120 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY FEBRUARY 2, 2026
How This Book Was Made
OUR WEEKLY ANNOTATED GUIDE
Author Emiko Jean “Like most of my books, Love Me Tomorrow started with a what-if question: What if a girl started receiving love letters from someone claiming to be from the future? For Love Me Tomorrow , I changed publishing houses—my editor moved from Flatiron to start her own imprint at Simon & Schuster, and I followed her there. It felt like the right move for this book.”
SVP, Folio Literary Management Erin Harris “I’ve had the pleasure of representing Emiko Jean for over a decade now. Love Me Tomorrow is the fifth YA novel Emiko and I have worked on together. When she told me she wanted to marry a high-concept, speculative conceit with an epic romance, I knew we were going to have something really special and unique on our hands.”
Associate Art Director, S&S Laura Eckes “The brief was to make it feel tactile. I thought an enve- lope should go on the cover because in the book Emma receives love letters from the future. I sourced a bunch of di erent collage artists, and everyone felt Ben Giles was the one for the job. His work feels very cohesive. He’s able to tell such a clear story while still maintaining the play- fulness of collage.”
Editorial Director, Sarah Barley Books Sarah Barley “I acquired Love Me Tomorrow based on the title, the idea, and a few chapters— once I read them, I knew I had to have it! We tend to start big and get more granu- lar and specific from there. I never worry I’m throwing too much at Emi because you never know what she might run with.”
Love Me Tomorrow Emiko Jean. S&S/Barley, Feb. ISBN 978-1-66597-437-0
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