December Translation Rights Deals

December Translation Rights Deals

Dutch rights renewal to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s WRITTEN IN RED, MURDER OF CROWS, VISION IN SILVER, MARKED IN FLESH, and ETCHED IN BONE, the first five novels of the Others, to DeFontein, by Emma Lind at Lennart Sane Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to Ada Palmer’s PERHAPS THE STARS, to Le Belial, by Zuzanna Brzezinska at Anna Jarota Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Italian rights to […]

2021 Hugo Awards

2021 Hugo Awards

Congratulations to Martha Wells on her incredible wins! BEST NOVEL Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com) BEST SERIES The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

Deal: James J. Butcher

Deal: James J. Butcher

James J. Butcher sold world rights to DEAD MAN’S HAND and two sequels, to launch an action-packed new urban fantasy series, the Unorthodox Chronicles. Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is an inexperienced witch on the run who will need to throw out the magical rule book, rip it up, and possibly set it on fire to solve the murder of his mentor. DEAD MAN’S HAND was preempted by Ace Books Executive Editor Anne Sowards via Jennifer Jackson, and will be released in […]

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger! A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH remains on the Indie Bestseller List (Young Adult) list for a third week, this time at #10.

Deal: Jo Ann Brown

Deal: Jo Ann Brown

Best-selling author of A Wish For Home, Jo Ann Ferguson, writing as Jo Ann Brown, sold SAVING GRACES, a story of found family, quilts, grace, and a new chance at love set among the Amish community of Bliss Valley, to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired via Jennifer Jackson.

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger! A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH debuted at #9 last week on the Indie Bestseller List (Young Adult), and remains on the list this week at #8.

The Times's 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021

The Times’s 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021

Congratulations to our DMLA authors who were chosen for The Times’s 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021! WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS by Neil Sharpson REMOTE CONTROL by Nnedi Okorafor

Review: Crowbones by Anne Bishop

Review: Crowbones by Anne Bishop

Library Journal: A new entry (following Lake Silence) in Bishop’s “World of the Others” urban fantasy series set in an alternate North America. It’s Trickster Night in Lake Silence, a celebration of ghosties and ghoulies and things that go bump in the night. Lake Silence is a mostly human settlement in an area controlled by the terra indigene, or the Others (a group of supernatural beings and cryptids), making Trickster Night a perfect chance to generate tourism from humans who want […]

Review: Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly

Review: Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly

Kirkus: Can perfume kill? Scent is everything in Donnelly’s unique, voluptuous thriller. Not only does suave antihero Vic Fowler analyze the mix of odors emanating from every person and place he encounters; Donnelly’s introductory list of characters describes them in terms of their “base notes.” She opens each chapter with an analysis of its content in scent—for example, Chapter 1: “Notes de Tête: Whiskey, Jasmine, Oakmoss. Notes de Cœur: Old Cigarettes and Stale Coffee. Notes de Fond: Mildew, Charcoal, Barbicide.” The […]

Washington Post's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021

Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021

Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw for having THE ALL CONSUMING WORLD chosen for Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021!