Laura Gross Literary Agency
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Working with writers who enlighten & provoke. Always curious about new ideas & beautiful stories, fiction & non-fiction.
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At LG Literary we hoist the Pride flag high. Read the rainbow with our authors: see @kimmtopping.bsky.social get a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social; @k-wilfrid.bsky.social make the ALA's Rainbow List Top 10; and @jodipicoult.bsky.social & Jennifer Finney Boylan heralded in Booklist. 🌈✊🌈
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Let’s cancel everyone!! Jkjk haha look at this book list (allietagledokus.bsky.social)
8 Books That Reckon with the Impacts of Cancel Culture - Electric Literature
These novels (and a play) ask how we strike the balance between calling out harm and accepting when accountability goes too far
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Let’s cancel everyone!! Jkjk haha look at this book list (allietagledokus.bsky.social)
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"Even if it’s fiction, watching a famous person’s rise and inevitable fall is addicting."
@meghanmcg.bsky.social's review of “Lucky Girl” by Allie Tagle-Dokus (@tinhouse.bsky.social) is out now.
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@meghanmcg.bsky.social's review of “Lucky Girl” by Allie Tagle-Dokus (@tinhouse.bsky.social) is out now.
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The Fractured Lives of a Showgirl in “Lucky Girl” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Allie Tagle-Dokus's debut novel, "Lucky Girl."
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Even if it’s fiction, watching a famous person’s rise and inevitable fall is addicting."
@meghanmcg.bsky.social's review of “Lucky Girl” by Allie Tagle-Dokus (@tinhouse.bsky.social) is out now.
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@meghanmcg.bsky.social's review of “Lucky Girl” by Allie Tagle-Dokus (@tinhouse.bsky.social) is out now.
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Happy publication day to @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut LUCKY GIRL, out today from @tinhouse.bsky.social and a @peoplemag.bsky.social Best Book of the Week — congratulations Allie! 🦜💃📚
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Happy publication day to @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut LUCKY GIRL, out today from @tinhouse.bsky.social and a @peoplemag.bsky.social Best Book of the Week — congratulations Allie! 🦜💃📚
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Lucky Girl by @allietagledokus.bsky.social is almost here - 11.11.25!
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“Dance Moms, but make it a novel about ambition, infamy, and the cage that is fame.”—Language Arts
More info & preorder! bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
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“Dance Moms, but make it a novel about ambition, infamy, and the cage that is fame.”—Language Arts
More info & preorder! bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lucky Girl by @allietagledokus.bsky.social is almost here - 11.11.25!
💖🦜
“Dance Moms, but make it a novel about ambition, infamy, and the cage that is fame.”—Language Arts
More info & preorder! bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
💖🦜
“Dance Moms, but make it a novel about ambition, infamy, and the cage that is fame.”—Language Arts
More info & preorder! bit.ly/LuckyGirlNovel
“I realized I should keep writing [LUCKY GIRL], and put the climate change novel in my drawer for the rest of my life.”
LG Literary's @allietagledokus.bsky.social discusses imminent publication and parenthood for @bostonglobe.com, ahead of her launch this Monday at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ⤵️
LG Literary's @allietagledokus.bsky.social discusses imminent publication and parenthood for @bostonglobe.com, ahead of her launch this Monday at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ⤵️
When writing and teaching go together like a perfect dance duet - The Boston Globe
Author Allie Tagle-Dokus teaches at Parker Charter School in Devens, the same school she attended as a student.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“I realized I should keep writing [LUCKY GIRL], and put the climate change novel in my drawer for the rest of my life.”
LG Literary's @allietagledokus.bsky.social discusses imminent publication and parenthood for @bostonglobe.com, ahead of her launch this Monday at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ⤵️
LG Literary's @allietagledokus.bsky.social discusses imminent publication and parenthood for @bostonglobe.com, ahead of her launch this Monday at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ⤵️
More love for @allietagledokus.bsky.social's LUCKY GIRL, named a best debut of the month by @debutiful.bsky.social!
Here are the 8 best debuts we read that are publishing in November! Featuring titles from @himymcraig.bsky.social, @eshanisurya.bsky.social, and more!
Learn more about them 👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8...
Learn more about them 👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8...
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
More love for @allietagledokus.bsky.social's LUCKY GIRL, named a best debut of the month by @debutiful.bsky.social!
Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's LUCKY GIRL featured here — out 1 week from today from @tinhouse.bsky.social!
In our November 2025 book club, we explore new releases by How I Met Your Mother's Craig Thomas, Vir Das, and more.
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What are you reading in November?
What are you reading in November?
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November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's LUCKY GIRL featured here — out 1 week from today from @tinhouse.bsky.social!
Early access alert: Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON is an Amazon FirstReads pick for November! Check out the full list here ⤵️
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November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Early access alert: Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON is an Amazon FirstReads pick for November! Check out the full list here ⤵️
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Breaking news: censorship isn't just for banned books anymore. My musical Between the Lines was cancelled due to the comments of a single parent.
Author @jodipicoult.bsky.social is being banned in two mediums this fall — her books and now a high school musical.
“It’s devastating... kids who put in hundreds of hours of hard work had that torn away from them because of the objections of a single parent,” she says.
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“It’s devastating... kids who put in hundreds of hours of hard work had that torn away from them because of the objections of a single parent,” she says.
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Bestselling author Jodi Picoult pushes back after her musical is canceled by Indiana high school
Jodi Picoult faces bans on both her books and a musical based on her novel “Between the Lines.” The superintendent of Mississinewa High School in Indiana canceled the musical last week, citing concern...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Breaking news: censorship isn't just for banned books anymore. My musical Between the Lines was cancelled due to the comments of a single parent.
SMALL GREAT THINGS by LG Literary's @jodipicoult.bsky.social is among superb company on Amazon's 25 Book Club Favorites From 25 Years of Best Books — congratulations all!
See the full list of conversation starters here ⤵️
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See the full list of conversation starters here ⤵️
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October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
SMALL GREAT THINGS by LG Literary's @jodipicoult.bsky.social is among superb company on Amazon's 25 Book Club Favorites From 25 Years of Best Books — congratulations all!
See the full list of conversation starters here ⤵️
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See the full list of conversation starters here ⤵️
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"I think [Uzma's] worldview is really reflected in her books, which is that people are sort of inherently good and just kind of misunderstood.”
Delighted to see Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON featured on this list of Mindy Kaling's favorites!
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Delighted to see Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON featured on this list of Mindy Kaling's favorites!
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Mindy Kaling’s 4 Favorite Books Prove She’s A Romantic At Heart
Mindy Kaling shares her four favorite books and discusses Mindy's Book Studio, her collaboration with Amazon Publishing and Amazon Studios.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"I think [Uzma's] worldview is really reflected in her books, which is that people are sort of inherently good and just kind of misunderstood.”
Delighted to see Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON featured on this list of Mindy Kaling's favorites!
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Delighted to see Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming YOURS FOR THE SEASON featured on this list of Mindy Kaling's favorites!
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The musical adaptation of THE BOOK THIEF opens in London this weekend, featuring a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and LG Literary's @jodipicoult.bsky.social — congratulations all!
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First Look Rehearsal Images Released for The Book Thief in Concert at Prince of Wales Theatre - Theatre Weekly
First look rehearsal images have been released for The Book Thief in concert, ahead of its limited run at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Sunday 19 and Sunday 26 October 2025
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October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The musical adaptation of THE BOOK THIEF opens in London this weekend, featuring a book by Timothy Allen McDonald and LG Literary's @jodipicoult.bsky.social — congratulations all!
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Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming holiday rom-com has earned a starred review in Kirkus: "Jalaluddin delivers romance treasure: a plausible fake-dating premise and a surfeit of laugh-out-loud moments." Congratulations, Uzma!
Out 12/1 from Mindy's Book Studio ⤵️
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Out 12/1 from Mindy's Book Studio ⤵️
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YOURS FOR THE SEASON | Kirkus Reviews
Jalaluddin delivers romance treasure: a plausible fake-dating premise and a surfeit of laugh-out-loud moments.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Uzma Jalaluddin's forthcoming holiday rom-com has earned a starred review in Kirkus: "Jalaluddin delivers romance treasure: a plausible fake-dating premise and a surfeit of laugh-out-loud moments." Congratulations, Uzma!
Out 12/1 from Mindy's Book Studio ⤵️
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Out 12/1 from Mindy's Book Studio ⤵️
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"Having taught for over a decade has given me the unique honor of being a part of hundreds of students’ lives—and the pain of realizing that not all of those lives will be as long as I would wish." Lovely essay on teaching and the enduring power of Les Mis from LG Literary's @k-wilfrid.bsky.social ⤵️
Essay: Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert swear by the stars, Karen Wilfrid writes. She’s seen “Les Mis” 14 times, but it was the most recent one, a high school production, that took her by surprise.
‘Les Misérables’ is 40 this year — and I’ve never loved it more
Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert swear by the stars, Karen Wilfrid writes. She’s seen “Les Mis” 14 times, but...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Having taught for over a decade has given me the unique honor of being a part of hundreds of students’ lives—and the pain of realizing that not all of those lives will be as long as I would wish." Lovely essay on teaching and the enduring power of Les Mis from LG Literary's @k-wilfrid.bsky.social ⤵️
"The Nigerian poet, Adedayo Agaurau, once said about MFA programs, 'If you admit a poet from my country, then you also have to accept his/her/their traditions and culture as well.'"
LG Literary's Nkiacha Atemnkeng on workshopping African fiction in American MFA classes ⤵️
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LG Literary's Nkiacha Atemnkeng on workshopping African fiction in American MFA classes ⤵️
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Where Chekov’s Gun Does Not Shoot, Okigbo’s Gun Will - Nkiacha Atemnkeng | Lolwe
Craft essay by Nkiacha Atemnkeng
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October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"The Nigerian poet, Adedayo Agaurau, once said about MFA programs, 'If you admit a poet from my country, then you also have to accept his/her/their traditions and culture as well.'"
LG Literary's Nkiacha Atemnkeng on workshopping African fiction in American MFA classes ⤵️
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LG Literary's Nkiacha Atemnkeng on workshopping African fiction in American MFA classes ⤵️
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*Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History* - Marginal REVOLUTION
*Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the forthcoming book by Andrew Burstein, who is also author of the excellent Madison and Jefferson (with Nancy Isenberg). I am sent many books on the founding and Founding Fathers, and while I find their average quality to be high, usually they do not grab my attention. I have already read plenty in […]
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September 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
*Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History* - Marginal REVOLUTION
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For our second Freedom to Read Issue, we’re highlighting the work being done in communities across the country, from the Diet Coke–drinking mom who cofounded the Texas Freedom to Read Project to the members of Penguin Random House’s Intellectual Freedom Taskforce.
The 2025 Freedom to Read Issue
For our second Freedom to Read Issue, we’re highlighting the work being done in communities across the country, from the Diet Coke–drinking mom who cofounded the Texas Freedom to Read Project to the…
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September 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For our second Freedom to Read Issue, we’re highlighting the work being done in communities across the country, from the Diet Coke–drinking mom who cofounded the Texas Freedom to Read Project to the members of Penguin Random House’s Intellectual Freedom Taskforce.
Looking forward to seeing our wonderful colleagues the first People of Publishing conference next week in NYC!
I’m Regina Brooks, President of the Association of American Literary Agents and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency. I am so excited to invite you to the very first People of Publishing Conference (peopleofpublishing.bsky.social), happening Sept 17th at the New York Academy of Medicine in NYC.
September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Looking forward to seeing our wonderful colleagues the first People of Publishing conference next week in NYC!
Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's forthcoming LUCKY GIRL featured here, amongst incredible company — thank you Eliana Ramage & @literaryhub.bsky.social!
Eliana Ramage recommends literature about ambitious women by Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and more.
On the Literature of Ambitious Women
For two of the twelve years it took to write my novel, I didn’t write. When I returned to it, finally, in the early mornings of the pandemic, it felt like coming home. I had, after all, moved back …
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September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's forthcoming LUCKY GIRL featured here, amongst incredible company — thank you Eliana Ramage & @literaryhub.bsky.social!
🚨Advanced copy alert!
Andrew Burstein's new, intimate biography of Thomas Jefferson, out in January from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ⤵️
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Andrew Burstein's new, intimate biography of Thomas Jefferson, out in January from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ⤵️
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September 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Advanced copy alert!
Andrew Burstein's new, intimate biography of Thomas Jefferson, out in January from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ⤵️
www.bloomsbury.com/us/being-tho...
Andrew Burstein's new, intimate biography of Thomas Jefferson, out in January from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ⤵️
www.bloomsbury.com/us/being-tho...
"Tagle-Dokus’ depiction of Hollywood is both hilarious and horrifying...A novel as binge-worthy as reality TV."
Fantastic Kirkus review of @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut novel LUCKY GIRL, out in November from @tinhouse.bsky.social! ⤵️
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Fantastic Kirkus review of @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut novel LUCKY GIRL, out in November from @tinhouse.bsky.social! ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
LUCKY GIRL | Kirkus Reviews
A rollicking ride of a debut novel about the weird world of teenage stardom.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Tagle-Dokus’ depiction of Hollywood is both hilarious and horrifying...A novel as binge-worthy as reality TV."
Fantastic Kirkus review of @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut novel LUCKY GIRL, out in November from @tinhouse.bsky.social! ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Fantastic Kirkus review of @allietagledokus.bsky.social's debut novel LUCKY GIRL, out in November from @tinhouse.bsky.social! ⤵️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Love seeing Uzma Jalaluddin's DETECTIVE AUNTY featured on this cozy mystery list from CrimeReads — just in time for the holiday weekend! ⤵️
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Salad Days and Sleuthing: Five Cozy Stories Shaped by Youth, Innocence, and Vulnerability
William Shakespeare is credited with coining the term “salad days.” In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra dismisses her earlier love of Julius Caesar as being in “My salad days, When…
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August 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Love seeing Uzma Jalaluddin's DETECTIVE AUNTY featured on this cozy mystery list from CrimeReads — just in time for the holiday weekend! ⤵️
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@jodipicoult.bsky.social's #1 NYT bestseller, BY ANY OTHER NAME, is out in paperback today! Read the novel Elle calls “[an] inspiring work of feminist literature" here ⤵️
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August 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@jodipicoult.bsky.social's #1 NYT bestseller, BY ANY OTHER NAME, is out in paperback today! Read the novel Elle calls “[an] inspiring work of feminist literature" here ⤵️
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/702739...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/702739...
As book challenges and bans continue to mount in school districts & libraries across the country, @jodipicoult.bsky.social discusses being one of the most banned authors in America alongside Maia Kobabe & Sandra Cisneros for @wgbh.org ⤵️
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Meet three authors who wrote some of the most banned books in America
Jodi Picoult, Maia Kobabe and Sandra Cisneros have each written books that have been challenged and banned throughout the country.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As book challenges and bans continue to mount in school districts & libraries across the country, @jodipicoult.bsky.social discusses being one of the most banned authors in America alongside Maia Kobabe & Sandra Cisneros for @wgbh.org ⤵️
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"So far, I haven’t encountered anyone who’s raised an eyebrow at my hobby; maybe I’m an inspiration." Read LG Literary's @k-wilfrid.bsky.social's essay on nerd culture and the joys of American Girl dolls as an adult in @huffpost.com ⤵️
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People Think It's Creepy For Adult Women To Have This Hobby. I'm Doing It Anyway.
"I had held on longer than most and, up to age 12, could still find one or two friends who would secretly, shamefully, play with me in the basement."
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July 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"So far, I haven’t encountered anyone who’s raised an eyebrow at my hobby; maybe I’m an inspiration." Read LG Literary's @k-wilfrid.bsky.social's essay on nerd culture and the joys of American Girl dolls as an adult in @huffpost.com ⤵️
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