Jesse Q Sutanto – Jill Grinberg Literary Management

Jesse Q Sutanto

Jesse Q Sutanto is an author of books for children and adults. Her debut romance, Dial A for Aunties, sold at auction to Berkley and will be published in April 2021, with a sequel to follow. Well, That Was Unexpected, her first romcom for young adults, was acquired by Delacorte in a pre-empt and is set to be published in Fall 2022. She is also the author of Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit, the first in a middle grade series set to publish in early 2022 from Imprint, and The Obsession, a YA thriller from Sourcebooks Fire. She received her Masters from the University of Oxford. She grew up in Indonesia and Singapore and currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters.

Agent

Katelyn Detweiler

Well, That Was Unexpected

Wendy Loggia at Delacorte has acquired, in a preempt, world English rights to Well, That Was Unexpected by Jesse Q. Sutanto. This YA rom-com debut is about a girl whisked from L.A. to her mother’s native Indonesia in order to “get back to her roots,” who—through a comedy of errors and overzealous parents—finds herself fake-dating the son of one of the wealthiest families in Indonesia, and is surprised when she actually starts to fall in love—with the boy, the country, and the big family she never knew before now. Publication is set for fall 2022; Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management brokered the two-book deal.

Publisher

Delacorte

Publication Date

Fall 2022

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Romantic Comedy

Rights

JGLM

Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit

Jesse Sutanto’s THEO TAN AND THE FOX SPIRIT, in which a Chinese-American boy tries to solve a mystery with the help (and hindrance) of a mystical fox, to John Morgan at Imprint, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in early 2022, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management.

Publisher

Imprint/Macmillan

Publication Date

Winter 2022

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Fantasy

Rights

Macmillan

Dial A for Aunties

What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?

You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue!

When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline. It’s the biggest job yet for the family wedding business—”Don’t leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!”—and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her auntie’s perfect buttercream flowers.

But things go from inconvenient to downright torturous when Meddy’s great college love—and biggest heartbreak—makes a surprise appearance amid the wedding chaos. Is it possible to escape murder charges, charm her ex back into her life, and pull off a stunning wedding all in one weekend?

Praise for Dial A for Aunties

“Comparisons to Crazy Rich Asians are apt, as the author details the wild spending and luxurious lifestyles of the superrich. But this story is filled with mistaken identity, a gaggle of intoxicated groomsmen, five lovably hilarious sisters, and slapstick humor that leans more toward the film Clue. Readers will die for the delightfully absurd hijinks in this dark comedy.” –Kirkus Reviews

Publisher

Berkley

Publication Date

April 27, 2021

Age Category

Adult

Genre

Romance

Rights

JGLM