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SOLD BY LARISSA MELO PIENKOWSKI! LA TIMES BOOK-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR REMICA BINGHAM-RISHER'S DEVOTION!
April 22, 2026
LA Times Book Prize-winning author of ROOM SWEPT HOME and SOUL CULTURE Remica Bingham-Risher's DEVOTION: TONI MORRISON'S BLACK DREAMING AND OUR INFINITE LOVE, a hybrid essay collection blending images, literary criticism, and memoir to trace the fearlessness, determination, and radical joy in the book-making process of one of the most cherished writers of the 21st century as she carried Black women's voices through worlds of her own making. The book will be published by Beacon Press in summer 2029.
SOLD BY ALEXANDRA WEISS! TIKTOKER & COMEDIAN LAURA HIGH'S MEMOIR!
March 31, 2026
Stand-up comedian, TikTok influencer, and donor-conceived advocate Laura High's INSEMINATION: IT SUCKS WHEN THE EVIDENCE CAN TALK, a darkly humorous memoir about the author's experience as a donor-conceived individual and the many challenges she's faced advocating to regulate an unregulated fertility industry. The book will be published by Blackstone Publishing in summer 2027.
SOLD BY LARISSA MELO PIENKOWSKI! ANGELA MONTOYA'S YA FANTASY: THE IMMORTAL UNDOING!
March 23, 2026
Author of CARNIVAL FANTASTICO Angela Montoya's THE IMMORTAL UNDOING, a romantasy in which a beautiful and stubborn young woman teams up with a handsome god to save not only her village but all of humanity from destruction by the serpent goddess Xochiquetzal. The book will be published by Joy Revolution in fall 2027.
SOLD BY MARA HOLLANDER! AT AUCTION! IN A THREE BOOK DEAL! MATTEA ORR'S THE LAST TELEGRAM OF MRS. HUDSON!
March 13, 2026
Mattea Orr's THE LAST TELEGRAM OF MRS. HUDSON, pitched as a historical mystery set in Victorian England that reimagines Sherlock Holmes's mother and her lady's maid turned investigative partner as they unravel a murderous plot while dodging budding feelings for each other. Sold in a three-book deal, at auction, the books will be published by Head of Zeus.
SOLD! CRAWFORD AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JARED PECHACEK'S NEXT SFF!
March 4, 2026
Crawford Award-winning author Jared Pechacek's WHERE FIRE REIGNS, pitched as Firefly with firebenders, in which a crew of fugitives must keep a feral goddess safe from the church who believes her death will bring water back to their dry world. The book will be published by Tor in winter 2027.
SOLD! SARA HASHEM'S NEW DARK FANTASY ROMANCE DUOLOGY!
February 25, 2026
Author of THE JASAD HEIR and THE JASAD CROWN Sara Hashem's MERCIFUL CARNAGE, the first in a new dark fantasy romance duology, in which a woman who cannot die will stop at nothing to find a cure to the plague threatening everyone she loves, even if it means falling into the dark web of an immortal ruler determined to unravel the truth of her existence. Sold, in an exclusive submission, to Orbit and Orbit UK.
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