Creating fiction for young readers that is inspiring, exciting, and crafted for a wide, diverse audience.

Upswell Media is an intellectual property development firm, generating commercial concepts and detailed story bibles for MG and YA projects.

We partner with authors—both agented and not—to create exciting and marketable IP (intellectual property).

Our goal is to produce highly engaging projects that publishers, authors, and readers will love. Our robust development process smooths out the pain points associated with traditional acquisitions, and our entire team supports each project to the book sale and beyond.

Projects and Releases

Book Deal Alert!

We’re very proud to announce a book deal for the middle grade title, SLEEPAWAY, written by the amazing Naseem Jamnia, which will be coming out from Aladdin/Simon & Schuster in winter 2025.


You’re cordially invited to …

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS, a YA dystopian thriller that takes place over one fateful night, at one incredible party. Out May 9th, 2023 from Wednesday Books/Macmillan, Jen Wilde’s page-turning novel will keep you guessing.