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CookeMcDermid

@cookemcdermid.bsky.social

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Literary Agency representing literary and commercial fiction, narrative-driven nonfiction, middle grade and YA.

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We are so thrilled to welcome @melisfluous.bsky.social to CookeMcDermid! She is represented by Hana El Niwairi.

A black and white photo of Melissa Ren from the middle of her face down with a dark grey border around it. In the upper left corner, white bold sans-serif font in all caps reads "Welcome to CookeMcDermid," followed by, in a white serif font in all caps, "Melissa Ren."

In the background, the photo of Melissa Ren blurred out with a dark grey filter overtop. On top of that, white serif font reads: "Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's Fiction Contest, a Tin House alum, and a senior editor at Augur Magazine. She is a grant recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Access Copyright Foundation. Find her at linktr.ee/MelissaRen or follow @melisfluous on socials.

She is represented by Hana El Niwairi."

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Congratulations to Shannon Lee Simmons on making CBC's Canadian Kids bestsellers list at #9 with MAKING BANK! 💸🎉

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Congratulations to Wendy Wong @profwhw.bsky.social whose upcoming work MIRRORED STATES has been sold to Nick Garrison and Marion Garner at Penguin Canada by Martha Webb! 🎉

On a light blue background, the header text, "Deal News," above a photo of Wendy Wong. Next to that, text reads: "Political Science Professor at UBC and Balsillie Prize-winning author of We, the Data Wendy H. Wong’s MIRRORED STATES: HOW WE SHOULD GOVERN BIG TECH, which addresses Western democracies’ struggles to reign in big tech and articulates a new strategy to meet these corporations’ unprecedented power by harnessing insights from International Relations, to Nick Garrison and Marion Garner at Penguin Canada by Martha Webb at CookeMcDermid. (Canada)"

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Congratulations to Carol Off, whose book AT A LOSS FOR WORDS has been featured on the Globe & Mail's list of "Books we're reading and loving in January"! 🤍

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Congratulations to Anuja Varghese, whose romantasy novel, A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH, the first in a trilogy inspired by Indian myths and history, has been sold to Tiana Coven at Orbit US, Emily Byron at Orbit UK, and also to Lara Hinchberger at Penguin Canada by Hana El Niwairi! 💞

On a light blue background, the header text, "Deal News," above a photo of Anuja Varghese. Next to that, text reads: "Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and the Writer’s Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers Anuja Varghese’s A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH, the first in a seductive romantasy trilogy inspired by medieval India’s histories and myths, following a naive young queen, a heartsick prince, a common thief and a courtesan with magic in her blood, who traverse brothels, temples, taverns, and palaces to join forces with an ancient goddess and challenge the empire’s most powerful men, for fans of Tasha Suri, Dungeons & Dragons, and Bollywood’s epic love stories, in a very nice deal, in a 3-book deal, to Tiana Coven at Orbit US and Emily Byron at Orbit UK, for publication in early 2026, by Hana El Niwairi at CookeMcDermid. Canadian rights also sold at auction, in a good deal, in a 3-book deal, to Lara Hinchberger at Penguin Canada."

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CookeMcDermid @cookemcdermid.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Another amazing year done! Thank you again to everyone who made it so fun! 💙

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