Laura Rennert
@ljrennert.bsky.social
Executive literary agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. www.litagentlaurarennert.com
I spy @rominagarber.bsky.social's THE LAST VAMPIRE on Reactor's Romantasy Report for November/December! reactormag.com/vampires-tim...
Vampires, Time Travel, and Rebellions: Romantasy Report for November and December 2025 - Reactor
These 26 new romantasies will whisk you from fall to winter…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I spy @rominagarber.bsky.social's THE LAST VAMPIRE on Reactor's Romantasy Report for November/December! reactormag.com/vampires-tim...
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“THE MERCY MAKERS is well-constructed, with compelling characters, interesting worldbuilding, and a strong voice.” @hawkwing_lb reviews new work from @tessagratton.bsky.social
The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton: Review by Liz Bourke
The Mercy Makers, Tessa Gratton (Orbit 978-0-31657-879-0, $19.99, 560pp, tp) June 2025. Tessa Gratton’s The Mercy Makers is a peculiar, meditative fantasy novel. It’s concerned, as many recent fant…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Ask the Agent Question of the day: What would I tell people who query “too soon”? Well, I’d tell them the story of when I tried out for Teen Jeopardy!
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This is normal, and really not worth *a lecture* -- anyway, IMO, it's kinda better than the OPPOSITE problem,…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ask the Agent Question of the day: What would I tell people who query “too soon”? Well, I’d tell them the story of when I tried out for Teen Jeopardy!
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K.M. Fajardo is rep'd by @ljrennert.bsky.social
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social is rep'd by @marchsoloway.bsky.social
@venessakelley.bsky.social is rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
Ann Liang is rep'd by Kathleen Rushall
And here is the link to vote today!
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social is rep'd by @marchsoloway.bsky.social
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Ann Liang is rep'd by Kathleen Rushall
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November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
K.M. Fajardo is rep'd by @ljrennert.bsky.social
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social is rep'd by @marchsoloway.bsky.social
@venessakelley.bsky.social is rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
Ann Liang is rep'd by Kathleen Rushall
And here is the link to vote today!
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social is rep'd by @marchsoloway.bsky.social
@venessakelley.bsky.social is rep'd by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social
Ann Liang is rep'd by Kathleen Rushall
And here is the link to vote today!
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The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 is open and these ABLA titles are in the running!
Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo
Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White
Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley
YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang
Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo
Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White
Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley
YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 is open and these ABLA titles are in the running!
Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo
Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White
Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley
YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang
Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo
Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White
Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley
YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang
@rominagarber.bsky.social's THE LAST VAMPIRE is on Reactor's list of Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025! It's out December 2nd! reactormag.com/most-anticip...
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025 - Reactor
Check out 13 of the best YA titles publishing this season
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November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@rominagarber.bsky.social's THE LAST VAMPIRE is on Reactor's list of Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025! It's out December 2nd! reactormag.com/most-anticip...
There's still time to vote in the first round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards! Congrats to @kmfajardo.bsky.social, whose LOCAL HEAVENS is a nominee for Science Fiction! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Goodreads Choice Awards: Vote in the Opening Round of 2025!
Check out the nominees in 15 categories now!
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November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There's still time to vote in the first round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards! Congrats to @kmfajardo.bsky.social, whose LOCAL HEAVENS is a nominee for Science Fiction! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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Loving all the vampire, werewolf, & ghost stories on @reactorsff.bsky.social’s list of Nov/Dec anticipated reads!
reactormag.com/most-anticip...
reactormag.com/most-anticip...
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025 - Reactor
Check out 13 of the best YA titles publishing this season
reactormag.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Loving all the vampire, werewolf, & ghost stories on @reactorsff.bsky.social’s list of Nov/Dec anticipated reads!
reactormag.com/most-anticip...
reactormag.com/most-anticip...
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THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
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The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
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November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
Happy book birthday to FALLING APART AND OTHER GIFTS FROM THE UNIVERSE, by @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social! Two very different people—each lost in their own way—find an unexpected healing connection in a poignant novel about redemption and chosen family.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy book birthday to FALLING APART AND OTHER GIFTS FROM THE UNIVERSE, by @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social! Two very different people—each lost in their own way—find an unexpected healing connection in a poignant novel about redemption and chosen family.
You've got to see Lauren Kate's GORGEOUS cover reveal for WHITE LIGHTS with Cosmo! It also includes an excerpt 👀 www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: Lauren Kate's ‘White Lights’ Cover Reveal and Excerpt Has Us Seeing Angels Again
The bestselling author is finally making her adult romantasy debut and it's absolute heaven!
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November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You've got to see Lauren Kate's GORGEOUS cover reveal for WHITE LIGHTS with Cosmo! It also includes an excerpt 👀 www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
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Happy Wednesday! We created a starter pack of ABLA authors & illustrators just for you! We are HUGE fans of these humans.
Note: We’re still adding to this list, which has been created by an enthusiastic assistant and not AI, so if you see that someone’s missing let us know! 😊
go.bsky.app/Rux2YKX
Note: We’re still adding to this list, which has been created by an enthusiastic assistant and not AI, so if you see that someone’s missing let us know! 😊
go.bsky.app/Rux2YKX
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Happy Wednesday! We created a starter pack of ABLA authors & illustrators just for you! We are HUGE fans of these humans.
Note: We’re still adding to this list, which has been created by an enthusiastic assistant and not AI, so if you see that someone’s missing let us know! 😊
go.bsky.app/Rux2YKX
Note: We’re still adding to this list, which has been created by an enthusiastic assistant and not AI, so if you see that someone’s missing let us know! 😊
go.bsky.app/Rux2YKX
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COWBOY CAMP (illus by Mike Reed) turns 20 years old tomorrow! And it’s still in print. Yeehaw!
I’ve since added 39 more books to the mix. 😍
#bookbirthday
I’ve since added 39 more books to the mix. 😍
#bookbirthday
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
COWBOY CAMP (illus by Mike Reed) turns 20 years old tomorrow! And it’s still in print. Yeehaw!
I’ve since added 39 more books to the mix. 😍
#bookbirthday
I’ve since added 39 more books to the mix. 😍
#bookbirthday
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Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.
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This week's ABLA deals!
🦄 CANDI THE CANDICORN, a rhyming picture book, written by Robyn Wall, illustrated by Joelle Murray
⚽️ MONSTER LEAGUE, a chapter book series, written by Ellen Potter, illustrated by Yury Guzman
⛰️ DOWNFALL, a middle grade novel, by Nikki Shannon Smith
🦄 CANDI THE CANDICORN, a rhyming picture book, written by Robyn Wall, illustrated by Joelle Murray
⚽️ MONSTER LEAGUE, a chapter book series, written by Ellen Potter, illustrated by Yury Guzman
⛰️ DOWNFALL, a middle grade novel, by Nikki Shannon Smith
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This week's ABLA deals!
🦄 CANDI THE CANDICORN, a rhyming picture book, written by Robyn Wall, illustrated by Joelle Murray
⚽️ MONSTER LEAGUE, a chapter book series, written by Ellen Potter, illustrated by Yury Guzman
⛰️ DOWNFALL, a middle grade novel, by Nikki Shannon Smith
🦄 CANDI THE CANDICORN, a rhyming picture book, written by Robyn Wall, illustrated by Joelle Murray
⚽️ MONSTER LEAGUE, a chapter book series, written by Ellen Potter, illustrated by Yury Guzman
⛰️ DOWNFALL, a middle grade novel, by Nikki Shannon Smith
Congratulations to Joelle Murray, illustrator of WE COULD BE MAGIC. It's a finalist in the Teen Readers' Choice Awards!
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Congratulations to Joelle Murray, illustrator of WE COULD BE MAGIC. It's a finalist in the Teen Readers' Choice Awards!
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Currently booking author visits for December…. 😊
See tammisauer.com for details.
See tammisauer.com for details.
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Currently booking author visits for December…. 😊
See tammisauer.com for details.
See tammisauer.com for details.
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Did you know that this is the last week of #ABLArtFest??
While we're not really sure if this month felt like the longest or shortest ever 💀 we do know that we're eager to see your art!
This week's prompt: TRUNK OR TREAT! 🍬
Make sure to tag us @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and use #ABLArtFest! 🎨
While we're not really sure if this month felt like the longest or shortest ever 💀 we do know that we're eager to see your art!
This week's prompt: TRUNK OR TREAT! 🍬
Make sure to tag us @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and use #ABLArtFest! 🎨
October 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did you know that this is the last week of #ABLArtFest??
While we're not really sure if this month felt like the longest or shortest ever 💀 we do know that we're eager to see your art!
This week's prompt: TRUNK OR TREAT! 🍬
Make sure to tag us @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and use #ABLArtFest! 🎨
While we're not really sure if this month felt like the longest or shortest ever 💀 we do know that we're eager to see your art!
This week's prompt: TRUNK OR TREAT! 🍬
Make sure to tag us @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and use #ABLArtFest! 🎨
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Thank you to everyone who created beautiful, hilarious, creative art this month, whether for #ABLArtFest or not. In difficult times as these, often it's the arts that keep our souls hopeful and our hearts connected. And that is no small thing.
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thank you to everyone who created beautiful, hilarious, creative art this month, whether for #ABLArtFest or not. In difficult times as these, often it's the arts that keep our souls hopeful and our hearts connected. And that is no small thing.
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These are some great pumpkins, Charlie Brown. 🙂
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
These are some great pumpkins, Charlie Brown. 🙂
The lovely HOPE IN A JAR, by @deborahmarcero.com, is on Good Housekeeping's 2025 Kids’ Book Awards list! www.goodhousekeeping.com/entertainmen...
We Tested Nearly 200 Books to Find the Best Kids’ Books of the Year
Since kids know best what other kids will like, a panel comprised of 125 bookworms and reluctant readers helped us choose the top children’s books of the year.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The lovely HOPE IN A JAR, by @deborahmarcero.com, is on Good Housekeeping's 2025 Kids’ Book Awards list! www.goodhousekeeping.com/entertainmen...
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In my Author Visit Era….
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In my Author Visit Era….
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A special delivery arrived! 🍕
My editor sent a few f&gs of my upcoming book PIZZASAURUS (illustrated by Kyle Beckett).
Take a look at the supremely special dedication page and check out the extra cheesy home of Pizzasaurus.
To pre-order a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771707...
My editor sent a few f&gs of my upcoming book PIZZASAURUS (illustrated by Kyle Beckett).
Take a look at the supremely special dedication page and check out the extra cheesy home of Pizzasaurus.
To pre-order a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771707...
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A special delivery arrived! 🍕
My editor sent a few f&gs of my upcoming book PIZZASAURUS (illustrated by Kyle Beckett).
Take a look at the supremely special dedication page and check out the extra cheesy home of Pizzasaurus.
To pre-order a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771707...
My editor sent a few f&gs of my upcoming book PIZZASAURUS (illustrated by Kyle Beckett).
Take a look at the supremely special dedication page and check out the extra cheesy home of Pizzasaurus.
To pre-order a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771707...
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Dear #amquerying #querying,
I have fallen a bit behind in my reading and am still working my way through September #queries. If you are waiting to hear from me, that means either (a) you're still in the queue, or (b) I'm considering your project and might request it.
Thanks for your patience!
I have fallen a bit behind in my reading and am still working my way through September #queries. If you are waiting to hear from me, that means either (a) you're still in the queue, or (b) I'm considering your project and might request it.
Thanks for your patience!
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dear #amquerying #querying,
I have fallen a bit behind in my reading and am still working my way through September #queries. If you are waiting to hear from me, that means either (a) you're still in the queue, or (b) I'm considering your project and might request it.
Thanks for your patience!
I have fallen a bit behind in my reading and am still working my way through September #queries. If you are waiting to hear from me, that means either (a) you're still in the queue, or (b) I'm considering your project and might request it.
Thanks for your patience!