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Reese’s Book Club pick author Marissa Stapley writing as Julia McKay’s ALL MY AUTUMNS, a fall inspired second-chance romance about a woman who returns home after inheriting her grandmother’s diner, only to discover the contractor she’s hired was her high school crush, to Tara Singh Carlson at Putnam and Deborah Sun de la Cruz at Penguin Canada, in an exclusive submission, for publication Summer 2026, by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Agency (World English).
Julia McKay is the pen name of Marissa Stapley, a former magazine editor and the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick Lucky, soon to be an AppleTV series, as well as many other international bestsellers. She has coauthored several holiday rom-coms, including bestseller The Holiday Swap, writing as Maggie Knox. She lives in Toronto with her family.
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Marissa, writing under the pseudonym Julia McKay, is represented by Samantha Haywood.
Congratulations, Marissa!