PICTURE BOOK
Clarissa Wong at Scholastic has acquired world rights to DREAMING OF A QUINCEAÑERA, a picture book by Pura Belpré Award winner Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrated by Christine Almeda, about a girl who attends her sister's quinceañera celebration. Publication is set for spring 2025; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the author, and Stefanie Sanchez von Borstel at Full Circle Literary represented the illustrator.
MIDDLE GRADE
Sarah Alpert at Algonquin Young Readers has won at auction Pura Belpré award winner Yamile Saied Méndez's THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. Thirteen-year-old Valeria "Magic" Salomón is a brilliant soccer player, accepted by the all-boys team as their captain for as long as she can remember. When she gets her period in front of everyone during the State Cup final, will she be able to still summon the magic that has always made her a superstar? Publication is set for 2025; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency brokered the deal for North American English and Spanish rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Melissa Manlove at Chronicle has bought world rights to ALL THE VOICES TOGETHER by Kate Messner, illustrated by Rachelle Baker. When America was a new nation, people of all genders worked together to build it up, but only men initially had the right to vote. This picture book tells the story of the multitudes of women who contributed in myriad ways to the fight for a voice in our democracy. Publication is planned for 2024; Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author, and Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the illustrator.
PICTURE BOOK
Hali Baumstein at Disney Press has acquired GRANDMAS ARE MAGIC, a picture book starring Disney and Pixar grandmothers and their grandkids, written by Pura Belpré Award winner Yamile Saied Méndez and illustrated by Minji Kim. Publication is scheduled for spring 2024; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the author, and the illustrator represented herself.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Brian Geffen at Henry Holt has acquired Paige Hender's YA graphic novel THE HOUSE OUTSIDE HART CREEK. The story follows Edie Birch, a teen who reconnects with her estranged family only to discover secrets and trauma that go back generations. When she teams up with a local folklore nerd, their sleuthing leads to the discovery that she comes from a long line of witches. Publication is planned for spring 2026; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary did the deal for North American rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (ADULT)
Paige Hender's THE CONFESSIONAL, a graphic novel set in 1920's New Orleans about a young vampire who faces a moral dilemma when the priest she is infatuated with realizes the compatibility of their morbid secrets, to Ari Yarwood at Silver Sprocket, for publication in 2024, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world English).
MIDDLE GRADE
Stacy Whitman at Lee & Low/Tu Books has bought THE REEL WISH by Pura Belpré Award winner Yamile Saied Méndez, a middle grade novel about anxiety, friendship, and forgiveness. When Florencia has a panic attack that prevents her from performing as Clara in The Nutcracker, devastating failure causes her to forge a new path for herself in Irish dance, but she has to come to terms with her ex-best friend along the way. Publication is set for 2024; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary did the deal.
YOUNG ADULT
Claudia Gabel at HarperCollins has bought BREAKUP FROM HELL by Ann Dávila Cardinal. Horror novel-obsessed Mica Angeles can't believe her luck when she starts dating Sam, the super-hot new guy she meets at church. The dream morphs into a nightmare, though, when she discovers his family roots stretch down into the underworld. Publication is set for winter 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency brokered the deal for world rights.
MIDDLE GRADE
Jenne Abramowitz at Scholastic has acquired Elise McMullen-Ciotti's HEDGE OVER HEELS, a middle grade novel about a seventh-grade girl who has always moved a lot because of her mother's military career, and the hedgehog, friends, and crush who help her to open up to new relationships and experiences. Publication is scheduled for fall 2022; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Clarissa Wong while at HarperCollins has bought world rights to POCKETS OF LOVE by Pura Belpré Award-winning author Yamile Saied Méndez (l.), illustrated by Pura Belpré Award Honor artist Sara Palacios; Megan Ilnitzki will edit. In the picture book, a brother and sister find a way to honor their late grandmother by making empanadas. Publication is planned for fall 2024; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the author, and Minju Chang and Kendra Marcus at BookStop Literary represented the illustrator.
YOUNG ADULT
Tamara Grasty at Page Street has bought Amparo Ortiz's YA novel LAST SUNRISE IN ETERNA, the enchanted home of elves off the coast of Puerto Rico where human visitors are rarely allowed. It's the last place that Sevim Burgos, who makes a living snatching elf corpses, would ever want to go—until she's forced to ally herself with an elf prince to save her kidnapped mother. Publication is scheduled for 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker brokered the deal for world English rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Marisa DiNovis at Knopf has bought, in a preempt, FITTING IN, a debut middle grade graphic novel by Whitney Leopard (l.) and Connie Hernandez. The story follows half-Filipina seventh-grader Naomi, whose favorite class used to be gym—that is, until the annual physical fitness text, when she realizes she is the fat kid and the resulting anxiety changes everything. Publication is planned for fall 2024; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary negotiated the two-book deal for world English rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Jasmin Rubero at Kokila has acquired world rights to A IS FOR ARETHA by professional harpsichordist and first-generation Guyanese American Leslie Kwan (l.), illustrated by Rachelle Baker. The ABC board book features Black women musicians whose artistry and activism changed the way we hear and interact with music, one song at a time. Publication is set for spring 2023; Judy Linden at Stonesong represented the author, and Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the illustrator.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic has bought, in a five-house auction, THE MOTH-KEEPER by K. O’Neill, as well as two additional books for six figures. This middle-grade fantasy graphic novel is about a fennec girl named Anya who takes on the role of her village's Moth-Keeper. Anya is determined to prove her worth to her village and her friends through her, but soon finds the isolation of the Moth-Keeper might be more of a struggle than she realized. Publication is slated for 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker represented the creator for North American rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley has bought, at auction, YA graphic novel STRANGE BEDFELLOWS by two-time Ignatz Award-winning comic artist Ariel Slamet Ries. Oberon is finding his way back after a very public "breakdown," but when he develops the ability to conjure his dreams in real life—including a facsimile of his high school crush—he might have more on his plate than he thought. Publication is set for summer 2024, with an untitled second book to follow in summer 2026; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency did the six-figure deal for North American rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Aneeka Kalia at Viking has acquired, in a six-figure, five-house auction, PUNK ROCK KARAOKE, a YA graphic novel by cartoonist Bianca Xunise. Although going to college may be the most traditional path post-high school, for Ariel and her bandmates Michele and Gael that dream seems as impossible as becoming punk rock stars. But at least in becoming famous, they'll finally be able to escape a cycle of poverty that plagues them all. Publication is set for summer 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency brokered the two-book deal for North American rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Erin Stein while at Imprint acquired world rights in an exclusive to an untitled picture book biography of Madame Alexander by Susan Goldman Rubin, illustrated by Sarah Dvojack, exploring the life of the entrepreneur and toy creator and her early life helping her father in his doll hospital on New York's Lower East Side. Erin Siu at Feiwel and Friends will edit. Publication is slated for fall 2022; Kevin O'Connor at O'Connor Literary represented the author, and Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary represented the illustrator.
GENERAL FICTION
Ann Dávila Cardinal's debut THE STORYTELLER'S DEATH, pitched as NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA meets THE 7 ½ DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE by way of a 1970s Puerto Rican family saga, where upon her grandmother's death, a woman finds herself gifted with the ability to see visions sent by her family's dead storytellers, but when an old murder mystery starts replaying, she realizes that if she can't solve it to make the loop end, these seemingly harmless stories could kill, to Christa Desir at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2022, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world).
YOUNG ADULT
Sarah Alpert at Algonquin has bought world rights to Our Shadows Have Claws, a YA horror anthology co-edited by Amparo Ortiz (l.) and Yamile Saied Méndez. The short stories feature mythical monsters and magical baddies from Latinx folklore, from el Chupacabra to La Llorona, the vampire and the werewolf, the pombero and Nahuelito, and beyond. The Latinx contributors include Mendez, Ortiz, Chantel Acevedo, Courtney Alameda, David Bowles, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Mia García, Gabriela Martins, Racquel Marie, Tehlor Kay Mejía, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, Claribel Ortega, Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Torres Sánchez, and Alexandra Villasante. Publication is set for 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary did the deal.
WOMEN'S FICTION/ROMANCE
Author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick FURIA Yamile Saied Mendez's TWICE A QUINCEANERA, in which a recently dumped woman who never had a quinceanera—a sweet 15—decides to use her former wedding venue to throw herself a double quinceanera for her big 3-0, all the while rekindling a romance with the venue owner, who just so happens to be her first love, to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Kensington, in a very nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, for publication in summer of 2022, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world).
MIDDLE GRADE
Olivia Valcarce at Scholastic has bought world rights to Yamile Saied Méndez's Horse Country, a middle-grade series about 11-year-old Carolina Aguasvivas, who has a gift with horses and—with the help of an unexpected friend—starts a new program at Paradise Ranch. Unbridled Dreams sponsors underprivileged kids to provide them with access to the healing power of horses; each book will feature new friends and new challenges. The first of four books is scheduled for 2022; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary did the deal.
MIDDLE GRADE
Olivia Valcarce at Scholastic has acquired Yamile Saied Méndez's WISH UPON A STRAY, about a girl who moves from Argentina to the U.S. and meets a dog who reminds her of her pet back home. Publication is scheduled for 2021; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal for world rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Kiara Valdez at First Second has acquired, in a 10-house auction, Hannah Blumenreich's graphic novel FULL-COURT CRUSH and a second untitled YA graphic novel. FULL-COURT CRUSH is about Marcy, a basketball player whose team is being shut down, and her bookish girlfriend Althea, who is struggling alone with her chronically depressed mother. Together, they learn how to navigate the troubles of life and 11th grade. Publication is scheduled for 2023; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency brokered the six-figure deal for North American rights.
MIDDLE GRADE
Claudia Gabel at HarperCollins has acquired Yamile Saied Méndez's SHAKING UP THE HOUSE, about the two Latinx daughters of the outgoing American president who start a friendly prank war with the incoming president's daughters in a behind-the-scenes middle grade novel that looks at life in the White House from a kid's point of view. Publication is planned for winter 2021; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency did the deal for world rights.
WOMEN'S FICTION/ROMANCE
AMERICAN DREAMER author Adriana Herrera's Sambrano Studios series, following a family at the helm of a Latinx television empire, though behind the scenes their lives resemble the high drama telenovelas their studio is known for producing, to Kerri Buckley at Harlequin Desire, in a two-book deal; and HERE TO STAY, set in the world of a high-end Texas department store, in which two native New Yorkers wildly out of their element try—and fail, and try again—to resist what's growing between them, despite being at absolute odds in the workplace, to Carina Press, for publication as a trade paperback original; by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (World and World English, respectively).
PICTURE BOOK
Erin Stein at Imprint has acquired North American rights, at auction, to Sarah Dvojack's ROSIE THE RIVETER, a picture book that illustrates how an iconic image has evolved and inspired generations of women to make history. Publication is slated for fall 2021; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency represented the author.
MIDDLE GRADE
Melanie Cordova at Candlewick Press has bought, at auction, world rights to CALLING THE MOON, edited by Aida Salazar (l.) and Yamile Saied Méndez. The anthology collects short stories and poems about menstruation written by contributors of color, including Méndez, Salazar, Hilda Burgos, Veeda Bybee, Margarita Engle, Saadia Faruqi, Nikki Grimes, Leah Henderson, Erin Entrada Kelly, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Elise McMullen-Ciotti, Mason J., Emma Otheguy, Naheed Hasnat Senzai, Christina Soontornvat, and Ibi Zoboi. Calling the Moon will feature contemporary fictional middle grade stories that reflect a range of emotions, experiences, cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender expressions. The book is planned for spring 2022; Marietta B. Zacker and Linda Camacho, both at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency, represented Salazar and Méndez, respectively.
YOUNG ADULT
Ashley Hearn at Page Street has bought Amparo Ortiz's YA debut, BLAZEWRATH, a contemporary fantasy pitched as How to Train Your Dragon meets Quidditch Through the Ages, about 17-year-old Lana Torres, who after rescuing a prized dragon from an attacker is awarded a spot on her native Puerto Rico's Blazewrath World Cup team. But the return of the Sire, an ancient dragon who's cursed to remain in human form, threatens to compromise this year's tournament. Publication is set for fall 2020; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker brokered the two-book deal for world English rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic has acquired Megan Brennan's chapter book graphic novel trilogy Magic Girls in an exclusive submission. Welcome to Neo-Earth, a middle school filled with heroines, geniuses, and secret mermen. For new student Kira, this is a lot to take in, but when she meets a mysterious cat-like being named Catacorn, she realizes that her middle school adventure is just beginning. Publication is slated for 2022; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal for North American rights.
PICTURE BOOK
NYT-bestselling author of MISS BROOKS LOVES BOOKS (AND I DON'T) Barbara Bottner's THE CRANKYPANTS TEA PARTY, in which stuffed animals at an imaginary tea party revolt against their owner, illustrated by Ale Barba, to Caitlyn Dlouhy at Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, for publication in 2020, by Rick Richter at Aevitas Creative Management for the author, and by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Andrew Eliopulos at HarperCollins has bought, in a five-house auction, North American rights to the middle grade graphic novel The Accursed Vampire and an untitled sequel by Madeline McGrane. The Accursed Vampire stars a group of small, very old vampire friends who find a home in the sleepy town of Baneberry. Publication is slated for 2021 and 2022; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Carolina Ortiz at HarperCollins has bought world rights to Eisner-nominated author and illustrator Amparo Ortiz (l.) and Ronnie Garcia's SAVING CHUPIE, a middle grade graphic novel adventure about Violeta Rubio and her friends' mission to protect their local Chupacabra, set in a recovering town in Puerto Rico. Publication is planned for winter 2022; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency represented the author, and Peter Ryan at Stimola Literary Studio represented the illustrator.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE & YOUNG ADULT)
Alexandra Cooper at HarperCollins preempted North American rights to three graphic novels, two middle grade and one YA, by Wendy Xu, co-creator of Mooncakes, for her solo debut. TIDESONG, due out in 2021, features an ambitious 12-year-old who moves to a seaside town for an apprenticeship in magic with her aunts and realizes that it may be more than she bargained for. THE INFINITY PARTICLE, due in 2022, is a speculative YA with shades of Ghost in the Shell, about a young woman whose best friend and first love suddenly reappears in her life after he's been dead for three years, so it can't really be him—or can it? And the second (untitled) middle grade graphic novel is due in 2023. The six-figure deal was brokered by Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency.
WOMEN'S FICTION/ROMANCE
Author of the Dreamers series Adriana Herrera's FINDING JOY, a M/M romance in which a Dominican-American relief worker returns to his childhood home in Ethiopia to find himself and falls for the captivating driver who shows him around the country, to Lynn West at Dreamspinner Press, for publication in 2020, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world).
PICTURE BOOK
Author/illustrator team of the forthcoming THE TOOTH FAIRY VS. SANTA Jamie Deenihan's THE TOOTH FAIRY VS. THE EASTER BUNNY, the next installment, where the tooth fairy who thought things were looking up has another battle ahead of him on Easter Day, illustrated by Erin Hunting, to Renee Hooker at Penguin Workshop, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world).
YOUNG ADULT
Elise Howard at Algonquin preempted world English and Spanish-language rights to Yamile Saied Méndez's FURIA, pitched in the vein of Bend It Like Beckham. Set in Argentina, the story centers on Camila "Furia" Hassan, who longs to play professional soccer in the United States and not only has to contend with deeply disapproving parents, but with a blossoming love interest that threatens to tempt her away from her dream. Publication is planned for 2020; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary brokered the two-book deal.
MIDDLE GRADE
Olivia Valcarce at Scholastic has bought Yamile Saied Méndez's RANDOM ACTS OF KITTENS, in which a girl tries to spread happiness by pairing a litter of kittens with the perfect owners, but realizes that her good intentions don't always yield the results she expects. Publication is slated for 2020; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal for world rights.
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Cassandra Pelham Fulton and David Saylor at Scholastic/Graphix have acquired, in a 10-house auction, Miss Quinces and an untitled middle grade graphic novel by Kat Fajardo. Miss Quinces features Sue, a Honduran-American girl who, instead of going to sleepaway camp with her friends, gets stuck visiting family in Honduras and having a surprise quinceañera, which is the last thing Sue wants—until she grows to appreciate both her family and their traditions. Simultaneous publication in both English and Spanish is planned for 2020; Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency negotiated the six-figure deal for North American rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Author of the upcoming WHEN GRANDMA GIVES YOU A LEMON TREE Jamie L. B. Deenihan's THE TOOTH FAIRY VS. SANTA, starring a tooth fairy-in-training who encounters an unforeseen obstacle when trying to retrieve his very first tooth on Christmas Eve, to Renee Hooker at Penguin Workshop, for publication in Fall 2019. Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency represented the author; illustrator Erin Hunting represented herself (World).
GRAPHIC NOVEL (MIDDLE GRADE)
Melissa de la Cruz's THE ISLE OF THE LOST, book one of the Descendants series, adapted by Robert Venditti, illustrated by Kat Fajardo, to Hannah Allaman and Emily Meehan at Disney-Hyperion, for publication in fall 2018, by Jason Grode at Grodehouse Management and Production for the adaptor, and Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
PICTURE BOOK
Jamie L.B. Deenihan's WHEN GRANDPA GIVES YOU A TOOLBOX, in which a boy who wants a dollhouse doesn't quite get what he asked for, illustrated by Lorraine Rocha, to Christina Pulles at Sterling Children's, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the author, and by Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary for the illustrator (world).
WOMEN'S FICTION/ROMANCE
Adriana Herrera's AMERICAN DREAMER, in which a New York City-bred, Dominican-American entrepreneur strikes out to bring Afro-Caribbean cuisine to the wilds of Upstate New York and falls for a shy, handsome, small-town librarian along the way, to Kerri Buckley at Carina Press, in a four-book deal, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world English).
MIDDLE GRADE
2014 New Visions Award finalist Yamile Saied Mendez's ON THESE MAGIC SHORES, about a girl who wants to be a normal kid and grow up to be the first Latina president of the U.S., but with her mom missing and no family to help her, she fights to keep her sisters safe and out of foster care—with the help of a friend and some fairy dust, to Stacy Whitman at Tu Books, in a nice deal, for publication in 2020, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (NA).
MIDDLE GRADE
Olivia Valcarce and Aimee Friedman at Scholastic have acquired Yamile Saied Méndez's BLIZZARD BESTIES, in which a 12-year-old girl teams up with new friends at a ski resort to rescue her brother who might be stranded in a blizzard. Publication is scheduled for 2019; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal for world rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Author-illustrator Brenna Burns Yu's THE LOST EGG, the second book in the Hazel & Twig series, following this year's THE BIRTHDAY FORTUNE, featuring Korean-American mice sisters who find an egg and want to take it back home and keep it as a pet, to Andrea Tompa at Candlewick, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency (world).
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Stephanie Rodriguez's DOODLES FROM THE BOOGIE DOWN, pitched as autobiographically inspired, following a young Latina in the Bronx, who navigates friendships and a strict mother as she carves out a place for herself in the world as a budding artist, to Joanna Cardenas at Penguin, for publication in spring 2020, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency.
PICTURE BOOK
Monica Kulling's IN THE PEA PICKERS CAMP, providing a look at the family behind Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photograph, to Sarah Dvojack illustrating, to Kristen Nobles at Page Street, for publication in Fall 2019, by Karen Grencik at Red Fox Literary for the author, and Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
PICTURE BOOK
Jamie LB Deenihan's WHEN GRANDMA GIVES YOU A LEMON TREE, illustrated by Lorraine Rocha, in which a child hopes for an electronic toy as a birthday gift, but receives an unexpected surprise, to Christina Pulles at Sterling Children's, for publication in spring 2019, by Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the author, and Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary for the illustrator.
YOUNG ADULT
Ali Fisher at Tor Teen has acquired FIVE MIDNIGHTS IN JULY by Ann Dávila Cardinal in a two-book deal. A twist on a Caribbean boogeyman myth set in contemporary Puerto Rico, the novel features a girl who is forced to spend the summer with her police commissioner uncle. While following his investigation into a series of grisly murders, she uncovers an ancient evil beyond the rule of law. Publication is set for 2019; Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency handled the deal for world English rights.
PICTURE BOOK
Yamile Saied Mendez's WHERE ARE YOU FROM?, illustrated by Jaime Kim, in which a girl who is asked where she's really from turns to her abuelo for the answer, to Clarissa Wong at Harper Children's, at auction, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2019, to Linda Camacho at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency for the author and Claire Easton at Painted Words for the illustrator (world).
GRAPHIC NOVEL (YOUNG ADULT)
Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu's graphic novel based on their webcomic MOONCAKES, which follows long-lost childhood crushes as they struggle through bills, family, and the supernatural in ways that only a witch and a werewolf can, to Andrea Colvin at Lion Forge, with Hazel Newlevant editing, for publication in 2019, by Linda Camacho at Prospect Agency (world).
WOMEN'S FICTION/ROMANCE
2017 RWA Golden Heart finalist Christina Hovland's CONFESSIONS, in which a television executive and a news reporter must pretend to be engaged on a hidden camera honeymoon, to Tera Cuskaden at Entangled Amara, for publication in spring 2018, by Linda Camacho at Prospect Agency (world).
MIDDLE GRADE
VCFA alum Mary Lambert's debut OUT THE WINDOW, which follows a girl struggling to navigate friendships and her first crush, help her little sister, and maintain her own uncluttered life while living with a hoarding mother, to Emily Seife at Scholastic, for publication in 2017, by Linda Camacho at Prospect Agency (world English).
