a trans man on a quest for home around Northeast Ohio and the towns along Lake Erie on a stolen jet ski, to Megan Stielstra at TriQuarterly Books, for publication in spring 2027, by Natalie Kimber at The Rights Factory (world English).
Tomek Mossakowski’s JONNY, in which two men arrive on a wind-swept Greek island as the tightly wound facade of their secret relationship begins to unravel; exploring obsession, desire, and being in the wrong kind of love with the worst kind of man, to Peter Kispert at William Morrow, by Helen Edwards at Helen Edwards Rights Agency, on behalf of Abi Fellows at DHH Literary (NA).
Editor of HAPPINESS IN NUMBERS ‘s THE MONSTROUS & THE DIVINE, pitched as a sapphic speculative fiction anthology of reinterpretations of goddesses and monsters in mythology, reimagined in contemporary settings, to Veronica Holmes at Scylla (Australia), in a nice deal, for publication in February 2027 (world English).
Children’s Fiction
Interior designer and Emmy Award-winning host of Netflix’s Queer Eye Jeremiah Brent’s THE LOVE THAT CARRIED YOU, a tender Father’s Day story inspired by the author’s personal journey to parenthood through surrogacy, illustrated by Skylar White, to Tamar Brazis at Viking Children’s, for publication in summer 2027, by Cindy Uh at CAA for the author, and by Alexandra Gehringer at The Bright Agency for the illustrator (NA).
Young Adult
‘s SUMMER IN FREE FALL, the author’s debut, a queer contemporary romance in which two teens, one proudly out and the other coming to terms with their gender identity in a restrictive evangelical household, must work together to save their beloved beachfront amusement park from a money-hungry developer (and maybe save each other in the process), to Kade Dishmon at Peachtree Teen, at auction, for publication in summer 2028, by Michaela Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
Stonewall Award-winning author ‘s RISEBALL, about estranged sisters who must play on the same softball team after one of them comes out as transgender, to Andrew Karre at Dutton Children’s, at auction, for publication in summer 2027, by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency (NA).
and ‘s ROYAL PERSON FICTION, an academic rivals-to-queerplatonic-besties fantasy-comedy, following the daughter of the legendary heroes who united a kingdom and the son of the notorious villain who opposed them, as they hatch a fake dating scheme to separate themselves from their parents’ legacies, to Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2028, by Cate Hart at Harvey Klinger for DeWitt, and by Erica Bauman at Aevitas Creative Management for Mora (world).
Nonfiction
Founders of the L.A. chapter of GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, and ‘s QUEERING THE MEDIA, blending memoir and cultural history in a firsthand account of how a small group of activists transformed media representation for LGBTQ+ people, from grassroots organizing to the star-studded GLAAD Awards, creating momentum not only for a national movement, but lasting global reform, to Shari MacDonald Strong at Broadleaf, for publication in 2027, by Maile Beal at Arc Literary Management (world).
Queer, Indigenous, and Mexican artist and arts educator ‘s SOMEWHERE IN JUNE: A FIELD GUIDE FOR HARD TIMES, a self-help book braiding the author’s comics together into a collection of community, presence, and the cycles of inner growth, to Diana Ventimiglia at Balance, at auction, by Kelsey Day at Aragi Inc. (NA).
Author of the forthcoming anthology THE AMERICAN POP CULTURE ALMANAC JD Isip’s WHAT WONDER, a narrative collection exploring film, philosophy, religion, internet culture, queer history, and Filipino identity, to Kris Bigalk at Trio House, with Natasha Kane editing, in a nice deal, for publication in July 2027.
Pushcart Prize nominee ‘s ALL ONE BODY, the story of the author’s journey growing up as a white-purist Baptist in Kentucky to becoming a pansexual and genderqueer parent, musician, and activist in Brooklyn, to Abby Freeland at University Press of Kentucky, with Rachel Rosolina editing, for publication in spring 2027 (world).
Coeditor of UNTIL WE ARE FREE and the forthcoming FREE TO BE MORE Dr. , PhD’s IRRESISTIBLE REVOLUTIONS, a multidisciplinary examination of Black trans worldbuilding through intersectionality in arts practice and activism that is a call for social revolution, including reproductions of more than 20 pieces from Ware’s 2015 Activist Portraits series, exploring how we can achieve radical transformation by centering marginalized and underrepresented voices in the arts, and creating new possibilities for effecting meaningful and lasting change in our systems, institutions, communities, and selves, to Elizabeth Ault at Duke University Press, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027; and LESSONS FROM THE FRONT LINES, a self-portrait of being an author, artist, and academic, on the front lines of activism in Northern Turtle Island as a Black, queer, trans, disabled, and mad maker spanning the last 30 years, with reflections on life, love, and art, to Shirarose Wilensky at House of Anansi, in an exclusive submission, for publication in winter 2027, by Ali McDonald at 5 Otter Literary (world).
‘s BLESSED WITH THE CURSE, a coming-of-age story from one of the few remaining trans elders, chronicling the first 20 years of the author’s life, from her tumultuous upbringing and reliance on survival sex work in 1970s Vancouver, to her fight for gender-affirming care as a part of the first wave of transwomen to pursue a state-sanctioned medical transition, and culminating in the downward spiral that helped her get sober and achieve the happy and fulfilling life she leads today, to Michelle Capone at Melville House, by Caroline Marsiglia and Rick Richter at Aevitas Creative Management (world).
Poetry
Debut transgender poet ‘s NIGHT’S GRAMMAR, an exploration of language and identity, to Kris Bigalk at Trio House, with Natasha Kane editing, in a nice deal, for publication in July 2027.
