A simple illustration of an open book with 2026 written on the pages.

2026 Debut Books

Cover for Spellwright, showing an illustrated a male magician on the left (wearing a blue shirt) and a female spellwright on the right (wearing a pink sweater) and between them glows golden magic. They are standing in front of a shelf with books. The book title, Spellwright, and the author's name, Heather Kassner, are written in a whimsical font on a long ribbon-like scroll of paper.

Spellwright

In which a dust-fingered spellwright, Fia Ives, along with the insufferably sleepy-eyed magician, Penbrook Madbury, must investigate the theft of an unquestionably dark grimoire, before its curse claims her next.

Additional information

Classification

Fiction
Genre

Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy
Age

Young Adult
Publisher

Simon & Schuster
Imprint

Atheneum
Language(s)

English
Format(s)

Hardcover
Author

Heather Kassner
Release Date

27 October 2026
Release Month

October Releases

About the Author

A photo of a white woman with long, light-brown hair, light green eyes, and a small smile, standing in front of a shadowed wall. She is wearing a black v-neck t-shirt with butterflies on it and a small silver skull necklace.

Heather Kassner loves the magic of thunderstorms and hummingbirds, of a moon-bright sky and the quiet wild of a forest—though her favorite place is home. She lives with her husband and two sleepy cats in a cozy house filled with books and music.

 

She is represented by Victoria Marini and Sheyla Knigge at High Line Literary Collective.

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