Adult Fiction
Author of WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME? ‘s QUENCH, a contemporary adventure pitched as weaving Yoruba mythology, generational trauma, and queer romance, following an Afro-Latina treasure hunter whose encounter with a sunken Middle Passage ship binds her to the vengeful spirits of her ancestors and she surfaces forever changed—possessed and empowered by a shared thirst for reckoning, to Abby West at Amistad, in a pre-empt, by Johanna Castillo at Writers House (world English).
Ursula K. Le Guin Award finalist and author of NOTES FROM A REGICIDE ‘s TRANSLUNAR, about a closeted trans woman who’s an astronaut in the 1960s, to Carl Engle-Laird at Wildthorn, in an exclusive submission, by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (world English).
‘s Empire of Ruin series, a dark sapphic mafia romantasy in which the mafia is run by seven immortal women representing the seven deadly sins, to Kathryn Stuart at Audible, in a significant deal, in an exclusive submission, in a four-book deal, for publication in December 2026, by Ezra Ellenberg at Ethan Ellenberg Agency (world English).
Hugo Award-winning author ‘s RETURN TO FORM, a novella about a soldier, struggling with a magical change to his body and gender, sent to the Singing Graves, where whatever is haunting the site may hold the answers to his questions of identity and being, to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square & Co, for publication in fall 2027, by Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates (world).
Somerset Maugham Prize-winning author of THE LAMB ‘s SLIPSKIN, a queer coming-of-age folktale that intertwines both desire and horror, about a trio of outcasts who grasp for love, belonging, and freedom in a crumbling former caravan park by the sea, to Noah Eaker at Harper, for publication in July 2027, by Sarah Fuentes at UTA, on behalf of Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown UK (NA).
Author of TRAD WIFE ‘s PIG LADY, in which a demoted maid-of-honor attends the wedding of her best friend (who she’s in love with) only to come face-to-face with a legendary female slasher wearing a pig’s head who’s hell-bent on butchering everyone, to Alessandra Roche at Cosmo Reads, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2028, by Amy Giuffrida at Belcastro Agency (world English).
Author of BEST MEN ‘s BETSY AND ETHAN DO A MURDER, about a gay man who returns home to Martha’s Vineyard for his father’s funeral and teams up with his 74-year-old childhood babysitter to investigate his father’s suspicious death, to Cindy Hwang and Angela Kim at Berkley, for publication in summer 2028, by Daniel Lazar at Writers House (NA).
Winner of the Governor General’s Award for poetry for SHADOW BLIGHT ‘s ISLAND OF DEER, a debut work of literary historical fiction about the life of the Greek poet Sappho, from the perspective of her former lover, the reclusive Anaktoria, offering an account of queer resilience and defiance in the face of tyranny, to Alana Wilcox at Coach House, for publication in fall 2027, by Jo Ramsay and Marilyn Biderman at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world).
‘s SACRED POISONS, a debut sapphic gothic fantasy in which a sheltered young woman with a poison touch is forced to leave the abbey she was raised in and team up with the one person she cannot kill: a vampire with a death wish, to Shannon Plackis at Voyager, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency, on behalf of Rachel Neely at Mushens Entertainment (NA).
‘s THESE SECRET YEARS, a college-set m/m romance in which a star football player and musical prodigy must grapple with the secrets they keep, the lies they tell, and a timeless love that could unravel it all, to Bob Podrasky at MMB Media, in an exclusive submission, for publication in February 2027, by Eva Scalzo at Speilburg Literary Agency (world English).
‘s FINGERS UNDER RIBS, a lesbian gothic horror debut, in which a woman offered up as sacrifice to appease a vampiric monster endeavors to subjugate the creature to her whims, finally seizing the power she’s been denied her whole life, to Cassie DeNicola at Grand Central, by Miriam Cortinovis at Ki Agency (world).
Faroese-Danish writer ‘s BOYS BOYS BOY, a tender queer coming of age story set on the author’s native Faroe Islands about a young man navigating masculinity, shame, and his relationship with his father in an isolated, brutal landscape, translated from the Danish by Caroline Waight, originally published by Gads Forlag, to David Ebershoff at Hogarth, by Christine Edhäll at First Edition Management (NA).
‘s THE VILLAIN’S MELODY and BEAUTIFUL PREY, books one and two in the Dynasty of Monsters dark m/m sci-fi romance series, featuring an obsessive mafia prince, a scholarship musician with dangerous secrets, gothic mystery, possessive devotion, and a guaranteed HEA, to Chelsea Villareal at Podium Audio, in a nice deal.
‘s THE MAJESTY, the author’s fantasy debut, filled with court politics, deadly scholarship, queer love, and warring families, pitched as reimagining 1920s England under the thousand-year rule of magic-using royals, as revolution brews on the streets, at court, and in the heavens, to John Morgan at Grand Central, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Lisa Grubka at UTA, on behalf of Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown (NA).
‘s VENGEFUL MONSTER, VIOLENT MONSTER, and VENOMOUS MONSTER, in an obsessive MM dark rom-com combining ruthless heirs with elite secret societies and dangerous family legacies as a duty-bound prince enters a criminal world to protect his brother’s future throne and falls for the assassin’s son, whose funny, relentless pursuit threatens his carefully maintained control, to Sonia Brand-Fisher at Simon Maverick, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Vikki Elliott at Literati Media (world English).
Author of the TRIARCHY COLLECTION of sapphic dark romance ‘s TERMS OF COMPLIANCE, a sapphic romance set in the cutthroat world of high fashion, to Sofia Salazar at One More Chapter, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by Francesca Riccardi at Kate Nash Literary Agency UK (world).
Author of FLORENZER ‘s untitled rom-com, following a queer screenwriter and dad-to-be who hates rom-coms but finds himself writing one while having an ill-advised affair with his agent; and WINDWARD, following a nearly anonymous mariner on a ship making the first circumnavigation in 1519, to Gina Iaquinta at Liveright, by Chad Luibl at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
Author of THE WITCH DOESN’T DROWN IN THIS ONE and BOOKS, ICED COFFEE, AND A SIDE OF DRAGONS ‘s YULE BE MINE (AGAIN): AN ENCHANTED SECOND CHANCE HOLIDAY ROMANCE, a magical queer romance pitched as a cozy holiday movie for the witches and sapphics, in which an ambitious editor returns to her pagan roots in Pinecone Island, New Jersey, for Yule and rekindles an old flame, illustrated by , to Patty Rice at Andrews McMeel, with Danys Mares and Amanda Meadows editing, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, by Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management for the author, and by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
‘s BLOODSPORT, a romance pitched as HEATED RIVALRY meets THE HUNGER GAMES, set in a dystopian world of F1 racing, in which two rival drivers with a complicated history and undeniable chemistry are brought back together for the biggest race of their lives, to Emilia Rhodes at Atria, in a major deal, for seven figures, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2028, by Catherine Cho at Paper Literary (NA).
Shared pseudonym of twin sister authors ‘s CHASING FIELDS, a m/m coming-of-age love story, to Kylie Hagmann at Bloom Books, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in June 2027, by Lenny Herbert at Maximum Orbit (world).
Children’s Fiction
Online creator known as the Very Queer Librarian ‘s debut PROUD ALL YEAR, following a queer child and teaching that Pride isn’t just for June, illustrated by , to Elizabeth Patterson at Beaming Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2028, by Daniele Hunter at McIntosh & Otis for the author, and by Christina Doffing at Astound US for the illustrator (world English).
Middle Grade Fiction
Magdalene Visaggio and Jenn St-Onge’s DEAD NAME, an upper middle grade horror novel set in the same world as their graphic novel The Ojja-Wojja, about trans middle schooler Lanie whose life begins to unravel when she finds herself haunted by Noah—a mysterious doppelganger, identical to her pre-transition self and using her dead name—who begins to infiltrate her family and friendships, to Jordan Brown at Clarion Books, for publication in summer 2028, by Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management (NA).
Young Adult Fiction
‘s CHAI & CRUSHES, a romance that follows a bisexual teen sent to India to retrieve her sister from their auntie’s chai café, only to quickly get swept into an all-out feud with the rival café across the street and the infuriatingly handsome brothers who run it—the younger of whom she’s (unfortunately) beginning to fall for, to Carolina Mancheno Ortiz at Avon A, for publication in fall 2027, by Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary (world).
‘s DID YOU MISS ME, about two ex-best-friends, a prickly trans florist and a sunshiny tattoo apprentice, who must confront a shop-wrecking ghost and their resurfacing feelings, to Nicolas Ore-Giron at Fifth Color Press, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2028, by Natalie Lakosil at Looking Glass Literary & Media (NA).
‘s EVEN IN A DIFFERENT LIFE, a sapphic time travel romance in which the daughter of a time traveler finds out she’s destined for a future love story, only not with the girl she’s been falling for, a companion novel to the forthcoming WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FIND THIS, to Char Dreyer at Wednesday Books, by Naomi Davis at BookEnds (world English).
‘s HOLD ME ONE MORE TIME, a novel-in-verse blended with prose that tells the story of two transgender teen boys as they unriddle the violence surrounding them and unearth hope where it’s least expected, to Andrea Davis Pinkney at Scholastic, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2028, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Aevitas Creative Management (world).
‘s WRONG BODY, pitched as a trans Freaky Friday filled with hijinks and hope, in which two sisters, one trans and one cis, wake up one day having swapped bodies and must learn to navigate the stormy waters of high school while living in each other’s skin, illustrated by , to Kelly Delaney at Crown Children’s, for publication in spring 2029, by Jordan Hill at New Leaf Literary & Media for the author, and by Tamara Kawar at DeFiore and Company for the illustrator (world).
Author of MEET CUTE DIARY and CAFE CON LYCHEE ‘s MAYBE THIS IS MOVING ON, a speculative coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old who walks with the dead to help relieve their regrets, whose life is complicated when his ex-boyfriend dies and he’s sent five months into the past to relive their messy breakup and help his ex move on, to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press, at auction, for publication in February 2027 (world English).
Author of OFF WITH THEIR HEADS and THE COVEN TENDENCY ‘s OLIVIA HARPER IS HAUNTING ME, about a girl who plans a fake haunting to get a paranormal-loving jock to fall for her, but when his cheerleader best friend finds out and in exchange for secrecy pulls her into a secret fake-dating scheme, she discovers the scariest thing might be her own newfound sapphic feelings, to Daniela Villegas Valle at Simon & Schuster Children’s, for publication in summer 2028, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
Author of WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT ‘s DEADNAME, in which a trans teen is stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger, to Rachel Diebel at Feiwel and Friends, in a very nice deal, at auction, for publication in fall 2028, by Keir Alekseii at Azantian Literary Agency (NA).
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and author/illustrator ‘s HEARTSTOPPER: THE MINI-COMICS, a full-color collection of short comics featuring Heartstopper’s beloved characters, to Cassandra Pelham Fulton at Graphix, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027, by Valentina Fazio at Hachette UK (NA).
Non-Fiction
‘s MAKING SUNLIGHT, a memoir about queer family-making and rewriting default origin stories, following the author and illustrator’s three-year fertility journey and exploring race, inheritance, legitimacy, and reproduction in a world still organized around bloodlines, illustrated by , to Brian Lam at Arsenal Pulp Press, with Catharine Chen editing, for publication in 2029, by Julia Kim at The Rights Factory (world).
Political scientist and senior fellow at UCLA’s Williams Institute , PhD’s STRESS TEST, in the Norton Shorts series, which reveals how authoritarian leaders use attacks on LGBTQ people as a political strategy to generate moral panic, corrode civic freedoms, and expand power, and how the fight for inclusion can build freer societies for all, to YJ Wang at Norton, by Jenna Land Free and Sonali Chanchani at Folio Literary Management (world).
Poetry
Community archivist ‘s EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED IN ITS DYING, the author’s debut, a collection of queer, archival poetics full of devotion to ancestors such as Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, to Annar Verold-Miranda at Host Publications, with Claire Bowman editing, for publication in August 2028 (world).
‘s INTRANSIGENT, bringing closer experiences of gender dysphoria and a nonbinary identity for an embodiment that transcends the human need to understand, to Annar Verold-Miranda at Host Publications, with Claire Bowman editing, for publication in September 2027 (world).
Elgin Award-winning poet ‘s QUEER BIRDS, a collection exploring themes of otherness, identity, and coming-of-age, to Stephanie Wytovich at Raw Dog Screaming Press, with Jennifer Barnes editing, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027 (world English).
