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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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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
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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
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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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October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🚨Advanced copy alert!
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
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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
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's anthology on Jewish art dealers is out now, featuring an afterword by LG Literary's Charles Dellheim — congratulations to Charles, editors Silvia Davoli and Tom Stammers, and all contributors! More here ⤵️
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July 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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What a terrific time we had celebrating GENERATION QUEER at @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social last month! Here’s author @kimmtopping.bsky.social with their team, agent @lmscovel.bsky.social and editor (and Curious Cat Owner!) @stacylwhitman.bsky.social. 🌈✊
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Following the “No Kings” protest earlier this month, Norman Solomon writes in @salonnewsroom.bsky.social that things "can only get better if we reject fatalism & get on with organizing". And on X Nathan J Robinson reminds us of Solomon’s 2006 take on America’s wars. ⤵️⤵️

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June 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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. 🌈✊🌈
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#throwbackthursday What legendary TV quiz show recently featured the brilliant @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social? (A fantastic shout from @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social for Baking Ambassador Martin Philip and the KAB team!)

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May 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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“A necessary addition to the literary canon.” Happy publication day to @kimmtopping.bsky.social! Their debut book, GENERATION QUEER, hits the shelves today – accompanied by a STARRED review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! 🤩

www.publishersweekly.com/9781643795201
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Happy publication day to Uzma Jalaluddin! Her new @harperperennial.bsky.social / @harpercollinsca.bsky.social cozy mystery, DETECTIVE AUNTY, hits the shelves today in both the US and Canada. “I’ll read anything Uzma writes” – Kate Quinn. You should too! 🎉📚🇺🇸🇨🇦
May 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Some incredible shouts from the medical and motherhood community for HELD TOGETHER by Rebecca N Thompson, out now from @harperonebooks.bsky.social. This book will change many mothers' lives.
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Rebecca N Thompson’s HELD TOGETHER is “a comfort to anyone who’s experienced pregnancy complications,” writes @publisherswkly.bsky.social in this fantastic review ⤵️

www.publishersweekly.com/9780063339019
April 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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“Sorry, but we don’t do aliens,” is what @samanthavanleer.bsky.social heard from publishers who were considering her novel THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. Now, her book is recommended by School Library Journal. Read her take on Middle Grade sci-fi in the SLJ ⤵️

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Samantha van Leer appears at the Texas Library Association's annual conference. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair is seated at a table on which stands the aquamarine cover of her book. Samantha van Leer appears at the Texas Library Association's annual conference. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair is seated at a table on which stands the aquamarine cover of her book. Behind her is another woman, smiling for the camera, with short permed reddish-hair. Behind them both is a banner featuring the bright covers of a dozen or so children's books.
April 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Happy publication day to Rebecca N Thompson, whose shared memoir HELD TOGETHER hits the shelves today! 🎉 “Immersive, compassionate, and vulnerable.” – Lori Gottlieb. Read more, and find an excerpt from this extraordinary book about ordinary women, at @bookshop.org ⤵️

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April 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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BREAKING – Norman Solomon’s WAR MADE INVISIBLE is the chosen title for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s 2025 One Book, One Diocese program. Major recognition for this vital work – read more here ⤵️

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April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Yahoo! Just in at LG Literary: finished copies of @kimmtopping.bsky.social'sGENERATION QUEER. Out May 27th from Tu Books!
March 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Just arrived at LG Literary – these beautiful first copies of Dr Rebecca N Thompson’s HELD TOGETHER. Coming next month from @harperonebooks.bsky.social.
March 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Happy publication day to Samantha van Leer for her new middle grade novel, THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO! Out from Pixel + Ink. Buy it here ⤵️🛸

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March 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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It’s publication week for THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO! Here are a few cameos of author Samantha van Leer, who featured at last week’s @americanbookseller.bsky.social Winter Institute in Denver. Brace yourself for installment 1 in her terrific new Pixel + Ink series – out tomorrow!
March 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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So excited to receive these advance copies of THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. A deliciously entertaining and enlightening story for middle graders. Coming ** next Tuesday ** from @samanthavanleer.bsky.social Samantha van Leer and Pixel + Ink!
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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At @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social's Crown Center & @rhodescollege.bsky.social's Department of History, Shai Feldman, Abdel Monem Said Aly and Khalil Shikaki discussed their new monograph, ARABS AND ISRAELIS: FROM OCTOBER 7 TO PEACEMAKING.

📸: Rhodes
February 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Congratulations to Karen Wilfred, whose JUST LIZZIE is officially on The Rainbow List, which highlights the best in LGBTQ+ books. Her novel made The Top Ten Books for Young Readers! More ⤵️

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February 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The spewing of stupidity, bigotry and hatred will not prevail.

(Pictured: a list of now federally-banned words, as reported by the Washington Post.)
February 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM