I am so excited to share that I am working on a supernatural, climate-dystopian YA (young adult) trilogy set in the Canadian prairies! Rights to BLACK DOG, BLACK DOG REIGN, and BLACK DOG RIOT were sold to sold to senior editor katherena vermette and children’s editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy at Simon & Schuster Canada by my agents Marilyn Biderman and Amanda Orozco!
BLACK DOG follows Wren, a young Métis woman, who is travelling across the decades long drought-ravaged prairies in search of answers about her birth family, her heritage, and the ghostly black dog following her every footstep.
BLACK DOG is slated for a fall 2026 release!
Personal illustrations of Wren and Black Dog
tonia laird 