Love these beauties—gorgeous special editions of @laurenkatebooks.bsky.social's just released WHITE LIGHTS and @mjhastings.bsky.social's FIRSTBORN, coming in September!

Happy Sunday! Here’s a preview of WHAT IF…JESSICA JONES. Grab it July 15 at your local comic shop. comicbookclublive.com/2026/07/10/m...

Congratulations to @joehart1.bsky.social on his starred review from PW for NIGHT CALLS! www.publishersweekly.com/9781662536991

Congratulations to Claire McKade on her book deal for THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE AND EVERYWHERE!

Over at Literary Rambles today talking about what I'm looking for as an agent... www.literaryrambles.com/2026/07/lite...

Happy book birthday to CANDI THE CANDICORN, illustrated by Joelle Muray! Joelle’s adorable illustrations are the perfect companion to this rhyming tale of tricks and treats.

Want to gift your future self a great book? Take a look at this thread by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and hit preorder by tomorrow for 25% off any of these titles from B&N. 🤩

Lots of client books eligible for the preorder sale at Barnes & Noble! Check them out! barnesandnoble.com

Check out this fascinating article about nostalgia as a trend in fiction--it features @laurenkatebooks.bsky.social's FALLEN and WHITE LIGHTS series. When Did Our Favorite Literary Heroines Get So Grown-Up? www.elle.com/culture/book...

✨ Happy book birthday to these amazing stories! 🚒 HUSH, LITTLE FIRE TRUCK 🪽 FREE TO FLY 🐎 RIDING MAGIC 🐝 BUZZ! 🔍 THE FATAL UNPLEASANTNESS AT NETHERFIELD 🌙 THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS Available now at your local library and wherever books are sold! 🥳

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Want a sneak peek of What If…Jessica Jones? Well, you got one anyway! comicbook.com/comics/featu...

Happy book birthday to THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, by NYT bestseller @tessagratton.bsky.social! MONSTERS is the highly anticipated sequel to THE MERCY MAKERS–we can’t wait for readers to see what comes next!

Happy book birthday to THE FATAL UNPLEASANTNESS AT NETHERFIELD, by NYT bestseller Claudia Gray! Young Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney are back again to investigate another murder in the 5th installment of the series.

Happy book birthday to the audiobook of NOW WE RUN, by Edgar Award-winner @joehart1.bsky.social! If you listened to the first two Nora McTavish books, it’s time to listen to the third!

AUTHORS! Do not, without the explicit permission of an illustrator, upload the art from your book into any AI system to create content like trailers for your book. I cannot believe this needs to be said AND HERE WE ARE.

Summer reading season is here! You won’t want to miss out on these picture books that perfectly fit in with beach days, pool parties, camping trips, and all things involving sunny outdoor fun! 🏕️🏝️ 📚You can find the full list of these books (and more!) on our bookshop page.

Congratulations to @deborahmarcero.com, whose book THE GREAT ESCAPE is an Amazon Editors' pick for Best Books of 2026 (so far)!

✨ Happy book birthday to these three amazing stories! 🦜ALIGHT 💨 GOOD FAMILIES DON’T ✨ WHITE LIGHTS Available now at your local library and wherever books are sold! 🥳 @literaticat.bsky.social @ksonnack.bsky.social @joyang.bsky.social @ljrennert.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to WHITE LIGHTS, by #1 NYT bestseller Lauren Kate! Return to the seductive world of angels with a ruthless romantasy, perfect for both Fallen fans and new readers alike.

Attention querying writers! I will close to queries next Monday, June 15th, and reopen on Labor Day, September 7th.

Congratulations to @mjhastings.bsky.social on her starred review for FIRSTBORN! Read it here: www.slj.com/review/first...

Sometimes people want to ask me questions about word count like I DIDN'T already write the definitive post on that topic. "It's from 2011, it's certainly outdated" -- lemme stop you right there, whippersnappers: I'VE BEEN UPDATING IT THE WHOLE TIME! literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/05/word...

👀Querying Authors: Please note that I am open to queries for the first 15 days of every month and I work hard to get through my queries quickly. If you decide to email your query to me instead, it is automatically deleted and the email is reported as spam. Please follow sub guidelines.

Congrats to @mjhastings.bsky.social! FIRSTBORN is a Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book for Fall/Winter 2026! www.buzz.publishersmarketplace.com

Congratulations to @tammisauer.bsky.social, author of MARY HAD A LITTLE JAM, on winning the 2026 Oklahoma Book Award! oklahoma.gov/libraries/oc...

I have dibs on this idea, writer friends! 🙂

A picture book where kids are smarter than the main character is a very reliable good time. Tammi Sauer always builds that kind of knowing-giggle energy perfectly.

Head over to people.com to see the new covers for @swmessenger.bsky.social's SKY FALL series, plus read an interview with Shannon about the new editions! people.com/shannon-mess...

Happy book birthday to these amazing titles! 📚MCTOAD MOWS TINY ISLAND 📚THE AMAZING AUGUSTUS 📚JIA HAS A DOG PROBLEM 📚POPPY'S QUESTION 📚MINI GOLF FUN 📚AMINA BANANA AND THE FORMULA FOR FAIRNESS 📚ROAR ✨Available now at your local library and wherever books are sold!

Happy book birthday to THE AMAZING AUGUSTUS, by @tammisauer.bsky.social! Kids will love figuring out the surprise before Augustus does 👀

Our darling girl and her dear boy just got engaged. They climbed, rapelled, and swam through twelve canyons, and didn’t see a soul, and then in the last canyon, he found some hikers to take photos and proposed. They are incandescently happy, and our hearts are overflowing. ♥️

Working on a newsletter about the massive sinkhole in my neighborhood and writing the third book in a trilogy. (they're not NOT related). Sign up here: buttondown.com/TessaGratton

Happy book birthday to these amazing ABLA titles, all available now at your local library and bookstores! 📚🎉 Which ones are you going to read next?

Happy book birthday to COME BACK TO THE WORLD, by NYT bestseller @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social! A single mother strives to understand the enigma of a reclusive novelist in a poignant novel about belonging, secret lives, and the want to disappear.

It's Tuesday!! 🎉 Happy book birthday to these amazing books!

If you're Harford County, MD adjacent come hang out with me on May 4th and have some fun doing trivia at the same time. Hate trivia? My Legion has great food as well. 🥳

We're so excited about Claudia Gray's next Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney mystery! THE FATAL UNPLEASANTNESS AT NETHERFIELD is out June 16!

I have not yet met Kyle Beckett, illustrator of PIZZASAURUS, in person, but this is what he looks like! 🙂 (Kyle is the one on the bottom right.)

Hello, librarians! I have three author visit dates still available for the 2025/2026 school year! Contact me if you’d like to schedule a visit on one of these dates: May 18, 19, 20 I’ve written a few books! Evidence:

Congratulations to @tammisauer.bsky.social, whose MARY HAD A LITTLE JAM is a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Awards! oklahoma.gov/libraries/oc...

We're saying goodbye to our Second Chance Inbox and introducing a new query policy: Creators may now query more than one ABLA literary agent as long as you query us one at a time! Check out the SUBMISSIONS tab on our website for more info. We look forward to considering your work!

Check out this fun interview with @junescribbles.bsky.social, author of DARKER BY FOUR and BRIGHTER THAN NINE! www.geeksout.org/2026/04/10/i...

Would you like to learn a little more about me and have a chance to win a 45-minute AMA session with me? Check out my interview on the Literary Rambles blog. www.literaryrambles.com/2026/04/lite...

So the Edmond History Museum is putting together an exhibit on yours truly. I kind of want to steal this. 😊

ICYMI on #HBOutoftheBox: THE GREAT ESCAPE (Putnam/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) by @deborahmarcero.com received a starred review in the March/April 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

THE MERCY MAKERS ebook is on sale today!

Congratulations to Troy Cummings on his new book deal! SNORKEL PIG is out Summer 2027!

Good news: more incredible client books coming your way! 🎉 SNORKEL PIG by Dana Smith, illustrated by Troy Cummings FIRST FRIENDS: BODIES and FIRST FRIENDS: FEELINGS by Mk Smith Despres, illustrated by Xuan Le APPLES ALL AROUND by Rebecca Gardyn Levington, illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara 🥳👏

👋 This agency assistant wanted to pop in to say GOOD MORNING! We're glad you're here. And, in case you haven't heard, if you or someone you know has an interest in working in publishing, ABLA is still accepting applications for another agency assistant. (I'm inarguably biased, but it's a great gig.)