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Katie Ferriello
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Intern w/ Mansion Street Literary Management

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Utah KidLit chapter president.


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Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social · Aug 16
The Parent Trap x Good Omens x Wednesday

When the god of the Underworld’s daughter switches places with an angelic doppelgänger, she uncovers a sister plot to overthrow her beloved underworld.

#posterpit #q #f #h #mg
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katieferrie1.bsky.social
The Parent Trap x Good Omens x Wednesday

When the god of the Underworld’s daughter switches places with an angelic doppelgänger, she uncovers a sister plot to overthrow her beloved underworld.

#posterpit #q #f #h #mg
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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willmarstudios.bsky.social
Curtis' belief in fairy tales started the fire that uprooted their family.

With a new start, they want to be done with all fantasies. But when a magical world is plagued by chaos that threatens to spread into the real world, Curtis is suddenly at the center of it all!

#PosterPit #Q #MG #F
A movie poster mock up for THREADBARE featuring a open book lying in a pile of dead leaves. On its pages displays a bright forest. A silver and blue moth stands on the edge of its page. The title reads THREADBARE with a billing block at the bottom. The tag line on the left reads 'Change Helps Our Wings Grow'
August 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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prahajess.bsky.social
🧹 EARLY MAGIC - When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic.
#posterpit #PosterPitQ #F #YA
Silhouettes of two young women, one holding a surfboard and one on a broom, both in witches hats. Early Magic In Query Boxes Now, A novel by Jessica Fisher Riches
August 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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izzygraceauthor.bsky.social
SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME x THE CITY OF BRASS

Half-breed Aelia is forced to go on the run with a pure-blood mercenary, after revealing her powerful Runelight turns her into a hunted weapon for a war between realms

✨full ms with lit agent✨

#PosterPit #Q #F #R #NA #amquerying
A beam of light bursts from the silhouette of a woman. Title: Runelight Burning by Izzy Grace. Laurels: Forced proximity slow burn. Norse-inspired rune magic. Subverted chosen one trope. She's the anti-hero, he's the moral compass.
August 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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doucette515.bsky.social
12yo #STEM genius Ada Lovelace hides prohibited poetry, & dreams of flight to freedom.

Both risk the volitile connection with mom.

She must persuade Lady Byron STEM & dreams are the future, or lose the tenuous connection completely.

STARFISH X ENOLA HOLMES

#MG #AG #HF #PO #NIV #PosterPit #KidLit
Ada Figures: a verse novel by Christiana Doucette Tag line: If magic is science undiscovered, then someday I'll be an enchantress. A portrait of young Ada Byron Lovelace is flanked by her parents, mad bad and dangerous to know Lord Byron the poet, and his ex wife the mathmatical genius Annabelle Milbanks Byron. Behind Ada is a leather bound folio with a key, a white pawn, a black rook, and a white persian cat (her kitten Miss Puff). The wings she's working to build halo her. The Background is an old map of the Bifrons area where Ada Lovelace was confined away from most society. The title is framed by a blackboard with steampunk-esque gears.
August 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
The Parent Trap x Good Omens x Wednesday

When the god of the Underworld’s daughter switches places with an angelic doppelgänger, she uncovers a sister plot to overthrow her beloved underworld.

#posterpit #q #f #h #mg
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Katie Ferriello
middlegradehub.bsky.social
Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch
MG Hub Pitch Party 2025
MG Hub Pitch Party 2025 The Middle Grade Hub (MG Hub - (https://bsky.app/profile/middlegradehub.bsky.social) is hosting its third annual pitch party! The Pitch Party Unlike other pitch parties, this...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
Anyone know of a fantasy with a snarky main character who is 13 or 14 years old?
March 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
This one is amazing! Take a look 👇🏼
kassielamro.bsky.social Kassie Lamro @kassielamro.bsky.social · Jan 17
Mirror to Mirror X Alone
11 yo Kit loves the forgotten memories of her sister that come while repairing a wrecked sailboat. But the memories reveal her sister pulling away. At the same time, each repair to the boat makes pieces of her island escape disappear.
#P2Ppit #mg #niv #q
January 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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goddessvicky.bsky.social
💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫

NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES

🌹 Romance/Romantasy
👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory
❤️‍🔥 Slow Burn
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family
⚖️ Gods & Goddesses
🎵 Music!
♿ Diversity
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA+
💖 Soul Mates
✨Magical Realism
Agent's guide included 📖
#UW #Q #A #NA #YA #F #R #RF #Spec #LGBT #OV #P2Ppit
A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles A photo that reads: Crowned In Light A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query! This one has it all! - Magical Realism - Slow Burn - Found Family - Gods and Goddesses - Music Heavy - Soul Mates / Past Lives - Strong Female Friendships - Disability/BIPOC representation - DAVID BOWIE?!?! A photo that reads: The Pitch! It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions. When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world? A photo that reads: For Fans of: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Maggie Stiefvater Richelle Mead Laurell K Hamilton Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality. Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way. Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory. Playlist: Have I Found My Home by Paden What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin Breathe Me by Sia Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes Silence by Marshmello & Khalid The World We Made by Ruelle Like That by JP Saxe Safe Place by RuthAnne Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt Somebody Loved by The Weepies For You by Angus & Julia Stone Past Life by Morgan St Jean Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last
January 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
As a former teacher, so many kids would benefit from reading a book like this!
annalindsey.bsky.social Anna Lindsey @annalindsey.bsky.social · Jan 17

When 17-year-old Honor's ex-boyfriend shares intimate photos of her with their classmates, she has to decide whether to run from her problems and let him have the last word, or take back her story through her creative writing portfolio. #Q #YA #C #P2Ppit
ANYTHING BUT YOU Contemporary YA Complete at 82,000 words Photo collage featuring a photo of a small-town downtown setting, a journal open with pages torn out, hands holding cellphones, a man working as a barista in a coffee shop, a stack of letters, and the shilhoutte of a young woman.
January 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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authorlavleo.bsky.social
She was supposed to spy on the vampire lord, not fall for him. Whoops?
#P2Ppit #Q #A #R #F #RF
A mood board with two images. On the left, a man helping a woman undress. On the right, a man's hand on a woman's neck in a comforting gesture.
January 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
Reposting my original pitch as my second #P2Ppit. If you love the premise, snarky characters, and lots of humor, please ❤️ or share the original pitch so it can be seen! #MG #W
katieferrie1.bsky.social Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social · Jan 17
The god of the Underworld’s daughter meets a lookalike in an angelic otherworld and hatches a devilish plan to switch places. When she learns the Underworld’s fate is in peril, she must choose between her newfound freedom and switching back.

Parent Trap X Wednesday

#MG #P2PPIT #W
January 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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sagelaurena.bsky.social
FBAA x SOC

Born to be a sacrifice, Trix decides she wants to live when she learns her death won't actually end the curse plaguing her country. She will do whatever it takes to find a real way to stop it and save her life.

#P2Ppit #W #NA #F #H
12 images from left to right of - a veiled figure wearing a crown and holding their hands to their face, a teacup filled with blood, a hand with strings coming out of it, a bag with spilled-out coins, a statue of a saint with a painting of the sun behind her, a tower next to the sea, a man rubbing his mouth with a bloody hand, the inside of a red cathedral with stained glass windows, playing cards fanned out, a group of veiled figures, two people jumping from the roof of a building to another, a girl with blonde hair holding a knife behind her back
January 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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atkinsondor.bsky.social
Skyborn x Dragon Prince

When a 12yo street performer fairy finds the broken mask the queen used to seal his people’s souls in the city walls, he must track down the missing pieces and perform a play to free his long-lost family before he’s sealed in stone forever. 🎭🧚🏽‍♂️

#BluePit #Q #MG #F #LGBT 📖
A boy in a hoodie sleeping on the ground, a golden. magical book, the phrase "a fairy boy on the streets", a black and white image of protestors with a sign that says "RESIST", blue butterfly wing, a pale, silver-skinned fairy queen, a girl with an Afro looking pensive, golden towers in the mist, a small, cute lizard, a prison cell, and hand with sparky magic and the word "Freedom!"
January 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
The MG market NEEDS this one!
dterkwrites.bsky.social Dani Terk @dterkwrites.bsky.social · Jan 17
When playing by the rules fails to tackle the on-air sabotage from her broadcast partners in the school's Commentary Club, 12yo Paige must join forces with the football team’s unsung hero and learn to bend the rules to prove that football isn’t just for boys.

#P2Ppit #MG #C #W
January 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reposted by Katie Ferriello
dterkwrites.bsky.social
When playing by the rules fails to tackle the on-air sabotage from her broadcast partners in the school's Commentary Club, 12yo Paige must join forces with the football team’s unsung hero and learn to bend the rules to prove that football isn’t just for boys.

#P2Ppit #MG #C #W
January 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
The god of the Underworld’s daughter meets a lookalike in an angelic otherworld and hatches a devilish plan to switch places. When she learns the Underworld’s fate is in peril, she must choose between her newfound freedom and switching back.

Parent Trap X Wednesday

#MG #P2PPIT #W
January 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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rweberwrites.bsky.social
I'm so proud and excited to release my 2nd MG novel, Loophole, through @apbooks.bsky.social at the end of March 2025! Please add Loophole to your GR want-to-read list and repost for visibility's sake. Thank you, #writer friends!
goodreads.com/book/show/21...

#WritingCommunity #kidlit
January 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
Looking for #kidlit #pb #chapterbook #mg writers who live anywhere in Utah and would like to be a part of a potential new writer’s group hosted by the League of Utah Writers. Anyone?

#writer #utah #luw #leagueofutahwriters #kidlitauthor
January 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
I know, I know. Most kids call their father dad, but it’s not like that with me and Haden. More than his kid, I’m his spawn. And like Haden, I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve.

They don’t call me the devil’s daughter for nothing.

#wip #p2ppit #mg
path2pub.bsky.social Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social · Jan 15
Final Question: Share a line or two from your book! #P2Ppit
Final Question: Share a line or two from your book! #P2Ppit
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
If this book gets published, I hope to give an interview where I describe how I typed on a laptop that got hot as fire within 20 minutes and had to be charged after an hour. 😅

#wip
January 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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deborahpaquette.bsky.social
Happy #PortfolioDay!
My name is Deborah Paquette and I am a #kidlit #illustrator looking for freelance work. My strengths lie in watercolours, drawing media, and digital art using Procreate.
Website: deborahpaquette.wixsite.com/deborah-joy-paquette
Email: deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
Four illustrations featuring fairies, little girls, a mermaid, and friendly animals including a cat, a dog, a fish, and a dragon. All four pieces have a Victorian quality to them.
January 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
katieferrie1.bsky.social
I love the idea of memories coming back to this character.
We lock so much away. Sounds haunting!
kassielamro.bsky.social Kassie Lamro @kassielamro.bsky.social · Jan 14
11YO Kit is happy living on her island, surrounded and protected by peaceful monsters until memories of what brought her there start destroying the people and places she loves. #bluepit #mg #niv #f
January 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM