February 25, 2025
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First releases under the new imprint scheduled for early 2026 NEW YORK (February 25, 2025) — Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR), a division of Hachette Book Group (HBG), is launching the company’s first dedicated New Adult imprint, REQUITED, it was announced today by LBYR President and Publisher, Megan Tingley. The REQUITED list will offer fast-paced, romantic, bingeable novels across genres that center characters in their upper teens and twenties as they navigate early adulthood. The imprint will have a boutique approach, with a balanced list of 10-20 tiles a year and a focus on author partnership. “The launch of REQUITED is a natural next step in the evolution of LBYR. We have a long history of publishing blockbuster Young Adult properties with huge crossover adult readerships, including Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga; Holly Black’s Folk of the Air & Elfame series; and Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Inheritance Games Saga; among many others,” said Tingley. “This imprint gives us a platform to not only publish new voices and reach new readers, but also to provide a lifelong home for our authors interested in writing for older readers while staying with their trusted publishing team. We look forward to leveraging HBG’s proven track record as a powerhouse in the adult commercial fiction arena to publish a new generation of romance-forward stories across genres.” “REQUITED will showcase a diverse range of voices in immersive, escapist, unputdownable, beautifully designed, romantic fiction,” said Lisa Yoskowitz, LBYR VP & Executive Editorial Director and REQUITED editorial lead. “We have incredible projects in the pipeline, starting with The Wicked Sea by Jordan Stephanie Gray, an enemies to lovers romantasy that immerses readers in a bloodthirsty world of merfolk and warlocks. We can’t wait for readers to discover its unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and epic adventure across land and sea in Winter 2026.” Already in the LBYR fold, Gray’s YA debut, Bitten, is scheduled for publication on September 30, 2025, and rights have already been sold in nine territories in heated auctions or preempts. Alice Jerman joins the Requited team as Senior Editor. Most recently with Entangled Publishing, Jerman worked on some of their biggest properties across the new adult, YA, and adult categories, including the #1 bestselling Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. Also playing a central role for the imprint alongside Yoskowitz and Jerman is Senior Editor Ruqayyah Daud—Jordan Stephanie Gray’s editor as well as the editor of Tigest Girma’s 2024 #1 New York Times bestselling breakout debut, Immortal Dark. Additional titles on the inaugural REQUITED list will be announced in the coming months. About the REQUITED Editorial Team: Lisa Yoskowitz (she/her) joined LBYR in 2014 following stints at Dutton and Disney-Hyperion. At LBYR, she has acquired and edited many YA books with a broad adult readership, including multiple #1 bestsellers from Jennifer Lynn Barnes (the Inheritance Games Saga) and Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You), and bestselling and award-winning titles from Monica Hesse, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Tamara Ireland Stone, and Elizabeth Wein, among others. Alice Jerman (she/her) joins LBYR from Entangled Publishing and Harper Teen. The Utles she’s edited include Onyx Storm, the third book in the mega-bestselling Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, the #1 New York Times bestselling Realm Breaker trilogy by Victoria Aveyard, and the New York Times bestselling The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith. Ruqayyah Daud (she/her) joined LBYR in 2018, and will continue to acquire for the LBYR list in addition to REQUITED’s. Her acquisitions include the #1 New York Times bestselling Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma and award-winning As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. About Jordan Stephanie Gray, author of LBYR’s Bitten and Requited’s The Wicked Sea: Jordan Stephanie Gray (she/her) is a writer and freelance editor to bestselling authors. Bien is her debut novel (LBYR, 9/30/25) and Wicked Sea will publish on the REQUITED list in winter 2026. About Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is a division of Hachette Book Group, a leading U.S. general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group; Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Audio; Hachette Nashville; Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orbit; Running Press Group; and Workman Publishing. For more information, visit hachettebookgroup.com. About Hachette Book Group (HBG) Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading U.S. general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Basic Books Group; Grand Central Publishing Group; Hachette Audio; Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orbit; and Workman Running Press Group. We also provide custom distribution, fulfillment, and sales services to other publishing companies. Our books and authors have received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Booker Prize, Nobel Peace Prize and other major honors. We are committed to diversity in our company and our publishing programs, and to fostering a culture of inclusion for all our employees and authors. We are proud to be part of Hachette Livre, the world’s third-largest trade and educational publisher. Visit hachettebookgroup.com to learn more about HBG imprints. For updated news follow HBG on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, X.com, and YouTube. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REQUITED, a new adult imprint, will be led by the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers publishing team
LBYR Contact: Mary McCue, VP, Publicity and Strategic Communications
908-489-0436, mary.mccue@hbgusa.com
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