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THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. was featured on Goodread’s list of “9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend.” Senior Editor Cybil Wallace raves: “Believe the hype, folks! This buzzy debut was one of the first books I read in 2021 and it's pretty much set an impossibly high bar for the rest of the year. Chronicling a gorgeous love story between two enslaved Black men on a Mississippi plantation, with a large and memorable cast of secondary characters, THE PROPHETS is by turns brutal and beautiful.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

CHILD OF LIGHT, the first novel in a new fantasy series by Terry Brooks, received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “[Brooks] offers an enticing new mystery while delivering enough familiar elements—in both tone and worldbuilding—to make his fans feel right at home…Brooks’s fans will be thrilled to have a new series to savor.” Del Rey will publish the book on October 12, 2021.

Bloomberg Businessweek featured an excerpt from Lauren Etter’s upcoming THE DEVIL’S PLAYBOOK. Crown will publish the book on May 25, 2021.

The New York Times featured Matt Bell’s APPLESEED on their list of most-anticipated summer reads, writing: “With its urgent warnings about our ecological future, this novel may not be textbook escapist reading, but it conjures up thought-provoking, immersive worlds.” Custom House will publish the novel on July 13, 2021.

Wallpaper featured Rosecrans Baldwin's EVERYTHING NOW on their list of “Architecture Books to Inspire Shelf Love.” They write: "Rosecrans Baldwin is a talented writer who is intrigued, rather than infuriated, by [Los Angeles’] eccentricities. Like many of his creative peers, he’s not a native Angeleno, but as an accomplished essayist and writer of fiction, Baldwin’s outsider status gives him a perfect vantage point to challenge, embrace or confront what it means to live in LA in the 21st century...This episodic piece of narrative non-fiction sub-divides the urban experience into personal vignettes, filtered through the city’s copious literature and the many voices Baldwin meets on his quest to understand LA.” MCD will publish the book on June 15, 2021.

Indigo named Robert Jones Jr.’s THE PROPHETS as one of their “Best Books of 2021 So Far,” calling the book “[a] singular and stunning debut novel.” G.P. Putnam’s published the novel on January 5, 2021.

Indigo named Dawnie Walton’s THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV as one of their “Best Books of 2021 So Far,” calling the debut novel “electrifying.” 37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

FINDING ASHLEY by Danielle Steel will make its debut on the New York Times Bestseller List for the week of May 16th. It will debut at number 2 on the Combined Print & E-book Fiction list, and at number 3 on the Hardcover Fiction list. Delacorte Press published the book on April 27, 2021.

Jonathan Parks-Ramage's debut novel YES, DADDY was named a most-anticipated book of May by Entertainment Weekly, Lambada Literary, and NewNowNext. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the book on May 18, 2021.

On May 11, Esquire featured an exclusive excerpt from Alex McElroy’s debut novel THE ATMOSPHERIANS in advance of its publication later this month. Esquire will also publish an essay by the author in late May, and original pieces by McElroy are forthcoming in The Atlantic, Vulture, GQ, The Cut, Buzzfeed, and Literary Hub. Atria Books will publish the novel on May 18, 2021.