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.
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National Book Award finalist ‘s MIDDLE SPOON, a humorous exploration of the universal experience of heartbreak, following the disintegration of a queer polyamorous relationship, upending expectations around family life, parenting, and public health, looking at the forces that shape modern romance, to Ibrahim Ahmad at Viking, at auction, by Robert Guinsler at Sterling Lord Literistic (world).
‘s IT’S A LOVE STORY, the author’s adult debut, a sapphic rom-com about a closeted female popstar who, after a hookup with her childhood crush, convinces her team to hire her should-be one-night-stand to direct a documentary about the making of her next album, to Ariana Sinclair at Avon, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Allison Hunter at Trellis Literary Management (NA).
Levine Querido buys YA contemporary ONE OF THE BOYS in 24-hour pre-empt
In a 24-hour pre-empt, Irene Vázquez at Levine Querido has acquired Victoria Zeller’s debut novel One of the Boys. Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency sold world English and world Spanish rights.
and ‘s THE DEAD & BREAKFAST, a cozy mystery about two vampires who open a small town B&B and must prove their innocence when the local mayor shows up dead in their garden with something that looks suspiciously like puncture marks on his neck, to Michelle Vega at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Saba Sulaiman at Talcott Notch Literary Services for Thor and Carrie Pestritto at Laura Dail Literary Agency for Hillis (world).
Steinbeck fellow and University of Miami MFA graduate Bobuq Sayed’s NO GOD BUT US, following two gay Afghan men from wildly different walks of life whose paths converge in Istanbul; grappling with themes of queerness, faith, imperialism, authoritarianism, and the sacrifices we make for our families, both born and chosen, to Ezra Kupor at Harper, at auction, by Maria Cardona at Aevitas Creative Management UK (NA).
Author of LOVE AT 350 ‘s MOTOR CITY BABY, a sapphic romance about a woman’s efforts to save a club she managed—and where she fell in love—with a Detroit indie rock star in the ’90s, until the rock star dropped out of the industry and the woman’s life; a blowout benefit concert forces her to reckon with her past and find happily ever after where she least expects it, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, by Frances Black at The Literary Counsel (world).
‘s THE FORTUNATE FALL, a lost classic of queer cyberpunk, following a human “camera” as she uncovers a historical atrocity—and the memories and desires that have been stolen from her, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, for simultaneous publication with the new Tor Essentials edition in August 2024, by Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates.
Author of BEAST and TURDUCKEN ‘s debut A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT, pitched as Jane Austen meets Bridgerton, a sapphic romance between Charlotte Lucas and Mary Bennet that begins four years after the end of Pride and Prejudice, to Stephanie Doig at Carina Adores, for publication in spring 2025, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world English).
Sunday Times-bestselling author of A MARVELLOUS LIGHT ‘s SWORDCROSSED, pitched as Ellen Kushner’s SWORDSPOINT meets LEGENDS & LATTES; a second novel pitched as Grey’s Anatomy meets A DEADLY EDUCATION; an untitled novel; and an untitled novella, to Ruoxi Chen at Tor, in a six-figure deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (US).
