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Emily Bain Murphy’s LIGHTSEEKERS Trilogy goes to WaterBrook

Emily Bain Murphy’s LIGHTSEEKERS trilogy is a middle grade series about an orphan who joins a ragtag group of travelers in search for a lake of light that could stop their world from being overrun by the shadows, help answer questions about he and his sister’s past, and set the course for the future by making them richer than their wildest dreams.

Emily Bain Murphy is the author of The Disappearances.

The Trilogy went to Bunmi Ishola of WaterBrook, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2026, by Pete Knapp at Park, Fine, & Brower Literary Management (world).

For rights inquiries, contact Denise Cronin decronin@penguinrandomhouse.com.

WaterBrook is an imprint of the PRH Christian Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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