EATING VERONICA is a feminist psychological horror novel about beauty standards and empowerment, following the bloody glow up of a young woman who spawns a carnivorous monster that feeds on her peers, and with each kill brings her closer to attaining the body of her dreams.
Publishing director Rosanna Forte acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Hannah Todd at Janklow & Nesbit in three-way auction.
The novel has also been sold at auction to Grand Central [in a seven-way bid] in the US. Forte and editor Sam Harding will publish the novel in spring 2027.
Photography by: Nicole Barton
Her love affair with storytelling began fifteen years ago, when a play she wrote was produced by her community theater in Oklahoma. It continued through college, where she wrote guest blogs for the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Office of National Drug Control Policy—early explorations of humanity’s darker corners that still echo in her work today. As a mixed-race woman who is white-passing in a family that is not, she has spent much of her life navigating questions of identity, perception, and belonging. A first-generation college graduate, she values detail, resilience, and knowledge, and credits part of her defiance and grit to a lifelong love of Janis Joplin. She writes dark fiction and horror that digs beneath the skin—stories about the monstrous, the beautiful, and the blurred line between the two.
EATING VERONICA is her debut novel.
Chad Luibl, North American
Hannah Todd, United Kingdom
Kristina Moore
