A group of traditionally published authors of all genres debuting in 2025 #25debuts
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ALT A text box reading: "Elizabeth Stranahan at Random House has acquired contemporary middle grade novel Bea Mullins Takes a Shot by debut author Emily Deibert. Sixth-grader Bea Mullins freezes in the spotlight. But when low funding puts her new hockey team at risk of never playing again—and Bea never seeing co-captain Gabi again—she'll have to decide if some goals are worth facing the fear of failing. Publication is scheduled for spring 2025; Kurestin Armada at Root Literary sold world English rights." The text box is displayed on top of a photo of an ice rink, next to a headshot of author Emily Deibert. The words "Spring 2025!" are written beneath in neon red font.
ALT Book deal announcement with a foggy picture of Prague as the background. The statues at the forefront are clear. A starburst sits in the middle behind the announcement, which reads: Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends has bought Of Rusted Throats by debut author Elle Tesch, a dark YA fantasy about a keeper of the bells in a sentient city built by long-gone saints. When the soul of a vengeful saint escapes his prison, Mina must decide how far she'll go to save her city—and who she's willing to kill to do it. It's slated for publication in winter 2025; Tara Gonzalez at Erin Murphy Literary Agency brokered the deal for world rights.
ALT Book deal alert notification set on a background of snowcapped mountains and a night sky. Michelle Frey at Knopf has acquired Morgan Watchorn’s YA fantasy debut, FIRE TO THE STARS, in a two-book deal for publication beginning in 2024. Set in the kingdom of Florent, where anyone can succumb to the Ignition—a monthly solar event that turns unlucky humans into vicious dragon shifters—the novel follows unlikely heroes Abel, a disgraced dragon slayer whose unorthodox research may be the cure to the curse, and Claire, a dragon shifter from a sisterhood of thieves who hires him to pursue a false lead, as together they must break every rule designed to protect them from each other to survive and find redemption. Josh Adams at Adams Literary negotiated the deal for North American rights. @adamsliterary @KnopfBFYR
ALT Debut author Jamie D'Amato's THE GOOD VAMPIRE'S GUIDE TO BLOOD AND BOYFRIENDS, a YA rom com, in which the last thing a boy expects after surviving serious depression is to wake up a vampire; now he has to navigate not only college, but also bloodthirsty instincts, vampire clans who may not be as "good" as they claim, and feelings for the cute boy who is helping him keep his secret, to Vicki Lame and Vanessa Aguirre at Wednesday Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2025, by John Cusick at Folio Literary Management/Folio Jr (NA).