By Lilah Sturges
Illustrated by Natalie Nardozza
Heat of Fashion
(Maverick, December 2026)
A queer-friendly YA romantic comedy in the fast-paced world of fashion school!
When Haring Arts and Design Magnet School royalty Ben Wilcox is assigned to work with maverick and outsider Annie Jacobs, he’s enthralled by her talent and her charms and does whatever it takes to get her to like him, including lying about his dating history. They fall in love while working on their final senior project, but when Annie discovers Ben’s lies, it doesn’t just damage their relationship: it threatens to sink their senior project as well!
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Lilah Sturges is the writer of numerous comics, including Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, The Magicians, Girl Haven, and The Science of Ghosts, as well as many other titles from DC, Marvel, IDW, and others. With Dave Justus she has written comics such as Public Relations. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her wife and a three-legged cat named Greg.