It’s our favorite time of the month! Time for some May Good News! We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! 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 May 1st. If you submitted news after May 1st, it will be included in our June post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

Easy ways to help 12 x 12 members and their books! Click on the “Click to Tweet” links to share on Twitter and get the word out about these 12 x 12 books. Submit a request to your local library to carry these books. Consider purchasing these books from your local independent bookstore. Write reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and B&N. Your fellow authors will thank you!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Emily Lim-Leh on the February release of LITTLE MIMIC’S SUPERPOWER (Marshall Cavendish Children)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Emily Lim-Leh on the March release of MARKY POLO IN TOKYO (World Scientific Education)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to MaryLee Flannigan on the April release of THE HOPEFUL HODAG (MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Bryan Patrick Avery on the April release of THE FREEMAN FIELD PHOTOGRAPH (Spork/Clear Fork)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Karen Yin on the release of WHOLE WHALE (Barefoot Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Julie Abery on the May 4th release of SAKAMOTO’S SWIM CLUB (Kids Can Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Susan Hughes on the May 4th release of SOUNDS ALL AROUND: THE SCIENCE OF HOW SOUND WORKS (Kids Can Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Jennifer Buchet on the May 11th release of LITTLE MEDUSA’S HAIR DO-LEMMA (Clear Fork)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Kira Bigwood on the May 11th release of SECRET, SECRET AGENT GUY (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Susan Hughes on the May 11th release of CARMEN ET LA MAISON SAUVAGE (Monsieur Ed Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Angela Dalton on the May 18th release of RUBY’S REUNION DAY DINNER (HarperCollins)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Ann Magee on the May 18th release of BRANCHES OF HOPE: THE 9/11 SURVIVOR TREE (Charlesbridge)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Katelyn Aronson on the May 25th release of PIGLETTE’S PERFECT SURPRISE (Viking of Penguin Random House)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Katherine Pryor on the May 25th release of HELLO, GARDEN (Schiffer Kids)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Ariel Heim signed with Ana Crespo at East West Literary! Woohoo!

Janelle Harper signed with Lindsay Auld at Writers House! Way to go!

Jyothi Nookula signed with Joyce Sweeney at the Seymour Agency! Awesome!

Lindsey Hobson signed with Fiona Kenshole at Transatlantic Agency! Huzzah!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Cindy Rodriguez on the sale of BETO’S SUPER COOL GUAYABERA to Maria Dismondy at Cardinal Rule Press! Begoña Fernández Corbalan will illustrate.

Congratulations to Costantia Manoli on the sale of TOMATOES IN MY LUNCHBOX to Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook! Magdalena Mora 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 May 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 June 1st to be included in our June Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up the great work!