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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: PEN/Faulkner Award-longlisted co-authors Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt's HOW TO FAKE A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, the authors' adult debut, pitched as a gender-swapped contemporary reimagining of My Fair Lady in the vein of Abby Jimenez, Alison Espach, and Yulin Kuang, in which a Latina journalist teams up with the events manager at Atlanta's most exclusive country club to transform a pool hustler into a Southern gentleman so they can take down a villainous tycoon who is trying to gentrify their city and ruin their lives; and ¡SOL!, pitched as a retelling of the classic film Sabrina for fans of Kevin Kwan, Abby Jimenez, and Christina Lauren, set on a majestic ranch in Jackson Hole, where the caretaker's daughter, a Puerto Rican teen, fell for the younger son in a family of billionaires, but, returning after years of travel through Latin America, finds herself at odds with his duty-minded older brother, who is also falling for her, exploring intersections of class, privilege, and nature, to Yezanira Venecia at Primero Sueno, in separate good deals, for publication in 2026 and 2027, by Erin Harris at Folio Literary Management for Marquardt, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for Cuevas, and by Joelle Hobeika at Alloy Entertainment for book one only (NA).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Coauthor of WELCOME TO DRAGON TALK and cohost of Dragon Talk, the official Dungeons & Dragons podcast Shelly Mazzanoble's HOW TO DUNGEON MASTER PARENTING: A GUIDEBOOK FOR GAMIFYING THE CHILD REARING QUEST, LEVELING UP YOUR SKILLS, AND RAISING FUTURE ADVENTURERS, pitched as for the gamer, fantasy-loving parent, or parent-to-be ready to master the role of a lifetime, to Meredith Stabel at University of Iowa Press, for publication in fall 2024, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: PEN/Faulkner Award-longlisted author and Latinx Kidlit Book Festival cofounder Mayra Cuevas's WE'RE GOING ON A PARRANDA!, a bilingual picture book about the Puerto Rican Christmas caroling tradition of the parranda as a child travels with family and friends trying to discover their own unique rhythm, illustrated by Monica Paola Rodriguez, to Catherine Laudone at Paula Wiseman Books, for publication in fall 2025, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the author, and by Jesse Byrd at Jesse B Creative for the illustrator (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Queer author-illustrator Venessa Vida Kelley's WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON, pitched as The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman, in which an Afro-Boricua migrant in 1911 is pressed to kidnap and care for an ocean-eyed merman on display at a Coney Island sideshow, but when he falls in love with the merman in the tank, he must reckon with the forces that have held him captive and realize there's more than one way to be trapped, to Diana Pho at Erewhon, for publication in 2025, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
Film/TV: Tara Timinsky |
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: PEN/Faulkner Award-longlisted coauthor of DOES MY BODY OFFEND YOU? Mayra Cuevas's MY ABUELA IS A BRUJA, about the magical relationship between a young girl and her abuela on her grandmother's finca in Puerto Rico, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gomez, to Michelle Frey at Knopf Children's, in a very nice deal, at auction, for publication in summer 2025, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the author, and by James Burns at The Bright Group for the illustrator (world).
Film/TV: Carolina Beltran and Hilary Zaitz Michael at WME |
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Author-illustrator Diana Castillo's debut, an early reader pitched as inspired by her Cuban immigrant family's experiences, to Laura Kincaid at Holiday House, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2024, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Author-illustrator Venessa V. Kelley's debut MANU FACES THE MUSIC, in which a young queer Puerto Rican woman at the height of a lucrative music career learns she is the last in a line of powerful mediums capable of channeling vast spiritual energy and must use her power to defend the NYC community she left behind from a dark threat, to Desiree Rodriguez at Oni Press, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
Rights: Taryn Fagerness Film/TV: Tara Timinsky |
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Creators and hosts of the Official Dungeons and Dragons podcast Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito's WELCOME TO DRAGON TALK, a collection of essays reflecting on the various guests of the podcast of the same name highlighting the diversity of the D&D community and its impact on individuals and groups within the community, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Louangie Bou-Montes's debut DON'T FEAR THE REAPER, pitched as CEMETERY BOYS meets UNDEAD GIRL GANG, where the sixteen-year-old, Afro-Latinx son of the local mortician accidentally reanimates the dead body of the boy he had more than friendly feelings for and has to uncover the truth about his family's necromantic abilities to keep him alive for good, to Carolina Ortiz at Harper Children's, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2024, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
Film/TV: Katrina Escudero at Sugar23; Hillman Grad Studios |
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: MzVee's NATURAL ME, a celebration of self-love and beauty, inside and out, inspired by the author's song Natural Girl, illustrated by Lisbeth Checo, to Elizabeth Agyemang at Clarion, for publication in winter 2024, by Karen Kilpatrick at East-West Agency for the author, and by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Agatha Award Nominee Raquel V. Reyes's books 3 and 4 in her CARIBBEAN KITCHEN MYSTERY series, continuing the series about the Cuban-American chef turned amateur sleuth in Miami, Florida, to Faith Black Ross at Crooked Lane, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Charish Reid's A SECOND SHOT, a contemporary love story with a multicultural cast, about a widowed bar owner who, upon returning to college at 40, inadvertently hires the woman who turns out to be his professor to help tend bar at his failing establishment, to Errin Toma at HQN, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: In her authorial debut Angela Quezada Padron's MARIGOL: HOW MARIBEL DOMINGUEZ PROVED SOCCER IS A GIRL'S SPORT, a bilingual picture book about the Mexican footballer who cut her hair short and dressed as Mario in order to play soccer in her town where she faced poverty, sexism, gender discrimination, and racism to become one of the world's best female soccer players, advocate, and coach, illustrated by Christina Barragan Forshay, to Jessica Echeverria at Lee and Low, for publication in the summer of 2023, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the author, and by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Charish Reid's I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU, in which a reality TV director of a paranormal hunting show and a Miami bed-and-breakfast owner learn that the past doesn't stay in the past, and perhaps their love can be as real as the ghosts they find, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Author-illustrator Angela Quezada Padron's debut AS THE SEAS RISE, about environmental scientist and activist Nicole Hernandez Hammer, who was recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama at the 2015 State of the Union address for her passionate efforts to educate people about climate change and its disproportionate impacts on communities of color, to Sophia Jimenez at Atheneum, in a nice deal, for publication in September 2023, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: RITA Award winner Elia Winters's COMBUSTION, a steampunk erotic romance novel in which a machinist/inventor of "felicitation devices" and a noted watchmaker join forces to enter the World's Fair while fighting their growing attraction, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Author of IF YOU GO WITH YOUR GOAT TO VOTE and civic opinion writer Jan Zauzmer's MAXINE'S CRITTERS GET THE VACCINE JITTERS, a wordplay-filled picture book in which a girl's stuffed animals are afraid to get their vaccines until she explains that it's actually not scary at all, illustrated by Corlette Douglas in her trade debut, to Karen Giangreco at The Experiment, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in January 2022, by Melissa Edwards at Stonesong for the author, and by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Charish Reid's (TRUST) FALLING FOR YOU, in which University college professors have to learn to work together through team-building exercises while fighting the growing attraction between them, to Lindsey Wood at Tantor Media, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Corrina Lawson's ABOVE THE FOLD, in which a hard-nosed crime reporter in 1980s New York City stumbles across a new love and byline when she agrees to help the ex-FBI, private security contractor solve the murder of his security guard and the stolen museum exhibit, to Tee Tate at City Owl Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2023, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE: Creators and hosts of the Dungeons and Dragons podcast Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito's WELCOME TO DRAGON TALK, a collection of essays reflecting on the various guests of the podcast of the same name highlighting the diversity of the Dungeons & Dragons community and the positive impact individuals and groups within the community make every day, from therapists who use it in their practices to Hollywood creatives who credit the game with honing their creative skills, and educators who implement the game into their curriculums to inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing in their students, to Meredith Stabel at University of Iowa Press, in an exclusive submission, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE:
Children's: Young Adult Fiction CNN special projects producer Mayra Cuevas and founding co-chair of El Refugio Marie Marquardt's DOES MY BODY OFFEND YOU?, a coming-of-age story told in two points of view, about a Puerto Rican teen who seeks justice after running afoul of her school's sexist dress code, and the white girl who wants to help her lead "the bra-bellion" but must first learn how to become an effective ally; exploring themes of implicit bias, social activism, and female friendship, to Michelle Frey at Knopf Children's, in a significant deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2022 and fall 2023, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency and Erin Harris at Folio Literary Management (world). Film/TV: Carolina Beltran at WME |
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NEW DEAL TO ANNOUNCE:
Fiction: Mystery/Crime Raquel Reyes's debut MAMBO AND MURDER, a new culinary cozy mystery series set in and around Miami, Florida in which a Cuban American food anthropologist uses her knowledge of Caribbean ingredients to solve a series of murders while juggling a toddler and a new career as a cooking show star, to Faith Black Ross at Crooked Lane, in a nice deal, by Saritza Hernandez at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world). |
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