Publishers Marketplace Deal Report: The Trimesters of Grief

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report

THE TRIMESTERS OF GRIEF

By Katie Rizzo

Imprint: Koehler Books, Blackstone Audio

Katie Rizzo's THE TRIMESTERS OF GRIEF, a hybrid memoir and prescriptive guide that reframes the experience of losing a child to opioid addiction through the lens of gestation—moving readers through invisible, undeniable, and public stages of grief toward the lifelong work of living beside loss—blending raw journal entries, original poetry, and tools, pitched for readers of IT'S OK THAT YOU'RE NOT OK and BEAUTIFUL BOY, with a foreword by Colin Campbell, to John Koehler at Koehler Books, for publication in October 2026, by Connor Smith at Hesperides Literary (NA). Audio rights to Marilyn Kretzer at Blackstone Audio, in a nice deal.
connorsmith@hesperidesliteraryagency.com

Non-fiction: Memoir March 11, 2026