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Author, Law Professor, Senior Literary Agent, @TheTobiasAgency. #VCFA #SCBWI; #HWA ; #AALA; LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (UC Press, 2020); OUR DATA, OURSELVES (UC Press, 2022). jlipton.com

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07.11.2025 01:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Four Questions for Ryan Bani Tahmaseb First-generation Iranian American educator and author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb honors his father, an immigrant from Iran, and his ancestry in his forthcoming middle grade collection 'Persian Mythology: Epic...

Mythology Fans, take note!

Persian Mythology: Epic Stories of Gods, Heroes, and Monsters by Ran Bani Tahmaseb is out Nov. 4!

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

#mythologybooks #Middlegrade

27.10.2025 21:43 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Yay!! Congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉

02.10.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exciting stuff! Congratulations!

26.09.2025 14:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ILA's Literacy & Social Responsibility Special Interest Group - Literacy & Social Responsibility Book Award

While we're celebrating book news, @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social's YA novel EYES OPEN with @lernerbooks.bsky.social (ed. Amy Fitzgerald) has been named an Honor Book in the 2025 Social Justice Literature Awards: sites.csulb.edu/l-sr/books/b... Congratulations to all!! @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

26.09.2025 12:49 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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I'm not on social media much these days but I thought I'd re-emerge from the ether to celebrate @tzippymfa.bsky.social's new deal with @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for her sophomore MG novel AGAIN to be edited by Emma Sakamoto. Congrats to all! @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

26.09.2025 12:45 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

You are on TV!!! And so is the wonderful book you and Art created!!! So excited for launch day!!!

16.09.2025 18:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
NEW DEAL 
Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report 
Category: Children's Picture Book Non-Fiction July 29, 2025 
TALK TO THE DOG By Stephanie Gibeault, Madi Wong 
Imprint: Explore 
Stephanie Gibeault's TALK TO THE DOG: HOW TO BE A DOGGY DETECTIVE, in which children learn how to safely communicate with dogs by reading body language cues, expressions, and actions, illustrated by Madi Wong, to Anna Sargeant at Explore, for publication in summer 2027, by Jacqui Lipton at The Tobias Literary Agency for the author, and by Emily Fernandez at The Bright Agency for the illustrator (world).

NEW DEAL Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report Category: Children's Picture Book Non-Fiction July 29, 2025 TALK TO THE DOG By Stephanie Gibeault, Madi Wong Imprint: Explore Stephanie Gibeault's TALK TO THE DOG: HOW TO BE A DOGGY DETECTIVE, in which children learn how to safely communicate with dogs by reading body language cues, expressions, and actions, illustrated by Madi Wong, to Anna Sargeant at Explore, for publication in summer 2027, by Jacqui Lipton at The Tobias Literary Agency for the author, and by Emily Fernandez at The Bright Agency for the illustrator (world).

New from client Stephanie Gibeault and illustrator Madi Wong TALK TO THE DOG: HOW TO BE A DOGGY DETECTIVE 🔎

Get ready to learn how to communicate with humanity's best friend in this fun, educational picture book coming summer 2027.

Stephanie is represented by @jacquilipton.bsky.social

11.08.2025 15:01 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
The Vampire of Kings Street: a mystery 
Asha Greyling

The Vampire of Kings Street: a mystery Asha Greyling

"I enjoyed the novel approach of this book, and the characters are great fun."

Thanks for reading THE VAMPIRE OF KINGS STREET @realcharlaine.bsky.social

We're glad it gave you something to sink your teeth into 🧛

charlaineharris.com/books-blog-a...

04.08.2025 18:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations @dmihesuah.bsky.social !!

13.06.2025 23:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I hope anyone interested in learning about kidlit NF proposals will decide to join us tomorrow and Thursday. I'm looking forward to geeking out over NF projects!

02.06.2025 17:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

OK--so hats off to @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social for doing all the work to put this one together! I can't wait to talk all things kidlit NF proposals tomorrow and Thursday!!!

02.06.2025 17:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I can't believe it's already June 2 which means TOMORROW is the beginning of our BUILDING BRILLIANT BOOK PROPOSALS course at Highlights! Thanks to @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social for putting it together and inviting me to join. I can't wait to talk about kidlit NF to anyone interested!! Link above ☝️

02.06.2025 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can't believe it's already June 2 which means TOMORROW is the beginning of our BUILDING BRILLIANT BOOK PROPOSALS course at Highlights! Thanks to @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social for putting it together and inviting me to join. I can't wait to talk about kidlit NF to anyone interested!! Link above ☝️

02.06.2025 17:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can't believe it's already June 2 which means TOMORROW is the beginning of our BUILDING BRILLIANT BOOK PROPOSALS course at Highlights! Thanks to @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social for putting it together and inviting me to join. I can't wait to talk about kidlit NF to anyone interested!! Link above ☝️

02.06.2025 17:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Starting in a few minutes!

28.05.2025 22:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If you write nonfiction, @jacquilipton.bsky.social and I will be teaching a course on Building Brilliant Book Proposals with @highlightsfound.bsky.social on June 3 and 5. The workshop will be recorded if you can't make it live. More info at www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/bui...
#kidlit

16.05.2025 15:28 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Stephanie Gibeault and Jacqui Lipton
Building Brilliant Book Proposals 
A two night Mini 

Tuesday, June 3, Thursday June 5th 7-8:15 p.m. Eastern 

Highlights Foundation

Stephanie Gibeault and Jacqui Lipton Building Brilliant Book Proposals A two night Mini Tuesday, June 3, Thursday June 5th 7-8:15 p.m. Eastern Highlights Foundation

Want to learn how to write a great nonfiction book proposal?

Building Brilliant Book Proposals with @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social and @jacquilipton.bsky.social is coming up soon!

Register now at: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/bui...

#bookproposal #nonfictionwriters #nonfictionbooks

16.05.2025 15:56 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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I'm excited to announce @jacquilipton.bsky.social and I will be teaching a course on Building Brilliant Book Proposals with @highlightsfound.bsky.social on June 3 and 5. The workshop will be recorded if you can't make it live. More info at www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/bui...
#kidlit

08.05.2025 22:45 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It was so great to hang out IRL! glad you made it home safe. And wow -- five years have just flown by!

08.05.2025 00:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
DESERTERS
By Jamie Flanagan
Fiction: Horror
April 17, 2025
Screenwriter (Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher) Jamie Flanagan's DESERTERS, the author's debut, set in post-World War II Italy, about two priests as they traverse the countryside in search of lost souls, only to find their mission descend into horror, to Joe Monti at Saga Press, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal, in an exclusive submission, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world). Foreign: michael.nardullo@simonandschuster.com Film: WME, Circle of Confusion, and VanderKloot Law.

DESERTERS By Jamie Flanagan Fiction: Horror April 17, 2025 Screenwriter (Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher) Jamie Flanagan's DESERTERS, the author's debut, set in post-World War II Italy, about two priests as they traverse the countryside in search of lost souls, only to find their mission descend into horror, to Joe Monti at Saga Press, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal, in an exclusive submission, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world). Foreign: michael.nardullo@simonandschuster.com Film: WME, Circle of Confusion, and VanderKloot Law.

WHERE DEVILS STAND
By Johnny Compton
International rights: UK Fiction
April 18, 2025
Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of THE SPITE HOUSE, DEVILS KILL DEVILS, and the upcoming DEAD FIRST Johnny Compton, ed.'s WHERE DEVILS STAND, an anthology of stories centered on places where the devil, according to rumor, legend, or tradition, has appeared on Earth, featuring a diverse range of writers including Erin Craig, Jamie Flanagan, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Clay McLeod Chapman, Erin E. Adams, Linda Addison, Cynthia Pelayo, and more, to Daniel Carpenter at Titan Books, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).

WHERE DEVILS STAND By Johnny Compton International rights: UK Fiction April 18, 2025 Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of THE SPITE HOUSE, DEVILS KILL DEVILS, and the upcoming DEAD FIRST Johnny Compton, ed.'s WHERE DEVILS STAND, an anthology of stories centered on places where the devil, according to rumor, legend, or tradition, has appeared on Earth, featuring a diverse range of writers including Erin Craig, Jamie Flanagan, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Clay McLeod Chapman, Erin E. Adams, Linda Addison, Cynthia Pelayo, and more, to Daniel Carpenter at Titan Books, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).

LYLA, IN THE FLESH
By Nick Roberts
Fiction: Horror
April 2, 2025
Author of MEAN SPIRITED and the Exorcist's House trilogy Nick Roberts's LYLA, IN THE FLESH, in which an aspiring horror author who takes a writing residency at a luxurious castle in the Italian countryside discovers her dark inclinations pale in comparison to the shocking terrors possessing her new home, to Jason Pinter at Simon & Schuster, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).

LYLA, IN THE FLESH By Nick Roberts Fiction: Horror April 2, 2025 Author of MEAN SPIRITED and the Exorcist's House trilogy Nick Roberts's LYLA, IN THE FLESH, in which an aspiring horror author who takes a writing residency at a luxurious castle in the Italian countryside discovers her dark inclinations pale in comparison to the shocking terrors possessing her new home, to Jason Pinter at Simon & Schuster, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).

Here's the deal....new books are on the horizon!

@laneheymont.bsky.social @socalledyalife.bsky.social @jacquilipton.bsky.social

30.04.2025 15:07 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Highlights Foundation logo and portraits of Stephanie Gibeault and Jacqui Lipton with the title The Do's and Dont's of a Brilliant Nonfiction Book Proposal: The Top 3 Things to Do, The Tops 3 Things Not to Do, and Author and Agent Quick Q and A

Highlights Foundation logo and portraits of Stephanie Gibeault and Jacqui Lipton with the title The Do's and Dont's of a Brilliant Nonfiction Book Proposal: The Top 3 Things to Do, The Tops 3 Things Not to Do, and Author and Agent Quick Q and A

My amazing agent @jacquilipton.bsky.social and I have a blog post on nonfiction book proposals on the @highlightsfound.bsky.social blog. There's a bonus video chat too. Please check it out if you have questions about book proposals! #kidlit
www.highlightsfoundation.org/2025/04/28/t...

01.05.2025 22:54 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Congrats to @thetobiasagency.bsky.social client Ryan Bani Tahmaseb and the amazingly creative Parastou Haghi on the announcement of their new PB deal with @ebyrbooks.bsky.social. This one is so much fun and it was so hard to keep quiet about it!

11.03.2025 21:45 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Broken Fields by Marcie R. Rendon: 9781641296588 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman and occasional sleuth, is back on the case after a man is found dead on a rural Minnesota farm in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series....

Happy Pub Week to Marcie Rendon for Cash Blackbear #4 (BROKEN FIELDS). We know fans have been waiting for this one and you will not be disappointed!!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768957... @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

07.03.2025 19:38 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Vampire of Kings Street - Historical Novel Society Remarkable storytelling at its best, The Vampire of Kings Street is one of the finest mysteries I’ve ever encountered. Greyling uses a finesse of details and gripping prose to create the setting of Wi...

More book love for Asha Greyling's VAMPIRE OF KINGS STREET: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-... @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

03.03.2025 13:45 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A Whole New Take On Vampires
YouTube video by amanda vlogs A Whole New Take On Vampires

Here's a terrific review of Asha Greyling's THE VAMPIRE OF KINGS STREET for anyone who hasn't read it. Without giving the game away, the lovely Amanda Fagan, shares what's in store for those who grab a copy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqvJ...

28.02.2025 14:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Lane Heymont 

“I am open for queries and will stay open because of FOMO!” - Lane

TLA President Lane Heymont represents a range of commercial fiction and serious nonfiction. In fiction, he is especially interested in things broadly described as horror. View his MSWL on our website!

Lane Heymont “I am open for queries and will stay open because of FOMO!” - Lane TLA President Lane Heymont represents a range of commercial fiction and serious nonfiction. In fiction, he is especially interested in things broadly described as horror. View his MSWL on our website!

Jacqui Lipton 

“More than anything, I’m looking for a really good story” - Jacqui

Literary Agent and Lawyer Jacqui Lipton represents fiction and non-fiction for adults. Opening to queries in January 2025, she’s especially aiming to grow her murder mystery, suspense, non-fiction, and horror lists.

Jacqui Lipton “More than anything, I’m looking for a really good story” - Jacqui Literary Agent and Lawyer Jacqui Lipton represents fiction and non-fiction for adults. Opening to queries in January 2025, she’s especially aiming to grow her murder mystery, suspense, non-fiction, and horror lists.

Starting with @laneheymont.bsky.social and @jacquilipton.bsky.social! You can find more about their MSWLs on www.thetobiasagency.com/-team.

#horroragent #fiction #nonfiction #mysterybooks

02.01.2025 18:04 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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11.12.2024 16:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to chatting publishing with the lucky winner!

11.12.2024 16:23 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for the boost, Melissa! I'm blushing!!!

11.12.2024 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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