Good News! Not only is it summertime, but we have lots to celebrate with brand new 12 x 12 member books, new agent deals, and new book contracts! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before June 1st. If you submitted news after June 1st, it will be included in our July post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Kari Lavelle on the May release of WE MOVE THE WORLD (HarperCollins)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Susan Hughes on the June 1st release of WALKING FOR WATER (Kids Can Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on the June 1st release of SOCCER BABY (Simon & Schuster)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Janie Reinhart on the June 1st release of WHEN WATER MAKES MUD (Blue Whale Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Leah Kessler on the June 15th release of RAT FAIR (POW! Kids Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Darshana Khiani on the June 22nd release of HOW TO WEAR A SARI (Versify)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Dee Knabb signed with Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency! Woohoo!

Diana Delosh signed with Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency! Way to go!

Jenna Beatrice signed with Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Birch Lane Literary! Awesome!

Marie Tang signed with Marisa Cleveland at Transatlantic Agency! Huzzah!

Natasha Khan signed with Kortney Price at Raven Quill Literary! Congrats!

Ramya Spaulding signed with Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency! Amazing!

Sylvia Chen signed with Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Birch Lane Literary! Awesome!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Anita Crawford Clark on the sale of OLD TO JOY to Sandra Sutter at Little Gnome! Anita will illustrate the book too!

Congratulations to Jenna Beatrice on the sale of THE LOUD LIBRARIAN to Reka Simonsen and Kristie Choi at Atheneum! Erika Lynne Jones will illustrate. A new agent and a book deal—that’s a good month!

Congratulations to Julia Richardson on the sale of LET’S BUILD A LITTLE TRAIN to Sarah Rocket at Sleeping Bear Press! Ryan O’Rourke will illustrate.

Congratulations to Kelsey Gross on the sale of THE SOLSTICE TREE to Sylvie Frank at Simon & Schuster/Wiseman! Renata Liwska 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 June 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 July 1st to be included in our July Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up the great work!