Happy Holidays! We have a lot to celebrate this month with new 12 x 12 picture book deals and 12 x 12 members who are now agented. Read on and celebrate with us!

Remember, all of today’s good news was submitted before December 1st. If you submitted news after December 1st, it will be included in our January post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post. A link to the Good News form can be found under Important Announcements in the 12 x 12 forum.

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Anushi Mehta signed with Joyce Sweeney of the Seymour Agency! Woohoo!

Jennifer Raudenbush signed with Natascha Morris of The Tobias Literary Agency! Hooray!

Lynn Pedersen Street signed with Lori Steel of Raven Quill Literary Agency! Way to go!

New Book Deal

Congratulations to Carrie Tillotson on the sale of COUNTING TO BANANAS to Cheryl Eissing at Philomel! Estrela Lourenco will illustrate.

Congratulations to Diane O’Neill on the sale of SATURDAY AT THE FOOD PANTRY to Andrea Hall at Albert Whitman! Brizida Magro will illustrate!

Congratulations to Keila Dawson on the sale of NO WORLD TOO BIG: YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE to Karen Boss at Charlesbridge! Keila co-edited the book with Jeanette Bradley and Lindsay H. Metcalf. Jeanette will illustrate.

Congratulations to Lourdes Heuer who has TWO book contracts to announce this month! Samantha Swenson at Tundra has bought ON THIS AIRPLANE and ESME’S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE! Sara Palacios will illustrate ON THIS AIRPLANE. Marissa Valdez will illustrate ESME’S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE.

Congratulations to Michelle Sumovich on the sale of ONE MORE JAR OF JAM to Ellen Cormier at Dial! Gracey Zhang will illustrate.

Congratulations to Shaunda Wenger on the sale of CHICKEN FRANK, DINOSAUR! to Albert Whitman! Jojo Ensslin will illustrate.

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to December 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by January 1st to be included in our January Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!