Author of DON’T WANT YOU LIKE A BEST FRIEND ‘s LIKE IN LOVE WITH YOU, pitched as Mean Girls meets NORTHANGER ABBEY, a sapphic, rivals-to-lovers Regency romance which begs the question: what if Cady and Regina just…kissed?, to Alessandra Roche at Avon, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2026, by Stacy Testa at Writers House (world).
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‘s THE DISASTER GAY DETECTIVE AGENCY, a contemporary humorous mystery, in which a group of queer friends, each a loveable disaster in their own way, accidentally get mixed up in a bewildering murder and must solve it before one of them becomes the next victim, to Jenna Jankowski at Poisoned Pen Press, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Joy Tutela at David Black Literary Agency.
Bram Stoker Award-longlisted author of MY DARLING DREADFUL THING ‘s SAINT, SINNER, SKULL, a sapphic folk horror novel with a fantastical twist following a nun and an orphaned peasant on their harrowing journey across a war-torn countryside to reunite the gilded skull of a saint to her body – but soon it becomes clear darker are forces at play, pitched as Robert Eggers’s VVitch meets THE SALT GROWS HEAVY, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Kristina Perez at Perez Literary & Entertainment (world English).
‘s (AT THE) FREAK SHOW, a literary speculative novel exploring the fluidity of gender identity by telling the life story of a non-binary rock star who was the lone survivor of an operation to separate conjoined twins at birth, to University of Calgary Press (world English).
Comics writer and artist ‘s CHICKEN HEART, a humorous story of the trans coming out experience, to Liz Frances at Street Noise, with Katie Fricas editing, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2025 (world).
‘s THE OPEN ERA, pitched as Challengers meets Red, White, & Royal Blue, about the first openly gay male tennis player to compete in a Grand Slam who must battle his mental health, media attention, and a handsome new rival during an electric two weeks at the US Open, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Michael Bourret at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world).
Author of the Lambda Literary finalist MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME Rasheed Newson’s THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD, an examination of race, masculinity, and sexual politics within the glamorous world of old Hollywood, following a Korean War veteran turned backlot fixer and a closeted Black actor who dies at the height of his fame under suspicious circumstances, to Nadxieli Nieto while at Flatiron Books, with Kukuwa Fraser editing, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (NA).
Author of WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY ‘s YOURS FOR THE SEASON, a sapphic romance in which a former Olympic hockey player who has reluctantly returned to her home town for Christmas teams up with her childhood crush to win their town’s annual holiday contest and a fancy romantic prize, despite telling everyone “we’re just friends,” to Errin Toma at Carina Adores, for publication in fall 2025, by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
‘s WE ARE THE MATCH, pitched as a sapphic reimagining of the Helen of Troy myth set in modern-day mobster Greece, in which Helen is the daughter of a powerful crime lord and Paris is the woman hell-bent on destroying her—if they don’t fall for each other first, to Lauren Plude at Montlake, for publication in summer 2025, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management (world).
K Chiucarello’s debut NANNY NANNY, about a single, queer, 35-year-old career nanny who yearns to have a baby of her own in order to sublimate the violence she endured in a relationship with her ex-girlfriend, subverting status quo notions of motherhood, domestic abuse, gender, class, and the politics of care work, to Ecco, in a pre-empt.
