Deal Announcement: LIGHTLARK by Alex Aster

We are thrilled to share news of Alex Aster‘s debut YA novel, Lightlark, first reported exclusively by Bustle after a teaser for the book garnered 1.2 million views, 278,000 likes, and more than 7,000 comments on TikTok. The novel, acquired by Abrams in a two-book deal, will be published in Fall 2022.

Aster is also the author of two middle grade novels in the Emblem Island series: Curse of the Night Witch and Curse of the Forgotten City.