Our Authors in the Press
Deal announcements, interviews, and features from across the publishing world.
PW Rights Report: Week of April 6, 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.
PRH signs Beth Tomlin’s YA sapphic romance set in Hell
Penguin Random House (PRH) Children’s Books has acquired debut author Beth Tomlin’s sapphic YA romance, To Hell with You.
Bookish News Report
Dover Publications is expanding into romance with a new imprint, Midnight Rose! The adult romantasy imprint has already announced a few titles.
Dover Delves into Romance
This summer, Dover Publications will begin publishing "intensely passionate, richly immersive" romantic fiction under the banner of Midnight Rose, a new imprint directed by Dover publisher Betina Cochran, with Ally D'Antonio overseeing acquisitions. Dover plans to release for to eight titles annually.
Introducing Midnight Rose: Dover’s Daring New Foray into Adult Romance Fiction
Dover Publications is proud to announce the launch of Midnight Rose, a dynamic adult publishing program dedicated to irresistible romance fiction.
Bookseller Rights Announcement
Moon + Bird swoops for middle-grade adventure thriller from SCBWI’s Melissa Johnston Miles
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
M.G. Hauck's UNKNOWABLE, the first in the Emerald Kingdom duology, pitched as inspired by The Wizard of Oz, in which a modern woman from New Jersey travels to a cursed medieval realm where she must lie about her identity to survive—only to meet a prince who falls for the person she's pretending to be, to Allyson D'Antonio at Midnight Rose, by Uwe Stender at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world).
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
Amanda Weisheit's LOVE & OTHER FIRE HAZARDS, an opposites-attract romance about a cautious actuary who bumps into her former high school antagonist—now a reckless firefighter—years later, only to agree to a fake-dating pact that quickly ignites into something real sold to Harper Perennial at auction in a two-book deal.
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
Kelly Young Chang's THE SINS OF GOOD PEOPLE, pitched for fans of THE GOD OF THE WOODS, about a small, idyllic town clinging to its tightly held secrets when the body of a local woman washes ashore two years after her disappearance, to Kate Roddy at akaSTORY, at auction, by Lori Galvin at Aevitas Creative Management (NA).
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
Margot Moore's FOR A FORTNIGHT, a contemporary romance pitched as Jen DeLuca's WELL MET meets Bridgerton, in which a woman's undercover audition for a job at a Regency-themed resort takes a trope-filled turn when her pretend courtship with the park's brooding nobleman turns into real forbidden feelings, to Sarah Blumenstock at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).
Electric Monkey wins four-publisher auction for Kate Emilie’s 'delicious' speculative YA romance
Editorial director Sarah Levison secured UK and Commonwealth rights in a deal negotiated with Hellie Ogden at WME. The book will be published in the UK in July 2027, with a second book to follow in summer 2028.
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
Kate Emilie's SEVEN DISHES TO FALL IN LOVE, pitched as for fans of YOU'VE REACHED SAM and IF I STAY, following a teenager suspended between life and death, who must untangle her life-altering regret before her death becomes permanent, to Elizabeth Stranahan at Random House Children's, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027 and summer 2028, by Alyssa Reuben at WME (NA).
What Manuscripts Enthralled Editors in November?
And why they likely got sold
Book Deals: Week of December 1, 2025
Annie Odders at Berkley bought North American rights, at auction, in a two-book deal, to Ellen Meny’s A Gorgon’s Guide to Getting a Life, a reimagining of Medusa’s journey through an adult coming-of-age lens, from Keir Alekseii at Azantian Literary Agency, for a 2027 publication.
Steps to a Successful Book Deal with Katie Gergel
"I have been trying to tell myself every step of the way to not self-reject."
PW Book Deals: Week of November 17, 2025
Aranya Jain at DAW took world rights to Hero Adjacent by Alexis Veenendaal, a cozy fantasy about “an elderly wizard who must reluctantly guide a gaggle of misfits to save the world,” from Madison Potter at Olswanger Literary Agency for a spring 2027 publication.
Book Brunch
Bold, bittersweet, and brilliantly nostalgic' sapphic love story for Bloomsbury: Heart-Shaped Curse is one of the publisher’s lead titles at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Agents' Hotlists
Seven Dishes to Fall in Love: High-concept YA romance debut won in a 14-way agent beauty contest. Zoe Hart is suspended between life and death until she works out her greatest regret.
Acquisition Announcement: Alexis Veenendaal’s HERO ADJACENT
We’re thrilled to welcome Alexis Veenendaal’s to the DAW team and her upcoming novel, HERO ADJACENT, a cozy fantasy about an elderly wizard who must reluctantly guide a gaggle of misfits to save the world armed only with a ballpoint pen, an armadillo(ish) sidekick, and unwarranted optimism, perfect for fans of John Wiswell and Travis Baldree.
Rights Report: Week of September 22, 2025
Kristin Allard at Norton Young Readers has acquired Alexandra Fallgren's debut YA novel I Don't Belong to You, in which, after a lifetime of having her most important moments used as "content" for her influencer mother's brand, a queer teen girl must find the courage to stand up for herself by suing her mother for control of her online footprint. Publication is slated for winter 2027; Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary brokered the deal for world rights.
Rights Report: Week of August 18, 2025
Hannah Pierdolla at Wednesday Books has bought Cavern F(r)iend by Lene D. Buttner, a debut YA horroromance pitched as Andrew Joseph White meets Someone You Can Build a Nest In, in which a search-and-recovery guide with a monstrous secret is enlisted to retrieve the body of his bosses' son from the cursed sinkhole/amusement park where he works—only to find him alive and on a quest of his own. Publication is tentatively set for winter 2027; Eric Showers at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world English rights.
PW Rights Report: Week of February 10, 2025
Hannah Pierdolla at Wednesday Books has acquired Not Your Typical Love Story by Caitlyn Averett writing as C.R. Averett, a debut YA romance pitched as You've Got Mail meets Loveless, about a pair of aroace-spec (asexual and aromantic) academic rivals whose future dreams—due to a meddling older sister—become contingent on the two of them fake dating, all while dealing with grief, the weight of family expectations, and a secret online identity that could ruin everything.
PW Book Deals: Week of December 2, 2024
Nidhi Pugalia at Viking has acquired world rights to Too Pretty to Lie, the debut novel from Ethiopian American writer Birukti Tsige. Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary brokered the deal. Viking said the book is a “heist-revenge novel” in the vein of Portrait of a Thief that follows “gorgeous hustler Chernet as she infiltrates the Harvard elite to steal from the sons and daughters of the rich and powerful.” A publication date has not yet been announced.
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report
Paleoanthropologist and professor of anthropology Dr. Tesla Monson, PhD's BEGINNINGS: HOW THE EVOLUTION OF PREGNANCY MADE US HUMAN, introducing the author's research alongside her lived experience as a mother to argue that reproduction and pregnancy are responsible for the evolution of human intelligence, to Bryn Clark at Flatiron Books, by Bridget Wagner Matzie at Aevitas Creative Management (NA). Rights: efiles@aevitascreative.com