Kelsey Wroten's agent Edward Maxwell at Sanford J Greenburger Associates negotiated the deal for world English rights.
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Their agent Claire Draper at the Bent Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
DC SuperHero Girls Team Reunite On Kenzie's Kingdom From Vault
Shea Fontana is the showrunner for Monster High series for Nickelodeon and Mattel and is known for writing DC Super Hero Girls movies, TV shows, and comics, animated shorts, as well as Polly[...]
She didn't use an agent but represented herself.
Blue Bronco Books Jr is the early-reader-grade imprint of The Little Press, a traditional publisher based in New Jersey, specializing in books that promote the social & emotional well-being of our youth They state that their books are intended to help children navigate through the often uncertain and[...]
)" Sylvia Bi tweeted out "TRULY cannot wait to share more of this amazing world with y'all (but get ready for loads of glorious crowd shots and the smashing of the patriarchy)"
Marieke Nijkamp's agent Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary & Media and Sylvia Bi's agent Natascha Morris at Tobias Literary Agency negotiated the deal[...]
Rather than using agents, the authors represented themselves.
New Graphic Novel Unicons by Smallville's Daniel Sulzberg & Neil Sadhu
Blue Bronco Books the middle-grade imprint of of The Little Press, a traditional publisher based in New Jersey, specializing in books that promote the social & emotional well-being of our youth Their books help children navigate through the[...]
Lora Merriman's agent Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary did the six-figure deal for world English rights.
Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company based in New York City and one of the oldest publishers in the United States It was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypold and currently, the company[...]
Macmillan was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.
Sachi Ediriweera's agent, Gordon Warnock at Fuse Literary negotiated the deal for world English rights Fuse Literary is a full service literary agency based in the Silicon Valley, with offices[...]
The Greater Good is a new graphic novel written by Whit Taylor, with art by Joyce Rice about “public health and the policy and infrastructure that
Claire Easton began her publishing career at Painted Words in 2012 as an assistant and worked her way up to Agent She is currently seeking picture book submissions from author-illustrators She loves stories with humor and heart, relatable characters, unpredictable endings, and books that reflect the diversity of children's experiences.
Josh Crute and James Rey[...]
Cassandra Federman's agent Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary did the deal for world rights.
Princess Sparklepuff & Her Crew of Lady Pirates by Cassandra Federman
Cassandra Federman writes "I've been a huge comic nerd since childhood and now I get to make a GN for kids just like me! Thank you to my agent, @marchsoloway[...]
Blood City Rollers is the debut graphic novel from writer/artist team Veronica Park Anderson and Tatiana Hill. Pitched as a tween Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mel Valentine Vargas' agent Elizabeth Bennett at Transatlantic Agency brokered the deal for world rights, and Jen Rofé at Andrea Brown Literary represented Meg Medina.
Candlewick Press was founded in Massachusetts in 1991, and calls itself "the world's leading creatively led independent publisher of books and content for children today." Their imprintWalker Books US launched in[...]
Emma Hunsinger's agent Molly O'Neill at Root Literary brokered the two-book deal for world English rights.
How To Draw A Horse by Emma Hunsinger
Martha Milhalick tweeted out the news, saying "Alert alert! You are going to NEED this book in your life! I am SO THRILLED to be working with @edhunsinger on it and can't wait[...]
Knopf Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children's Books and Rotem Moscovich is its Editorial Director, after previously working at Disney Hyperion.
Lauren Stohler Sells Three Early Reader Graphic Novels, Gnome And Rat
Lauren Stohler's agent, Thao Le of Sandra Dijkstra & Associates brokered the three-book deal Thao represents picture books and graphic[...]
Chronicle Books will publish Milk Tea Magic in the spring of 2024 and the authors represented themselves rather than use an agent.
Kat Yao, Tiffany Mau and Maureen Kang have sold their new Graphic Novel, Milk Tea Magic, to Chronicle Books
Tiffany Mau with a BA in Communication and Media Studies & Psychology from UC Berkeley, and[...]
Joshua Ulrich's agent, Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary, handled the deal for world rights.
Joshua Ulrich is the creator of the Webtoon series Newman, a descendant of the first comics he ever created 15 years ago, and the WebToon series Jackie Rose.
Razorbill is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, and is dedicated to publishing the[...]
Sarah Mai's agent's Claire Easton and Lori Nowicki at Painted Words, negotiated the deal.
Illustrative work by Sarah Mai
Sarah Mai is an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota She has a degree in English Literature from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she developed a passion for graphic novels She is also drawing[...]
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Scout Hunderhill's agent, the very influential Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management sold North American rights in the two-book deal Siess set up her own agency, Britt Siess Creative Management, in 2020, a Seattle-based full-service literary agency with an[...]
Eunnie's agent, Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary did the two-book deal for world rights.
Sapphic Rom-Com Graphic Novel, If You'll Have Me, Sells For 6 Figures
Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company now owned by Penguin Random House It was founded in New York City on March 1,[...]
My agent Josh Adams @adamsliterary agreed And he found the perfect home for the series with Margaret Ferguson at Holiday House @holidayhousebks It's taken time to find just the perfect illustrator, but now we have the powerhouse Nicole Miles @nicolemillo on board to bring this exciting series to life."
John Claude Bemis is the fantasy author of The Wooden[...]
Lawrence Lindell's new middle-grade graphic novel Buckle Up has been picked up by Whitney Leopard at Random House Graphic. The story follows Lonnie as he deals with his parents' divorce and has tough conversations with his father who drives him to and from school.
Buckle Up will be published in 2024 and Lawrence Lindell represented himself rather than[...]
Hena Khan's agent Matthew Elblonk at DeFiore and Company and Safiya Zerrougu's agent Paloma Hernando at Einstein Literary represented the creators over the sale.
Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children's Books and Rotem Moscovich is its Editorial Director.
Brian DeFiore started DeFiore and Company in 1999, after close to[...]
Joanna's debut solo graphic novel, The Secret of the Ravens will be published in 2023 by HMH: Kids (Etch)
Christina Soontornvat's agent Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary and Joanna Cacao's agent Tara Gilbert at Jennifer De Chiara Literary represented the creators in the deal for world English and North American Spanish rights.
Scholastic is an American[...]
Danny Lore and Seth Smith's agent, Susan Graham at Einstein Literary represented the creators in the deal for world rights.
Danny Lore & Seth Smith Auction Kicks Graphic Novel to Scholastic
Danny Lore is a queer black writer/editor raised in Harlem and currently based in the Bronx They've worked in comics and gaming shops with comics work including Queen[...]
Their world is largely inspired by the shows I grew up loving as a kid, like Arthur, PB&J Otter and Winnie the Pooh.I made a short comic about them last year!!"
And you can read that comic right here.
Publication of the first book is set for 2024, and her familiar-to-Bleeding Cool agent Britt Siess at Britt[...]
Liana Sposto's agent and Bleeding Cool-favourite Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management brokered the two-book deal for world rights.
Razorbill is an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is dedicated to publishing the very best of young adult and middle-grade fiction and non-fiction Razorbill's middle-grade titles include Ratscalibur by author Josh Lieb, The Creature Department,[...]
Nick Drnaso is the creator of the first graphic novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize, Sabrina, published by Granta in the UK. So no wonder Rowan
Hari Conner's agent Jessica Mileo at InkWell Management negotiated the deal for North American rights Hari tweeted out the news;
(BURSTS THROUGH YOUR DOOR) GUESS WHAT I'm very, very excited to announce the new graphic novel I've been working on I've been planning this 'trans/non-binary romantic hero, queer period drama romcom of my dreams' for years,[...]
Marie Enger's agent Cory Casoni at CRWN Studios negotiated the deal for world rights.
Marie Enger Sells YA Horror Graphic Novel, Controlled Burn
Random House Graphic (RHG) is an imprint dedicated to publishing graphic novels for kids and teens of every age and interest, fiction and nonfiction, and launched its first list in Spring 2020, young chapter[...]
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