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featuring my clients and their work.
12/16/25
The Fountain by Casey Scieszka is one of Debutiful’s Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2026.
“I had an existential crisis reading this book. What do we do in the face of our own mortality? What is life about? Scieszka’s novel isn’t doom and gloom – it’s quite cozy, which is all I ever am really after in life. But she tackles existential questions with such warmth and intelligence. A truly outstanding novel.”
12/16/25
“Riveting… Scieszka adds gentle humor and romance to the tense plot, as Vera settles into her new life among bougie urban transplants and falls for a rugged local EMT. Readers will find plenty to admire.”
Publishers Weekly praises The Fountain by Casey Scieszka.
12/16/25
The Fountain by Casey Scieszka is one of Maris Kreizman’s most anticipated debuts in her newsletter The Maris Review.
12/16/25
We are two friends and aspiring novelists who consider Jane Austen our literary mother superior which is why, for her 250th birthday, we took a springtime pilgrimage to England.
Take a Literary Pilgrimage to Jane Austen’s England: Melanie Jennings and Elizabeth Kaye Cook on the Charms of Bibliocentric Travel, in Literary Hub.
12/9/25
“As psychologically rich as it is philosophically probing, Scieszka’s book offers readers a heady blend of imagination, mystery, and finely crafted storytelling. A provocative novel that incisively explores the question of what makes a meaningful life.”
Kirkus Reviews praises The Fountain by Casey Scieszka.
8/19/25
Think being a great writer is enough to get published today? Think again. In this episode of Cover Brand, host Ethan Decker welcomes Melanie Jennings, a novelist on the cusp of publishing her first fiction book, to talk honestly about what it takes to build an author brand in a crowded market.
7/15/25
In The Computer Always Wins, Elliot Lichtman teaches some of computer science’s most powerful concepts in a refreshingly accessible way: exploring them through word games, board games and strategy games you already know.
Elliot Lichtman, author of The Computer Always Wins, interviewed on Cool Science Radio.
7/15/25
Eva Langston launches The Long Road to Publishing podcast, interviewing successful authors about their long and bumpy paths to publishing and asking for their “tips for the road.”
6/26/25
Love triangles get a bad reputation—often deserved, sometimes not. But when done well, they can be one of the most emotionally satisfying dynamics in fiction. They tap into something elemental: desire, power, uncertainty, and the question at the heart of all coming-of-age stories, “Who am I becoming, and who do I want by my side when I get there?”
Andrea Max, author of The Art of Exile, pens “Writing a Love Triangle That Even the Haters Will Love” in Writer’s Digest
6/26/25
Elliot Lichtman started teaching online classes in computer science when he was a freshman in high school. Small classes quickly grew into a series of larger and longer offerings, and from those, his book The Computer Always Wins was born.
Elliot Lichtman, author of The Computer Always Wins, interviewed on Daily STEM podcast
6/26/25
Learn recursion by playing tic-tac-toe, efficient search through puzzle games like sudoku and Wordle, and machine learning by way of the playground classic rock-paper-scissors.
Elliot Lichtman, author of The Computer Always Wins, interviewed on New Books Network podcast.
5/25/25
Like a lot of things, it began with the pandemic. Elliot Lichtman ’27 was a freshman in high school, and he started tutoring younger students in computer science. By his senior year in high school, he had turned his curriculum into a book, The Computer Always Wins, which was published by MIT Press in April.
Elliot Lichtman, author of The Computer Always Wins, profiled in Yale Alumni Magazine: “Undergrad wins the publishing game”
5/15/25
The Art of Exile by Andrea Max book launch at The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn, in conversation with Laura Samotin.
5/14/25
The Art of Exile by Andrea Max book launch at Books of Wonder in Manhattan, in conversation with A.R. Vishny.
5/13/25
The Art of Exile by Andrea Max book launch at B&N Paramus, New Jersey.
7/15/25
“An inventive, compelling debut that’s sure to leave readers eager for the next installment.”
Kirkus Reviews praises The Art of Exile by Andrea Max
4/25/25
McCabe is editor of The Art of Exile by Andrea Max, about a teen who infiltrates a secret school for the descendants of exiled Renaissance masters to steal their long-lost arts and sciences. McCabe says it’s “an example of dark academia’s sister category—light academia,” with “all the exciting elements that make dark academia great, but the voice has a lighter tone” and the stories are more hopeful.
The Art of Exile by Andrea Max featured in Publisher’s Weekly: “2025 YA Trends: Bouncing Between the Dark and Light”.
4/22/25
Elliot Lichtman, author of The Computer Always Wins, interviewed on New Books Network podcast.
3/27/25
Eva Langston débuts as cohost of This Mama is Lit!, Literary Mama’s monthly podcast featuring interviews with mama writers.
9/25/25
Nikki Lyssy joins Sophie Trist and Jasminne Mendez in AWP panel “Beyond Blind Prophets & Saintly Sufferers: Writing Disability in YA”.
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5/31/25
With more than 9 billion gigabytes of information traveling the internet every day, researchers are constantly looking for new ways to compress data into smaller packages.
Elliot Lichtman in Quanta Magazine: “Data Compression Drives the Internet. Here’s How It Works”
9/13/24
Widespread censorship is killing writers’ careers before they begin.
Melanie Jennings co-authors “Scenes from the Literary Blacklist” in Persuasion.