We've been reading a lot of fun yet thought-provoking books lately...

Client Marcie Rendon has been featured in VoyageMinnesota! @mrendon703.bsky.social Read her full interview: voyageminnesota.com/interview/me...

Limited time ebook sale for client Devon Mihesuah's debut thriller Blood Relay! $1.99 ebook through July 5th. A badass Choctaw detective discovers an insidious plot against her reservation while investigating the disappearance of a beloved champion athlete. @dmihesuah.bsky.social

Just finished @dmihesuah.bsky.social’s Blood Relay, and it packed a gut punch. Echoes of Wind River but uniquely and authentically Native female perspectives and points of view anchor Mihesuah’s fictional #MMIW narrative. I hope this is the first in a series with more Perry, Sophia, and Raquel.

Raven Quill Literary’s Chelsea Moyer will be appearing at the Writing Day Workshops in Chicago this Saturday, June 20, 2026. She’ll be taking pitches (still a few slots open!) and teaching: “Setting Your First Draft Free: Tips and Tricks to Help You Beat the Blank Page” @writingdaywksp.bsky.social

From client Monica Roe and illustrator Caroline McPherson comes Wowrus: an adorable walrus with big feelings and a great Kirkus review. Release date: September 22, 2026. @carolinemcpherson.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social

Time to dive into summer reads! Here's what's captured us...

Our Spectacular Sukkah by client Sidura Ludwig and illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy have received some lovely reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. This beautiful picture book will hit shelves on August 18, 2026.

Congratulations to client Lyn Miller-Lachmann! Eyes Open has been selected for the 2026-2027 VA Reads Young Adult Booklist. Much thanks to VA Reads and the Virginia Association for School Librarians. #vareads @vaasl.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social l

Take a look at our reading trends and what pulls us into a story...

Huge congratulations to clients Art Coulson & Winona Nelson for their win in the Children's Literature category at the Minnesota Book Awards! And to client Marcie R. Rendon for being a Genre Fiction finalist! @artcoulson.com @winonanelson.com @simonkids.bsky.social @sohopress.bsky.social

Congratulations to Laurel Goodluck and client Nicole Neidhardt on this beautiful new picture book Stories Are the Heart of the World!

If you want to get a sense of our taste, here's what we've been reading lately...

Happy Book Birthday to client Monique Gray Smith and illustrator Karlene Harvey on the publication of Kokhom's First Drum from Orca Books! @orcabook.bsky.social

And...we're LIVE! www.ravenliterary.com

Also fun to visit my own book (Law and Authors) at Boyds Mills library.

Visiting Boyds Mills this week and delighted to see two book covers (of excellent middle grade books) in the library designed by artist extraordinaire Nicole Neidhardt.