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The Tobias Literary Agency
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A full-service literary agency representing authors of fiction and nonfiction.

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🚨 NO AMA LIVES in November or December. Enjoy the holidays and get your questions and first page ready for 2026!

#AMALive #askanagent #literaryagent #writingcommunity #queryingwriter
Enjoy the Holidays! AMA Lives will return in 2026. The Tobias Literary Agency.
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The cat is out of the bag, so they say, so I can finally announce this! Just... YAHOO!!!! #staytuned #horrorfiction
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A small taste of big good news we've gotten lately 🎉

#booksky #readersky
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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*Taps Mic*

NEW HORROR INCOMING from @lmariewood.bsky.social

#horrorreaders #horrorsky #booksky
AS YET UNTITLED By L. Marie Wood Fiction: Horror December 3, 2025 President of the Horror Writers Association and author of THE OPEN BOOK L. Marie Wood's AS YET UNTITLED novel in which a man stumbles upon an online video of himself abducting a pregnant woman, only he has no memory of it or of who she is, and as he digs deeper he discovers other holes in his memory and a mysterious box inside his apartment, to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave, for publication in summer 2027, by Lane Heymont and Jacqui Lipton atThe Tobias Literary Agency (world English). contact@shortwavepublishing.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m reusing my image for this weeks #winterywoodchallenge over on Instagram because I love it! I’m am repped by @kellydhouse.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social Happy Holidays!
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December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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THE WHITE LOTUS meets THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME in NO ONE ABOARD, a new mystery thriller by Emy McGuire.

OUT NOW where books are sold!

www.harpercollins.com/products/no-...

@harpercollins.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social

#mystery #thriller #booksky
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Happy book birthday Christee Curran-Bauer! Book #3 in the Pigeon Private Detectives series is AVAILABLE NOW where books are sold!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/chris...

Represented by @socalledyalife.bsky.social

#childrensbooks #mysteries #kidlit #bookbirthday
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Behold! My book was just named a @KirkusReviews Best Graphic MG Book of 2025! See the whole list at tiny.cc/KirkusBOYMGGN25

@SimonKIDS
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December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Meet @mathiasball.bsky.social , a trans-identified illustrator who draws inspiration from animals, emotions, and warm bright colors. Available for picture books, covers, and licensing.

Represented by @socalledyalife.bsky.social

#illustrators #picturebookillustrator #bookcoverartist
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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🚨 NO AMA LIVES in November or December. Enjoy the holidays and get your questions and first page ready for 2026!

#AMALive #askanagent #literaryagent #writingcommunity #queryingwriter
Enjoy the Holidays! AMA Lives will return in 2026. The Tobias Literary Agency.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Day 1!
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November 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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It's WHY I LOVE HORROR making a best list!

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Must-Read Books of 2025: Nonfiction — a staff-created list from Chicago Public Library
Let us be your guides to the year's buzziest nonfiction. These are the year's top picks from readers, reviewers & awards groups.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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It's good to see us, isn't it?

With the end of the year coming, we're getting LOTS of great news from our authors and illustrators, and we're here to share!

This is just the beginning. There's much more to come.
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ALT: a woman in a pink dress is holding a wand with a good news sign below her
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November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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If you're coming to #NCTE25, I'll not only be at these 3 panels, but I'll be signing my new book at the @SimonKids booth #822 Saturday at 1-1:45 pm, and Friday from 3-4 pm and Saturday from 5-6 pm at the @SCBWIRockyMtn booth #1026

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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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A few more, cuz there's no such thing as too many books.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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It's a good day to get a new book. And we've got some recs.

What are you reading this weekend?

#bookhaul #bookrecommendations📚❣️ #yabooks #horrorbooks #romcombooks #mysterybooks #fantasybooks #bookrecs
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Did you catch @marcierendon on The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast yesterday?

If not, you can catch the episode here: www.sistersincrime.org/page/podcast

#crimewriters #crimenovels #murdermystery #indigenousauthors
New Episode Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast Marcie R. Rendon
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Madeline Corrette-Bennett is an illustration graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She specializes in illustrations but also dabbles in comics, hand lettering, and short animations Madeline is currently working on the Webtoon Batman series.

Repped by @socalledyalife.bsky.social
Illustrator Highlight Madeline Corrett-Bennett The Tobias Literary Agency
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A great list of award winning books, including @zombicatures.bsky.social's The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang!

Take a look at the list and get inspired for your holiday book shopping 🎁

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36 Must-Have Books from Award-Winning Michaela Goade, María Dolores Aguila, and More | Web Starred Reviews, October
Purchase these web-exclusive titles, including a celebration of libraries, gorgeous picture books, and stirring YA novels.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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In case you missed them, here are 3 book deals we announced in October.

So many great releases to come!

#booknews #bookdeals #literaryagency
Book deals coming soon to your TBR Book Deal Publishers Marketplace DINOSAUR TIME By Amy Garrett and Josh Lewis Amy Garrett's DINOSAUR TIME, about a young girl who knows how to make mealtime meltdowns go extinct because when it's time to eat, she gives a roar and chomps down on her dinner like a dinosaur, illustrated by Josh Lewis, to Elizabeth Stranahan at Random House Children's, for publication in summer 2027, by Courtney Paganelli at Levine Greenberg Rostan for the author, and by Natascha Morris at The Tobias Literary Agency for the illustrator (world). Book Deal Publisher's Marketplace VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK By Jamie Flanagan Fiction: Horror October 14, 2025 Screenwriter Jamie Flanagan's VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK, an anthology of new tales set in the infamous hotel from Stephen King's THE SHINING, prior to events of the novel, featuring writers such as Michael Bailey, Chelsea Cain, Johnny Compton, Mike Flanagan, Christopher Golden, Justina Ireland, Ai Jiang, Alma Katsu, Brian Keene, Daniel Kraus, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Chuck Palahniuk, and more, to Anna Kaufman at Vintage, with Ellie Pritchett editing, at auction, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (NA). Book Deal Publisher's Marketplace THE GLITCHED HOUSE By Ben Farthing Digital: Fiction: Horror October 31, 2025 Author of The 31ST TRICK-OR-TREATER Ben Farthing's THE GLITCHED HOUSE, volume one of a trilogy of haunted house novels, to Rhett Bruno at Aethon & Vault, with Andrew Najberg editing, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Lane Heymont at The Tobias Literary Agency (world).
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! #kidlitart

Our fire snow of the year arrives on Saturday so get out and enjoy the fall asap!

I love to illustrate nature, animals and everyday scenes. I am repped by @kellydhouse.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Don't forget to vote!
This chapter helps change the story. VOTE.
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Love mythology?

Don't miss PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY, an unforgettable collection of twenty dramatic tales of Persian deities and heroes, both mortal and immortal, fighting in the name of goodness, chaos, beauty, love, and evil.

By author Ryan Bani Tahmaseb, illustrated by Reza Dalvand.

Get yours now!
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Thanks to Lindsey Byrd for the interview on her podcast, #WritingisHard! #StanYan #GraphicNovels #themanymisfortunesofeugeniawang #WritingIsHard

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November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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I am coming to Seattle Public Library later this week with @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and I did this post for their "Nightstand Reads" blog series to help promote it.

Click here to read more and register for the live event on 11/6:

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Covers of the books in Becky's Nightstand Reads" post-- The End of the World as We Know It" New Tales from Stephen King's The Stand edited by Brian Keene and Christopher Golden, Under Her Skin: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase Volume 1 edited by Lindy Ryan, When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson edited by Ellen Datlow, Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World edited by Eric J. Guignard, and Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm edited by Philip Pullman. As well as the cover of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by me.
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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I can finally reveal that I’m part of the “and more” list of unannounced authors in VIEWS FROM THE OVERLOOK, the anthology set in @stephenking.bsky.social’s THE SHINING!

As a lifelong Constant Reader, I accepted my stint as caretaker with honor. @jamieflanagan.com @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM