Marie Lamba

Congrats to JDLA client Claire Polders! @clairepolders.bsky.social Claire's stunning and haunting speculative novel YOUR BODY OF MINE will be published by Vine Leaves Press @vineleavespress.bsky.social Yeah!!!

Happy book birthday!!!

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Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett This is, truly, essential reading.

Teen Librarian Toolbox review calls 'Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day' by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett "essential reading."
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Greg Frost, "The Secret House" Become a member! Get the The Main Point Bookshopper Tote Bag, up to 20% off all purchases, and more

Today at 2 pm is the reading and reception for Gregory Frost’s amazing new novel THE SECRET HOUSE, at Main Point Books in Wayne, PA! This is an absorbing spooky summer read. I’ll be there! @gregfrost.bsky.social mainpointbooks.com/event/2025-0...

Oh Give Me a Home Check out Oh Give Me a Home - <em>From Author Jane Kurtz, winner of the School Library Journal Best Of The Year and numerous other awards. </em></p><br><strong>In verse, Oh Give Me a Home relates the ...

So exciting! Jane Kurtz's wonderful middle-grade memoir-in-verse OH GIVE ME A HOME just earned its second Starred Review! This time from BOOKLIST! @writerjane.bsky.social @catalystpress.bsky.social
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Excited to share this audio deal for Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency client @clairepolders.bsky.social Claire Polders' flash fiction collection WOMAN OF THE HOUR with Tantor Audio! @tantoraudio.bsky.social Congrats, Claire!

I'm beyond thrilled to announce the sale of this debut romcom by JDLA client Melanie Moore @melaniemoorewrites.com to Blackstone Publishing! @blackstonepub.bsky.social I've long been looking for a smart rom-com that could become the next great chick-flick - and this one nails it! Congrats, Melanie!

Welcome to our newest Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency! Jael is open for queries. :) @jaelmorrill.bsky.social
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The Ink Witch Check out The Ink Witch - <b>For fans of <i>Amari and the Night Brothers</i> and <i>The Okay Witch</i> comes a hilarious and affirming cozy fantasy about the adventures of a girl who discovers she is ...

I should mention that Bookshop is running a free shipping special today, too! So no matter where you get it from, this is a great day to preorder your copy!

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The Ink Witch|Hardcover For fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and The Okay Witch comes a hilarious and affirming cozy fantasy about the adventures of a girl who discovers she is the descendant of a powerful witch coven. B...

Barnes & Noble's doing a 25% off preorder sale and The Ink Witch is included! It's a fantasy road trip with a brave trans witch and her sassy spider familiar and it's got a starred review (from Kirkus) and I'm SO proud of it. Use code PREORDER25. #BNPreorder

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Oh Give Me a Home Check out Oh Give Me a Home - <em>From Author Jane Kurtz, winner of the School Library Journal Best Of The Year and numerous other awards. </em></p><br><strong>In verse, Oh Give Me a Home relates the ...

Happiest of book birthdays to JDLA client @writerjane.bsky.social Jane Kurtz! Her lovely middle-grade memoir OH GIVE ME A HOME comes out today through Catalyst Press @catalystpress.bsky.social! Kirkus Starred Review and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Book! Huzzah!

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Nuts & Bolts: Gregory Frost on Writing Historically Based Fiction By Tom Joyce When tackling historically based fiction, how do you split the workload between research and writing time? How do you please both casual readers and history buffs? Author Gregory Frost re...

Some great tips on writing historical fiction from Gregory Frost @gregfrost.bsky.social over at the Horror Writer's site! horror.org/nuts-bolts-g...

The Secret House Check out The Secret House - <p>This is not the White House you think you know...</p><p></p><p>In 1841, less than a month after taking office, President William Henry Harrison dies, and his Vice Presi...

Happiest of book birthdays to brilliant author Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency client Greg Frost @gregfrost.bsky.social! Greg's eerie and haunting novel THE SECRET HOUSE, about a cursed White House is out today through @journalstone.bsky.social ! Check it out & share
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Hi Diz! <3

Time for some summertime GREEN GREEN fun! GREEN GREEN: A COMMUNITY GARDENING STORY is featured in the Food Explorers Summer Reading List. The list includes fun kid activities for every title there! Check it out, read, explore and enjoy! www.spoonsacrossamerica.org/food-explore...

What Happens When We Treat Agents and Publishers as Genuine Partners | Jane Friedman If you write material outside your agent’s wheelhouse, don’t be afraid of making an unagented pitch. Each success is a win-win for both of you.

"Fellow authors were publishing flash fiction collections with small, independent presses. I was genuinely happy for them ... but I wondered: Why are their collections getting published and not mine?"

@clairepolders.bsky.social discusses taking things into her own hands despite having an agent.

Yes!

To anyone in the #amquerying trenches, I'm closed to queries for now. Querytracker is a great tool, but, as with all online conveniences, it's resulted in overwhelming numbers of submissions. There's simply no other way, now, to screen everything coming in. I hope to open again soon!

The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (a Graphic Novel) Check out The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (a Graphic Novel) - <b>Twelve-year-old Millicent Graves discovers she can alter the personalities of her friends and family with hilarious reality-warpi...

Happiest of book birthdays to talented JDLA client Dora Mitchell! @inkybeast.bsky.social Her hilarious and gorgeously illustrated mg graphic novel THE PUZZLING FATE OF MILLICENT GRAVES is out today through @littlebrownyr.bsky.social Definitely don't miss this one! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Rhymer: Hel Check out Rhymer: Hel - <b>A Wild Chase Through Elizabethan England</b><BR><BR>Thomas the Rhymer, immortal, shape-changing foe of the diabolical Elf Queen and her merciless Yvag knights, continues his...

Happy book birthday to JDLA author @gregfrost.bsky.social Gregory Frost! His fantasy novel RHYMER: HEL is out today through @baenbooks.bsky.social Baen Books! Part of his stunning RHYMER trilogy, this one set in Elizabethan England. Don't miss this! bookshop.org/p/books/rhym...

Thanks so much to The Doylestown Bookshop for including me in The Bucks County Book Fest! We did an interesting panel on Publishing Paths with author Ashleigh Renard, agent Adam Chromy, and moderated by S&S book rep Tim Hepp. Loved seeing everyone & signing GREEN, GREEN copies :)

Dark-haired girl with a spider on her head and inky fingers, making ink text float in the air.

Barnes & Noble is doing a 25% off preorder promo from April 23rd-25th; if you're a member, it's a great time to order The Ink Witch, a middle grade comedic fantasy!

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Green Green: A Community Gardening Story A Community Gardening Story

Happy Earth Day! Want to be more GREEN GREEN? Check out GREEN GREEN: A COMMUNITY GARDENING STORY and read it with the kiddos. Story ends with things you can do to help the Earth and Bees, plus a craft. :) Co-authored with Baldev Lamba, @fsgbooks.bsky.social
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An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys Check out An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys - <p>Self-styled "beautiful boy" Toby Ryerson dreams in stardust but lives in the dirt. Haunted by the specter of his mom's overdose, he itches for a life of...

Happy book birthday to JDLA client Rob Costello! @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social His powerful and important debut YA novel AN UGLY WORLD FOR BEAUTIFUL BOYS is out today through Lethe Press. An honest and moving coming of age you just have to read! <3
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Hi Stacy! Gn subs are best when there’s an artist with it. Exceptions for strong platform or hook or strong nf/memoir possible.

Congrats @stephcherrywell.com! Their debut UNBOXING LIBBY, which is hilarious and brilliant is now on shelves everywhere! @littlebrownyr.bsky.social

Front view of Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope, PA.

Door Thief novel by Dennis Tafoya

Signing today at Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope PA. Come from 1:00 to 3:00 for signed copies of the new paperback edition of Dope Thief.

A Day So Gray A Day So Gray - Kindle edition by Lamba, Marie, Marley, Alea. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Day So Gray.

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