Donald Maass Literary Agency

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger and Tananarive Due as CHILDREN OF OWL and MAZYWOOD have been named among Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2026! Children of Owl Darcie Little Badger, illus. by Abigail Rajunov (Levine Querido) Informed by the son of a legendary Lipan Apache being that “a terrible fate looms,” a teen attempts to save her home from forces both supernatural and benign in Little Badger and Rajunov’s stunning contemporary fantasy. Mystery and speculative elements converge across this sinuous, […]

Audio rights to Samit Basu’s THE YOUNG KNOW EVERYTHING, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, on behalf of Cameron McClure (World English, excluding India) Audio rights to Greer Gilman’s Nine Weaving Trilogy to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, for Dylan Haston (World English).

Brazilian Portuguese rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s FLORALINDA, a subversive fairy tale adventure, to Alma Books, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s FLORALINDA, a subversive fairy tale adventure, to Actes Sud, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Korean rights to Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award winning author Thomas […]

Congratulations to Thomas Ha on receiving the 2026 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES! Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; identity and class; and alternate near-future irrealities. Sharp, incisive, imaginative, and visionary, Thomas Ha’s debut heralds the arrival of a vital new voice.

Reactor Magazine: “A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School is one of the most delightful books I’ve read in a minute; Kuzhali Manickavel’s debut novel oozes the sort of rare swagger that one can’t learn, and can only hope to be born with. This is a one-sitting read that has something for everyone: There’s singing and demonic imposter Pepsi and sapphic currents of girlschool drama. The latter brims with fantastically entertaining, at times too-real […]

Publishers Weekly: In this enchanting, lightly speculative outing from married coauthors Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka (The Roughest Draft), two lonely New Yorkers must navigate tangled relationships with family, work, and friends before they can trust each other enough to fall in love. Gwen is a hardworking lawyer who achieves career perfection by using a unique ability she discovered as a teen: she can ask any taxi to take her back in time. This comes in handy for fixing mistakes and catching […]

Congratulations to LJ Andrews as THE STOLEN CROWN debuts at #110 on the USA Today bestseller list! Love and duty are thrown to the treacherous deep sea in the next Ever Seas book from bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews. She is the life of the party. He is the villain you never wish to meet alone.

Library Journal: In Khaw’s latest novella, gut-wrenching emotion flows off every page, as readers are introduced to Antigone on the day her black dog of death arrives, enters her home, and makes itself comfortable. Antigone’s family members have a history of understanding when their deaths are coming. When Antigone’s mother knew, eight years ago, she decided to die by suicide. Now living in her mother’s former home and still actively navigating her grief, Antigone helps others with their own ghost […]

Booklist: After the events of the first book in the Kingdom of Oak series (The Last Vigilant, 2025), Hawley, still serving the formidable Enelda Drake, has made a somewhat awkward home for himself in a bustling city where he soon finds himself shielding Enelda from too many visitors, who are eager to see the only living True Vigilant and request her help. Against Hawley’s advice, Enelda takes on a seemingly straightforward case brought to her by a young man who […]