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The Tobias Literary Agency
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A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.

https://thetobiasagency.com/
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If you're coming to #NCTE25, I'll not only be at these 3 panels, but I'll be signing my new book at the @SimonKids booth #822 Saturday at 1-1:45 pm, and Friday from 3-4 pm and Saturday from 5-6 pm at the @SCBWIRockyMtn booth #1026

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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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A few more, cuz there's no such thing as too many books.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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It's a good day to get a new book. And we've got some recs.

What are you reading this weekend?

#bookhaul #bookrecommendations📚❣️ #yabooks #horrorbooks #romcombooks #mysterybooks #fantasybooks #bookrecs
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Did you catch @marcierendon on The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast yesterday?

If not, you can catch the episode here: www.sistersincrime.org/page/podcast

#crimewriters #crimenovels #murdermystery #indigenousauthors
New Episode Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast Marcie R. Rendon
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Madeline Corrette-Bennett is an illustration graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She specializes in illustrations but also dabbles in comics, hand lettering, and short animations Madeline is currently working on the Webtoon Batman series.

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Illustrator Highlight Madeline Corrett-Bennett The Tobias Literary Agency
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A great list of award winning books, including @zombicatures.bsky.social's The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang!

Take a look at the list and get inspired for your holiday book shopping 🎁

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36 Must-Have Books from Award-Winning Michaela Goade, María Dolores Aguila, and More | Web Starred Reviews, October
Purchase these web-exclusive titles, including a celebration of libraries, gorgeous picture books, and stirring YA novels.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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In case you missed them, here are 3 book deals we announced in October.

So many great releases to come!

#booknews #bookdeals #literaryagency
Book deals coming soon to your TBR Book Deal Publishers Marketplace DINOSAUR TIME By Amy Garrett and Josh Lewis Amy Garrett's DINOSAUR TIME, about a young girl who knows how to make mealtime meltdowns go extinct because when it's time to eat, she gives a roar and chomps down on her dinner like a dinosaur, illustrated by Josh Lewis, to Elizabeth Stranahan at Random House Children's, for publication in summer 2027, by Courtney Paganelli at Levine Greenberg Rostan for the author, and by Natascha Morris at The Tobias Literary Agency for the illustrator (world). Book Deal Publisher's Marketplace VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK By Jamie Flanagan Fiction: Horror October 14, 2025 Screenwriter Jamie Flanagan's VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK, an anthology of new tales set in the infamous hotel from Stephen King's THE SHINING, prior to events of the novel, featuring writers such as Michael Bailey, Chelsea Cain, Johnny Compton, Mike Flanagan, Christopher Golden, Justina Ireland, Ai Jiang, Alma Katsu, Brian Keene, Daniel Kraus, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Chuck Palahniuk, and more, to Anna Kaufman at Vintage, with Ellie Pritchett editing, at auction, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (NA). Book Deal Publisher's Marketplace THE GLITCHED HOUSE By Ben Farthing Digital: Fiction: Horror October 31, 2025 Author of The 31ST TRICK-OR-TREATER Ben Farthing's THE GLITCHED HOUSE, volume one of a trilogy of haunted house novels, to Rhett Bruno at Aethon & Vault, with Andrew Najberg editing, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! #kidlitart

Our fire snow of the year arrives on Saturday so get out and enjoy the fall asap!

I love to illustrate nature, animals and everyday scenes. I am repped by @kellydhouse.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
Family going on hike with dog
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Don't forget to vote!
This chapter helps change the story. VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Love mythology?

Don't miss PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY, an unforgettable collection of twenty dramatic tales of Persian deities and heroes, both mortal and immortal, fighting in the name of goodness, chaos, beauty, love, and evil.

By author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb, illustrated by Reza Dalvand.

Get yours now!
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Thanks to Lindsey Byrd for the interview on her podcast, #WritingisHard! #StanYan #GraphicNovels #themanymisfortunesofeugeniawang #WritingIsHard

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@SimonKIDS
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November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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I am coming to Seattle Public Library later this week with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and I did this post for their "Nightstand Reads" blog series to help promote it.

Click here to read more and register for the live event on 11/6:

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Covers of the books in Becky's Nightstand Reads" post-- The End of the World as We Know It" New Tales from Stephen King's The Stand edited by Brian Keene and Christopher Golden, Under Her Skin: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase Volume 1 edited by Lindy Ryan, When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow, Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World edited by Eric J. Guignard, and Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm edited by Philip Pullman. As well as the cover of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by me.
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I can finally reveal that I’m part of the “and more” list of unannounced authors in VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK, the anthology set in @stephenking.bsky.social’s THE SHINING!

As a lifelong Constant Reader, I accepted my stint as caretaker with honor. @jamieflanagan.com @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Happening NOW!

Join us here: www.youtube.com/live/eo-06a7...

#askanagent #writingcommunity #amquerying
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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1:22 until showtime!

#writingcommunity #askanagent #publishingQA

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October AMA With the Tobias Literary Agency: Firsts - Sentences, Pages, Chapters, Etc.
YouTube video by Literary Lens
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October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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A bookseller with a dream of running her beloved bookstore vs. the owner’s out-of-touch grandson who inherits everything. Game on.

Coming 05/12/2026.

#romancebooks
Cover Reveal Not in My Book - Katie Holt The Last Page - Katie Holt From the author of Not In My Book comes another irresistible, bookish contemporary romance.
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Tomorrow! See you there!
thetobiasagency.bsky.social The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social · Oct 20
Join us Oct. 29 at 7:00 P.M. Eastern for our next AMA LIVE!

This time we're talking all things FIRSTS - first sentences, first chapters, first drafts, first...you get it.

Reply to this post with your questions and join us LIVE here: www.youtube.com/live/eo-06a7...

#writingsky #writingcommunity
AMA With The Tobias Literary Agency Wed. Oct. 29 7:00 P.M. Eastern Topic: Firsts - Sentences, Pages, Chapters, Etc. Put your questions in the comments!
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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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!

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#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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October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Thanks o much for the interview, Jyoti!

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jyotigopal.bsky.social Jyoti Rajan Gopal @jyotigopal.bsky.social · 27d
Two more episodes of IN THE PICTURE are out!

Ep. 6 features Jennifer Browne, Creative Director at Neal Porter Books #HolidayHouse and Ep. 7 features, Stan Yan @zombicatures.bsky.social , cartoonist and graphic novelist!

Check it out on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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I’m delighted to share Abuelita’s Gift is the Gold Medal winner for Best Children’s Fiction Picture Book in English - International Latino Book Awards

Thank you Empowering Latino Futures for this recognition & for your valuable work on uplifting latin voices in literature.♥️
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Jump to 10:48 for The Reading Wordsmith's review of Asha Greyling's THE VAMPIRE OF KINGS STREET.

Here's a snippet. "I really enjoyed it....It is perfect for October because it has all the paranormal elements."

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10 Fantasy Book Recommendations 🍁| Magical Reads for Autumn
YouTube video by The Reading Wordsmith
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October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Delighted to see my erotic thriller meets cosmic horror novel A GAME IN YELLOW alongside VANISHING DAUGHTERS by Cynthia Pelayo, CRAFTING FOR SINNERS by Jenny Kiefer, BLACK FLAME by Gretchen Felker-Martin, THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones, and 47 more terrific horror books of 2025 🖤
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Happy Pub Day, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social!
thetobiasagency.bsky.social The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social · 29d
Here's some good news - you don't have to choose! Pick up one or both of @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social's terrifying tales: out today.

#bookrelease #horrorbooks
What's your pick? The Pied Piper is back and he's coming for what he's owed: CHILDREN OF CHICAGO A horror fan, a lost movie, and in increasing body count: THE SHOEMAKER'S MAGICIAN From Bram Stoker Award Winning Author Cynthia Pelayo
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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We see you @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, and @jennykiefer.com!

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#horrorreaders #horrorsky #horrorbooks
The 52 Best Horror Books of 2025
Just in time for Halloween—these will keep you up (and reading) at night.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Hey readers, writers, and horror fans - did you catch Becky Spratford's WHY I LOVE HORROR panel at StoryFest? If not, good news. It's available on youtube now!

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#readingcommunity #writingcommunity #horrorfan
StoryFest'25: Becky Spratford Presents: ‘Why I Love Horror’
YouTube video by The Westport Library
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October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM