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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series are going to have so much fun with this one! Big congrats to @hernibsen.bsky.social! 🎉

A Publishers Marketplace deal for THE SCHOLOMANCE STUDENT HANDBOOK that reads: Author of A DEADLY EDUCATION Naomi Novik and Nibedita Sen's THE SCHOLOMANCE STUDENT HANDBOOK, an in-world guide to this infamously dangerous school of magic, amended by the dark sorceress and her friends, to Sarah Malarkey at Random House Worlds, for publication in spring 2028, by Cynthia Manson at Cynthia Manson Literary Agency for Novik, and by Dorian Maffei while at Kimberley Cameron & Associates for Sen (world).

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A cover reveal just dropped for OH SO MANY TEETH by Lexi Smith McNicholas! A stunning cover for stunning book! 😍 Art by Gaiatri Sud

Cover for OH SO MANY TEETH by Lexi Smith McNicholas set against a purple backdrop with smoke tendrils and "June 1, 2027" at the bottom. The cover has two female characters, one with her back to us in a purple dress placing her hand on the other character's cheek, and the other leaning into the hand with a cowgirl hat and outfit on. The backdrop of the cover is the desert in purples and pinks, with a banner of sharp teeth at the top.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some more exciting news today! Everyone check out the cover reveal for Dami Salako's THE SUN HAS A SHADOW! 👀 www.instagram.com/p/DdRusS8DDJ... us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover for THE SUN HAS A SHADOW by Dami Salako, coming May 18, 2027. The cover has a black dragon gripping and hanging off of the sun, screeching at an orange phoenix below it.

The cover copy for THE SUN HAS A SHADOW:

"Children of Blood and Bone meets The Scorpion and the Night Blossom in a high-stakes, YA afro-fantasy where two teens race across the desert to save a kingdom trapped in eternal darkness ... if the soldiers, dragons, and debt collectors don't catch up to them first.

In a world devoid of a sun, the night sky means death and we are living in its shadow.

After seven years of darkness Baba Alade is exhausted- being a courier shouldn't be that hard but when you have a bad leg, no dragon, and no sun, you can never rest. And on top of that he owes a dangerous dragon-summoner more money than he could ever hope to earn.

Out of options, he agrees to take Layo Sowande, to the Obsidian Mountains to get the payout he needs to start over. Unfortunately for him, Layo is full of secrets. But even worse-she's curious about his own.
As they race across the desert with half the kingdom chasing them down, Baba realizes this job might be more than he bargained for. Especially since the queen who plunged their world into darkness when she killed all the phoenix-summoners is hunting down a mysterious package... that Layo is carrying.

As tensions rise and secrets are revealed, Baba and Layo grow closer-but their enemies are getting closer too and if they want to see the sun rise again, they'll have to survive the night."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some big news dropped today: I'm so excited to announce that I've joined the incredible team at Looking Glass Literary & Media! 🎉

A Publishers Marketplace announcement that says, "Looking Glass Literary & Media: Dorian Maffei has joined as agent. She was previously at Kimberley Cameron & Associates."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don’t know if I’ve ever once gotten to zero since I started agenting! Excited to open back up to submissions with a fresh start 😊 I’ll be opening my QM June 15th-25th: querytracker.net/query/dorian... Mostly the same, but I’ve tweaked my MSWL: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/do...

QueryManager stats that show zeros for all queries and fulls, with a 100% reply rate.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The LAOC’s 2026 Literary Auction for Change is officially live! Go check out all the amazing items and put your bids in before 6/12! www.32auctions.com/LAOC

What: A bookish auction fundraising for Literary Agents of Change, an all-volunteer 501(c)-3 nonprofit. We offer fellowship and mentorship programs geared towards improving access and retention for literary agents from underrepresented groups working in publishing.

Why: When marginalized agents have a seat at the table, it creates a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive industry where marginalized authors can find passionate advocates. Together, we hope that every reader will have the chance to open up a book, and see themselves.

I donated to the Literary Auction for Change. Auction: June 8 - June 12

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy Book Birthday to Donna Ghorbanpoor and Daphne Ang's OH MY AFFOGATO! Take a trip to the Amalfi Coast in this fun and hilarious YA romcom! 🍋💘 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Oh-My-...

Cover for Vacationship's OH MY AFFOGATO by Daphne Ang and Donna Ghorbanpoor. A guy and a girl are on a blue Vespa scooter against the backdrop of the Amalfi Coast. The girl is looking over her shoulder at another guy leaning on the stone wall. As a whole, the cover has a retro postcard styling in it's colors and composition.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So excited to finally announce this one! Congrats to Catherine Laudone and Paralympic goalball medalist Matt Simpson for this sweet middle grade about goalball and finding your courage on and off the court! 🎉

A screenshot of a PW Children's Bookshelf announcement that reads "Amy Fitzgerald at Lerner/Carolrhoda has acquired Goalball Dreamers, a middle grade novel by Catherine Laudone and Paralympic goalball medalist Matt Simpson. As ten-year-old Shawn loses his eyesight to a degenerative disease, he rediscovers his confidence and builds new friendships through the sport of goalball. Publication is planned for fall 2027. Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates brokered the deal for world rights." Catherine Laudone's photograph is on the left, with Matt's Simpson's photograph beside it on the right.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We have a book birthday we are celebrating this week! Huge congrats to @dwainworrell.bsky.social for OTHERWORLDLY's release! 🥳 I promise you'll want this book...

The cover for OTHERWORLDLY by Dwain Worrell has an astronaut running on uneven terrain cast in blues with half of a large yellow and pink planet-like orb floating above

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm participating in the Writer's Digest agent one-on-one boot camp this March! What’s included: –> a webinar on submission materials –> a 2 hour live Q&A –> a review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript Sign up with the link below!

"How to Craft Query Letters & Other Submission Materials That Get Noticed Boot Camp" against a purple and red backdrop

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

New gorgeous cover just dropped for BLACK GIRLS DON’T CRY by Alex Travis! 😍

Cover for BLACK GIRLS DON'T CRY by Alex Travis. Features a closeup of a Black girl bringing her hands to her chin, with sharp pink nails and blood running down her cheek.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In love with this cover reveal for Vacationship's OH MY AFFOGATO by Donna Ghorbanpoor written with Daphne Ang! Get ready for an epic vacation through the Amalfi coast on May 5, 2026! 😍 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Oh-My-...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The perfect news to celebrate for spooky season!! So excited for more forthcoming @elainechen.com books! ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD is a suspenseful horror novel about the challenges women face in middle age, and past mistakes coming back to haunt you 😈

Publishers Marketplace horror deal announcement: E. L. Chen's ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD, pitched as inspired by The Blair Witch Project, in which a recently divorced middle-aged mother is invited to the 25th anniversary reunion special of the notorious found footage horror movie she once starred in, and must figure out if she is unknowingly starring in a sequel or if the ghosts of her past mistakes have come back to haunt her, to Bradley Englert at Run For It, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates (world).
Film/TV: Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Huge congrats to @damiwriteshere.bsky.social! 🎉 I'm so thrilled that readers will have the opportunity to be swept up in this story as much as I was. The opening line completely grabbed me by the heart and never let go: "The wind spoke the language of the dead."😍 2027 can't come soon enough!

PW Children's Bookshelf announcement that has author Dami Salako's portrait on the left and a deal description that reads: "Mara Delgado-Sanchez at Tor Books has bought The Sun Has a Shadow and a second untitled book by Dami Salako. In this Nigerian-inspired YA fantasy set in a world plagued by perpetual darkness and shadow-monsters, a boy must guide the last remaining phoenix-rider on a perilous journey to save their kingdom. Publication is scheduled for winter 2027; Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates negotiated the deal for world English rights."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

So great to see Alex Travis' THE PAYBACK GIRLS at the top of this list of 14 Teen-Approved Books to Add to Your Own Teen's TBR Pile by Parents magazine! www.parents.com/teen-approve...

The cover of THE PAYBACK GIRLS has pink lockers with a spray-painted red heart dripping down them and "THE PAYBACK GIRLS" stenciled in it

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Happy book birthday to HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by @daphnefama.bsky.social! Gothic horror fans are in for such a treat—it’s full of Filipino history and folklore, a labyrinthine mansion, a dangerous game with sinister consequences, atmospheric prose, and SO MUCH MORE! 😈

The book cover for HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN. The title is in big bold letters surrounded by purple banyan trees and a girl in pink in the middle.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Happy book birthday to @mzmauthor.bsky.social's MISTRESS OF BONES! 🎉 You will definitely want this gorgeous book full of necromancy, rapiers, and fickle gods on your bookshelves! ☠️ static.macmillan.com/static/wedne...

The cover for Maria Z. Medina's MISTRESS OF BONES, which has a woman in an elegant blue dress holding a mask close to her face, and the reverse has a man holding a skull close to his face like a mask

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Congrats to Dwain Worrell for a stellar first review for OTHERWORLDLY! 🤩 moonshelfstories.com/otherworldly...

The cover of Dwain Worrell's OTHERWORLDLY featuring an astronaut touching ground on a green and blue planet, with a yellow, pink, and purple swirling planet above.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

So excited for @dwainworrell.bsky.social's cover reveal for OTHERWORLDLY! 😍 It's "a poignant and thrilling science fiction adventure about a young astronaut navigating addiction and loss who finds herself stranded on a mysterious planet where members of her crew go missing one by one." 💙

The cover of Dwain Worrell's OITHERWORLDLY featuring an astronaut touching ground on a green and blue planet, with a yellow, pink, and purple swirling planet above.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

So excited this is announced! Donna's writing is laugh-out-loud hilarious and full of so much fun! I hope you're ready for the perfect vacation read for summer 2026!! 🎉💕

A PW Children's Bookshelf deal announcement with a picture of author Donna Ghorbanpoor. The deal announcement reads: "Alyza Liu and Dainese Santos at Simon & Schuster have bought Oh, My Affogato! by Daphne Ang and Donna Ghorbanpoor, a romp through the Amalfi Coast pitched as a love letter to 2000s rom-coms, aimed at fans of Love & Gelato and Anna and the French Kiss, featuring a boy-crazy teen as she tries to plot her way into something real with her on-again, off-again situationship, only to realize that sometimes the best things in life—like love and vacations-can't be planned. Publication is set for summer 2026; Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates handled the deal for world rights."

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

It was a nightmare getting home, but seeing Alex Travis’ THE PAYBACK GIRLS in the airport bookstore definitely perked me up! 😍 (This is your sign to go buy your copy if you haven't already!)

Alex Travis’ THE PAYBACK GIRLS facing out surrounded by other books on the shelf. The cover has pink lockers with a spray-painted red heart dripping down them and "THE PAYBACK GIRLS" stenciled in it

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

If you missed the first Goodreads Giveaway for @daphnefama.bsky.social's HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, you're in luck! Enter now (if you dare)! 👀 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

THE PAYBACK GIRLS by Alex Travis got a shoutout on the Hey YA podcast for April's Best YA New Releases! 💗😍 bookriot.com/listen/april...

The cover for Alex Travis' THE PAYBACK GIRLS! Pink lockers with a spray-painted red heart dripping down them and "THE PAYBACK GIRLS" stenciled in it

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today's the day! A very happy book birthday to Alex Travis' THE PAYBACK GIRLS! 🥳

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

‼️ We are one week away from the release of Alex Travis' THE PAYBACK GIRLS ‼️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

There are so many amazing items in the Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire Auction, including a Query + First 10 Page critique from yours truly! Bidding starts now! Let's raise some money for this important cause www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Forbes has selected THE PAYBACK GIRLS by Alex Travis as a most-anticipated YA book for 2025! 🥳 www.forbes.com/sites/entert...

The cover has pink lockers spray painted in red with THE PAYBACK GIRL stenciled. The red spray paint dips down the lockers and looks like blood.

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Book mail!!!😍 HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by @daphnefama.bsky.social MISTRESS OF BONES by @mzmauthor.bsky.social

Two book covers side-by-side on a rug. The first book has the title, HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, in big bold letters surrounded by purple banyan trees and a girl in pink in the middle. The second book, MISTRESS OF BONES has a woman in an elegant blue dress holding a mask close to her face, and the reverse has a man holding a skull close to his face like a mask

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Daphne Fama isn't on Blue Sky yet, so that means I have to shout extra loud for this one... 📣 It’s finally here!!! Feast your eyes on the gorgeous cover for HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN by Daphne Fama! 💀🫀

A woman in pink is at the center with looming purple banyan trees on the sides, and dripping red vines down the center around the title, HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN, in big block letters

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Reposting this cover reveal for the Blue Sky crowd! MISTRESS OF BONES by @mzmauthor.bsky.social is definitely one you'll want to preorder! And yes--this beauty is as amazing as it looks! 😍

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

"Jarhead meets All You Need Is Kill in a refreshing look at near-future warfare. A superb recommendation for military sci-fi fans." --Library Journal's review on Dwain Worrell's ANDRONE! 🤩

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

It's here!! Happy book birthday to SHE KEPT DANCING! 🎉You will definitely want to add this inspiring book to your bookshelf!

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

We are celebrating a cover reveal today for @dwainworrell.bsky.social's ALLIANCE! 💙💜

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

RSVP to this free virtual book launch! You won't want to miss it ☺️ thewritingbarn.com/class/free-b...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

A great first review from Kirkus for SHE KEPT DANCING! 🤩 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Since Alex Travis doesn't have a Bluesky yet, I feel it's important that everyone here sees this gorgeous cover reveal for THE ONLY BLACK GIRL IN THE ROOM! 😍 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741922...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Today's the day! Happy pub day to ANDRONE by Dwain Worrell! 🎉 www.amazon.com/Androne-Dwai...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

The #BooksforMaui auction is now live! There are so many wonderful items to bid on, including a query critique from me! Auction runs until 8/25 www.32auctions.com/BooksforMaui

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