Soraya M. Lane’s THE SECRET MIDWIFE and THE BERLIN SISTERS, to Frederic Thibaud at City Editions (FRANCE), in a two-book deal, by Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Alex Levenberg at Amazon Publishing and Laura Bradford at Braford Literary Agency.
WHY ON EARTH space anthology coming spring 2025
Vania Stoyanova and Rosiee Thor, ed.’s WHY ON EARTH, an anthology taking place over a single day when teenage aliens crash on earth to rescue one of their own, a Hollywood star; featuring interconnected stories penned by Alex Brown, Beth Revis, Emily Lloyd Jones, Eric Smith, Julian Winters, Laura Pohl, Maya Gittelman, M.K. England, Rebecca Kim Wells, and S.J. Whitby, to Tamara Grasty at Page Street, for publication in spring 2025, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
New short mystery from author of LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS
Author of LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS Alicia Thompson’s A CLASSIC CASE, a short story about a woman who suspects something terrible has happened to a fellow patron of the classic movie store she frequents weekly, and enlists the help of the curmudgeonly (and mysteriously hot) store owner to help investigate, to Alicia Clancy at Amazon Original Stories, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
Bulgarian rights for MY KILLER VACATION
Tessa Bailey’s MY KILLER VACATION, to Ibis (BULGARIA), by Zlatka Mironova at Anthea Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency
LOOKING FOR LIGHT in fall 2026
Author of WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and BRAINSTORM! Rebecca Gardyn Levington’s LOOKING FOR LIGHT: A SHABBAT STORY, with the Jewish holiday of Shabbat as a backdrop, about a child finding gratitude for life’s small joyful moments, illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, to Joy Peskin at Farrar, Straus Children’s, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator.
WHISPERS FROM MOTHER EARTH coming fall 2024
Author-illustrator Maryam Khalifah’s WHISPERS FROM MOTHER EARTH: CELEBRATE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN, in which letters from Mother Earth remind children that no matter what color, tint, or tone their skin is, they are beautiful just the way they are, to Nathan Bond at Fair Share, for publication in fall 2024, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world English and Spanish).
Italian rights for Jenn Bennett’s PRINCE OF MOURNING
Jenn Bennett’s PRINCE OF MOURNING, to Mondadori (ITALY), by Elena Benaglia at The Italian Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
CRUZITA & THE MARIACHEROS sing in her audiobook
Ashley Granillo’s CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS, to Sonia Brand-Fisher at Tantor Media, in a nice deal (world).
Debut author-illustrator retells Korean folktale SUN, MOON & STAR
Debut author-illustrator Nancy So Miller’s SUN, MOON AND STAR, a retelling of a Korean folktale about three sisters who outsmart a tiger, to Della Farrell at Holiday House, for publication in spring 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world)
German rights for PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Rachel Lynn Solomon’s PAST PRESENT FUTURE, to Arctis (Germany), by Constanze Sabathil at Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
GIRAFFE’S BOOK IS MISSING A STORY coming winter 2025
Author-illustrator of GIRAFFE IS TOO TALL FOR THIS BOOK and the forthcoming HAVE YOU SEEN MY ACORN and THE DANGEROUS ALPHABET BOOK DK Ryland’s GIRAFFE’S BOOK IS MISSING A STORY, a sequel to the first Giraffe book, an interactive book that revisits a group of animal friends as they ask for the reader’s help in bringing a story to life on the book’s blank pages, to William Kiester at Page Street Kids, in an exclusive submission, for publication in winter 2025, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).