Emily Settle at Feiwel & Friends has acquired, in a two-book deal, Neckbone by CG Drews (Hazelthorn, Don't Let the Forest In), a psychological YA horror in which a teen's summer job cleaning mansions takes a dark turn when he realizes that the rich dysfunctional family he works for are vampiric monsters-and they're hellbent on making him one, too. Publication is slated for fall 2027.
CG Drews is the award-winning NYT Bestselling author of Don’t Let The Forest In, Hazelthorn, and You Did Nothing Wrong. Their work has been translated into over 12 languages, was nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal, and won the B&N 2025 YA Book Awards, and are also Indie Next Picks and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. CG lives in Australia under a pile of unread books. Find on Instagram as @paperfury and TikTok as @cgdrews or at cgdrews.com.