New Sparks on The Block
May & June 2025

BookSparks is continuing to work in conjunction with Netflix to support book-to-film adaptations, including the adaptation of literary icon Judy Blume’s novel Forever, starring Michael Cooper Jr., Lovie Simone, and Xosha Roquemore.

Kennedy Ryan, author of Can’t Get Enough
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Forever

Katherine Center, author of The Love Haters
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with St. Martin’s Press

Kristy Woodson Harvey, author of Beach House Rules
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Gallery Books

Kristin Harmel, author of The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau
SRC2025 Guest Author
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Gallery Books and Leo PR

Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Worth Fighting For
SRC2025 Guest Author
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Hyperion Avenue and Leo PR

Annabel Monaghan, author of It’s a Love Story
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Nisha J. Tuli, author of Not Safe for Work
SRC2025 Guest Author
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Forever

Alexis Daria, author of Along Came Amor
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Avon and Leo PR

Andrea Bartz, author of The Last Ferry Out
SRC2025 Guest Author
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Ballantine Books

Mary Dixie Carter, author of Marguerite by the Lake
Returning Spark

Jason Powell, author of No Man’s Ghost

Lucinda Berry, author of One in Four

Madeleine Roux, author of A Girl Walks Into the Forest
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Quill Tree Books

Laura Leffler, author of Tell Them You Lied

Lauryn Hamilton Murray, author of Heir of Storms
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Roaring Brook Press

Melissa Poett, author of The Enemy’s Daughter
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Quill Tree Books

Sunya Mara, author of Embrace the Serpent
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of You’ve Awoken Her
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

Cecilia Vinesse, author of All-Nighter
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Quill Tree Books

Kevin Christopher Snipes, author of Don’t Let Me Go
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

Linsey Miller, author of That Devil, Ambition
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Storytide

Sophia Lee, author of Eliza, from Scratch
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

K. Ibura, author of Tempest
BookSparks is working in conjunction with Quill Tree Books

Amaka Egbe, author of Run Like a Girl
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

Christine Stringer, author of Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous

Lee Adams, author of Love on Tour

Martha Jean Johnson, author of The Queen’s Musician

Mattea Kramer, author of The Untended

Susan Lee, author of The Romance Rivalry
Returning Spark
BookSparks is working in conjunction with HarperCollins

Talia Gutin, author of The Mother Self: Poems

Cristina Olivetti, author of About Bliss: Fighting for My Trans Son’s Life, Joy, and Fertility

Katy Grabel, author of The Magician’s Daughter: a Memoir

Susan Wands, author of Emperor and Hierophant
Returning Spark

Mary L. Devine, author of Standing Up: Making the Best Out of Surviving the Worst

K.M. Huber, author of Call of the Owl Woman