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Audio rights to Jenny Hickman’s FOR EVER, to Julie Constatine at Podium, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier (NA).

Catalan rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, and ROGUE PROTOCOL, the first three installments in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Rayo Verde, by Elena Rodríguez at International Editors & Yáñez Co’ S.L. in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Polish rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s GIDEON THE NINTH, HARROW THE NINTH, and NONA THE NINTH, the first three books in the Locked Tomb […]

We are pleased to share this moving interview with DMLA author, Jim Butcher, in the New York Times about his journey in writing The Dresden Files. From concept to outline to the success of over 17 novels — “Twelve Months,” the 18th book in the series, will be published in January 2026 — Jim reveals all the poignant ups and downs of becoming a bestselling author. “Three decades ago, Jim Butcher put pen to paper and invented a wildly popular […]

Congratulations to LJ Andrews as BROKEN SOULS AND BONES rings in as #1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List!

Huge congratulations to DMLA author, Vajra Chandrasekera, as RAKESFALL is named a 2024 Otherwise Award winner!

Booklist: Hawley is a soldier with terrible secrets in his past and a sense of honor despite a tarnished reputation. He has been sent with a company of men to try and find a missing child, but when that company attempts to kill Hawley and are instead killed by an unknown creature of the forest, Hawley seeks the help of Enelda, a wise, no-nonsense old woman whom he soon realizes is a person of legend—one of the famed Vigilants, who […]

School Library Journal: Hubbard’s second novel finds 17-year-old Zeke stuck in a territory all too familiar with teenagers. Part of him hangs on to his past as the star pitcher on his high school baseball team, a straight-A student on his way to the University of Alabama, and destined to join the family law firm. Another part of him is him is struggling to accept his own identity as a gay man who wants to do everything he can to […]

Booklist: Aiden Wright, a Black and autistic teenager, wants nothing more than to play football like his older brother Brandon, a quarterback, and to be on a team with Brandon before he leaves for college. Despite some challenges with the sensory experience and ableist discrimination, Aiden makes it onto the team. Unfortunately, one of Aiden’s bullies starts a fight, and the police are called. When Brandon tries to shield his brother from police violence, he gets arrested and wrongly accused […]

School Library Journal: Phoebe, nicknamed Phibs by her friends, has lived in Boca Chica Key, FL, with her grandmother since her mother mysteriously disappeared. She’s always felt connected to the ocean, is an expert diver and underwater photographer, and seems to possess a sixth sense about the underwater world. She often feels out of place among her wealthier Key West friends, but her unique gift brings them unexpected social media fame, leading to a dream dive trip to Marimont, off […]

The finalists for the 2025 Locus Award finalists were announced and several DMLA clients made the list! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) FANTASY NOVEL The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape UK) Asunder, Kerstin Hall (Tordotcom) The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed (Solaris UK) YOUNG ADULT NOVEL The Feast Makers, H.A. Clarke (Erewhon) Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) NOVELLA The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom) Countess, Suzan Palumbo (ECW) NOVELETTE “A […]