Congratulations to Jim Butcher!

Congratulations to Jim Butcher!

COLD DAYS debuts at #9 on the New York Times Best Seller’s paperback list! After being murdered and then brought back to life, Harry Dresden soon realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her word is his command. And her first command is the seemingly impossible: kill an immortal. Worse still, there is a growing threat to an unfathomable source of […]

Deal: Mary Robinette Kowal

Deal: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Of Noble Family (book 5 in the Glamourist Histories) along with Stagecraft and Ghost Talkers in a three book deal to Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books by Jennifer Jackson.

Review: Skating Under the Wire by Joelle Charbonneau

Review: Skating Under the Wire by Joelle Charbonneau

Kirkus, Starred Review: Who would kill a sweet, elderly nursing home resident? That’s just one of the problems Rebecca Robbins has to solve now that she’s decided to remain in her hometown of Indian Falls and continue running her mother’s roller rink.

Review: Country Hardball by Steve Weddle

Review: Country Hardball by Steve Weddle

Publishers Weekly: Ex-con Roy Alison would like to go straight, but he can’t seem to make up for past mistakes, and his only options are just more bad choices. Weddle’s debut novel is a suspenseful series of interrelated stories of tragedy, despair, and hopelessness in a rural Southern town. There is no joy here, as Weddle paints a vivid, depressing picture of a blue-collar community crushed by economic collapse and endemic substance abuse with characters, events, and dialogue that seem […]

2013 Hugo Awards

DMLA extends congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Hugo Awards and to the clients who took home a rocket in the following categories: Best Related Work: Mary Robinette Kowal, for her participation in Writing Excuses Season Seven Best Semiprozine: Jason Heller for his participation in Clarkesworld Best Fancast: Elizabeth Bear for her participation in SF Squeecast

August translation deals

August translation deals

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 […]

Deal (UK): Adam Christopher

Deal (UK): Adam Christopher

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.

Deal: Steve Bein

Deal: Steve Bein

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.