Jacqui Lipton of Raven Quill Literary Agency will be taking ptiches at the online Minnesota Writing Workshop on September 11-12, 2026! Register at minnesotawritingworkshop.com

Raven Quill Literary is thrilled to announce that Chelsea Moyer has been promoted to Literary Agent! She will begin accepting queries on September 4th. Please see chelseamargomoyer.com for her MSWL. And Heather Harwood has been promoted to Agency Assistant!

Happy book birthday to client Sidura Ludwig and illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy! From the creative team behind the award-winning picture book Rising, our Spectacular Sukkah is out now!

We are wagging our tails with joy over the cover of Talk to the Dog by client Stephanie Gibeault and illustrated by Madi Wong! Arriving May 2027 from Sourcebooks eXplore. 🐶 @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social

It seems that voice and premise is the book-ish door to Raven Quill's heart this month!

Congratulations to client Stephanie Gibeault and illustrator David Hohn for winning a Crystal Kite Award for their picture book The Dog Who Saved the Bees (Sleeping Bear Press) from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators! @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social @davidhohn.bsky.social

Napesni Renegade: A Bison’s Journey is out today from client Marcie R. Rendon and illustrator Sam Zimmerman. Based on true events, a young bison finding his way home after ranchers capture and relocate him away from his family. @mrendon703.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social

Glowing reviews keep pouring in! There is a delightful review of Our Spectacular Sukkah by client Sidura Ludwig and illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy in the July issue of the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. This picture book arrives on shelves August 18, 2026! bccb.ischool.illinois.edu

Congratulations to client Tziporah Cohen and illustrator Sophie Kamlish! Fair Play: Ludwig Guttmann and the Birth of the Paralympic Games, has been acquired by Groundwood. Publication is planned for spring 2028! @tzippymfa.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social

Jacqui Lipton will be appearing at the upcoming New England Writing Workshop on July 24, 2026. She’ll be teaching the class, “Revision & Self-Editing for Writers.” The New England Writing Workshop will be held online July 24-25, 2025. thenewenglandwritingworkshop.com @writingdaywksp.bsky.social

Congratulations to Raven Quill Literary Agency client Marcie Rendon, recipient of the 2026 McKnight Fellowship for Writers, winning the Loft Award in Children’s Literature! loft.org/awards/mckni... @mrendon703.bsky.social @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social

We are in love with this stunning cover for client Devon Mihesuah's mystery-thriller FATAL DEPTHS! There’s still time to pick up your copy of Blood Relay before Fatal Depths arrives February 9, 2027! @dmihesuah.bsky.social

The sequel to Blood Relay is now available for pre-order. Perry Antelope and Sophia try to figure out who killed an undercover cop in the Choctaw ghost town, Doaksville, Oklahoma

Fatal Depths by Devon Mihesuah: 9780593983843 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A Choctaw detective and her partner investigate the murder of a fellow officer in an Oklahoma ghost town, only to discover that he may have been embroiled in an illicit scheme—from the award-winning.....

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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...

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

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

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

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

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.

My first shelfie (table-y?) of BLOOD RELAY by @dmihesuah.bsky.social at my local B&N. It came out this week. Happy book birthday Devon!

SAVE THE DATE. If you're interested in a primer on publishing law, I'll be holding an online workshop for San Diego Writers, Ink on February 1. Deets below. Register at: writeyourstorynow.org/classes-work...

Just made my annual donation to First Book. If you want to support children's access to books, it's a good cause! support.firstbook.org/campaign/747...

Donate to 2025 Year End

I’m proud to support First Book & get #bookstokids that need them most! www.firstbook.org/donate

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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

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...

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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

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

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