WCA Deal Report for October 16, 2026
- Author of HER SPACE, HER TIME Shohini Ghose’s QUANTUM PARIS, which takes readers on a journey through the streets and sites of Paris, uncovering the history and building blocks of quantum computing, quantum entanglement, and quantum chaos, and illustrating how quantum is leaving the lab and entering the real world, to Whitney Rauenhorst at MIT Press, for publication in spring 2029, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (world English, excl. Canada and India).
- Author of BLACK BOYS LIKE ME Matthew R. Morris’s WE MIGHT HAVE ALL LIVED, about friendship, brotherhood, grief, and the often-unspoken ways Black men love and care for one another, moving between Scarborough and Ohio, hospital rooms and prison visiting rooms, backyard barbecues and late-night drives, to explore the relationships that are shaped by—and survive—loss, to Meredith Pal at Penguin Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world ex US).
- Lily Howard Scott’s TIME TO SEE, the author’s debut children’s book, inviting children to notice flashes of beauty and delight in ordinary moments and routines, illustrated by Lauren Soloy, to Maria Russo at Union Square Kids, for publication in fall 2028, by Kristyn Keene Benton at Empire Literary for the author, and by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists for the illustrator (world).
