SOLD! AT SIX-FIGURE AUCTION! WORLD ENGLISH RIGHTS TO George Jrieje's and Umair Khan's MG GN!

Author of SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA George Jrieje and illustrator of RIDA & MADIYA Umair Khan's TARIK'S BAZAAR ADVENTURE, based on the author's lived experience, following a 12-year-old as he navigates the highs and lows of middle school after being diagnosed with alopecia. It is coming from Harper Alley in Winter 2025!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Film and Television

SOLD! KELSEA YU'S YA THRILLER!

Debut author Kelsea Yu's IT'S ONLY A GAME is a thriller in which a girl and her friends are blackmailed into playing a dangerous video game with deadly consequences that forces them to lie, trespass, and steal in real life, but the deeper into the game they get, the more the girl realizes that whoever is pulling the strings knows too much about the past she's tried to leave behind. It is coming from Bloomsbury Children's in spring 2024!

Film/TV: Film and Television

SOLD BY ALEXANDRA WEISS! ALISON PEARCE STEVENS'S DETECTIVE DOGS ARE ON THE CASE!

Author of RHINOS IN NEBRASKA and ANIMAL CLIMATE HEROES Alison Pearce Stevens's DETECTIVE DOGS ARE ON THE CASE, about conservation projects utilizing working dogs. It will be coming from Holiday House in fall 2024!

Film/TV: Film and Television

SOLD! WORLD ENGLISH RIGHTS TO K. M. ENRIGHT'S ADULT FANTASY!

K. M. Enright's debut THE MISTRESS OF LIES is a romantic fantasy with a villainous, bloodthirsty heroine who finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of power, politics, and murder in the court of the Eternal King. It will be coming from Orbit US and Orbit UK in 2023.

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Kim Yau at Echo Lake

SOLD! AT SIX-FIGURE AUCTION! NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO LIZA SINGER'S MG GN!

Story director for TV animation and author-illustrator Liza Singer's WAYWARD: FRACTURED SHADOWS is about a town that sits on top of a mirror realm of demons who feed on emotions—the bigger, the better. Thankfully, two guardians and BFFs have the power to fight them, but starting middle school brings changes neither of them expected and now they must face an even bigger challenge than any demon: growing apart. It will be coming from Holt Children's in fall of 2025!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Tony Gil at Redefine Entertainment

SOLD BY AMANDA RUTTER! NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO AMY AVERY'S ADULT FANTASY!

Amy Avery's THE LONGEST AUTUMN, about a human who gets trapped in the mortal world with the god of autumn, who brings with him the threat of famine and failing crops as well as an illicit romance.

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Film and Television

JUDE SAVES THE WORLD BY RONNIE RILEY IS A WINTER/SPRING 2023 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK!

"Filled with courage and positivity, Jude is middle grade's next Pride icon. I will be thinking about this story for years to come. Young readers and adults alike will find this book to be a fantastic resource in understanding queer and gender identities!" - Kaliisha Cole, Whitelam Books, Reading, MA

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SOLD! AT 6-FIGURE AUCTION! NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO JESSICA PARRA'S YA Rom-Com

Attorney Jessica Parra's RUBI RAMOS' RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, pitched as A CUBAN GIRL'S GUIDE TO TEA AND TOMORROW meets YOU HAVE A MATCH, in which a senior in high school secretly enters a baking competition that comes to town, and must navigate the weight of her parents' expectations, a newfound romance, and gather the strength to follow her own path. It will be coming from Wednesday Books in Summer 2023!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

SOLD! AT AUCTION! NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO ROBERT APELIAN'S YA FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Author-illustrator Robert Mgrdich Apelian's debut FUSTUK, pitched as a Ghibli-esque Persian/Armenian fantasy drama following a 17-year-old youngest child in a family of chefs who must prove he can cook a dish to rival his legendary father's and please a djinn enough to save his dying mother's life, but he must reconcile the differences in how he and his siblings reckon with their diasporic identities and unravel the mysteries of his family's tragic past before they lose the one person keeping their family together. It will be coming from Penguin Workshop in fall of 2025!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

TJ POWAR HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE BY JESMEEN KAUR DEO IS A JULY/AUGUST 2022 INDIE NEXT PICK!

"When she and her cousin are the subjects of a cruel viral meme, TJ decides to prove that a woman's body hair (or lack thereof) doesn't impact her worth. An engrossing, powerful story exploring body positivity, Deo's debut will stick with you." — Matilda McNeely, Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, GA

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SOLD BY ALEXANDRA WEISS! MELISSA CRISTINA MARQUEZ'S DEBUT PICTURE BOOK!

Author of the WILD SURVIVAL series (Scholastic) and Forbes 30 Under 30 shark scientist Melissa Cristina Marquez's MOTHER OF SHARKS, a fantastical and autobiographical picture book about Marquez's journey to becoming a marine biologist and advocate for the ocean's top predator, illustrated by world-renowned artist Devin Elle Kurtz. It will be available on May 30th, 2023 from Penguin Workshop!

SOLD BY ALEXANDRA WEISS! KANE LYNCH'S MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Author-illustrator Kane Lynch's FIRST STEPS is a contemporary middle-grade graphic novel about a young boy balancing two separate lives after his parents divorce, desperately trying to keep the peace between his fractured yet growing family. It will be published in fall 2024 by Graphix Books!

Shadia Amin to Illustrate MG Graphic Novel!

Comedian, actress, and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid's SHINY MISFITS will be illustrated by Shadia Amin! The story follows a disabled 11 year-old as she sets off on an unstoppable quest for superstardom on her own terms after the boy of her dreams becomes a viral sensation for catching her as she's falling. It will be coming from Graphix 2023!

TJ POWAR HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE BY JESMEEN KAUR DEO IS A SUMMER/FALL 2022 INDIES INTRODUCE PICK!

"There was not a single page of TJ Powar Has Something to Prove that I didn't love. This book is a deeply feminist deconstruction of beauty standards AND a swoon-worthy academic rivals-to-lovers romance. Who could ask for more?" - Kassie King, The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves, MO

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Keir Alekseii has joined Azantian Literary Agency!

Keir Alekseii has joined Azantian Literary as an associate agent, representing YA and adult SFF and YA contemporary. She was previously a mentee at Azantian Literary.

Shannon Lechon has joined Azantian Literary Agency!

Shannon Lechon has joined Azantian Literary as an associate agent, representing MG, YA, and adult fiction, graphic novel, and select nonfiction. She was previously an intern with P.S. Literary, Cake Creative, and PRH, as well as a mentee at Azantian Literary.

SOLD! English and Spanish Language rights to D. Zollicoffer's Chapter Book Series!

D. Zollicoffer's HOW TO DEFEAT A BLOB MONSTER is the first in the Game On, Zhuri! chapter book series in which a young video game creator enters the gaming world to save her uncle from a mysterious blob monster, but what begins as a rescue mission quickly leads to a confrontation with her very first, embarrassing, creation. It will be coming from Reycraft in fall 2023!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

SOLD by Masha Gunic! Lindsey Duga's Spooky Middle Grade!

Lindsey Duga's THE REPLACEMENT follows a 12-year-old girl's move to the countryside that turns into a haunting when she begins to experience spooky visitations and must soon stop a ghost from taking over her life and body…forever. It will be coming from Scholastic in fall 2022!

SOLD! World English rights to Sara Hashem's Adult Fantasy Duology!

Sara Hashem's THE JASAD HEIR draws on the strife and upheaval of The Arab Spring and is set in an Egyptian-inspired world where magic users have been hunted almost to extinction. It follows a fugitive queen with hidden magic who strikes a dangerous bargain with her fallen kingdom's greatest enemy who soon finds herself embroiled in a political game that could resurrect her scorched kingdom or leave it in ashes forever. It will be coming from Orbit in summer 2023.

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

SOLD! Eric Smith's Next YA Contemporary!

Author of Don't Read the Comments and You Can Go Your Own Way, Eric Smith's new YA contemporary With or Without You, a rom-com about two teens whose families have orchestrated a feud between their South Philadelphia cheesesteak food trucks in order to drive up business, but when the fake rivalry lands them a gig on reality TV, the teens have to hide their very real romance from the world. It will be coming from Inkyard in fall 2023!

SOLD by Andrea Walker! Ronnie Riley's MG Contemporary!

Ronnie Riley's JUDE SAVES THE WORLD follows a queer, nonbinary 12-year-old who navigates the complexities of identity and friendship as they befriend the ex-popular girl at school, try to start a safe space club at their local library, and come out to their old-fashioned grandparents. It will be coming from Scholastic in spring 2023!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Sold by Alexandra Weiss! Alison Pearce Stevens' Nonfiction Middle Grade!

Dr. Alison Pearce Stevens' ANIMAL CLIMATE HEROES: CRITTERS COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE is an engaging nonfiction middle grade novel that highlights the mega-heroes and unsung heroes within the animal kingdom fighting back against the supervillain that is climate change -- and how young readers can join the fight. It will be coming from Henry Holt/Godwin Books in spring 2023!

SOLD! Kevin Hong to Illustrate YA Graphic Novel!

Brandon Hoang's SECRET OF ATHRIA: THE INVENTOR'S EYE is the first in the graphic novel series in which a 12-year-old inventor and two friends are swept away into an alternate dimension full of talking animals and hyper-advanced technology, and reluctantly recruited as a secret weapon against the planet's evil, energy-hoarding dictator, illustrated by Kevin Hong. It will be coming from IDW in summer 2026!

Sold at 6-figure Auction! North American rights to Sabrina Cotugno's YA Fantasy Graphic Novel!

Author-illustrator and animation director Sabrina Cotugno's THE GLASS SCIENTISTS is set in a Victorian-era world of misunderstood monsters. Pitched as a reimagining of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it follows Henry Jekyll, the charismatic leader of a ragtag group of mad scientists trying to reform their public image, as he deals with forces both external and internal that want to destroy everything he helped build. It will be coming from Razorbill in fall 2023!

UK/Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film: Julie Kane-Ritsch at Gotham Group

SOLD at 6-figure Auction! North American rights to Angela Hsieh's Middle Grade Fantasy Graphic Novel!

Author-illustrator and winner of the HarperCollins Children's Books 2020 Diverse Voices Open Inbox contest Angela Hsieh's THE TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY, in which a girl feels distant from her grandmother both because of a language barrier and because her grandma's adventures as a geozoologist researching animal-scapes of mountainous guinea pigs and colossal axolotls take her far and wide. But when her monthly letters suddenly stop, the girl must use her ah-ma's old journal, written in a language that she can barely read, to try and close the physical and emotional distance between them while forging her own path apart from her ah-ma's legacy. It will be coming from Quill tree in winter 2024!

UK/Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film: Kim Yau at Echo Lake

SOLD! Eric Smith To Co-write YA Novel Based on JAGGED LITTLE PILL Musical!

Seven-time Grammy Award–winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, Glen Ballard, and Eric Smith's JAGGED LITTLE PILL: THE NOVEL is based on the musical following the intertwining lives of five teens whose world is changed forever after the events at a party. It will be coming from Amulet in March 2022!

SOLD! Kyla Smith's MG Fantasy Graphic Novel!

Author-illustrator Kyla Smith's FOXES, FIRE, & OTHER MAGIC follows a curious young fox spirit who stumbled into the human world during the annual Obon festival and became trapped, and a nonbinary noodle maker struggling to keep their parents' legacy alive. They must learn to trust each other to save the udon shop and get the fox spirit home before the spirit gate closes for good. It will be coming from Feiwel and Friends in spring 2024!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film: Kim Yau at Echo Lake

SOLD! World English Rights to Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith's YA Anthology FRESHMAN ORIENTATION!

Lauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith ed.'s FRESHMAN ORIENTATION is an anthology of linked stories set on the first day at a small college, from the perspective of teens moving into their dorms, making new friends, avoiding old ones, and trying to fit in; featuring Phil Stamper, Sam Maggs, Adi Alsaid, Kristina Forest, Dana Davis, Kathleen Glasgow, Aminah Mae Safi, Gloria Chao, Jennifer Chen, Olivia A. Cole, Lance Rubin, Bryan Bliss, Farah Naz Rishi, and Anna Birch. It will be coming from Candlewick in spring 2023!

SOLD! North American Rights to Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski's Next Middle Grade!

Sibling writing duo Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski's WHISPERING PINES: RECKONING, the third book in a series pitched as X-Files meets Stranger Things, follows a UFO-obsessed girl and a boy with psychic abilities who must travel to an alternate dimension full of monsters in order to save their missing friends, and also the world itself. It will be coming from Margaret K. McElderry in fall 2022!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film: Kim Yau at Echo Lake

Sold! Rose Szabo's YA Fantasy Duology!

Rose Szabo's WE ALL FALL DOWN is the first book in the River City duology about a city where magic used to thrive and four queer young people are cast as archetypal figures—the maiden, the hero, the monster, and the witch—in an age-old ritual that will revive the flow of magic, even though none of them quite fit the roles thrust upon them and in the end discover that they can only stay true to themselves. It will be coming from FSG Books for Young Readers in spring 2022!

Sold! Lora Merriman's YA Fantasy Graphic Novel!

Author-illustrator Lora Merriman's debut MAELSTROM: A PRINCE OF EVIL, pitched as perfect for fans of Nimona, follows a ragtag group of rebels, led by a prophesied hero, who improbably teams up with the demon son of the evil necromancer queen, in a quest to take her down—that is, unless, the demon decides to betray them first. It will be coming from Holt Children's in 2024!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Sold! Heidi Lang's Next Middle Grade Contemporary!

Heidi Lang's OUT OF RANGE, pitched as Hatchet with feuding sisters, and based on the author's experiences spending two days lost in the forest (and as the middle of three sisters), following three sisters who are sent to a summer camp with no cell phones, no internet, and no communication with the outside world in order to repair their cataclysmically fractured bond, only to get lost in the wilderness, where they must relearn how to get along—and forgive each other—in order to survive. It will be coming from Simon & Schuster Children's in summer 2022!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Sold! Jesmeen Kaur Deo's YA Contemporary Rom-Com!

Jesmeen Kaur Deo's debut TJ POWER HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE, a rom-com pitched as for fans of Netflix's Never Have I Ever, about a high school debater who becomes the subject of an ugly meme and resolves to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, all to prove she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful, but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet. It will be coming from Viking in summer 2022!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Shadia Amin To Illustrate Middle Grade Graphic Novel!

Iranian Colombian American actress and writer for Jordan Peele's The Twilight Zone Sara Amini's MIXED UP, MIXED BAG, and MIXED & MATCHED, a semi-autobiographical series, set in the 9/11 era, that follows the author's humorous yet humiliating middle school years in Alief, a Houston suburb that—despite having one of the most diverse school districts in the country—didn't have one person exactly like a first-generation Iranian and Colombian, living in a hybrid household where Navidad and Norooz are celebrated, empanadas and kabobs are eaten, and Farglish (English, Spanish, and Farsi) is spoken. To be published by Graphix!

Sold! Josh Ulrich's YA Horror Graphic Novel!

Author-illustrator Josh Ulrich's debut THE TERRIFYING TALES OF VIVIAN VANCE, pitched as Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets Veronica Mars by way of Lovecraft, wherein a teen detective stumbles upon a dark secret about her town's history while on a case for a classmate and soon finds herself face-to-face with horrifying monsters only she and her new (and only) friends can defeat. It will be coming from Razorbill summer 2023!

Renae Moore has joined Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency!

Renae Moore has joined Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency as an associate agent. She represents adult and YA speculative fiction and graphic novels. She was previously a junior agent at Tobias Literary Agency.

T.S. Ferguson has joined Azantian Literary Agency!

T.S. Ferguson has joined Azantian Literary Agency as a literary agent and will be open to queries beginning June 1st. He was previously an editor for 16 years, working for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press, and most recently, JIMMY Patterson Books.

YAOYAO MA VAN AS TO ILLUSTRATE SHANG-CHI LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK!

SHANG-CHI is about the titular Marvel martial-arts master as he deploys his amazing skills, searches for adventure, and saves the day. It will be coming from Golden Books in May 2021.

SOLD! GEORGE JREIJE'S MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY!

George Jreije's debut SHAD HADID AND THE ALCHEMISTS OF ALEXANDRIA follows a 12-year-old aspiring baker whose life is uprooted when he discovers he's descended from a long line of alchemists and sent to a mysterious academy, but his arrival at the school awakens a nefarious force long lurking in the shadows, and he'll soon learn he holds the key to either stopping—or unleashing—their evil plot. It will be coming from Harper Children's in fall 2022!

ALEXANDRA WEISS HAS JOINED ALA AS AN ASSOCIATE AGENT!

Alexandra is looking for fiction and nonfiction picture books, middle grade, YA, graphic novels, and select adult nonfiction. You can find out more about her and her interests here.

SOLD! PINA VARNEL'S YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Pina Varnel's debut ADHD ALIEN is a graphic novel based on her webcomic of the same name that tells the story of a girl with ADHD during the pivotal summer when she gets diagnosed and finally makes sense of her challenges. It will be coming from Dial in summer 2022!

SOLD! WES MOLEBASH'S MIDDLE GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Wes Molebash's TRAVIS DAVENTHORPE FOR THE WIN! is a series about an 11-year-old robotics engineer who discovers he's the prophesied hero of a magical kingdom from another dimension who must survive a school bully's atomic wedgies, new friendships, and an ancient evil while trying to master the hardest task of his life—swinging a sword. It will be coming from First Second in summer 2022!

SOLD! TASHA MUKANIK'S MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Author-illustrator Tasha Mukanik's debut LOST TIME follows a girl who travels back in time to the Cretaceous period and gets trapped with no one to help her survive or get back home—except for a pterosaur she befriends and learns to ride, pitched as How to Train Your Dragon meets Lost in Space. It will be coming from Razorbill in spring 2023!

THE CITY OF BRASS HAS BEEN OPTIONED FOR A TELEVISION SERIES!

S.A. Chakraborty's THE CITY OF BRASS (THE DAEVABAD TRILOGY), an epic historical fantasy inspired by medieval Islamic folklore has been optioned by Complete Fiction to be developed as a television series! Read the full article.

Amanda Rutter has joined ALA as an Associate Agent!

Amanda is looking for adult, YA and MG fantasy and science fiction. You can find out more about her and her interests here.

SOLD! Al Graziadei's YA Contemporary Hate-to-Love Romance!

Al Graziadei's ICEBREAKER follows a hockey legacy kid who is on track to become the NHL's number one draft pick even while barely coping with his untreated depression, until a boy threatens both his number one spot and steals his heart—something that makes him the happiest he's ever been and could threaten both their dreams if the truth came out. It will be coming from Henry Holt Books for Young Readers in winter 2022!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment

SOLD! Victoria Ying's YA Contemporary Graphic Novel!

Victoria Ying's HUNGRY GHOST is a portrayal of growing up with an eating disorder in a Chinese American family; following a sixteen-year-old through the constant, exhausting pressure to be perfect, thin, and valuable as she navigates tremendous loss and ultimately comes to terms with how sometimes those you love most, can hurt you just as much. It will be coming from First Second in winter 2023!

Translation: Brent Taylor at Triada

Film/TV: Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment

SOLD! ROSE SZABO'S YA GOTHIC FANTASY!

WHAT BIG TEETH is a Lovecraftian take on The Addams Family with a dash of Pan's Labyrinth; a tale of one seemingly human girl's attempt to reconnect with her inhuman family—to nightmarish results—while coming to understand that true monstrousness is much more than skin deep. It will be coming from Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers in winter 2021!

SOLD! HEDI LANG AND KATI BARTKOWSKI'S NEXT MIDDLE GRADE SERIES!

WHISPERING PINES, a new mg horror series perfect for fans of Stranger Things from sibling writing duo Heidi Lang and Kati Bartkowski will be coming from Aladdin in fall 2020. If you haven't read their earlier series, The Mystic Cooking Chronicles, you can pick up A Dash of Dragon at your local bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.

SOLD! S.A. CHAKRABORTY'S NEXT ADULT Trilogy!

S.A. Chakraborty's next series, a historical fantasy pitched as Sinbad the Sailor meets Oceans 11, wherein an infamous, retired pirate gets pulled back into the game when she's offered to right a wrong from her past and score a fabled treasure, but assembling her old crew and outwitting a ruthless ex-Crusader aren't her only problems, because she's learned the hard way that the fantastical legends behind such treasures hold deadly truths, and they're coming for her. Coming spring 2022

SOLD! GWENDOLYN CLARE'S NEXT YOUNG ADULT DUOLOGY!

We're all in for a treat with Gwendoyln Clare's next YA duology, coming Fall 2020 and set in the same world as INK, IRON, & GLASS. If you haven't read her earlier books check them out at your local bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.

THE KINGDOM OF COPPER by S.A. CHAKRABORTY IS A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

The next installment in the Daevabad trilogy, S. A. Chakraborty's THE KINGDOM OF COPPER has followed in THE CITY OF BRASS's footsteps as a USA Today Bestseller!

Our New Look!

Today, we're launching a brand new look for our website. Take a look around and let us know what you think via Jennifer's twitter.

Jennifer will be at SDCC 2018!

Jennifer is going to Comic Con as a guest panelist! You can find her on the Children's Book Literary Agents panel on Sunday, July 22nd at 1:30pm in Room 8.

THE City of Brass has Been Nominated for a BFA!

S. A. Chakraborty's THE CITY OF BRASS has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (the Sydney J Bounds Award). Read more.

SOLD! HEDI LANG AND KATI BARTKOWSKI'S NEXT MIDDLE GRADE ADVENTURE!

Pinch of Phoenix sold as the next exciting installment of the Mystic Cooking Chronicles. If you haven't read their earlier books check them out at your local bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble.

THE City of Brass Has Become a USA Today Bestseller!

S. A. Chakraborty's debut CITY OF BRASS has become a USA Today Bestseller. Congratulations on your amazing success!

THe City of Brass Has Been Nominated for a Locus Award!

S. A. Chakraborty's THE CITY OF BRASS has been nominated for the Locus Award in the First Novel Category. Read more.