COMING 2026

BETH IS DEAD

A contemporary reimagining of Little Women as a young adult mystery/thriller in which Beth March dies in the first chapter.

Coming from Simon & Schuster (North America), Penguin Random House (Australia/New Zealand), Scholastic (UK), Gallmeister (France), Sperling & Kupfer (Italy), AST (Russia), and Muza (Poland).

About

Katie Bernet is an author living in Dallas, Texas. She’s a long-standing member of the DFW Writer’s Workshop and the director of the 2025 DFW Writer’s Conference. The oldest of three sisters, she’s a diehard fan of Little Women.

 Contact

  • For general inquiries, please contact Sara Crowe at Sara Crowe Literary.

  • For foreign rights inquiries, please contact Nicole Eisenbraun at Ginger Clark Literary.

  • For anything else, feel free to contact the author.