Medici Heist

Ages 13 to 18

A sharp-witted teenage thief leads a team of skilled misfits in a dangerous and daring heist for fortune, freedom, and revenge against a corrupt pope in Renaissance Italy in this dazzling new YA debut.

Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue, opulence, and betrayal. Seventeen-year-old conwoman Rosa Cellini enters the city the same day as the corrupt Medici pope, Leo X. This is not a coincidence. The new pope is extorting a mountain of indulgence money from the people of Florence, and Rosa has a plan to take it back.

To pull off the Renaissance’s greatest robbery, she’ll recruit a team of highly skilled misfits: Sarra the tinkerer, Khalid the fighter, Giacomo the master of disguise, and to smooth their entrance into the fortresslike Palazzo Medici, the famed artist Michelangelo.

But as the Medici’s noose pulls tighter, old secrets surface and tensions start to flare. This robbery could be the key to saving the city—if Rosa and company don’t destroy each other first.

About the Author

Caitlin Schneiderhan is a genre-loving writer on the hit Netflix show Stranger Things. Originally hailing from Silver Spring, Maryland, she hatched from a cocoon of Terry Pratchett novels when she was thirteen. She spent her teenage years scribbling stories during class instead of paying attention (you can’t prove she wasn’t just taking notes). Eventually, she decided to chase that storytelling bug all the way to Los Angeles, where she spent a few years scribbling scripts at assistant jobs instead of paying attention (you can’t prove she wasn’t just taking notes). She has been named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch, and has projects in development with multiple production companies.