Donald Maass Literary Agency

Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been nominated for the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards – Opening Round! BEST FANTASY Jim Butcher – PEACE TALKS BEST SCIENCE FICTION Tamsyn Muir – HARROW THE NINTH Martha Wells – NETWORK EFFECT Micaiah Johnson – THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS

Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger – ELATSOE has been picked for Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2020 in the Young Adult Category!

Audio rights to Ronald Malfi’s COME WITH ME plus an untitled book, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

French rights to Nnedi Okorafor’s THE GIRL WITH THE MAGIC HANDS, for a graphic novel, and French rights to THE BOOK OF PHOENIX to Actu SF, by Robin Batet at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass. German rights to Annika Martin’s RETURN BILLIONAIRE TO SENDER, to Lyx, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Hungarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s HARROW THE […]

Bram Stoker Finalist for FLOATING STAIRCASE, named as one of the 50 scariest novels by the New York Times, Ronald Malfi’s COME WITH ME, psychological suspense in the vein of Lauren Beukes and Paul Tremblay, about a man who after the sudden death of his wife learns that she had been secretly tracking a killer and vows to complete her work, even as every step forward takes him further away from the woman he thought he knew, to Sophie Robinson […]

New York Times bestselling author of the Locked Tomb Trilogy Tamysn Muir has signed a six-figure deal with Tordotcom Publishing, an imprint of Macmillan under Tom Doherty Associates. Beginning with GO MARCHING IN, the first in a post-cyberpunk novella trilogy about a gunslinger pulled out of retirement among those left behind on a dying Earth as the rich flee on their generation ships, Carl Engle-Laird acquired World English rights to a trilogy of novellas as well as two additional novels […]

Geneticist and editor of PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, Dan Koboldt to edit PUTTING THE FACT IN FANTASY: Advice from Experts to Bring Authenticity to Your Fantasy Writing, a collection of essays from historians, linguists, martial artists, and other experts to help authors write more compelling fiction by getting the facts right, to Writer’s Digest Books for publication in Spring 2022, by Paul Stevens.

Congratulations to Jim Butcher! BATTLE GROUND remains on the USA Today list for a 2nd week at #56!

Kirkus: A riveting ride through the stars.

BOOM! Studios announced JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: MASQUERADE #1, a brand new oversized one-shot issue starring the strange and wondrous characters of Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy classic Labyrinth, from multi-award-nominated author Lara Elena Donnelly (Amberlough), artists French Carlomagno (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance), Samantha Dodge (Catwoman: Soulstealer), and Pius Bak (The Magicians: Alice’s Story), available in December 2020.