WCA Deal Report for January 16, 2026
- Author of THE AFRICAN SAMURAI Craig Shreve‘s THE MAROON KING, based on a true story, pitched as reimagining one of the earliest slave uprisings—a tale of rebellion, survival, and the birth of freedom amid 16th-century Spanish colonialism, to Dan Lopez at Counterpoint, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (US).
- Author of FUNNY BOY Shyam Selvadurai‘s AND ALL THE TIME OUR HEARTS WERE ON FIRE, a personal story of memory and exile in which an older writer excavates the year that changed everything—his first summer in Canada after leaving Sri Lanka, to Lynn Henry at Knopf Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (Canada).
