T.K. is seeking representation for two debut novels. Old Bird, their queer historical crime caper, and Charlie Bang, a 1990s crime novel featuring a queer autistic woman who doesn’t identify as non-binary or autistic— because that wasn’t an option in 1991.

 

Read more about Old Bird and Charlie Bang.​

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​​T.K. Schuberth holds an MFA from UCR-Palm Desert and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Chicago, where they focused on medieval mystics and nineteenth-century spiritualists. They also hold a degree in finance, have worked in business and academia, and were a 2020 Tin House workshop awardee. Their novel, Old Bird, won the 2025 Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest for Mystery & Thriller. They live in Portland, OR, with their partner and sons, and are part of the late-diagnosed autistic club (diagnosis is real, club is not). In 2026, they ran for governor dressed as a giant Pencil. To see where education advocacy meets performance art, go to: Pencil4Gov