Narrated by Dani Martineck
Narrated by E.R. Fightmaster
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
Narrated by Lauren Fortgang
Narrated by Krystal Hammond
Narrated by Zachary Roe
Narrated by Sophie Amoss & Brittany Pressley
Narrated by Cailtin Davies
Assorted narrators
Narrated by Carlotta Brentan
Narrated by Carlotta Brentan
Narrated by Devon Sorvari
Cory McCarthy is the author of ten weird, bold, and affectionate books. Cory studied poetry at Ohio University and screenwriting at UCLA before earning an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He recently published the Stonewall Honor-winning Man o' War, best of '22: Kirkus, Bookpage, Buzzfeed, Chicago Public Library, and Autostraddle. As well as Hope is An Arrow, a picture book about fellow Lebanese American, Kahlil Gibran, which was a best book of '22 by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Cory coauthored the bestselling Once & Future series, a finalist for the New England Book Award, with his Lambda award-winning spouse A. R. Capetta. Cory is also mid-series with the futuristic, high-octane middle grade trilogy: B.E.S.T. World. Their books are in translation in over six languages, and they live in Europe.
Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC (literary)
Jason Dravis of The Dravis Agency (film/tv)
Steve Fisher at APA (MAN O' WAR film/tv)
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age about an Arab American trans teen fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town.
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age about an Arab American trans teen fighting to keep their head above water in a landlocked Midwestern town.
Dutton/Penguin Random House '22. CW: internalized queerphobia, racism, self-harm, TERFs, and animal abuse (for-profit captivity)
A picture book chronicling the life of Lebanese American poet and artist Gibran Khalil Gibran, aka Kahlil Gibran. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes.
Candlewick Press
An anthology of weird stories by unique minds.
Dutton/Penguin Random House
At a near-futuristic academy where tweens compete to receive augmented bodies, the very corporation that makes everyday superheroes possible comes under fire for crimes against humanity. Four standout cadets will join forces and save the freakin' day.
At a near-futuristic academy where tweens compete to receive augmented bodies, the very corporation that makes everyday superheroes possible comes under fire for crimes against humanity. Four standout cadets will join forces and save the freakin' day.
Clarion/HarperCollins/HMH.
In book two of this action-packed near-future adventure, McCarthy crafts an incredible world with high-stakes storytelling, magnetic characters, and thematic undercurrents that spotlight the complexities of family and friendship, self-empowerment, and the magnitude of truth.
Clarion/HarperCollins/HMH.
Join the boxmates in this thrilling conclusion to McCarthy's inclusive B.E.S.T World trilogy as the friends make startling discoveries about themselves and the near-future world they live in.
Clarion/HarperCollins/HMH
Fandom, first love, and feminism collide in Ireland on a high fantasy film set.
Published by Sourcebooks/PRH '18. CW: child abduction in backstory
Latent grief blows. Five not-friends urban explore through an abandoned insane asylum, beneath the streets of Columbus, to the top of a forgotten roller coaster.
Sourcebooks/PRH, 2016. CW: accidental teen death in backstory
America is jacked in cold war. All hopes fall on prototype fighter jets and their athletic young pilots. More Starbuck than Maverick, if you follow my drift.
America is jacked in cold war. All hopes fall on prototype fighter jets and their athletic young pilots. More Starbuck than Maverick, if you follow my drift.
Sourcebooks/PRH, 2014. CW: teen death
It's prostitutes in space. Hey, we all gotta start somewhere.
Running Press/Hachette, 2013. CW: human trafficking, prostitution, threat of sexual assault
A. R. Capetta is an acclaimed author of the strange and magical. Notable titles include Lambda Award-winner The Heartbreak Bakery and the bestselling Once & Future series, a finalist for the New England Book Award, which they co-authored with their spouse Cory McCarthy. Other accolades include JLG selections, Kirkus Best Book of the Year, Locus Recommended Reading List, Booklist Top 10 Horror/Fantasy for YA, and ALA Rainbow List.
Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties (literary) and Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment (film/tv).
YA science fiction is a landscape (and starscape). Get ready for incandescent stories from: William Alexander, K. Ancrum, Elizabeth Bear, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Nasugraq Rainey Hopson, A.S. King, E.C. Myers, Junauda Petrus-Nasah, and a graphic short story from Wendy Xu.
Published by Candlewick Press and MITPress. Available in audiobook.
Lambda Award Winner.
Agender baker Syd gets heart broken and makes magical brownies that break up queer love all over South Austin. It'll take flour, sugar, salt--and adorbs trans bike messenger Harley--to heal all those hearts.
ALA Rainbow List '21
Published by Candlewick Press. Available in audiobook.
Official STRANGER THINGS novel starring everyone's favorite queer badass.
Published by Penguin Random House. Audiobook available from Listening Library.
Six queer witches, two timelines, and lots of perspectives, including ravens and redwood trees. A magical mystery for the weird at heart.
Published by Candlewick Press. Audiobook available from Listening Library.
A young actor, a cursed Broadway production—and a blindingly bright queer love story.
A young actor, a cursed Broadway production—and a blindingly bright queer love story.
Published by Candlewick Press. Audiobook available from Brilliance Audio. CW: Murder, sexual assault in the backstory, threat of sexual assault
Magic. Mafia. Romance. This historically-inspired Italian fantasy centers secret strega magic—and gender unbound love.
Magic. Mafia. Romance. This historically-inspired Italian fantasy centers secret strega magic—and gender unbound love.
Viking '19 & '20. Audiobook from Listening Library
In this sequel to The Brilliant Death, Teo and Cielo’s wild love entwines with a quest to save Vinalia.
CW: murder, suicide
A spacepunk opera with quantum physics and found family. The sequel turns up the urgency to find a home for far-flung human species.
Published by HMH Kids
A. R. Capetta (they/them) & Cory McCarthy (he/they) coauthored the bestselling ONCE & FUTURE series, a finalist for the New England Book Award and a best of 2019 title according to Kirkus, Boston Globe, Tor, and Book Riot. They are also the acclaimed authors of over a dozen solo titles. Check out their Much Ado trans retelling, "Some Other Metal" in the anthology, That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined.
In 2014, they cofounded Rainbow Boxes, a charitable initiative that crowdsourced 15k to send LGBTQ+ fiction to support shelters and community libraries all over the country. In 2018, they cofounded the Rainbow Weekend, the country's first in-community retreat for aspiring LGBTQ+ identifying authors of young adult and children's fiction. The couple are avid cosplayers and are very proud of their Eda Clawthorne and Raine Whispers.
Read a new short story by them in Transmogrify, and in '25 prepare for a new series of rip-roaring space queers.
Sara Crowe at Pippin Properties (AR: literary)
Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment (AR: film/tv)
Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC (CM: literary and film/tv inquiries)
A futuristic twist on the Arthurian canon starring a queer girl King Arthur and one grumpy teenage Merlin.
A futuristic twist on the Arthurian canon starring a queer girl King Arthur and one grumpy teenage Merlin.
Little Brown '19
CW: murder, genocide
The Knights of the Rainbow portal into the Middle Ages, where once and future go meta to create a closed temporal loop.
Little Brown '20
Taron and Teagan are not Benedick and Beatrice; they only play them on stage.
"Some Other Metal" reimagines "Much Ado About Nothing" via an intergalactic Shakespeare troupe in That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined.
Macmillan '20
An anthology of stories about trans and nonbinary folk in magical places.
"Dragons Name Themselves" is a fantasy twist on Juno, starring a trans violinist with late magic and a side-eyeing overachiever.
HarperCollins '23
MAN O' WAR narrated by E.R. Fightmaster
With great thought and fluidity. And an affectionate sense of humor.
We retain film and tv rights for all of our books except for the Stranger Things title and the B.E.S.T. World series. Reach out through agents to check current availability.
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