It’s time for a little good news! There are new 12 x 12 member books out this month and certainly more to look forward to as we celebrate with so many members who have signed with agents this spring! All of today’s good news was submitted by June 1st. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post. A link to the Good News form can be found under Important Announcements in the 12 x 12 forum.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Vicky Fang on the June 2nd release of INVENT-A-PET (Sterling Children’s Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Lindsay Leslie on the June 2nd release of DUSK EXPLORERS from Page Street Kids! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Lisa Katzenberger on the June 23rd release of NATIONAL REGULAR AVERAGE ORDINARY DAY from Penguin Workshop! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Amy Harding signed with Kelly Dyksterhouse of Raven Quill! Woohoo!

Deb Buschman signed with Bonnie Swanson of the Purcell Agency! Hooray!

Kaylynn Johnsen signed with Terri Baranowski of Gateway Literary Agency! Congrats!

Kirsten Pendreigh signed with Natalie Lakosil of the Bradford Agency! Woohoo!

Lori Dubbin signed with Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency! Way to go!

Mindy Alyse Weiss signed with Joyce Sweeney of The Seymour Agency! Awesome!

Nell Cross Beckerman signed with Lara Perkins of The Andrea Brown Agency! Congrats!

Nicole Chen signed with Jamie Weiss Chilton of The Andrea Brown Agency! Hooray!

Sara Fajardo signed with Nicole Geiger of Full Circle Literary! Woohoo!

Suzy Levinson signed with Rachel Orr of Prospect Agency! Way to go!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Anna Harber Freeman and her co-writer Barbara Gonzales on the sale of SHAPED BY HER HANDS: POTTER MARIA MARTINEZ to Madison Moore at Albert Whitman and Company! The book will be illustrated by Aphelandra. Hooray!

Congratulations to Anne Sawan on the sale of A BOX FULL OF LOVE to Clavis Publishing!  Awesome!

Congratulations to Gloria Amescua on the sale of CHILD OF THE FLOWER-SONG PEOPLE: LUZ JIMÉNEZ to Howard Reeves at Abrams! Duncan Tonatiuh will illustrate. Woohoo!

Congratulations to Helen Wu at Yeehoo Press for acquiring the rights to Amalia Hoffman’s HOW TO MAKE A MEAN MONSTER! Way to go!

Congratulations to Kristen Schroeder on the sale of SO MUCH SNOW to Ann Kelley at Random House! Sarah Jacoby will illustrate. Woohoo!

Congratulations to Lisa Katzenberger on the sale of IT WILL BE OK to Kelly Barrales-Saylor at Sourcebooks! Jaclyn Sinquett will illustrate. Awesome!

Congratulations to Vicky Fang on the sale of FRIENDBOTS to Andrew Arnold at HarperAlley! Woohoo!

Awards

Congratulations to Teresa Traver for winning an Indie Reader Discovery Award for SPOOKY AND THE GARGOYLE! GO YOU!

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to June 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by July 1st to be included in our July Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up your hard work!