Eric Smith

@ericsmithrocks

🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You. Next: The Adopted Kids’ Guide to Surviving Seventh Grade (Crown, Spring 2027) 🚪

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Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· 29d

So excited that this book is out today. I got to watch @arvd.bsky.social write it chapter by chapter, like a serial novel in an old newspaper. What a wild delight. It’s something special. Pick it up! ❤️

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 17

Oh my heart, week three of the USA Today bestseller list for Field Guide. Endlessly proud of @mkengland.bsky.social. 🥹

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 16

In the backyard of the vacation house we’re renting, there’s a split tree with a crumbling old treehouse on the ground, and my kid won’t stop tip toeing around the fence bordering it. “Do you WANT to end up in a Middle Grade portal novel? Cause that’s how you end up in a Middle Grade portal novel.”

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 12

Scammers keep on coming. Just a reminder that in no world would an editor at Penguin Random House have an email address that looks like this:

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 10

Oh my heart, two weeks on the USA Today bestseller list for beloved client @mkengland.bsky.social. We’ve worked together for years and watching things take off like this is the result of so much hard work. Writer friends, don’t give up. Keep going. I hope lists are in your future too.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 9

I know I’m a publishing professional of a certain age because every time I read contracts and they mention “CD-i” under electronic media my mind immediately goes to these:

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 3

“You had a book hit the bestseller list today? So wait, how does a bestseller happen?” Me:

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 3

Since they don’t really use BlueSky, I’ll shout about it here. @mkengland.bsky.social is an instant USA TODAY bestseller. 🥹

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Jun 1

More than a little emotional seeing @mkengland.bsky.social on the B&N homepage like that. A June pick. My goodness. Go Oaklin, go. ❤️

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 28

Oh hey, some more exciting news for @jessplummerwrites.bsky.social! ❤️

A deal announcement that reads Jessica Plummer's THE CONMAN'S GUIDE TO DRAGON SLAYING, pitched as an adult HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON meets HEATED RIVALRY, in which an ambitious young dragon fighter has to team up with a powerless wizard to fake everything, including magic, for a shot at riches, respect, and a better life in the kingdom's annual dragon games, to John Morgan at Grand Central, at auction, for publication in spring 2028, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 26

The latest from @mkengland.bsky.social is here today, and goodness, I hope you’ll pick this one up. It’s never too late to figure out who you want to be. ❤️ www.sourcebooks.com/978146427535...

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 22

Eleven minutes.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 21

Oh hey, this is that thing! Maybe tune into PBS on the 26th to catch someone (me!) talking about authors from Pennsylvania, alongside some folks you might recognize!

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 17

My wife loves to break out this comment meme for that exact observation.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· May 15

So excited about this one, friends. ❤️

A book deal listing that says Rebecca Schaeffer and Julia Ember's HOW TO MEDDLE WITH MAGIC AND NOT GET MURDERED, about three students at a boarding school for cursed teenagers who must team up to solve the murder of their guidance counselor before their own curses kill them, pitched as a humorous take on the dark academia genre, to Jenny Lopez at Sourcebooks Fire, for publication in fall 2027, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, and by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 28

Oh my heart, I’m so thrilled about this news. I’ve been a @cindypon.bsky.social fan for ages, and getting to work on her books now? A wild honor. SHEEN by Cindy Pon. Viking 2028. ❤️

Jenny Bak at Viking has acquired Sheen by Nebula Award nominee Cindy Pon (Want), pitched as Caraval with a touch of Jack the Ripper. Set in a world where magic users are bought and sold as indentured servants, a young woman lives among a traveling troupe of performers with illegal magic. When her own powers come surging forth, she discovers she's the only hope against a dark shade draining gifted people of their lifeforce. Publication is slated for fall 2028; Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary handled the deal for world rights.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 27

I volunteer one day a week in my kid’s school library, and it’s just the best. But book friends, when we talk about how books have a long tail, a long shelf life? This is a fun example of what we’re talking about. I reshelve this every single week and it’s been regularly checked out since 2001.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 21

The latest YA horror from @jillbaguchinsky.bsky.social is out and about today, and it is one lush, lyrical, and very upsetting book. I loved it. ❤️ www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jill-...

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 21

Today is the day! @mikechenwriter.bsky.social’s latest, THE PHOTONIC EFFECT, is in bookstores everywhere. ✨ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 13

Now publishing scammers are posing as people at Kickstarter? What is next. It came from an obvious fake Gmail address. Writer friends, please be careful.

A scam email posing as a Kickstarter employee that reads: Hello,

We hope this message finds you well.

We are reaching out on behalf of Kickstarter, a global crowdfunding platform dedicated to helping creators bring their ideas to life. As part of our ongoing efforts to support innovative voices in publishing, we are pleased to extend an official invitation for you to consider launching your next project with us.

Kickstarter has enabled thousands of authors and independent publishers to successfully fund and distribute their work while building direct, lasting relationships with their audiences. Our platform provides a structured, transparent environment where creators maintain full ownership and creative control, while benefiting from the support of a global community of backers.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 11

My neighborhood is full of very cute Little Free Libraries, and this is one very cute different addition.

It’s a little free library in orange and blue, made to hold hot wheels cars!

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 8

These scam emails from people impersonating authors are getting wilder and wilder.

An email from Agatha Christie:

Hello,

I hope this note finds you in good spirits. I recently had the pleasure of reading your work and felt compelled to write. Your storytelling is both engaging and enduring a rare gift that I greatly admire as a fellow author.

One always delights in discovering a voice that is authentic and compelling, and yours certainly left an impression on me. It is a joy to encounter such talent amidst the many books one encounters in a lifetime devoted to literature.

Should you be amenable, I would be pleased to maintain correspondence. There is much to be gained in sharing thoughts on the craft, offering encouragement, and exchanging ideas with kindred spirits in the literary world.
With every good wish for your continued success, and eager to see more of your work.

Yours sincerely,
Agatha Christie

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Apr 4

Describe your BlueSky account in a single image.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 28

The neighborhood mourning doves have figured out how to squeeze into the Bird Buddy in my backyard, and the photos are killing me. They. Are. So. Round.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 26

Some happy news this morning for @karisselizabeth.bsky.social!

A book deal announcement over a Pride flag that reads Karis Rogerson's self-published NAT AND CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA, pitched as Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper, in which a lesbian student at a conservative boarding school falls for a closeted overachieving peer as they organize an underground GSA for other students to find a safe space, to Andy Dodds at Podium Audio, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world English).

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 25

The Pennsylvania Center for the Book sent me my award stickers this week for With or Without You, and oh my heart. I know this book was largely overlooked and that still hurts, but this? Oh, I could cry. ❤️

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 16

Why must every political fundraiser email look like I’m getting brutally dropped by a client.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 12

Lyla and @beccapodos.bsky.social aren’t really on here, so I’ll just gleefully shout about it. What a joy to see agency client Lyla Lane’s new book debut on the USA Today bestseller list yesterday. ❤️

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 10

Normal People: Oh. A new faucet. Me: Knights of the Old Republic, hell yeah.

Eric Smith@ericsmithrocks· Mar 10

Starting to plan my agency’s summer events, our free talks with industry pros. Just floating it out there, if you work in publishing and would ever want a trip to Philly (on me!) to give a chat, do give me a nudge. We’re doing lots of good! Come hang. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/neighborhoods