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Reshona Landfair's WHO'S WATCHING SHORTY? RECLAIMING MYSELF FROM THE SHAME OF R. KELLY'S ABUSE, about the author's intimate experience as a young teenager involved with the global R&B superstar R. Kelly in one of the most high-profile sex scandal cases of a generation, and how it impacted her life after he was exposed.

Author-Illustrator of THE OXHERD BOY Regina Linke's THE TAO OF NATURE, a collection of more than 50 modern interpretations of classic Taoist texts illustrated with the author's Chinese gongbi-style brush painting, providing readers a chance to explore the balance and resilience found in nature.

Screenwriting team William Robertson and Alex Zamm now represented by Liz Nealon. This screenwriting team is responsible for family entertainment such as Inspector Gadget 2, My Date with the President’s Daughter, and Under Wraps. 

Author-illustrator and teacher of illustration Rebecca Solow's ZAZEL: HOW ROSA RICHTER CHANGED THE CIRCUS, SAVED LIVES AND BECAME THE FIRST HUMAN CANONBALL, about aeralist Rosa Richter, the author's great-great-great-step grandmother. 

Justin Hayne's IBIS is shortlisted for the first Novel Prize 2025 by the Center for Fiction.

Regina Linke's BIG ENOUGH has won the New England Book Award by the New England Independent Booksellers Association.

Real Life Funnies cartoon journalist Stan Mack's MULE DINER, a collection of the strips that originally run in National Lampoon, plus extensive new material featuring comic strip stories. 

Leigh Therriault's THE DARK SHINE, about a boy who finds a ghost girl stuck in a haunted boot and must free her soul from the sole by solving the mystery of her death.

Peabody Award-winning journalist and Yemen expert Gregory D. Johnsen's THE HOUTHIS:AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF A BRUTAL MOVEMENT, a narrative history of the Houthi which aims to inform readers of how this rag-tag group of fighters in Yemen came to be, what they fight for, and how they have become a U.S security threat.

Author/Illustrator Jessie Lehson holds an MFA degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and was named a “2024 Inspiring Leader in the Children and Nature Movement” by the Children and Nature Network.” 

Maryam Kia's debut A SUITCASE FULL, about a girl's journey across the globe after her family is forced to leave Iran with little notice, sold to Deidra Purvis at Free Spirit, with Christine Zuchora-Walske editing. Illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett. 

BOUND BY STARS by author E. L. Starling has received a starred review from Kirkus. Read the full review here. 

The Children's Book Committee has selected FINDING HOME as one of the best books of the year, with outstanding Merit. 

Blair Hanson's FOR THE GREATEST GOOD, in which a teen teams up with his boyfriend and BFF to blackmail and scheme their way to getting a stable source of clean water for their rural Arkansas town, only for their plans to go awry and cause them to weigh the cost of a greater good.

Stan Mack's REAL LIFE FUNNIES is nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project: Strips. 

Crystal Simone Smith's GHOST WOMAN: A RISING, an autobiographical journey told through haiku and haibun, exploring nature, everyday moments, and personal anecdotes to illuminate themes of familial bonds, grief, memory, and the African American experience. 

Author of BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, Jessica Guerrieri's article in Writer's Digest 'The Truth in Telling; Metabolizing Addiction and Trauma through Fiction' can be read here. 

Nature Spy Guide has been selected by the American Library Association's Sustainable Roundtable as one of the best sustainability-themed children's books published in 2024.