Donald Maass Literary Agency

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger for having her title, A Snake Falls to Earth, shortlisted for the 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!

Booklist: Marino draws readers in quickly, creating sympathy for the characters, unveiling the necessary details to immerse them in a world of art, siblings, deadly intrigue, and a centuries-long nefarious quest. Dread is present from the start, but it quickly escalates into a disorienting cosmic terror that touches everyone. Booktalk it to readers as The Twisted Ones, by T. Kingfisher (2019) meets Slade House, by David Mitchell (2015) with a touch of Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff (2016).

Library Journal: Nona feels she has a pretty good life: she loves her family, works with alot of people her age, gets to be around a nice dog almost every day, and hopes to celebrate her birthday with a party on the beach. Of course, all of this is overshadowed by the facts that her city—and the entire planet—is under threat of destruction; that the Emperor Undying may be coming; and that Pyrrha, Camilla, and Palamedes may care about her, but […]

Premee Mohamed’s THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, in which a world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dangerous, otherworldly forest, to Emily Goldman at Tordotcom Publishing, with Jonathan Strahan editing, for publication in 2024, by Michael Curry.

Shelf Awareness: A Taiwanese American teen stumbles through the confusions of choosing a college, interpreting sexual interest from young men and asserting her desires in this refreshingly sex-positive coming-of-age YA novel.

Authors of THE ROUGHEST DRAFT Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka’s THE BREAK-UP TOUR, pitched as a Taylor Swift-inspired romance about a singer whose breakout album is about all of her ex-boyfriends, including the one from college she never got over, and who is now joining her on tour, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2024, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been shortlisted for the 2022 British Fantasy Awards! Best Novella These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris) Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award) A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris) Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Titan)

Audio rights to N.S. Perkins’s THE INFINITY BETWEEN US,  to Cassie Hanjian at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

Bulgarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s GIDEON THE NINTH, the first book in The Locked Tomb series, to Ciela Norma, by Maša Ivanović at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s LOCKLANDS, to Host, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s DEAD BEAT, PROVEN GUILTY, WHITE KNIGHT, SMALL FAVOR, and […]

Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been selected as finalists for the 2022 World Fantasy Award! Best Novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire) And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)