



Agency News
We are deeply saddened to share that beloved client Michele DeMarco has passed away. Just this past year, she shared her incredible talent with the world through her books HOLDING ONTO AIR and WRITING THE WRONGS. It was such an honor to work with her, and our thoughts are with her loved ones. 💕🕊️
Please find Michele DeMarco’s obituary here–> https://www.alamedafuneral.org/obituaries/Michele-Demarco?obId=42062314
If you missed the first Goodreads Giveaway for Daphne Fama’s HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, you’re in luck! Enter now (if you dare)! 👀
Enter the giveaway (if you dare)!–> https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/410708-house-of-monstrous-women
Preorder your copy here!–> https://bookshop.org/p/books/house-of-monstrous-women-daphne-fama/059b370894a71262
Happy Book Birthday to Ai Jiang’s A PALACE NEAR THE WIND! 🥳💙
🚨 Have you signed up for the agent one-on-one bootcamp with Writer’s Digest yet?! 🚨
What’s included:
–> a webinar on submission materials
–> a 2 hour live Q&A
–> a review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
We hope to see you there!
Sign up here!–> https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft-query-letters-other-submission-materials
THE PAYBACK GIRLS by Alex Travis got a shoutout on the Hey YA podcast for April’s Best YA New Releases! 💗
Listen to the podcast here!–> https://bookriot.com/listen/april-2025-best-ya-new-releases/
Get your copy of THE PAYBACK GIRLS here!–> https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-payback-girls-alex-travis/21575763?ean=9781464217715&next=t
Audrey Lee’s THE MECHANICS OF MEMORY is NPR’s Book of the Day! 🎉
Read the full article here!–> https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/1244093060/nprs-book-of-the-day-the-mechanics-of-memory-the-dream-hotel
Get your copy here!–> https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mechanics-of-memory-audrey-lee/20713223
It’s Publishers Marketplace official! 🎉 Congrats to all!
Thank you to Reactor Magazine for helping announce Karen Osborne’s THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN with Erewhon Books!
Check out the Reactor Magazine announcement here!–> https://reactormag.com/book-announcement-the-hollow-crown-of-heaven-by-karen-osborne/
If 2027 is too long to wait, check out Karen Osborne’s ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY and ENGINES OF OBLIVION, out now with Tor Books!
BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG by Kylie Lee Baker is an April Library Reads Pick! 🎉
Publishing April 29th from Mira Books
Read about all the picks here!–> https://libraryreads.org/
Preorder your copy here!–> https://bookshop.org/p/books/bat-eater-and-other-names-for-cora-zeng-original-kylie-lee-baker/21390860
KC&A agents are back for another fabulous Writers Digest agent one-on-one boot camp this May!
There are so many things included in this package: a webinar on the nuts & bolts of submission materials and publishing, a 2 hour AMA, & feedback on your query, synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript!
Sign up now!–> https://writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft-query-letters-other-submission-materials