Bethany Baptiste

Age Category: Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, Adult

Genre: Action, Adventure, Erotica, Fantasy, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy

MSWL: Bethany is seeking SFF in all age categories and adult romance. Stories by marginalized authors featuring BIPOC, disabled, and/or queer characters will be prioritized. She has a soft spot for stories that explore mental illness. Dark, twisty stories are also her jam.

Bethany Baptiste is a preschool inclusion specialist by day, but she writes adult romance and young adult SFF at night. She enjoys shopping in Florida bookstores and napping with her three chaotic evil dogs. Bethany wrote IZZY HAWTHORNE: DESTINY AWAITS, an MG novelization of Disney/Pixar's Lightyear. Sourcebooks Fire is releasing her witchy YA urban fantasy debut, THE POISONS WE DRINK, in February 2024. She's represented by John Cusick of Folio Literary Management.