Fiction

Debut

Debra Curtis's LAWS OF LOVE AND LOGIC, a decades-spanning debut in which a woman is torn between the love of her youth, from whom she was traumatically separated after a tragic crime, and the ornithologist husband who re-awakened her desire and helped her live again, asking the question of whether someone can hold two great loves equally in their heart, to Hilary Teeman at Thousand Voices, at auction, by Grainne Fox at UTA on behalf of Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown UK (NA). Rights also to Alexis Kirschbaum at Bloomsbury UK. Translation: Sophie Baker at Curtis Brown UK Film/TV: Jason Richman and Addison Duffy at UTA

Allison LaMothe's DIRTY METAL, set in 1992 New York City, about a female tabloid reporter with a pill problem who, while investigating the Russian mob, discovers a string of murders that no one else seems to care about, to Zack Wagman at Flatiron Books, for publication in early 2026, by Elisabeth Weed at The Book Group (NA). Rights: Jenny Meyer Film: Ryan Wilson at Anonymous Content

Literary

Veteran bookseller Benjamin Rybeck's HOUSATONIC, a horror-tinged, found-text satire about a young woman who gets a fellowship at Brooklyn's storied Institute for Narrative during the COVID-19 pandemic and stumbles upon a conspiracy among the NYC elite, who seem to control everything, even reality itself, to Jeremy Davies at Coffee House Press, for publication in early 2027, by Jennifer Lyons at Jennifer Lyons Lyons Agency (NA).

Author of The Lioness of Boston Emily Franklin's LOVE & OTHER MONSTERS: THE LOST DIARY FROM THE YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER and THE REGISTRY OF DISPLACED PERSONS, pitched as Jane Austen meets Maggie O'Farrell in a coming-of-age story of love, lust, art, and betrayal set in a lakeside mansion during the bizarrely cold, scandalous European summer of 1816, told from the perspective of Claire Clairmont—Mary Shelley's overlooked stepsister, Lord Byron's lover, and Percy Shelley's forsaken confidante—who changed the course of literature forever, as well as a story collection, to Celia Johnson at Godine, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Esmond Harmsworth at Aevitas Creative Management (NA). Foreign: Erin Files at Aevitas Film: Allison Warren and Kayla Grogan at Aevitas

Mystery/Crime

Author of the forthcoming Adult Mystery A MURDER IN ZION Nicole Maggi's LOST IN YELLOWSTONE, the sequel, following a National Parks Service Investigator as she searches for the owner of a foot ejected from a geyser, to Lee Randall at Oceanview, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, by Anne Tibbets at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).

MISERY HATES COMPANY author Elizabeth Hobbs's MURDER MADE HER WICKED, the second outing for bicycle-riding amateur sleuth and 1890s STEM-inist, who has now returned to Wellesley College to complete her studies in archaeology; when a murdered young woman is discovered under the campus boathouse, she is pulled from the classroom and enlisted to find the killer using her special set of skills, to Holly Ingraham at Crooked Lane, by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (world).

Romance

USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews's SPELL, BOOK, AND SCANDAL, a magical Victorian romance, in which an American witch and a British lord join forces to revise their respective countries' ineffective national spell books, unaware that their scholarly bargain will conjure powerful magic and an even more dangerous attraction, to Sarah Blumenstock at Berkley, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world).

USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Kandi Steiner's A LOVE LETTER TO WHISKEY, THE WRONG GAME, THE RIGHT PLAYER in the Love of the Game duology, to Christine Bendorf at Arndell, in a pre-empt, in a four-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, fall 2025, and spring 2026, by Ariele Fredman at UTA (world English). Media: Olivia
Fanaro@unitedtalent.com and Orly
Greenberg@unitedtalent.com

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Author of THE SCOURGE BETWEEN STARS Ness Brown's THE ASTROLOGER'S DEMON, a fantasy debut about an ambitious apprentice astrologer who accidently releases an ancient demon upon his small township and must find a way to send them back, to Kristin Temple at Tor, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Chelsea Hensley at Mad Woman Literary Agency (world English). Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency Film/TV: Steve Fisher at Independent Artist Group

Digital

Fiction: Debut

Phoebe Thompson's GIRLS OUR AGE, which follows three women's decade-long friendship as the events preceding one's wedding surface the challenges the friends keep from each other — and from themselves, a humorous ode to twenty-something friendship, pitched for fans of Naoise Dolan and Kiley Reid, to Nancy Holmes at Lake Union Publishing, for publication in spring 2026, by Laurie-Maude Chenard and Rebecca Gradinger at UTA (world). Media:
Orly.Greenberg@unitedtalent.com

Fiction: Mystery/Crime

Lefty, Anthony Award, and Sue Grafton Memorial Award-winning author Tracy Clark's YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME, in which an estranged wife must take matters into her own hands when confronted by her ex who was recently released from prison, to Liz Pearsons at Thomas & Mercer, in a three-book deal, for publication in December 2026, by Evan Marshall at Evan Marshall Agency (world).

Fiction: Romance

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kristen Proby's SAFE HAVEN, THE FIRST IN THE TRIPLE CREEK RANCH series, in which a former professional hockey player takes over his family ranch and finds love with his childhood friend who seeks his help, to Megan Sakoi at Montlake, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in early 2026, by Georgana Grinstead at The Seymour Agency.
georgana@theseymouragency.com

Non-fiction

Advice/Relationships/Self-Help

Author of THE ART OF LIVING A MEANINGLESS EXISTENCE and founder/writer behind the philosophy/self-development-based YouTube channel Pursuit of Wonder Robert Pantano's THE TERRIBLE PARADOX OF SELF-AWARENESS, a series of meditations on the gifts and burdens of self-awareness, to Melissa Rhodes Zahorsky at Andrews McMeel, for publication in spring 2026, by Steve Harris at CSG Literary Partners (world).

Education thought leader and founder of Empowered Educator Jen Rafferty's EMPOWERED EDUCATOR, equipping educators with ten lessons to free their minds, find their joy, and unlock their teaching potential, so they can prioritize their well-being, recognize their value, restore their agency, and celebrate the sheer awesomeness of what they do, to Lauren Appleton at Tarcher Perigee, at auction, for publication in summer 2026, by Trinity McFadden at The Bindery (world).

Model and Notoriously Dapper influencer Kelvin Davis's BE A GOOD MAN, NOT A NICE GUY: A GUIDE TO TRUE MASCULINITY, a guide to dropping the performance of being a nice guy and start using purpose to become a good man, to Amanda Chiu Krohn at Turner Publishing, in a nice deal, for publication in January 2026 (world). Rights:
admin@turnerpublishing.com

Body, Mind & Spirit

United States Senator (CT) and author of The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy Chris Murphy's untitled book, exploring the spiritual crisis currently unfolding in America -- and one that the Democratic Party has ignored at great cost; too many Americans are feeling alienated, anxious, and unhappy, making them receptive to the divisive messages of scapegoating demagogues, to Andy Ward at Random House, by Jennifer Joel at CAA (NA).

Food/Beverage

Social media personality behind @lamb_chop97 Tessa Sinatro's untitled debut cookbook, sharing her take on comforting food classics and celebrating food, family, places, and people that inspire her, to Justin Schwartz at Simon Element, in an exclusive submission (world).

Lindsey Smith's BAKE IT OFF, a baking cookbook pitched as inspired by the life and music of pop's biggest icon, Taylor Swift, featuring 50+ recipes and photography alongside curated playlists and easter eggs from the Swiftie-verse, to Emma Effinger at Harvest, for publication in fall 2025, by Stephanie Winter at KO Media Management (world English). Rights:
veronica@komediamanagement.com

Professor of Public Policy at University of California Santa Barbara, Time 100 Next Emerging Leader, and host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees Leah Stokes's THE CARBON WAVE: A STORY OF PARENTHOOD, ACTIVISM AND THE RACE TO PROTECT OUR PLANET, pitched as a behind-the-scenes West Wing-style account of three young parents and political insiders who fought to pass the largest climate bill in history, to Beth Clevenger at MIT Press, at auction, by Rachel Vogel at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner (world).

Health/Medicine

Health and wellness coach and patient advocate Amy Kurtz's BUT YOU LOOK FINE: TRAPPED IN THE HELL BETWEEN SICK AND WELL AND HOW TO BREAK FREE, exposing a common health occurrence that until now has gone unnamed and undiscussed by doctors and patients alike, and offering solutions, to Diana Ventimiglia at Balance, for publication in spring 2026, by Michele Martin at MDM Management (world).

History

Mart Kuldkepp's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF SCANDINAVIA, a sketch of Scandinavia's rich history—from the first known peoples of the region, who followed the ice sheet north as it retreated at the end of the last Ice Age, to the Scandinavians living in nations that are among the happiest in the world today, to Matthew Lore at The Experiment, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025 (NA).
sophyw@blackincbooks.com

Professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales Toby Walsh's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF AI, revealing how many 'overnight' successes were decades in the making and simplifying AI into six key ideas, equipping readers to understand where we've been – and where we're headed, to Matthew Lore at The Experiment, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025 (NA). Rights also to Antoni Bosch (Spain), by Elena Rodriguez at International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Sophy Williams at Black Inc.
sophyw@blackincbooks.com

Co-host of the public radio show and podcast “A Way with Words” Martha Barnette's FRIENDS WITH WORDS, a celebration of language and the history and mystery of words, exploring etymology, slang, regional vocabulary, idioms, neologisms, and that weird phrase Grandma always used to say, to Jamison Stoltz at Abrams Press, at auction, by Myrsini Stephanides at Arc Literary Management (world).

Pulitzer- and Bancroft-Prize winner, Macarthur Fellow, professor emerita at Harvard, and author of the classic A Midwife's Tale Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's LIBERATING LIBERTY: AN AMERICAN STORY, a multifaceted history of Liberty as an emblem in the United States, tracing its evolution from an ancient Roman symbol of emancipation to a powerful representation of freedom, justice, and national identity, to Adina Popescu at Yale University Press, in an exclusive submission.

2024 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, Guggenheim Fellow, and Yale professor of history Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone)'s DEMOCRACY AND DISPOSSESSION, a critical re-evaluation how the relationship with Native nations shaped the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, to Adina Popescu at Yale University Press, in an exclusive submission (world).

Narrative

Historian and author of YALE NEEDS WOMEN Anne Gardiner Perkins's ONE FOR ALL, a narrative and real-life courtroom drama surrounding 26-year-old lawyer Anne Simon, a small group of feminist students, and their fight for justice in the landmark case of Alexander v. Yale, which made campus sexual harassment illegal and would ultimately prompt federal involvement and sweeping reform to establish college sexual harassment policies, to Denise Silvestro at Kensington, at auction, by Laurie Abkemeier at DeFiore and Company (world English). Rights:
Linda@defliterary.com

Politics/Current Affairs

WSJ chief European political correspondent Bojan Pancevski's THE NORD STREAM CONSPIRACY, the true story of the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline, based on exclusive access and exploring the ramifications of the greatest act of sabotage in modern history, to Tim Duggan at Holt, at auction, by Toby Mundy at Aevitas Creative Management (world English). Rights also to James Pulford at Hutchinson Heinemann (UK), at auction, by Flora Esterly at Holt.

South Asian journalist Raksha Vasudevan's EMPIRES BETWEEN US, a reckoning with estrangement and kinship by a former aid-worker as her assignments take her across Africa, going beyond a critique of “charity” to interrogate the desire for and limits of solidarity within colonial legacies of caste, exploitation, and whiteness, to Anni Liu at Graywolf, by Amanda Orozco and Noelle Falcis Math at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world English ex Can). Rights also to Hilary Lo at Knopf Canada.

Children's

Middle Grade Fiction

A. R. Capetta's next three books in the HOCUS AND POCUS chapter book series about magic, puppies, and found families, illustrated by Charlene Chua, to Miriam Newman at Candlewick, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary for the author, and by Tracy Marchini at BookEnds for the illustrator (world).

Leah Cypess's FUTURE ME SAVES THE WORLD (AND RUINS MY LIFE), an early middle grade book about a boy whose future self keeps showing up to try to get him to change the future by changing the present (i.e., by making sure today's substitute teacher doesn't quit, or else one day she'll become an evil dictator), to Jessica Smith at Aladdin, for publication in summer 2025, by Andrea Somberg at Harvey Klinger (world English). Rights: Wendy Levinson at Harvey Klinger Film/TV: Mary Pender at WME

Misa Dessalines's debut HOPSCOTCH GIRLS PRESENTS, returning to her theatre kid roots, writing the third installment in the Hopscotch Girls Presents series, created by Melissa Foley, to Hannah Kimber at Andrews McMeel, in an exclusive submission, by Sheyla Knigge and Alyssa Eisner Henkin at High Line Literary Collective on behalf of Melissa Foley.

Picture Book Fiction

THE MOON REMEMBERS author-illustrator E. B. Goodale's ROBIN AND THE STICK, ROBIN AND THE MOON, ROBIN AND THE FLOWERS, in the MEET ROBIN series, written for the littlest littles from their perspective of the world around them and featuring stories of everyday adventures that feel like huge milestones, to Emma Ledbetter at Abrams Children's, in a good deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication starting in spring 2026, by Lori Kilkelly at LK Literary Agency (world).
lori@lkliterary.com

Author-illustrator Kristina Jones's WHOSE EARS? and WHOSE TOES?, the next two books in the WHOSE HIDING? high-contrast board book series, to Rebecca Glaser at Amicus Ink, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Tracy Marchini at BookEnds (world).

Young Adult Fiction

Hannah Reynolds's A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DATING A DEMON, a cozy YA romantasy, in which a magic academy student deters unwanted suitors by telling them she's betrothed to a demon — only to return home and find a demon waiting for her, insisting she honor the engagement, but the city's increasingly unpredictable magic means she might have bigger problems, to Gretchen Durning at Putnam Children's, in an exclusive submission, by Tamar Rydzinski at Context Literary Agency (world). Film: Mary Pender at WME

Author of forthcoming HOLLOW Taylor Grothe's OF AURAS AND SHADOWS, a queer YA fantasy, pitched as combining the romance of A Dark and Drowning Tide with the horror of The Witcher, in which a girl, who suffers from migraines, falls through one of her auras and into the autumnal, wraith-filled Otherworld, where she meets a sharp-edged girl who is being ritualistically used by the ruling secular cult that promised to cure her, and vows to save the girl she's growing to love, even if it means becoming a pawn in the cult's plans for war, to Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen, for publication in fall 2026, by Larissa Melo Pienkowski at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world).

Graphic Novel

Lisa Brown's GHOST SCHOOL, about a school and the children's ghosts who still inhabit it, to Calista Brill at First Second, with Shawna Gore editing, for publication in 2026, by Charlotte Sheedy at Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency (world).

Andrea Chalupa and Brahm Revel's MRS. ORWELL, about Eileen O'Shaughnessy and her relationship with George Orwell, to Mark Siegel at 23rd Street, with Tess Banta editing, for publication in 2026 (world).

Audio rights

Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS!: THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA, a distilled account of China's Cultural Revolution, shedding light on the ideological quarrels that underpinned it and profiling the personalities involved, to Penny Robinson at Bolinda (ANZ).
sophyw@blackincbooks.com

Ambar Cordova's BAKER OATS 1-5, THE GIFT RARELY GIVEN, to Lindsey Wood at Tantor Media, in an exclusive submission, in a multi-book deal, by Sade Rena at Beck Literary Agency (world English).
sade@beckliterary.com

Winner of the Dzanc Prize for Fiction Sarah Yahm's UNFINISHED ACTS OF WILD CREATION, to Catherine Wallach at Recorded Books, by Ariana Philips at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, on behalf of Alice Tasman (NA).

Bailey Hannah's CHRISTMAS AT FOX RIDGE, to Cassie Hanjian at Podium Audio, by Carly Watters at P.S. Literary Agency (world English). Rights:
carly@psliterary.com

International rights

Canada

Non-fiction

Head poetry editor of SWAMP mag Dani Netherclift's VESSEL: THE SHAPE OF ABSENT BODIES, part memoir and part lyric essay, which pulls together a language of space and ruin, interleaving stories of what it means to lose the physical body of a person you love with a bricolage of literature, history, and (vessel) translations, and the realization that all bodies become in the end bodies of text, palimpsests—elegies inked on the skins of the dead, to Andrew Faulkner at Assembly Press (NA).
sophyw@blackincbooks.com

Children's

Illustrator of SHARICE'S BIG VOICE Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley's MOOSE, introducing children to familiar animal vocabulary through the story about a cat; and LET'S EAT!, focusing on vocabulary related to foods and mealtimes, while reinforcing a child's relationships with extended family, two follow-up picture books to his author-illustrator debut HELLO!, to Karen Li and Nan Froman at Groundwood Books, with Samantha Dewaele editing, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026 and winter 2027, respectively, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

France

Children's

Joseph Kuefler's THE DIGGER AND THE DUCKLING, to Editions Elcy (France), by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Holly McGhee and Julia Ermi at Pippin Properties.

Tanita Davis's THE SCIENCE OF FRIENDSHIP, to Larousse (France), by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Steven Chudney at the Chudney Agency.

Germany

Fiction

Penn Cole's untitled book, to Leaf (Germany), by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at The Whalen Agency.

Hungary

Children's

Patricia Finney's LADY GRACE series, to Alexandra (Hungary), in a three-book deal, by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Working Partners.

Katherine Applegate's ODDER: AN OTTER'S STORY, to Maxim (Hungary), by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Holly McGhee and Julia Ermi at Pippin Properties.

India

Non-fiction

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa's FULLY SIKH: HOT CHIPS AND TURMERIC STAINS, to Motilal Banarsidass (India).
sophyw@blackincbooks.com

Indonesia

Fiction

Janae Marks's A SPLIT SECOND, to Gramedia (Indonesia), by Andrew Nurnberg Associates Bangkok, on behalf of Dorothy Vincent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, in association with Alex Slater.

Lithuania

Children's

Adam Blade's FERNO THE FIRE DRAGON and SEPRON THE SEA SERPENT, books 1 and 2 in the BEAST QUEST series, to Alma Littera (Lithuania), in a two-book deal, by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Working Partners.

Romania

Fiction

Jolie Vines's ARRAN'S OBSESSION, CONNOR'S CLAIM, and RIORDAN'S REVENGE, in the Body Count series, to RoyalInk (Romania), in a three-book deal, by Andrea Golemac at Corto Literary Agency, on behalf of Laura Crockett and Brent Taylor at Triada US.

Serbia

Children's

Eva des Lauriers's I WISH YOU WOULD, to Vulkan (Serbia), by Amy Threadgold at Rights People, on behalf of Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary Agency.

The Netherlands

Fiction

Katy Hays's THE VIPERS, to Singel (The Netherlands), on behalf of Dorothy Vincent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, in association with Sarah Phair.

UK

Fiction

Gunnar Gunnarsson's THE GOOD SHEPHERD (ADVENT), to Charlotte Knight at Vintage UK, in a nice deal, by Monica Gram at Copenhagen Literary Agency.

Sydney Rende's I COULD BE FAMOUS, to Fleet, by Abner Stein, on behalf of Dorothy Vincent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, in association with Madeline Wallace.

Ukraine

Fiction

Jørn Lier Horst and Jan-Erik Fjell's THE SCREAM, to Nora-Druk (Ukraine), in a three-book deal, by Emma Granberg at Salomonsson Agency.
emma@salomonssonagency.com

Non-fiction

Joanna Ziobronowicz's SHE FIGHTS BACK, to Knigolove (Ukraine), in a nice deal, for publication in July 2026.
olha.yezhova@watkinspublishing.com

Multiple Territories

Fiction

V.E. Schwab's BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL, to Urano (Spain), in a good deal, by Heather Baror-Shapiro at Baror International; also to Almedina (Portugal); to Record (Brazil), in a very nice deal; to Meulenhoff (The Netherlands); to Oscar Mondadori (Italy); and to Tor Fischer (Germany); on behalf of Holly Root at Root Literary. Rights also to Lumen (France) and Modernista (Sweden).

Harley Laroux's HOUSE OF RAYNE, to Marina Mena at Urano US (Spain), in a pre-empt, by Berta Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency; also to U Sifrut She'nogaat (Israel), in a pre-empt, by Beverley Levit at Book Publishers Association of Israel; and to Infinito Particular (Portugal), by Berta Bruna at Sandra Bruna Agency; on behalf of Kensington.
sgruninger@kensingtonbooks.com

Kristin Harmel's THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU, to Gad (Denmark), by Heather Baror-Shapiro at Baror International; to Lavender Lit (Sweden); on behalf of Holly Root at Root Literary.

Children's

A.B. Poranek's A TREACHERY OF SWANS, to Il Castoro (Italy), by Heather Baror-Shapiro at Baror International; also to Arctis (Germany); and to Puck (Spain); on behalf of Victoria Marini at High Line Literary Collective.