Caitlin Chisling

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Caitlin Chisling is a Canadian fantasy author who writes about strange magic and stranger girls. Diagnosed as autistic in her teens, she is passionate about neurodivergent representation and disability advocacy. She lives just north of Toronto with her partner and an excessive number of dogs. She is the author of the upcoming YA fantasy novel, What the Wind Said. You can follow her on Instagram @CaitlinChisling.

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What the Wind Said

Young AdultFictionFantasyRomantasy

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Publication

NA: Simon & Schuster (Books for Young Readers)

Release date: Spring 2027

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Deal Announcement

PW Rights Report: Week of April 6, 2026

09 April 2026

Alyza Liu at Simon & Schuster has acquired Caitlin Chisling's debut novel What the Wind Said, a YA fantasy set in a world where a hungry wind uses impossible wishes to devour the living, in which a sheltered girl has to team up with a snake oil salesman to rescue her kidnapped brother. Publication is planned for spring 2027; Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency did the deal for North American rights.

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