rebecca kuss
@rebeccakuss.bsky.social
she/her. executive editor @ aladdin/s&s.
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rebecca kuss
@rebeccakuss.bsky.social
· Nov 14
✨i'm an exec editor at s&s!! ahh!✨
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋
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Ayesha dribbles through Texas, dodging prejudice as a Muslim-American teen.
Decades earlier, her teen grandmother fled the fields of 1947 India during the violent Partition.
Bound by struggle across generations, both must reclaim who they are or be lost to a world coming undone.
#DVpit #YA #MENA
Decades earlier, her teen grandmother fled the fields of 1947 India during the violent Partition.
Bound by struggle across generations, both must reclaim who they are or be lost to a world coming undone.
#DVpit #YA #MENA
October 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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CHINESE ZODIAC + PRIDE & PREJUDICE Jo sticks to the straight and narrow, but when her parents are kidnapped, she strikes a deal with the kingpin of the city, the Monkey King; he’ll help her save her parents & she'll give him their research granting him the powers of the Chinese zodiac. #DVPit #ya #f
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
CHINESE ZODIAC + PRIDE & PREJUDICE Jo sticks to the straight and narrow, but when her parents are kidnapped, she strikes a deal with the kingpin of the city, the Monkey King; he’ll help her save her parents & she'll give him their research granting him the powers of the Chinese zodiac. #DVPit #ya #f
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DIAL A FOR AUNTIES ✖ NANCY DREW
When 🇵🇭🇦🇺 16yo Aussie teen Izzy's dropped into a filthy-rich international school in Manila, she didn't realise she had to survive:
☠️ 1 x dead diplomat’s daughter
🤑 nepo babies
💰 rich kid drama
👵🏼 aunties of Manila
= 🕵🏾♂️ a hell of a murder mystery 🔪🩸
#DVpit #YA #Mys
When 🇵🇭🇦🇺 16yo Aussie teen Izzy's dropped into a filthy-rich international school in Manila, she didn't realise she had to survive:
☠️ 1 x dead diplomat’s daughter
🤑 nepo babies
💰 rich kid drama
👵🏼 aunties of Manila
= 🕵🏾♂️ a hell of a murder mystery 🔪🩸
#DVpit #YA #Mys
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Disney Starstruck x To All The Boys
Sewa can totally handle curing popstar Nathan Ross of his potion-induced crush on her, if her old crush on him doesn't come back to screw them over first.
⚜️meet-cute fails
⚜️ Love potion sweeteners
⚜️”I like you” “you'll get over it”
#DvPit #YA #RomCom #BVM
Sewa can totally handle curing popstar Nathan Ross of his potion-induced crush on her, if her old crush on him doesn't come back to screw them over first.
⚜️meet-cute fails
⚜️ Love potion sweeteners
⚜️”I like you” “you'll get over it”
#DvPit #YA #RomCom #BVM
October 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT
A #YA horrormance featuring:
🫀body horror
🪦Southern Gothic setting
💋 lesbian angst + ”she falls first but *she* falls harder”
🗝️ neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep
🩸cryptids, witches, & skin walkers, oh my!
⚜️ ✨Big 5✨ editor interest
#DVpit #H #R #LGBT
A #YA horrormance featuring:
🫀body horror
🪦Southern Gothic setting
💋 lesbian angst + ”she falls first but *she* falls harder”
🗝️ neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep
🩸cryptids, witches, & skin walkers, oh my!
⚜️ ✨Big 5✨ editor interest
#DVpit #H #R #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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SHADOW & BONE x HEARTLESS HUNTER
👤 A half-Asian, fear-filled herbalist
🎭 A dual-faced, chaotic deity
🌿 An ugly secret that ties a rare plant to the economy
👯 Complicated sibling dynamics
🌙 A rare celestial event feat. a masquerade
🖤 And healing magic with a dark twist!
#DVpit #YA #F #POC
👤 A half-Asian, fear-filled herbalist
🎭 A dual-faced, chaotic deity
🌿 An ugly secret that ties a rare plant to the economy
👯 Complicated sibling dynamics
🌙 A rare celestial event feat. a masquerade
🖤 And healing magic with a dark twist!
#DVpit #YA #F #POC
October 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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LEGENDBORN’S Black girl magic+DUNE’S theocratic mysticism in a #YA dystopian #F where memories are sacrificed to an arcane intelligence.
To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget
#DVPit #SFF
To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget
#DVPit #SFF
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Treasure Planet x Over the Moon
After losing his parents in a civil war, Astro, a 10-year-old Filipino boy with a knack for machines, must finish building his solarboat in time for All Souls Day to see them again—or risk losing them forever to the cosmos.
#DVPit #DVArt #GN #MG #POC
After losing his parents in a civil war, Astro, a 10-year-old Filipino boy with a knack for machines, must finish building his solarboat in time for All Souls Day to see them again—or risk losing them forever to the cosmos.
#DVPit #DVArt #GN #MG #POC
October 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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SPICE ROADxSPIRITED AWAY
Leila lives by 3 rules for survival: never look at the jinn, never talk to them, & never draw their attention. But when the treacherous spirits from her sitti’s tales steal her sisters, she’ll do anything—even strike a deal with a jinni—to save them.
#DVpit #YA #F #MENA #ND
Leila lives by 3 rules for survival: never look at the jinn, never talk to them, & never draw their attention. But when the treacherous spirits from her sitti’s tales steal her sisters, she’ll do anything—even strike a deal with a jinni—to save them.
#DVpit #YA #F #MENA #ND
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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JADE FIRE GOLD X STUDIO GHIBLI
On a war-torn, magical Earth, a young fey woman with amnesia and her two friends must band together to fight for peace against a soul-stealing army
🌿Atmospheric magic
🏮Chinese Mythology
💔Pining & All. The. Feels.
🥰 Diverse found family
🐲Genre-blending
#DVpit #YA #F
On a war-torn, magical Earth, a young fey woman with amnesia and her two friends must band together to fight for peace against a soul-stealing army
🌿Atmospheric magic
🏮Chinese Mythology
💔Pining & All. The. Feels.
🥰 Diverse found family
🐲Genre-blending
#DVpit #YA #F
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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BETTER THAN THE MOVIES X A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER X VAMPIRES
🧛🏻♀️ an antisocial vampire turned amateur sleuth
💫 her ex-best friend, back from boarding school
🔎 a baffling murder with secretive suspects
🖤 an inconvenient time to fall in love
#DVPit #YA #CF #Asian #WOC #CI
🧛🏻♀️ an antisocial vampire turned amateur sleuth
💫 her ex-best friend, back from boarding school
🔎 a baffling murder with secretive suspects
🖤 an inconvenient time to fall in love
#DVPit #YA #CF #Asian #WOC #CI
October 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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MOANA x SHADOW & BONE
To save her uncle, Keahi must interfere with the King’s plans to restore his kingdom’s power—except the throne was never his to claim, & the island only answers to one: the girl with a heart of fire
🌋 Hawaiian folklore
🌌 sentient island
🌊 found family
#DVPit #YA #F #NHPI
To save her uncle, Keahi must interfere with the King’s plans to restore his kingdom’s power—except the throne was never his to claim, & the island only answers to one: the girl with a heart of fire
🌋 Hawaiian folklore
🌌 sentient island
🌊 found family
#DVPit #YA #F #NHPI
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
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April 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Second trade review is in & it's a star⭐ for K-Star from @ala-booklist.bsky.social!
"Readers young and old will swoon for this love story."
🌟𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙷 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝙺-𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 is 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻🌟
www.katchowrites.com/wish-upon-a-...
#WishUponAKStar
#starredreview #booklist
"Readers young and old will swoon for this love story."
🌟𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙷 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝙺-𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 is 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻🌟
www.katchowrites.com/wish-upon-a-...
#WishUponAKStar
#starredreview #booklist
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Second trade review is in & it's a star⭐ for K-Star from @ala-booklist.bsky.social!
"Readers young and old will swoon for this love story."
🌟𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙷 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝙺-𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 is 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻🌟
www.katchowrites.com/wish-upon-a-...
#WishUponAKStar
#starredreview #booklist
"Readers young and old will swoon for this love story."
🌟𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙷 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝙺-𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 is 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻🌟
www.katchowrites.com/wish-upon-a-...
#WishUponAKStar
#starredreview #booklist
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It’s the shooter from Degrassi.
February 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s the shooter from Degrassi.
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if you turn on season 3 episode 11 of Gossip Girl at exactly 11:41pm tonight you will hear the beginning chords of Jason Derulo’s “Whatcha Say” at exactly midnight the morning of Thanksgiving
November 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
if you turn on season 3 episode 11 of Gossip Girl at exactly 11:41pm tonight you will hear the beginning chords of Jason Derulo’s “Whatcha Say” at exactly midnight the morning of Thanksgiving
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In honor of rebuilding the #kidlit #YaLit community here, you can AMA!
-comment by Fri, Nov 22 5:00 ET with a question about publishing, craft, the industry, etc - silly, funny questions welcome!
-No pitching allowed. Let’s save that for future pitch events
-limit to 1 question per person
-comment by Fri, Nov 22 5:00 ET with a question about publishing, craft, the industry, etc - silly, funny questions welcome!
-No pitching allowed. Let’s save that for future pitch events
-limit to 1 question per person
November 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Holy shit they did it
November 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Holy shit they did it
✨i'm an exec editor at s&s!! ahh!✨
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋
November 14, 2024 at 3:43 PM
✨i'm an exec editor at s&s!! ahh!✨
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋
agents, send me all your MG, upper MG, MG/YA crossover, & YA, esp if it 1) is commercial 2) has a fresh & exciting hook 3) has true franchise potential 4) has v genre vibes & 5) centers POC voices
let's make books! ✨📚💖🪩☺️🌈🧋