Saritza Hernández

YA: Author of the forthcoming TAKE IT TO YOUR GRAVE Louangie Bou-Montes's THE ART OF DYING, pitched as DAISY JONES AND THE SIX meets Sinners, in which a newly-turned vampire in 1975 New England has a chance to regain her humanity if she can track down the person who murdered her and “turn” him, but the longer she spends consumed by the dark, the more she wonders if recovering her full humanity is possible, and if it's worth granting immortality to the person who murdered her, to Kortney Nash at Godwin Books, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027.

ADULT ROMANCE: Author of HAIRPIN CURVES Elia Winters's SEX, TEXTS, AND SWEATER VESTS, pitched as a Scarlet Pimpernel retelling where a journalist and her botanist roommate navigate a friendship by day and a secret online kink romance by night—unaware of each other's identities—until the mogul trying to expose the Pimpernel forces them to confront their relationship and whether the possibility of true love is worth the risk of being truly known, to Laurie Johnson at Severn House, for publication in fall 2026.

ILLUSTRATOR: Author of the Olivia Kidney series, the Squirlish series, and the Big Foot and Little series Ellen Potter's MONSTER LEAGUE, a humorous new chapter book series, pitched as Ted Lasso meets Monsters, Inc., about an underdog kid who becomes the unlikely coach of a team of misfit monsters, illustrated by Yury Guzman, to Erica Finkel at Abrams Children's, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027.

CHAPTER BOOK: Author-illustrator Diana Castillo's DETECTIVE FUEGO AND THE CASE OF THE BOOMS, a humorous, illustrated chapter book about a dragon cursed to remain in human form and solve dragon-related cases around the kingdom to break her curse, pitched for fans of THE BAD GUYS, to Karen Nagel at Simon Spotlight, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2027.

YA: Author of TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART Louangie Bou-Montes's COLD BLOWS THE WIND, pitched as CITY OF GHOSTS meets Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives, in which a queer, Afro-Latino teen accidentally raises a ghost, but to release it, he'll have to help the spirit recover lost memories before time runs out, to Kortney Nash at Godwin Books, for publication in spring 2026.

ADULT BOOK CLUB FICTION: PEN/Faulkner Award-longlisted co-authors Mayra Cuevas and Marie Marquardt's HOW TO FAKE A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, the authors' adult debut, pitched as a gender-swapped contemporary reimagining of My Fair Lady in the vein of Abby Jimenez, Alison Espach, and Yulin Kuang, in which a Latina journalist teams up with the events manager at Atlanta's most exclusive country club to transform a pool hustler into a Southern gentleman so they can take down a villainous tycoon who is trying to gentrify their city and ruin their lives; and ¡SOL!, pitched as a retelling of the classic film Sabrina for fans of Kevin Kwan, Abby Jimenez, and Christina Lauren, set on a majestic ranch in Jackson Hole, where the caretaker's daughter, a Puerto Rican teen, fell for the younger son in a family of billionaires, but, returning after years of travel through Latin America, finds herself at odds with his duty-minded older brother, who is also falling for her, exploring intersections of class, privilege, and nature, to Yezanira Venecia at Primero Sueno, in separate good deals, for publication in 2026 and 2027.

ILLUSTRATOR: Author of the forthcoming ABA Indies Introduce pick THE QUEEN BEES OF TYBEE COUNTY Kyle Casey Chu and LGBTQ+ historian Andrew W. Shaffer's WHAT KIND OF QUEEN?: A ROYAL BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE SARRIA, celebrating the pioneering Latine political activist, drag queen, and first openly gay candidate to run for public office in the U.S., who paved the way for Harvey Milk, among others, illustrated by Cindy Lozito, to Sara Sproull at Abrams Children's, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2026.

ADULT NF: Coauthor of WELCOME TO DRAGON TALK and cohost of Dragon Talk, the official Dungeons & Dragons podcast Shelly Mazzanoble's HOW TO DUNGEON MASTER PARENTING: A GUIDEBOOK FOR GAMIFYING THE CHILD REARING QUEST, LEVELING UP YOUR SKILLS, AND RAISING FUTURE ADVENTURERS, pitched as for the gamer, fantasy-loving parent, or parent-to-be ready to master the role of a lifetime, to University of Iowa Press, for publication in fall 2024.

PB: PEN/Faulkner Award-longlisted author and Latinx Kidlit Book Festival cofounder Mayra Cuevas's WE'RE GOING ON A PARRANDA!, a bilingual picture book about the Puerto Rican Christmas caroling tradition of the parranda as a child travels with family and friends trying to discover their own unique rhythm, illustrated by Monica Paola Rodriguez, to Paula Wiseman Books, for publication in fall 2025.