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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).
saritza@andreabrownlit.com Film/TV: Katrina Escudero at Sugar23 |
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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). |
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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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