CONGRATS to Merrill Wyatt, Jenny Bak at Jimmy Patterson, and the very lovable, no-nonsense, and wip-smart Ernestine. Details here at Children's Bookshelf:

Happy Release Day to 
WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS by Julia Walton!

"Echoing the premise and structure of Flowers for Algernon, this frank and inspiring novel shows how a teen’s life changes after he is given an experimental medication to treat symptoms of schizophrenia."  - PW starred review!

An Amazon Best Book of the Month!

TBA Monthly Wishlist - July 2017

It's time again for the Monthly Wishlist! Here's the project that each TBA agent would love to see in their submission inbox. If you have something that fits with the below, please check out our submission guidelines and send it over. We can't wait to read!


Middle grade fantasy with a strong voice and smart humour like THE VOYAGE TO MAGICAL NORTH by Claire Fayers, and well written swoony Young Adult romance with a twist like THE SQUARE ROOT OF SUMMER - Gemma Cooper

Some upmarket women’s fiction with a dark, speculative twist, written by and featuring a woman of color - Beth Phelan

A really dark, twisty suspense novel, particularly one with a female narrator - Victoria Cappello 

A new thriller, suspense or crime novel. Two books I have recently fallen in love with are THE FINAL GIRLS and SOMETIMES I LIE. I’d also like to find an issue-led drama with an incredible voice and characters that really draw us in - Sarah Manning

Dark, chill-inducing suspense. I want to be sincerely scared, freaked out and creeped out, in adult or YA - Heather Flaherty

Subsidiary Rights Deal Announcements

Congratulations to the following TBA clients on their subsidiary rights deals!  

Gary John Bishop’s UNF*CK YOURSELF sold in Greece to Esoptron; in Lithuania to Orizura; in Taiwan to Ba Fun; and in Turkey to Yayincilik.

Scarlett Cole’s THE PUREST HOOK and THE DARKEST LINK sold in France to JC Lattès.

L.H. Cosway and Penny Reid’s THE CAD & THE CO-ED sold in Germany to Bastei Lubbe.

Stephanie Garber’s CARAVAL sold in Azerbaijan to Teas Publishing House and in Sweden to Wahlstroms.

Layla Hagen’s YOUR FOREVER LOVE and YOUR INESCAPABLE LOVE sold in Germany to Piper.

Alwyn Hamilton’s Rebel of the Sands trilogy sold in Romania to Nemira and in Russia to Robins.

Geneva Lee’s COMMAND ME, CONQUER ME, and CROWN ME sold in Poland to Illuminatio and CROWN ME sold in Turkey to Yayincilik.

Penny Reid’s NEANDERTHAL SEEKS HUMAN, FRIENDS WITHOUT BENEFITS, and LOVE HACKED sold in Poland to Poradnia.

j. a. reynolds’ OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS sold in China to Beijing White Horse Time; in France to Pocket Jeunesse, at auction, in a two-book deal; in Germany to Carlsen, at auction; in Greece to Psichogios; in Italy to Piemme, at auction, in a two-book deal; in the Netherlands to HarperCollins Holland, in a pre-empt; in Poland to Zysk, at auction; in Russia to AST; in Spain to Montena, at auction, in a two-book deal; and in Turkey to Pegasus, at auction, in a two-book deal.

Roxie Rivera’s IVAN and CLOSE QUARTERS sold in Italy to Follie Letterarie.

Jacqueline Sheehan’s THE TIGER IN THE HOUSE sold in France to JC Lattès.

Adam Silvera’s MORE HAPPY THAN NOT and HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME sold in the Netherlands to Clavis and in Poland to Czwarta Strona.

Adam Silvera’s THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END sold in the Netherlands to Clavis.

Robin Stevens’ FIRST CLASS MURDER sold in Japan to Hara Shobo.

Robin Stevens’ MISTLETOE AND MURDER sold in Italy to Mondadori.

Angie Thomas’ THE HATE U GIVE sold in Georgia to Books in Batumi; in Japan to Iwasaki; and in Korea to Woongjin Think Big.

Jessica Townsend’s NEVERMOOR trilogy sold in Ukraine to Vivat.

Lynn Weingarten’s SUICIDE NOTES FROM BEAUTIFUL GIRLS and BAD GIRLS WITH PERFECT FACES sold in Italy to Newton Compton.

Francesca Zappia’s ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS sold in Poland to JC Jacek Kaszyk and in Sweden to Modernista.