Cover Reveal!

I am so thrilled to share the gorgeous cover of my debut speculative YA mystery, NEEDY LITTLE THINGS. Add it on Goodreads today, and look for it in stores February 4, 2025. If you’re feeling especially eager, it’s available for pre-order now!

Thank you to Kerri Resnick for this amazing cover design and to Taj Francis for the beautiful illustration. I am also forever thankful for my editor Tiffany Shelton and my agent Molly Ker Hawn.

Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl.

Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. But when Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.