Donald Maass Literary Agency

Turkish rights to Nebula-nominated Martha Wells’ ALL SYSTEMS RED and ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, the first two installments in The Murderbot Diaries, to Ithaki, by Nazli Çökdü at the ONK Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s WORKING FOR BIGFOOT, collecting together three stories in the Dresden Files series that feature Bigfoot, to Feder & Schwert, by Bastian Schlück at the Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson. Polish rights to New […]

Rhiannon Held’s DEATH-TOUCHED, Book 5 of the Silver series, to Anji Cornette at GraphicAudio, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Autostraddle staff writer and direct action organizer KaeLyn Rich’s UNTITLED TEEN ACTIVISM GUIDE FOR GIRLS, showcasing ways that teen girls can advocate and organize in their communities from picking a cause to fundraising to marches and protests to online activism, with a focus on teen specific issues like lobbying elected officials as a non-voter and having tough conversations with parents, to Blair Thornburgh at Quirk Books, for publication in Fall 2018, by Cameron McClure at Donald Maass.

Debut author Caitlin Starling’s THE LUMINOUS DEAD, a claustrophobic sci-fi thriller building on the isolated tradition of The Martian and desperate survival of Gravity, in which a professional caver accepts a solo expedition to map an unexplored cave system on a foreign planet, not knowing that her handler’s personal connection with this cave and the ghosts she has buried there will come back to haunt them both, to David Pomerico at Harper Voyager, by Caitlin McDonald at the Donald Maass […]

Ace Books executive editor Anne Sowards acquired world English and audio rights to BRIEF CASES, a short story collection by Jim Butcher, author of the bestselling Dresden Files series. The new book is a companion piece to Butcher’s 2010 short story collection, SIDE JOBS. It also includes previously published content based on the Dresden Files series, as well as a new Dresden Files novella. BRIEF CASES is scheduled to be released in summer 2018. The deal was brokered by Jennifer […]

Locus Magazine: Susan R. Matthews’ Blood Enemies is the long-awaited conclusion to her Under Jurisdiction series. Matthews remains fundamentally interested in the problem of atrocity: the nature of bad bargains and complicity; the cost of self-knowledge and the price of atonement. She remains, too, interested in exploring the nature of honour and loyalty, of right action and indeed of love in situations where people are pulled in multiple different directions. Matthews’ characters have always been the biggest draw of her books for me. I find Andrej Kosciusko perhaps […]

Locus Magazine: A damaged android on an exploratory mission takes center stage in this entertaining SF novella, the first book in the Murderbot Diaries series. There’s some tense action, and a few of the scientists turn out to be more interesting and less helpless than they initially appear, but it’s the character of Murderbot that really makes the story come alive, a mix of flat robot personality with some surprising quirks, serious combat skills, a talent for coming up with effective plans – and a deep need to […]

Congratulations to Jim Butcher, a double-nominee for the Dragon Award! Best Comic Book: The Dresden Files: Dog Men by Jim Butcher, Mark Powers, Diego Galindo Best Graphic Novel: Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Wild Card by Jim Butcher, Carlos Gomez

Booklist: Readers familiar with Bear’s work will recognize the city of Messaline and the names of the Lotus Kingdoms, but this is the farthest she’s delved into this shattered empire. As usual, the setting is wonderfully realized; the characters are possessed of depth, personality, and individuality; the threads of politics that drive the plot are a fascinating knot to try to unravel. This is a promising beginning indeed for an epic; there are many lines of story left to follow, and it will no doubt be a magnificent journey.

The 37th and 38th titles in the long-running Victorian mystery series THE INSPECTOR AND MRS. JEFFRIES by Emily Brightwell, about a dim-witted Scotland Yard inspector and his much smarter housekeeper, to Kate Seaver at the Berkley Publishing Group, by Donald Maass.