DMLA extends congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards and to the clients who took home a rocket in the following categories:
French rights to Todd Robinson’s THE HARD BOUNCE to Gallmeister, by Anna Jarota at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker.
French rights to Matthew McBride’s FRANK SINATRA IN A BLENDER to Gallmeister, by Anna Jarota at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker.
German rights to Mike Shepherd’s KRIS LONGKNIFE: DEFIANT and KRIS LONGKNIFE: RESOLUTE to Bastei Lubbe by the Schlueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.
Japanese rights to Mary Robinette Kowal’s SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY to Hayakawa by Owl’s Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.
Adam Christopher’s The Burning Dark, The Jovian Conspiracy, The Stars Below (Books 1-3 in the Spider Wars series) to Natalie Laverick at Titan Books by Stacia Decker.
Steve Bein’s Book 3 in the Fated Blades trilogy (to follow Daughter of the Sword and Year of the Demon) to Anne Sowards at Penguin (Ace/Roc) by Cameron McClure.
Publishers Weekly: In this gripping follow-up to 2012’s Daughter of the Sword, Tokyo police officer Oshiro Mariko is now working in the Narcotics division. In the aftermath of a raid, an ancient mask is stolen, and its Yakuza owner demands that Mariko retrieve it. Her search for the mask leads her to a cult with a deadly agenda and a centuries-old mystery connected to the legendary sword she now possesses. Continue reading »
Publishers Weekly: Adult author Wendig (The Blue Blazes) launches the dystopian Heartland trilogy featuring a group of teenage scavengers at odds with an oppressive government that dwells in luxury up in the sky. Cael McAvoy, leader of the Big Sky Scavengers, is dealt a severe setback when a rival crew led by the mayor’s son sabotages his land-boat, which he needs to safely navigate the hostile fields of genetically modified corn that hold the Heartland in a stranglehold. Continue reading »
French rights to Steve Weddle’s COUNTRY HARDBALL, to Gallmeister, by Anna Jarota at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker.
Spanish rights to Evil Hat Productions’ DRESDEN FILES RPG (based on the series by Jim Butcher) to Pedro Ramos at Nosolorol Ediciones by Jennifer Jackson.
USA Today bestselling author Teddy Harrison writing as Thea Harrison’s next three Elder Races paranormal romances, set in a world where fae, vampyres, gryphons, and a business dragon live, work, and love right alongside humans, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation in a six-figure deal by Amy Boggs.
French rights to Thea Harrison’s SERPENT’S KISS, ORACLE’S MOON, and LORD’S FALL, Books 3, 4, and 5 in the Elder Races series, to J’ai Lu, in a three-book deal, by Anais Parouty at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Amy Boggs.
German rights to Jim Butcher’s THE AERONAUT’S WINDLASS and Book 2 of the Cinder Spires series to Blanvalet by Bastian Schlueck at the Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.
German rights to Thea Harrison’s Game of Shadows duology, RISING DARKNESS and FALLING LIGHT, to Lyx, in a two-book deal, by Julia Aumueller at Thomas Schlueck Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Amy Boggs.
Paramount Pictures has acquired The Testing, a novel by Joelle Charbonneau. Deal got made last night, with no producer attached, and it was Peter Kang’s first acquisition since moving to the studio from Fox. The book will be published this week and already has been named a #1 Indie Next 2013 Summer YA Pick and one of the Top 10 Young Adult Books for Summer by USA Today. Foreign publishing rights have already been sold in the UK, France, Israel, Korea, The Netherlands, Turkey, and Germany. Continue reading »