Young Adult: Fantasy
Petra Lord's QUEEN OF FACES, the first in a debut fantasy series set in a world where the rich buy and trade bodies as readily as designer clothes, in which a teenage girl must use her illusion magic to earn a new body at a cutthroat magical academy, before? the decaying male form she's stuck in takes its last breath, to Brian Geffen at Holt Children's, in a major deal, in a seven-figure deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in winter 2026, by Pete Knapp and Stuti Telidevara at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Adult: Fantasy
A diaspora writer with roots in Hong Kong and Shanghai K. X. Song's THE NIGHT ENDS WITH FIRE, a fantasy duology pitched as inspired by the Chinese legend of Mulan and the classic Chinese novel ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, following a brave young woman who goes to extraordinary lengths to rewrite her destiny and escape the forces that would conscript her to a life without agency, to Anne Sowards at Ace, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Middle Grade Fantasy
Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang's DRAGON FORCE: INFINITY'S SECRET, a fantasy in which a group of heart-bonded humans and dragons must protect the world from dangerous magical creatures, to Dainese Santos at Simon & Schuster Children's, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary (NA).
Young Adult: Horror
Xan Kaur's WHEN DEVILS SING, about a Punjabi teen who strikes a deal with a devil, thinking it's her chance to escape the poverty of her rural Georgia community; instead, she and three other teens are drawn into the investigation of a local boy's disappearance and into the heart of the town's corruption, where something sinister and ancient is awakening, to Brian Geffen at Holt Children's, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Myah Hollis's debut NOT ABOUT A BOY, following a girl juggling a traumatic past and a new situationship when she is sent to live with a wealthy foster family in Manhattan and is contacted by the twin sister she has no memory of, to Emilia Rhodes at Harper Teen, for publication in summer 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult
Catherine Doyle's THE DAGGER & THE FLAME, an enemies-to-lovers fantasy in which two rival assassins are pitted against each other in a deadly game of revenge, to Kate Prosswimmer at Margaret K. McElderry Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in September 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary (NA).
Children's: Middle Grade
Katherine Rundell's IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES, the first book in a trilogy about a hidden world where mythological creatures have been secreted away for centuries, and about the boy and girl who must team up to save those creatures from a rising danger, to Nancy Siscoe at Knopf Children's, in a significant deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in September 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary (NA).
Children's: Young Adult
LaDarrion Williams's BLOOD AT THE ROOT, the first in a trilogy set at a magical HBCU in the South, following a Black teen seeking answers about the night his mother vanished, who must choose to embrace his long-lost family's legacy—and the love, secrets, and power that come with it, to Liesa Abrams at Labyrinth Road, in a major deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Middle Grade
Ryan James Black's debut THE DARK TIMES OF NIMBLE NOTTINGHAM, set during World War II, following a 12-year-old orphan who accidentally unleashes a shadow monster onto the streets of London and must team up with an unlikely assembly of allies to hunt it down, to Stacey Barney at Nancy Paulsen Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, by Pete Knapp and Jerome Ellison Murphy at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult
Blackfeet author K.A. Cobell's LOOKING FOR SMOKE, following four teens on the Blackfeet Reservation who become suspects in a murder investigation, and who now must set out to clear their names before they take the fall, or worse, become the next victims, to Rosemary Brosnan and Cynthia Leitich Smith at Heartdrum, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Adult: Debut
Carlie Walker's THE TAKEDOWN, a rom-com caper featuring a female CIA agent who returns home for the first time in years on a case involving her sister's fiance and gets romantically entangled with the groom's bodyguard, who may have an agenda of his own, to Kerry Donovan at Berkley, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at Rogers, Coleridge & White (NA).
Adult: Debut
YA author Daniel Aleman's adult debut SORRY TO DISAPPOINT, a suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling gay writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must enlist the help of his literary agent to get rid of the body and spin the entire misadventure into his next big book, to Rachael Kelly at Grand Central, at auction, for publication in fall 2024, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult
Tomi Oyemakinde's THE CHANGING MAN, pitched as Jordan Peele meets ACE OF SPADES, and following a scholarship student at a wealthy boarding school who finds herself forced to investigate a decades-old urban legend after a missing classmate reappears glassy-eyed and inexplicably changed, to Foyinsi Adegbonmire at Feiwel and Friends, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in September 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary Agency (NA).
Adult: Historical Mystery
Emily Bain Murphy's ENCHANTED HILL, a mystery set at a dazzling mansion during a week of parties in 1930, where a prison guard's daughter-turned-private investigator runs into an escaped convict she once knew, and discovers they are both undercover in search of answers from their past, to Laura Schreiber at Union Square & Co, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult
New York Times bestselling author of 14 WAYS TO DIE and LOCK THE DOORS Vincent Ralph's SECRETS NEVER DIE, about a group of friends who holds funerals for their secrets every year in the dark place—but this year, their secrets are coming back from the dead, to Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media, on behalf of Claire Wilson at RCW Literary (NA).
Children's: Middle Grade
Adi Alsaid's THE GREATEST LIVING WARRIOR IN NEFARIA, he first in a planned series about a possibly invisible, decidedly friendless boy whose bid to impress his classmates by using a cursed gumball machine leads him straight into the center of a highly incompetent (but very ambitious!) evil wizard's wicked scheme to take control of the kingdom, to Jessica Smith at Aladdin, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media.
Children's: Middle Grade
NYT-bestselling author Soman Chainani's RISE OF THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL, a prequel to The School for Good and Evil series, launching a new series about the infamous fairy-tale school's formative years and the brewing battle between its sibling school masters, to Toni Markiet at Harper Children's, in an exclusive submission, for publication in May 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media
Children's: Young Adult
NYT bestselling author Sara Holland's BREAK WIDE THE SEA, the first in a duology set in a world fueled by magic harvested from whales, and following an heiress to its most eminent whaling company who must reclaim her life after her fiance betrays her and leaves her for dead—sending her on a journey with a young renegade to a legendary underwater city, to Mara Delgado-Sanchez at Wednesday Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media
Children's: Young Adult
Kate Pearsall's debut BITTERSWEET IN THE HOLLOW, about a 17-year-old girl who tastes the emotions of others and must prove her family's curious talents aren't to blame for the disappearance of a former friend and the sightings of a folktale monster in their secluded Appalachian town, to Polo Orozco at Putnam Children's, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Pitch Wars alum Danielle Parker's debut YOU BET YOUR HEART, in which a star student finds herself academically tied for high school valedictorian with her childhood best friend-turned-rival and agrees to settle the score through a series of bets, even if it means putting her heart and happiness on the line, to Bria Ragin at Joy Revolution, with Nicola Yoon and David Yoon editing, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Author of the Blood Heir series Amelie Wen Zhao's SONG OF SILVER, FLAME LIKE NIGHT, the first in a YA xianxia Chinese fantasy series, following a song girl in a conquered land whose last remnant of her mother,?and the fallen Hin dynasty of her ancestors,?is the symbol seared onto her hand, which, if the mysterious boy she encounters is to be trusted, may be the key to freeing her people by unlocking and mastering the ancient, forgotten magic of practitioning, to Krista Marino at Delacorte, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Lucy Keating's RIDE WITH ME, about a 17-year-old rideshare driver whose plan for the perfect, no-strings-attached graduation trip is ruined when she finds herself driving (and falling for) the school's cute but annoying party boy after wrecking his car, to Elizabeth Agyemang at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's, for publication in spring 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber's TWIN CROWNS, following royal sisters separated at birth who find themselves in a fight for the crown when one kidnaps the other and takes her place, to Kristin Daly Rens at Balzer & Bray, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media on behalf of Claire Wilson at Rogers, Coleridge & White (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Michael Gray Bulla's debut A TYPE OF BLEEDING, about a trans teenager who joins his town's LGBTQ+ support group where he meets a cute boy, sparking a friendship that upends his life and challenges his ideas of love, family and friendship, to Karen Chaplin at Quill Tree, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2022, by Peter Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
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Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Ginny Myers Sain's debut DARK AND SHALLOW LIES, the story of a girl seeking answers about her best friend's disappearance from a small Southern town that festers with magic and secrets, to Ruta Rimas at Razorbill, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2021, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Author of ALL THE STARS AND TEETH Adalyn Grace's BELLADONNA, a romantic, Gothic-infused mystery about a girl whose close relationship with Death and an ability to see ghosts gets her whisked away to the estate of her grieving uncle, where she must investigate a murder within the manor before the killer strikes again, to Hallie Tibbetts at Little, Brown Children's, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Debut author Ayana Gray's BEASTS OF PREY, following two Black teenagers who must trek into a magical jungle to take down an ancient creature that has been menacing their city before they become the hunted, to Stacey Barney at Putnam Children's, in a major deal, for seven figures, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Lane Clarke's debut LOVE TIMES INFINITY, about a 16-year-old girl busy with big dreams for college and the biggest crush on the school's new basketball superstar—but when her estranged mother suddenly reappears in her life, she faces important questions about the chances she's willing to take on herself and her future, to Alexandra Hightower at Poppy, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2022, by Peter Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Adi Alsaid's BEFORE TAKEOFF, pitched as THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR meets Jumanji, following a girl and a boy who meet in the Atlanta airport and, on a dare, press a mysterious green button that unleashes a blizzard of chaos through the terminals, to Marisa DiNovis at Knopf Children's, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2021, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children’s: Middle Grade Fiction
Jacquetta Nammar Feldman’s WISHING UPON THE SAME STARS, following a seventh-grade Arab-American girl whose notions of home and heritage are redefined after moving to Texas and becoming best friends with the Jewish Israeli girl next door, to Antonia Markiet and Megan Ilnitzki at HarperCollins, in a preempt, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2022, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Sarena Nanua and Sasha Nanua's RIA & RANI, about twins separated at birth—one now a princess, the other a street thief—who must switch places in a bid to stop a catastrophic war that threatens to tear their kingdom apart, to Kristen Pettit at Harper Teen, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2021, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Maiya Ibrahim's THE SPICE ROAD, a fantasy trilogy set in an Arabian-inspired land where a nation of tribes famous for their spices are attacked by an occupying king after he discovers their secret tea magic; the first book follows a teen girl who must guard the key to the source of her nation's magic, and the orphan-turned-assassin whose future depends on him taking it from her, to Kelsey Horton at Delacorte, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2021, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Daniel Aleman's INDIVISIBLE, about a Mexican-American teenage boy whose parents, undocumented immigrants, are detained by ICE, leaving him to care for his young sister and fight for his family's future, to Laura Schreiber at Disney-Hyperion, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2020, by Pete Knapp at Park & Fine Literary and Media (world English).
Chlldren's: Young Adult
Author of THE DISAPPEARANCES Emily Bain Murphy's SPLINTERS OF SCARLET, about an orphaned seamstress in 19th-century Copenhagen who goes to work for a retired ballerina and uses her magic to investigate her father's mysterious death while working for the same family years ago, to Nicole Sclama at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2020, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (world English).
Chlldren's: Young Adult
Critically-acclaimed author Adi Alsaid’s COME ON IN, an anthology of stories about the immigrant experience by authors who immigrants or the children of immigrants, including New York Times bestseller Samira Ahmed, Zoraida Córdova, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Maurene Goo, Justine Larbalestier, Sona Charaipotra, and many others, to T.S. Ferguson at Inkyard Press, for publication in 2020, at auction, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary & Media (World).
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction
Kate O'Shaughnessy's THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE, in which an 11-year-old travels hundreds of miles in order to enter a singing competition and, she hopes, meet her radio DJ father for the first time—a journey that will require her to discover the courage within her and the unlikely friends around her, to Nancy Siscoe at Knopf Children's, at auction, in a very good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (world English).
Children's: Young Adult
Julia Drake's THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA, about a teen who is shipped off to Maine after her brother's hospitalization, where she searches for the lost shipwreck that her great-great-great grandmother survived -- and for answers about her family's long struggle with mental illness -- all while falling in love, to Laura Schreiber at Disney-Hyperion, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (world English).
Children's: Young Adult Fiction:
Francesca Flores's DIAMOND CITY, about a young assassin who must navigate a city full of half-constructed subway tunnels, hidden magical dens, secret weapons markets, and wolf-sized spiders in order to unravel a conspiracy that, if it isn't stopped, threatens to sink her home into a catastrophic war, to Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, with the first book publishing in winter 2020, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (world English).
CHILDREN’S: YOUNG ADULT
Amélie Wen Zhao’s debut BLOOD HEIR, the first in a trilogy pitched as Anastasia meets Six of Crows, about a blood-bending, fugitive princess and a charismatic conman who forge an unlikely alliance to unmask and unravel the corruption gripping their kingdom—and to redeem themselves from the shadows of their pasts, to Krista Marino at Delacorte, for publication in Summer 2019, in a major deal, at auction, by Peter Knapp at Park Literary & Media (NA).
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Children's: Young Adult
Crystal Smith's debut BLOODLEAF, following a princess who, in order to win back her crown, must unravel a centuries-old mystery tying her to an enigmatic prince and the unquiet ghost of an ancient queen, to Catherine Onder at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's, in a major deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication starting in Fall 2018, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (NA).
Children's: Middle Grade
NYT bestselling author Soman Chainani's 5th and 6th novels in The SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series, completing the three books in the series' new Camelot Years arc and following the characters as they set out into the Endless Woods on their epic quests to achieve fairy tale glory, to Toni Markiet at Harper Children's, in a major deal, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group.
Children's: Young Adult
Adi Alsaid's BRIEF CHRONICLE OF ANOTHER STUPID HEARTBREAK, about a teen relationship columnist navigating life in the wake of a devastating breakup, and her decision to chronicle the planned breakup of another couple in the summer after they graduate from high school, to T.S. Ferguson at Harlequin Teen, in a good deal, for publication in Summer 2018, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (World English).
Children's
Soman Chainani's QUESTS FOR GLORY, the 4th novel in his NYT bestselling The School for Good and Evil series, which takes its characters beyond the school grounds into the kingdoms of the Endless Woods, as well as an untitled companion collection of fairy tales, to Toni Markiet at Harper Children's, in a major deal, with the novel publishing in Summer 2017, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary & Media while he was at New Leaf Literary & Media.
Children's: Young Adult
Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings's ZENITH, in which an all-girl crew of thieving space pirates must stop a ruthless dictator bent on igniting a galaxy-wide war that would devour worlds, to Lauren Smulski and Margaret Marbury at Harlequin Teen, in a joint offer with Anna Baggaley at Harlequin UK, in a major deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2017, by Joanna Volpe at New Leaf Literary & Media, on behalf of Alsberg, and Pete Knapp at New Leaf Literary & Media, on behalf of Cummings (World English).
Children's: Young Adult
Rebecca McLaughlin's THE NAMELESS QUEEN, about a ruffian girl thief who impossibly inherits a kingdom -- the throne, the power, and the danger that comes with it, to Phoebe Yeh at Crown Children's, in a significant deal, for publication in spring 2018, by Pete Knapp at New Leaf Literary & Media (NA).
Children's: Young Adult
Will Walton's ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN, following a gay teen's coming-of-age in the South, where he must navigate new friendships, small town traditions and family history - all while being hopelessly in love with his best friend, to David Levithan at Scholastic, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2015, by Pete Knapp at The Park Literary Group (World English).
Children's: Young Adult
Brenda Drake's LIBRARY JUMPERS, in which a teenager's routine trip to a Boston library turns perilous when she discovers a gateway between the world's great libraries and a realm bound by magic and threatened by a growing evil, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled Teen, for publication in 2016, by Pete Knapp at Park Literary Group (World).
