Dan Riskin’s FIONA THE FRUIT BAT, about a fruit bat learning to use her senses to take her first flight, illustrated by Rachel Qiuqi Li, to Sara Gillingham at Greystone Kids, for publication in spring 2022, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management for the author, and by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
Estonian rights for STARRY EYES
Jenn Bennett’s STARRY EYES, to Helios (Estonia), by Anastasya Markova at Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Connie Goldsmith is RUNNING ON EMPTY
Connie Goldsmith’s RUNNING ON EMPTY, about teenage insomnia and sleep disorders, including interviews with experts, teens and professionals and ways to self-assess healthy (or non-healthy) sleep habits, to Shaina Olmanson at Twenty-First Century Books, for publication in spring 2021, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Danish rights for EX TALK
Rachel Lynn Solomon’s THE EX TALK, to Palatium (Denmark), by Monique Oosterhof at Mo Literary Services; also to Ikar (Slovak Republic), by Martina Knapkova at Kristin Olson Literary Agency; on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
New series from Joss Wood
Joss Wood’s untitled books, to Charlotte Ellis at Harlequin Presents, in a four-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Stephen Briseno’s debut is QUEEN OF LEAVES
Stephen Briseno’s QUEEN OF LEAVES, a picture book biography of Mexican American botanist Ynes Mexia, illustrated by Diana Toledano, to Asia Citro at Innovation Press, for publication in fall 2022, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Teresa Kietlinski at Bookmark Literary for the illustrator (world).
Auralee Wallace is IN THE COMPANY OF WITCHES
Author of the Otter Lake Mystery series Auralee Wallace’s IN THE COMPANY OF WITCHES, the first in a cozy mystery series featuring a young witch who runs a B and B with her aunts, but when a guest is murdered, must use all of her skills—both magical and mundane—to solve the crime, to Jenn Snyder at Berkley Prime Crime, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2021, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
FINDING PAPA to be published winter 2023
Angela Pham Krans’s debut FINDING PAPA, based on the author’s own experience that follows a young girl and her mother’s perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa–who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Thi Bui, to Clarissa Wong at Harper Children’s, in a very nice deal, at auction, for publication in winter 2023, by Katherine Wessbecher at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Julie Stevenson at Massie & McQuilkin for the illustrator (world).
New series in 2021 for Joss Wood
Joss Wood’s next untitled series, about the dynastic Ryder family after they agree to do DNA ancestry testing, again to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin Desire, in a multi-book deal, for publication beginning in 2021, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
New summer series from Tessa Bailey
Author of FIX HER UP Tessa Bailey’s untitled duet, in which two socialite sisters from Beverly Hills are cut off financially and sent to live in a small Washington fishing village, again to Nicole Fischer at Avon, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2021, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
Laura Bradford reps Laura Bradford in new Amish mystery series
Author of the Amish Mystery series Laura Bradford’s A FRIEND FOR HIRE, beginning a new series in which a down on her luck 30-something turns to “plus-one” duty to pay her bills and invariably finds herself knee-deep in murder, to Michelle Vega at Berkley Prime Crime, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2021, by the coincidentally also-named Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).