H.E. Edgmon

Author. Indigedad, dog person, tender dirtbag.

ADD FLICKER ON GOODREADS

NEW RELEASE DATE: Flicker will now release in the Fall of 2024. The second book in the deal will be a standalone, with details to come.

Alt Text: Rachel Diebel at Feiwel and Friends has bought, in a six-figure preempt, YA author H.E. Edgmon‘s middle grade debut, Flicker, in which a pair of step-siblings band together with a theater troupe to brave the Appalachian wilderness after a climate apocalypse, avoiding capture by the Hive—an army of mega-rich survivors—while searching for their grandmother, a Native elder who may still be alive. Publication is slated for spring 2024; Victoria Marini and Lee O’Brien at Irene Goodman Literary Agency handled the two-book deal for world rights.

PRAISE FOR THE WITCH KING

Edgmon’s ebullient debut depicts a variety of trans perspectives with tender sensitivity, and quintessential walking disaster Wyatt’s self-deprecating humor, punk glee, and surprisingly level head are vividly lovable. (…) readers will adore this revolution-tinged celebration of trans joy, which refreshingly builds its conflict without jumping for trauma tropes.

Publishers Weekly

This romantically charged, anti-fascist fantasy presents a diverse cast of queer characters, (…) the page-turning resolution promises an irresistible duology closer to come.

Kirkus Reviews

Edgmon’s debut is a spellbinding duology starter, ultimately driven by its core cast of complicated and lovable characters, who will keep readers laughing with deftly written, witty dialogue that never veers into cliché, and a richly layered world that feels incredibly real, with high-stakes fascism, corruption, and oppression.

Booklist