Fiction

Debut

Kate Eberle's IF BOOKS COULD KILL, a high-concept romantic comedy following an adventure-loving woman who makes a tongue-in-cheek wish to live inside of a romance novel, but finds herself dropped into a crime thriller instead, to Marie Michels at Pamela Dorman Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in June 2026, by Katie Greenstreet at Paper Literary (NA). Rights also to Hannah K. Smith at Michael Joseph (UK); to Garzanti (Italy), in a pre-empt, by The Italian Agency; to Bragelonne (France), in a pre-empt, by Michelle Lapautre Agency; to Ullstein (Germany), at auction, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal, by Mohrbooks; to General Press (Hungary), by Andrew Nurnberg Associates Budapest; to Suma de Letras, at auction (Spain), to Sextante (Brazil), and to Planeta Portugal (Portugal), by MB Agency; to Nemira (Romania), in a pre-empt, by Simona Kessler Agency; to Luitingh (the Netherlands), at auction, by Sebes & Bisseling; to Albatros (Poland), at auction, and to Vivat (Ukraine), by Andrew Nurnberg Associates Kyiv; on behalf of Katie Greenstreet. Film/TV: Dana Spector and Michelle Kroes at CAA

Literary

Steinbeck Fellow Amanda Rizkalla's debut HUNGERED, told from the point of view of a 12-year-old girl living with her mother and younger brother in their car, navigating displacement and a fractured family while sleeping in parking lots around the West Coast, pitched in the vein of THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros and WHEN WE WERE SISTERS by Fatimah Asghar, to Retha Powers at Holt, for publication in spring 2026, by Ayesha Pande at Ayesha Pande Literary (NA).

Romance

Jo Brenner's ROUGH RIDE, a dark cowboy romance in which a documentary filmmaker on the hunt for her aunt's killer zooms in on the patriarch of a rodeo dynasty and finds herself swept into the saddle by his son—a dangerous, dominant bronc rider who fulfills her darkest fantasies but may know more than he lets on, to Liz Sellers at Berkley, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Jill Marr at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).

Emma St. Clair's ELLE ENTERS THE GROUP CHAT, a closed-door romantic comedy in which a woman is mistakenly added to a text thread between guy friends and ends up falling for one of the men—before realizing they're all pro football players, to Becky Monds at Thomas Nelson, in an exclusive submission, by Kimberly Whalen at The Whalen Agency (world English).

Non-fiction

Body, Mind & Spirit

Author of SACRED SYMBOLS and HEALING THE LIMINAL Marcella Kroll's MAGICAL SHIELDING, a guide to understanding and defending against psychic attacks in the modern world, including techniques for protecting your energy fields and exercises for creating a sacred inner sanctuary, to Amy Lyons at Red Wheel/Weiser, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by Adriana Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio (world English).

Business/Finance/Economics

Entrepreneur, sculptor, and surgeon Emilio Dilorio's YOU ARE CREATIVE, a guidebook to mastering the art and science of creativity, dispelling the myth of the artistic genius and presenting creativity as a step-by-step, teachable process that anyone can harness for success and innovation across fields, to Matthew Holt at Matt Holt Books. Rights:
rachel@benbellabooks.com

Food/Beverage

James Beard Award-nominated content creator, recipe developer, and cook Meijie Liao's SICHUAN AT HOME, a cookbook that gives home cooks a firm foundation in Sichuan cuisine while introducing new flavors and techniques and tracing the author's Chinese culinary journey from China to California, to Raquel Pelzel at Voracious, at auction, by Clare Mao at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (world).

History

Author of ORGANIC MANIFESTO and LOVE NATURE MAGIC Maria Rodale's ORIGINS OF ORGANIC, a history of the evolution of the contemporary organics movement by someone who watched it happen, to Alex Bolotow at Chelsea Green, in an exclusive submission, by Adriana Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio (world English). Rights:
alli@stimolaliterarystudio.com

Memoir

Simon Pare-Poupart's TRASH! A GARBAGEMAN'S STORY, a memoir of a trash collector in Montreal, to Melville House, in a nice deal, by Marleen Seegers at 2 Seas Agency, on behalf of Lux Editeur (world English).
hello@2seasagency.com

Parenting

Founder of The Sensory Project, owner of Sensational Brain, and cohost of the All Things Sensory podcast Rachel Harrington's THE PARENT REFLEX, a movement-based approach to nervous system regulation for parents, based on retained primitive reflexes and adult reflex integration, to Sam Ofman at Jossey-Bass, for publication in November 2026 (world).
sofman@wiley.com

Politics/Current Affairs

Chairman and founder of BTS Henrik Ekelund's HOW NATIONS WIN, sharing how freedom, order, and innovation build a country's prosperity, and how we can feed these three forces—when they are under attack today—so that more nations can win, to Matthew Holt at Matt Holt Books, by Michael Palgon at The Palgon Company (world English). Rights:
rachel@benbellabooks.com Translation:
taryn@tarynfagernessagency.com

Kyle Vowinkel's COMMAND NOTHING, CONTROL EVERYTHING, a leadership system embracing how real influence rarely emerges from taking charge alone, but rather from letting go of ego and empowering others, from one of only five individuals in FBI history to serve in both its apex counterterrorist unit and its top negotiation force, to Matthew Holt at Matt Holt Books, by David Vigliano at Vigliano Associates (world). Rights:
rachel@benbellabooks.com

Coauthors of THE NEXT SPACE RACE Peter A. Garretson and Richard M. Harrison's SPACE SHOCK, exploring 18 threats that could define space power, to Judith Bailey at Armin Lear Press, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025 (world English).
jbailey@arminlear.com

Children's

Graphic Novel

Author-illustrator Eoin Machlan's MANHATTAN VISIONS, a middle-grade graphic novel debut, pitched as My Hero Academia meets Pokemon, following a middle school student training to become a powerful spectra user while navigating a hyper-competitive New York City magnet school—until the spectra begin to conjure uncontrollable powers, and he and his friends must unite to save themselves and the city, to Emily Daluga at Chronicle Children's, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2029, by Monica Rodriguez at Context Literary Agency (world English).

Picture Book Non-fiction

Glenn Hightower's debut LOOK TO THE SKY: THE GENIUS OF MAURICE WHITE, a biography of Maurice White, the musician and creator of the band Earth, Wind, and Fire, illustrated by Lance Evans, to Sydnee Monday at Kokila, for publication in fall 2027, by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

Young Adult Fiction

F.A. Davidson's FLICKERSTATE, in which a 17-year-old develops the ability to manipulate probability, enters a prestigious academy to hone her power, and competes in a grueling competition in the hopes of saving herself from a certain death, to Annie Berger at Sourcebooks Fire, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Lily Dolin at Sterling Lord Literistic (world English). Rights:
amanda@sll.com

Audio rights

Richard Babcock's A SMALL DISTURBANCE ON THE FAR HORIZON, to Dan Harmon at Brilliance Audio, by Katherine Odom-Tomchin at Folio Literary Management, on behalf of Regal House Publishing.

J. L. Campbell's KING OF EVANSTON, in which a desperate mother walks into a lawyer's office, trying to save her toddler from an illegal adoption, but a spark of attraction ignites, which puts them on the radar of a corrupt politician who's racking up a body count in Chicago with no remorse and only one deadly way to stop him, to Carol Mackey at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Lissa Woodson at The Seymour Agency (world English). Rights:
lissa@theseymouragency.com

Lisa Dodson's KING OF HYDE PARK, about a brilliant crisis management expert who steps into a secretive organization tied to his family's legacy, and a savvy public relations powerhouse fighting to protect her client's reputation while causing powerful enemies to close in and sweep them into a web of deceit, betrayal, and long-buried secrets, to Carol Mackey at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Lissa Woodson at The Seymour Agency (world English). Rights:
lissa@theseymouragency.com

Gloria Mallette's SHADES OF JADE, about an independent, devil-may-care woman who chooses to date only successful married men without considering the dire consequence of her choice, which puts her life in danger and forces her to reevaluate how she measures the worth of a man—and herself, to Carol Mackey at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Lissa Woodson at The Seymour Agency (world English). Rights:
lissa@theseymouragency.com

Hailey Abbott's Summer Boys series, to Ashley Fortier at Tantor Media, in a multi-book deal, by Kristina Perez at Perez Literary & Entertainment, on behalf of Alloy Entertainment (world English).

Alexandra Bullen's WISH and WISHFUL THINKING, to Ashley Fortier at Tantor Media, in a two-book deal, by Kristina Perez at Perez Literary & Entertainment, on behalf of Alloy Entertainment (world English).

Karen McCullah's THE BACHELORETTE PARTY, to Ashley Fortier at Tantor Media, by Kristina Perez at Perez Literary & Entertainment, on behalf of Alloy Entertainment (world English).

Mindy Hung's THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, to Henna Silvennoinen at Spotify, for publication in fall 2025, by Stephanie Manova at Alcove Press (world).

Karen D. Bradley's KING OF MORGAN PARK, where a security expert is forced out of the shadows and becomes a target when he creates a tracking device that disrupts a criminal enterprise and receives an inherited membership in a mysterious outfit, setting the stage to dismantle his new life and destroy the relationship with the woman he loves, to Carol Mackey at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Lissa Woodson at The Seymour Agency (world English).

Angie Daniels's IN THE COMPANY OF MY SISTAHS, in which a girls' trip to Jamaica was supposed to bring them closer; instead, hearts break, trust shatters, lies unravel, and emotions spiral to the point they find themselves confronting secrets they've kept for years, forcing them to question everything they thought they knew about one another, to Carol Mackey at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in January 2026, by Lissa Woodson at The Seymour Agency (world English). Rights:
lissa@theseymouragency.com

Rebecca Kenney's STORM OF BLOOD AND SHADOW and WINGS OF FROST AND FURY, books three and four in the Merciless Dragons series, to Ryan Nuzzo at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Eva Scalzo at Speilburg Literary Agency.

Lizzie Stanley's WHAT WE DESERVE, WHAT WE NEED, and WHAT WE WANT, healing love stories about scarred hearts finding hope, connection, and second chances, to Abby Gillick at Blue Nose Audio, in a three-book deal.

Elle Madearis's UNLEASH ME, a shifter romance in which a woman decides to escape her controlling parents and cheating fiance by turning towards her friend, who has no plans of letting her go, to Ryan Nuzzo at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).

Emory Winters's A DEN MATE FOR DYLAN, a m/m shifter romance, in which a man is forced back to his hometown that he left to escape his feelings for his brother's best friend, who also happens to be his alpha and is also secretly in love with him, to Ryan Nuzzo at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).

Jack Dane's HIS FIRST WIFE, a psychological thriller in which a woman who believes she has married the perfect guy is forced to confront her husband's past with the arrival of a letter, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world English).

Leona Reed's THE PRINCESS OF DEATH and THE SIREN'S REAPER, in the Tangled Fates series, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal (world English).

Cindy Ras's CHANGE OF PLANS and WRITING ON THE WALL, in the King Brothers series, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal (world English).

International rights

Canada

Fiction

Regular contributor to Brown History, Taste Toronto, and Lonely Planet Rosa Lonergan's RESERVATION FOR ONE, following an Indian Canadian chef as she bets it all on a crumbling church in a small Irish village, pursuing her dream of opening a restaurant; when the town pushes back, she must win them over, learn to compromise, and maybe even fall in love in the process, to Kenna Barnes at ECW Press, for publication in spring 2027 (world).

Leah Bailly's debut THE FOLLOWING, following a dangerously famous and volatile wife of a politician as she flees her marriage, examining the roles women are forced into, the inequities between the global north and south, and public scrutiny and surveillance, to Jen Sookfong Lee at ECW Press, for publication in spring 2027, by Eva Oakes and Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Literary Agency (world English).

Two-time Giller Prize winner MG Vassanji's THE APPARITION, an allegorical alternate history set during the twilight of the Delhi Sultanate in the late 13th century, pitched as having echoes of Jose Saramago's BLINDNESS, Salman Rushdie's GRIMUS, and George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, following a court historian and poet as he witnesses the rise of a mysterious celestial object—part omen, part myth—causing a rise of religious paranoia and political violence; and SEARCHING FOR SITA, to Ward Hawkes at Doubleday Canada, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Carolyn Forde at Transatlantic Literary Agency. Rights:
carolyn@transatlanticagency.com

China

Non-fiction

Carl Moregardh and Truls Moregardh's TANK SOM TRULS, to Xiyuan (China), in a nice deal, by Yijhen Lee at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Simon Brouwers at Mondial.

Czech Republic

Fiction

Uketsu's STRANGE PICTURES, to Euromedia (Czech Republic), by Antonija Radic at Corto Literary Agency, on behalf of Emily Books Agency.

Denmark

Children's

Ida Kjellin and Lina Blixt's HIDDEN BEASTS, to Straarup (Denmark), at auction, by Jenny Khayon at Grand Agency.
jenny@grandagency.se

France

Fiction

Juliette Cross's WALKING IN WITCHY WONDERLAND and ALWAYS PRACTICE A SAFE HEX, to MxM Bookmark (France), in a two-book deal, by Mathilde Lamborot at Michelle Lapautre Agency, on behalf of Ana Ban at BookEnds, for Rachel Brooks.

Children's

Mats Strandberg and Sofia Falkenhem's THE MONSTER AT THE CIRCUS and THE MONSTER AND THE HUMANS, to L'ecole des Loisirs (France), in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Jenny Khayon at Grand Agency.
jenny@grandagency.se

Serbia

Fiction

Violeta Reed's ME TOO ISN'T I LOVE YOU and MAYBE I DO TOO, to Laguna (Serbia), by Antonija Radic at Corto Literary Agency, on behalf of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial.

Slovenia

Fiction

Tim Uwe's VOGELWEIDE, to Sodobnost (Slovenia), by Andrea Spuzevic Golemac at Corto Literary Agency, on behalf of Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

Turkey

Children's

Janae Marks's FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON, to Timas (Turkey), by Anatolialit Agency, on behalf of Dorothy Vincent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, in association with Alex Slater.

UK

Non-fiction

Catholic Herald editor-at-large Christopher R. Altieri's LEO XIV AND THE CHALLENGE OF CATHOLIC REFORM, examining the new American pope and the Catholic Church he inherited, to Dominic Mattos at Continuum, in an exclusive submission, for publication in October 2025 (world).

Multiple Territories

Fiction

Charlie Donlea's GUESS AGAIN, to Filia (Poland), by Graal; also to Faro (Brazil), by Sandra Bruna Literary Agency; to Jentas (Denmark), by Susanna Gruninger at Kensington; to Jentas (Sweden), by Susanna Gruninger at Kensington; to Kirjapaja (Finland), by Sebes & Bisseling; to Klidarithmos (Greece), by Read n' Right Agency; to Matar (Israel), by the The Israeli Association of Book Publishers; to Tyto Alba (Lithuania), by Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency; to Trini Vergara (Spain), by Sandra Bruna Literary Agency; and to Orman (Turkey), by Nurcihan Kesim Literary Agency.