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- [A TRADE OF BLOOD is a National Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/a-trade-of-blood-is-a-national-bestseller/) - Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett! A TRADE OF BLOOD debuts at #8 on the Indie bestseller list and #16 on USA Today! Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy awards.
- [SPLINTERED KINGDOM by Gretchen Powell Fox](https://maassagency.com/splintered-kingdom-by-gretchen-powell-fox/) - Elyria Lightbreaker may have survived the Arcane Crucible, but the scars of the deadly trials remain. Haunted by betrayal, Elyria must master the darkness within her and reclaim the Crown of Concord before the human and fae realms are plunged back into war. Yet every step forward brings her closer to Cedric Thorne, the human
- [2026 World Fantasy Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2026-world-fantasy-award-finalists/) - The finalists for the 2026 World Fantasy Awards have been announced! Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Elise C. Tober! Best Long Fiction “Uncertain Sons”, Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories) Best Short Fiction “In My Country”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) Best Collection Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow) Special Award
- [Review: I AM THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by Emily Zinnikas](https://maassagency.com/review-i-am-the-monster-under-the-bed-by-emily-zinnikas/) - Booklist: Willa is the center of Zinnikas' debut, and readers will enjoy getting to know all three versions of her. As a child, Willa made friends with a presence under her bed. It—or he—likes to be read to and doesn’t like it when Willa’s mom vacuums under the bed, but Willa doesn’t seem afraid. Teenage
- [July Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-deals-10/) - Arabic rights to Aggie Blum Thompson's YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, to Falak (Saudi Arabia), by Iklele Montaser at Bears Factor Literary Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. French rights to Nebula Award winner Premee Mohamed's THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS, to L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry.
- [TALES FROM CABIN 23: THE SINKING HOUSE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/tales-from-cabin-23-the-sinking-house-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Sean knows that one disaster tends to leads to another—like when his mother got sick and the cost of the treatment meant they had to move out of their cozy Texas home. As they try to get back on their feet, Sean’s parents send him to stay with his aunt and cousin, Zeke, in Victorvale,
- [KILLER ART by Jon St Denis](https://maassagency.com/killer-art-by-jon-st-denis/) - When art professor Vika Chen discovers the strangled body of Professor McGuire in a campus art studio, she becomes the prime suspect in a murder connected to an exhibition exposing AI-generated art. Since local law enforcement fails to find any optional leads, Vika and her partner, journalism professor Sam Worthing, take the investigation into their
- [DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY by Birdie Horne](https://maassagency.com/dont-cross-mo-ellery-by-birdie-horne/) - Mo Ellery’s 29th birthday is a disaster. After one small accident—the exposure of her boyfriend’s genitals (well, maybe not that small) on a work video call—she manages to get fired, dumped, and kicked out of their overpriced Chicago apartment. Luckily, a sign appears to guide Mo to her new life: “Looking for flexible part-time work?
- [A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - The heir to one of the Empire’s most powerful families sits in jail, accused of murder. His hands are covered in the victim’s blood, and he can neither deny his guilt nor explain his actions. But if the great detective Ana Dolabra cannot save him from the noose, the farming canton of Sapirdad will explode
- [DEAD GIRLS TELL NO TALES by Carissa Ann Lynch ](https://maassagency.com/dead-girls-tell-no-tales-by-carissa-ann-lynch/) - In a forgotten corner of small-town Indiana, Adrianna McMahon serves up nuts and fudge at the mall while hiding from her dark past. When her seventeen-year-old coworker, Rebel James, drops off a bloodstained notebook full of stories about missing girls, Adrianna recognizes a haunting pattern—one leading straight to New Day High School, where her own
- [DON'T TRUST FISH is a New York Times Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/dont-trust-fish-is-a-new-york-times-bestseller/) - Congratulations to DMLA author Neil Sharpson as DON'T TRUST FISH lands at #5 on the NYT Bestseller List! Illustrated by National Book Award winner Dan Santat, DON'T TRUST FISH is an absurdly laugh-out-loud funny picture book about the villainy of fish. ONE OF SLATE'S 25 GREATEST PICTURE BOOKS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN
- [Starred Review: WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-wickhills-by-premee-mohamed/) - Library Journal: Vycol Ferec believes he’s working for the city of Wickhills, doing good and smoothing down the rough edges. However, he’s really the secret police, and this mission is going to get a whole lot of people killed, including his own team—unless they betray him first. He’s protecting a scientist who has discovered a
- [Review: THE UNHAUNTING by Micaiah Johnson](https://maassagency.com/review-the-unhaunting-by-micaiah-johnson/) - Publishers Weekly: Johnson (Those Beyond the Wall) breathes new life into an old horror trope in this clever inversion of the classic haunted house story. The building at its center is a Civil War–era family home in rural Mississippi, recently inherited by Avery Abernathy. Determined to turn it into a peaceful sanctuary from hectic city
- [Murderbot Emmy Nominations!](https://maassagency.com/murderbot-emmy-nominations/) - DMLA extends its congratulations to the Murderbot team on becoming an Emmy-nominated television program! Based on the original works of DMLA author, Martha Wells, Murderbot on Apple TV+ has been nominated for an Emmy in the following three categories: Title Design Main Title Theme Music Sound Editing
- [Starred Review: CHILDREN OF OWL by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-children-of-owl-by-darcie-little-badger-2/) - Publishers Weekly: In a stunning contemporary fantasy from Lipan Apache Newbery Honoree Little Badger and featuring artwork from Rajunov (Looking at the Sky), three teens determine to save their home from forces both supernatural and benign. Sixteen-year-old Maisie’s peaceful life in Sunny Parks, a mobile home community populated by her extended family, is upended following
- [Review: HELP! I'M BEING EATEN BY A BEAR! by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/review-help-im-being-eaten-by-a-bear-by-neil-sharpson/) - Kirkus: Fancy pants prove no match for madcap ursine rage. On the heels of Don’t Trust Fish (2025), Sharpson and Santat re-create the magic of their previous collaboration. This time our hero is a tan-skinned, dark-haired man with some seriously choice orange cargo pants. After flying from Ireland to Alaska, the man almost immediately comes
- [THE LION'S TUSK by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/the-lions-tusk-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - An eccentric detective turns to the fantastical to solve a cold case in a short story by the Hugo Award–winning author of The Tainted Cup. On a long carriage journey with her assistant Din, brilliant investigator Ana Dolabra ponders a solution to an impossible crime that has remained unsolved for centuries. A lavish wedding for
- [Review: DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY by Birdie Horne](https://maassagency.com/review-dont-cross-mo-ellery-by-birdie-horne-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Eden Robins (Remember You Will Die) and MW Garguilo (The Stupendous Switcheroo) join forces under a new pseudonym for this witty and wacky millennial sleuthing story. After 29-year-old Mo Ellery loses her Chicago office job, her boyfriend, and her apartment all at once, she becomes a school crossing guard. When her daily nemesis,
- [Review: WICKHILLS by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-wickhills-by-premee-mohamed/) - Booklist: Mohamed's latest (after The First Thousand Trees, 2025) starts with Ferec, a secret agent, and his partner, Tanczel, searching for a rare object that could be very dangerous if misused. This leads to a grave outcome, with Ferec left to pick up the pieces. His suspicions that he and his partner were set up
- [Ursula K. Le Guin 2026 Prize for Fiction Shortlist!](https://maassagency.com/ursula-k-le-guin-2026-prize-for-fiction-shortlist/) - Congratulations to DMLA authors Premee Mohamed (One Message Remains) and Tashan Mehta (Mad Sisters of Esi) for making the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist!
- [Film/TV Deal: YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/film-tv-deal-you-deserve-to-know-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson has been picked up by Hulu! Nina Dobrev & Paul Wesley from Vampire Diaries are set to star in the adaptation. Alex Cooper, known for Call Your Daddy podcast, will produce and appear in the show as well - in the first and last episode as the interviewer. From Alex Cooper‘s Unwell
- [THE FELICITY COMPLEX by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke/) - Welcome to the Felicity Complex! Constructed during the height of the Cold War, our unique hotel is prepared to protect you, the billionaire class, from nuclear annihilation! Shielded from radiation and supplemented with closed air systems and hydroponic gardens, this resort bunker offers a prime existence underground: full gymnasium and spa, gourmet meals, top-tier medical
- [THE HOUSE GUEST by Jennifer Pashley](https://maassagency.com/the-house-guest-by-jennifer-pashley/) - Brett Novak is a young upstart chef, with real, raw talent—if only she could catch a break. After getting dumped by her married girlfriend and losing the perfect job offer, Brett accepts a temporary position as a live-in, personal chef of a reclusive, bestselling author, Carson Smart, who resides in a mansion on a secluded
- [MCCAMMON'S SHOPPE OF OLDE CURIOSITIES by Robert McCammon](https://maassagency.com/mccammons-shoppe-of-olde-curiosities-by-robert-mccammon/) - Featuring two Bram Stoker Award–winning tales, McCammon’s Shoppe of Olde Curiosities is a career-spanning collection gathering nineteen short stories showcasing the author’s imaginative range of frightening terror, fantastical worldbuilding, and characters confronting the unknown around them and within themselves. Pursuing a life of celebrity fame, Erik Van Helsing’s desire to cash in on his famous
- [THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN by M. A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/the-eye-of-leviathan-by-m-a-carrick/) - In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, the Council of the Sea Beyond has risen to unrivaled power, exploiting the Otherworld’s most precious resources for their own gain. Estevan seeks to uncover their secrets, but he risks the exposure of his own: that he is a faerie, masquerading as a mortal. The Hungry Girl is the
- [THE ASSASSIN'S WAY hits #1 on Sunday Times!](https://maassagency.com/the-assassins-way-hits-1-on-sunday-times/) - Excited to announce that JM Kearl's THE ASSASSIN'S WAY hit #1 on the Sunday Times! Never go out at night. Lock the doors. Ignore the screams. Those are the rules Aesira lives by to survive the monsters that stalk her village. But everything changes when it’s revealed she’s been born with the power to
- [THE LOVERS, THE LIARS, AND ME by DeAndra Davis](https://maassagency.com/the-lovers-the-liars-and-me-by-deandra-davis/) - Jaliya Powell has never had a real adventure, a real boyfriend, or spoken up for herself. She’s never even been kissed. Despite being valedictorian of her high school class, Jaliya is used to fading into the background. But this summer will be different. This summer, Jaliya is visiting her uncle and his family in Jamaica.
- [Deal: Katy Laird](https://maassagency.com/deal-katy-laird/) - Katy Laird's debut OCCULT ENTERTAINMENT, a Squid Games meets Backrooms horror in which a down-on-her-luck mother competes in a reality TV show where each challenge is a deadly occult ritual, to Troix Jackson at Nightfire, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Kiana Nguyen (world English).
- [Starred Review: CHILDREN OF OWL by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-children-of-owl-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Kirkus: The Lipan Apache Moreno cousins, who are growing up in the Sunny Park mobile home community, feel powerless after Maisie’s best friend, Mara, dies and they lose their cousin Connor to a wrongful conviction for voluntary manslaughter. When Owl, a winged boy who’s the son of Big Owl, the legendary “father of birds,” cryptically
- [Review: THE FELICITY COMPLEX by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/review-the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Clarke (Metal from Heaven) delivers a biting dystopian satire that blends queer speculative fiction, body horror, and Cold War paranoia. Deep beneath the earth, the Felicity Complex, a luxury bunker designed for the wealthy, prepares for the apocalypse, staffed by six lab-grown women (called “specimens”) engineered to embody idealized femininity and service. Among
- [Starred Review: A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Bennett continues to make genre-blending appear effortless in his stellar third Ana and Din novel (after 2025’s A Drop of Corruption), a suspenseful whodunit set in an immersive and imaginative alternate world. The endearing duo of Ana Dolabra, an eccentric genius, and her assistant, Imperial Investigator Din Kol, whose augmented abilities allow him
- [June Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-translation-deals-10/) - Czech rights to Melissa K. Roehrich's TEMPEST OF WRATH AND VENGEANCE, to Albatros Media, by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. Polish rights to Robert McCammon's THE RIVER OF SOULS, to Vesper (Poland), by Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
- [Deal : Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-jim-butcher-12/) - Podium Publishing has secured trade print rights to #1 New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher's THE LAW, originally released in a limited edition by Subterranean Press. This new edition will pair with the recently released OUT LAW. Taking place after the events of BATTLE GROUND, THE LAW is a novella in the popular Dresden Files
- [Starred Review: THE CURVE OF THE WORLD by Vonda McIntyre](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-curve-of-the-world-by-vonda-mcintyre-2/) - Kirkus: On the Fair Island, the Idaean people live and thrive. A matriarchal society, the Idaeans value close community bonds and peaceful relations with others, including the People, with whom they trade. They engage in the practice of temporarily fostering children from other societies and sending their own off to strengthen alliances. Former bull dancer
- [Review: THE FELICITY COMPLEX by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/review-the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke/) - Science Magazine: "An instantly arresting premise. The book’s prose is crisp and economical, punctuated by sentences sharp enough to do the work of entire paragraphs." "[C]aptures the absurdity and menace of its world, where innovation and objectification are inseparable." "The satire feels especially acute at a time when several of today’s tech elites indulge fantasies
- [Amazon's Best SFF of 2026](https://maassagency.com/amazons-best-sff-of-2026/) - Excited to see that both PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells and TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher are part of this amazing line up of Amazon's Best Science Fiction Fantasy for 2026!
- [Starred Review: THE FELICITY COMPLEX by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-felicity-complex-by-august-clarke/) - Library Journal: In the midst of the Cold War, Communists threaten the American Dream, but one way that can be circumvented is through the Felicity Complex, an underground bunker designed by a billionaire and (secretly) marketed as a luxury fallout shelter for the elite. The staff of the Felicity Complex are unlike any people one
- [2025 Bram Stoker Award Winners](https://maassagency.com/2025-bram-stoker-award-winners/) - The 2025 Bram Stoker Award winners have been announced and we're thrilled to see Tananarive Due on the list of winners for the following category! Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction Tananarive Due - “My Long Road to Horror” (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Fiction, Saga Press)
- [2025 Nebula Awards Winners](https://maassagency.com/2025-nebula-awards-winners/) - Congratulations to DMLA authors Thomas Ha and Martha Wells for their 2025 Nebula Award wins! Best Novelette “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons) Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Murderbot: Season One, by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz (Apple TV+)
- [2026 Ignyte Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2026-ignyte-award-finalists/) - The 2026 Ignyte Award finalists have been announced, and we're thrilled to see some DMLA names on the list! Outstanding Novel: Adult A Song of Legends Lost – M. H. Ayinde (Saga Press) Outstanding Novelette Uncertain Sons – Thomas Ha (Undertow Publications) The Ember Award (for unsung contributions to genre) Martha Wells
- [2026 Locus Awards Winners](https://maassagency.com/2026-locus-awards-winners/) - The 2026 Locus Awards have been announced and we're thrilled to see DMLA author, Thomas Ha won in two categories! SHORT STORY “In My Country“, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) COLLECTION Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Thomas Ha (Undertow)
- [THE BLOODWEAVER by C.N. Kuster](https://maassagency.com/the-bloodweaver-by-c-n-kuster/) - Three generations ago, ancient and mysterious beings introduced the world to the arcane art of Bloodweaving, which allows its practitioners to manipulate life with merely a touch. Now, Bloodweavers must hide in plain sight or risk being hunted by violent regime soldiers known as Breakers, who will stop at nothing to eradicate weaving once and
- [A FAMILY FOR THE AMISH ORPHANS (Amish of Lost River Book 4) by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/a-family-for-the-amish-orphans-amish-of-lost-river-book-4-by-jo-ann-brown/) - Daryn Yutzy’s three orphaned nieces are now his responsibility—but the Amish bachelor is clueless when it comes to raising little girls, especially one who refuses to speak. When kindhearted food-trailer owner Carrie Detweiler coaxes smiles from them with french fries, he turns to her for assistance. Carrie agrees to help the grieving children—if Daryn helps
- [EVERYBODY'S PERFECT by Jo Walton](https://maassagency.com/everybodys-perfect-by-jo-walton/) - The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Serenissima will have a doge, and that they will marry the sea, he tells it to a fortune teller named Khadsha. She tells her apprentice, a
- [THE FEYWILD JOB by C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/the-feywild-job-by-c-l-polk/) - Saeldian has sworn never to fall in love. That oath isn’t just a personal promise, but rather a magical pact, granting them powerful abilities. The only catch? They must never give their heart away—a deal that Saeldian is perfectly content with. They’ve seen firsthand how messy love can get. Saeldian prefers their no-strings-attached life as
- [SONGBIRD OF THE GALLOWS by Alta Hensley](https://maassagency.com/songbird-of-the-gallows-by-alta-hensley/) - Murder is their love language… Five years ago, Saylor Mitchell’s father was brutally murdered in front of her, shattering her world. Now his killers have tracked her down to finish the job. She is unexpectedly saved by her father’s closest friend, the enigmatic Blue. Saylor's savior—and captor— is a reformed, murder-sober assassin struggling to escape
- [THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/the-neighbors-are-watching-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are killed during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade. A year after the unsolved neighborhood murder, Caren,
- [THE ASSASSIN'S WAY by J.M. Kearl](https://maassagency.com/the-assassins-way-by-j-m-kearl/) - Those are the rules Aesira lives by to survive the monsters that stalk her village. But everything changes when it’s revealed she’s been born with the power to fight the vampires she’s spent her life fearing. Aesira is thrust into the elite and secretive League of Assassins, where mercy is weakness and fear is forbidden.
- [May Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-translation-deals-9/) - Arabic rights to Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, to Wahet Al Kotob (Egypt), by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor Literary Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Czech rights to Gretchen Powell Fox's SMOKE AND SCAR and SPLINTERED KINGDOM to Grada by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie
- [Starred Review: A TRADE OF BLOOD by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Booklist: The third book in Bennett’s Shadow of the Leviathan fantasy-mystery series begins with Ana and her assistant Din traveling to a region renowned throughout the Empire for its agricultural products. Ana is incensed at being assigned to investigate the murder of a young gentry girl (such an uninteresting task!), but Din reminds her that
- [Premee Mohamed wins a 2026 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire!](https://maassagency.com/premee-mohamed-wins-a-2026-grand-prix-de-limaginaire/) - The French edition of The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed has won the 2026 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in the Nouvelle/Novella étrangère category!
- [Starred Review: EVERYBODY'S PERFECT by Jo Walton](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-everybodys-perfect-by-jo-walton/) - Library Journal: "Readers who loved the mixing of worlds in Marie Brennan’s Driftwood or the world-crossing time-travel of Charlie Stross’s “Merchant Princes” series will enjoy Walton’s latest novel, as will anyone who has ever been caught up in the magic of the Carnival of Venice."
- [LibraryReads Hall of Fame](https://maassagency.com/libraryreads-hall-of-fame/) - PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells has been selected as a LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick for May!
- [PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells is an instant bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/platform-decay-by-martha-wells-is-an-instant-bestseller/) - We're over the Sanctuary Moon to announce that the newest Murderbot Diaries book - PLATFORM DECAY - by Martha Wells landed at #8 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list and reached #9 on the Combined Print and E-book list! It also came in at #8 on the USA Today list and #6
- [Starred Review: THE EYE OF THE LEVIATHAN by M.A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-eye-of-the-leviathan-by-m-a-carrick/) - Library Journal: "Offer Carrick's excellent duology starter to fans of Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar or anyone looking for a new historical fantasy series."
- [Review: THE EYE OF LEVIATHAN by M.A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/review-the-eye-of-leviathan-by-m-a-carrick/) - Publishers Weekly: Underdogs abound in this scrappy, series-launching historical fantasy from Carrick (the Rook and Rose trilogy), the pseudonym for Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms. The authors pit a displaced human and the faerie changeling left in her stead against a Spanish colonial empire bent on conquering both the New World and the faerie realm
- [Review: THE GUEST HOUSE by Jennifer Pashley](https://maassagency.com/review-the-guest-house-by-jennifer-pashley/) - Publishers Weekly: This engrossing psychological thriller from Pashley (The Watcher) finds 25-year-old budding chef Brett Novak heartbroken, out of work, and down to seven dollars in her bank account. She’s delighted and relieved when a former colleague recommends her for a temporary job as a personal chef for bestselling mystery author Carson Smart. She arrives
- [Review: DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY by Birdie Horne](https://maassagency.com/review-dont-cross-mo-ellery-by-birdie-horne/) - Kirkus: Two veteran authors join forces under a pseudonym to launch a series about a wildly unlikely amateur sleuth. Mo Ellery never wanted to get involved in detection. All she wanted was to hold on to her live-in boyfriend and keep her job at a Chicago marketing agency. After losing both within a few minutes
- [Deal: Melissa Roehrich](https://maassagency.com/deal-melissa-roehrich/) - Jackie Dinas and Alexandra Sunshine at Kensington acquired, in a four-book deal, North American rights to the Fallen series by Melissa K. Roehrich (pictured l.) from Katie Shea Boutillier. The series, per the publisher, “is a sweeping enemies-to-lovers romantasy epic that follows a royal heiress and a vengeful warrior forced into uneasy proximity as they embark on a dangerous quest to
- [2026 Hugo Awards Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2026-hugo-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to all the DMLA authors named as finalists in the 2026 Hugo Awards! Best Novel A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Best Novelette “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells (Reactor, July 10, 2025) Best Short Story “In My Country” by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld, Issue 223) Best Series The
- [AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by Molly Tanzer](https://maassagency.com/and-side-by-side-they-wander-by-molly-tanzer/) - For three hundred years, humanity’s greatest works of art have been on loan at the Greenwood Museum. It was finally time for them to come home...but the alien curators were disinclined to return them. Force was out of the question. Earth’s government was clear: They were not going to press the issue. So, all we
- [SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/seconds-to-spare-by-rachel-reiss/) - Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Werth is trapped in what feels like a never-ending nightmare. She's the only person onboard Aloha Airways Flight 1333 who’s stuck in a 28-minute time loop, one that repeats over and over again. During each loop, four things always happen: 1. The Internet goes out and the pilot warns of upcoming turbulence. 2.
- [THE CURVE OF THE WORLD by Vonda McIntyre](https://maassagency.com/the-curve-of-the-world-by-vonda-mcintyre/) - This world is round. Loving sailors court its waves, bathe in sea currents happily sharing secrets with them, waters telling them where to go and how best to navigate their way. With persistence as gentle and stubborn as worn stones, multiple award winner Vonda N. McIntyre shows us versions of everyday Minoan activities based on
- [STEELBOUND by WA Simpson](https://maassagency.com/steelbound-by-wa-simpson/) - An “expansive magical adventure” – Publishers Weekly on Tinderbox, Book 1 of ‘Tales from the Riven Isles’ In the epic conclusion of the Tales from the Riven Isles series, Ursa, a once selfish princess turned bitter exile, and Lucea, a determined chronomancer, must unite to stop the Rot threatening their world. Tasked with recovering the Steel Driver’s
- [MERCUTIO by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/mercutio-by-kate-heartfield/) - On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet Dante Alighieri. In their desperate stand against the enemy, they inadvertently open a crack between our world and Faerie, literally changing the stars over Mercutio’s head, and creating a mysterious presence who will follow Mercutio for all the days
- [Review: AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by Molly Tanzer](https://maassagency.com/review-and-side-by-side-they-wander-by-molly-tanzer-3/) - Locus: "A rich and provocative exploration of how and why we relate to art at all -- and how it informs the ways we relate to each other."
- [2026 Locus Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2026-locus-award-finalists/) - The 2026 Locus Award Finalists were announced and we're thrilled to see so many DMLA authors included! SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) FANTASY NOVELS The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor) HORROR NOVELS
- [Murderbot Diaries: PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/murderbot-diaries-platform-decay-by-martha-wells/) - Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good. After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know. Including human children. Ugh. This may well call for... eye contact!
- [LOST IN YELLOWSTONE by Nicole Maggi](https://maassagency.com/lost-in-yellowstone-by-nicole-maggi/) - A foot in a geyser. A school in the wild. A truth no one saw coming. When a human foot is ejected from a geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Special Agent Emme Helliwell of the National Park Service is assigned the chilling case. Tasked with identifying the victim and uncovering what led to such a
- [A LIADEN UNIVERSE CONSTELLATION VOLUME VI by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/a-liaden-universe-constellation-volume-vi-by-sharon-lee-steve-miller/) - The sixth Constellation collects eleven stories set in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s vast, versatile, and beloved Liaden Universe®. Themes range from military to western to found family, and include discovery stories and novel outtakes. All showcase Lee and Miller’s deft touch with characterization and their acclaimed world-building skill. Also included in this volume is
- [OUT LAW by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/out-law-by-jim-butcher/) - In a city that’s just beginning to recover from the devastation caused by the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is finally pulling himself together as well. He’s ensconced in his own personal castle, healing his various wounds, and training an eager new apprentice. The last thing he wants is any trouble. But, as history has
- [April Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-translation-deals-7/) - Catalan rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera's RAKESFALL, to Chronos, by Elena Rodríguez at International Editors & Yáñez Co’ S.L. in association with Michael Curry. Czech rights to Katherine Addison's THE GRIEF OF STONES to Dobrovsky, by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier
- [April Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-subsidiary-deals-2/) - Audio rights to Robert McCammon's SHOPPE OF OLDE CURIOSITIES, a short story collection, to Louise Quayle at Audible by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, for Cameron McClure (World English).
- [Deal: Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/deal-ada-palmer-2/) - Historian at University of Chicago and award-winning author of INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE Ada Palmer’s untitled book on censorship, unpacking our many false assumptions about what it is and how it operates, and providing a roadmap for thoughtful resistance, based in part on a museum exhibit and series of films exploring censorship during information revolutions, to
- [Deal: E.B. Asher](https://maassagency.com/deal-e-b-asher-2/) - Photo credit: Sue Grubman Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka writing as E.B. Asher's LAST NIGHT IN LYRIS, pitched as The Hangover meets THE ATLAS SIX, in which three magical university dropouts might be the only ones who can save the school and the city from a curse that's been cast the night before
- [Review: THE HIVE by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/review-the-hive-by-ronald-malfi/) - Booklist: “…one of his very best: a story that pulls readers deeply in with a consuming dread that becomes almost unbearable. Truly a magnificent work of horror fiction.”
- [The GoodReads Editor's Picks for the Past Five Years](https://maassagency.com/the-goodreads-editors-picks-for-the-past-five-years/) - Congratulations to all the DMLA authors whose titles were named a GoodReads Editor's Top Genre Pick for the past five years! Fantasy MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta METAL FROM HEAVEN by august clarke THE STARSEEKERS by Nicole Glover THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS by Vajra Chandrasekera Horror THE REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due
- [Booklist's Top Ten YA Debuts 2026](https://maassagency.com/booklists-top-ten-ya-debuts-2026/) - Booklist just released their Top Ten YA Debuts for 2026 and we're thrilled to see the following DMLA titles included in the roundup! Out of Air by Rachel Reiss A deep-sea dive into a breathtaking cave leaves Phoebe and the Salt Squad cursed in this artful thriller full of airtight tension and robust character development.
- [Starred Review: THE CURVE OF THE WORLD by Vonda McIntyre](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-curve-of-the-world-by-vonda-mcintyre/) - Publishers Weekly: A gentle elegiac tone pervades this stunning posthumous historical fantasy from multi–Hugo and Nebula award winner McIntyre (Dreamsnake), who died in 2019. In ancient Crete, Iakinthu, a former bull dancer, is at the apex of her second profession as chief diplomat-trader of her seafaring nation. To fulfill Minoan tradition, she must take her
- [2026 Indies Choice Book Award!](https://maassagency.com/2026-indies-choice-book-award/) - Congratulations to Neil Sharpson as his book DON'T TRUST FISH wins the 2026 Indies Choice Book Award in the Children’s Picture Book category!
- [RAIN OF SHADOWS AND ENDINGS is an instant bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/rain-of-shadows-and-endings-is-an-instant-bestseller/) - DMLA is proud to congratulate Melissa Roehrich as RAIN OF SHADOWS AND ENDINGS debuts on not one, but two bestseller lists! The title rings in at #36 on USA Today and #9 on the New York Times Hardcover!
- [LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham](https://maassagency.com/love-galaxy-by-sierra-branham/) - Temmi, a young trash collector stuck in a dead-end job on a garbage planet, finds herself with a golden ticket she never expected: the oppor­tunity to be cast on an interstellar dating show starring the brother and sister heirs to the galactic empire. Through diplomatic challenges and dramatized dates, twenty-four women will compete to marry
- [PARANORMAL PAYBACK by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes](https://maassagency.com/paranormal-payback-by-jim-butcher-and-kerrie-l-hughes/) - In this short story collection, our heroes get what’s due to them—with a supernatural flair. But the injustices that have been holding them back might cost them more than they realized. . . . In “Mister Petty,” a brand-new Dresden Files story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher, a woman hires Goodman Grey to
- [THE HIVE by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/the-hive-by-ronald-malfi/) - The residents of Mariner’s Cove are changing… In the aftermath of a violent storm, a collective obsession is rapidly developing among the people of this quaint suburban neighborhood. Random, everyday items left scattered upon the lawns, the streets, and the shoreline all seem to call out to them. There is an item for almost everyone,
- [Chicago Review of Books on TRACE ELEMENTS by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/chicago-review-of-books-on-trace-elements-by-jo-walton-and-ada-palmer/) - Chicago Review of Books: "This is a savvy release by Tor and a smart and engaging work by Walton and Palmer." The genre of science fiction has been stereotyped and maligned for too long, and two of its contemporary champions, Jo Walton and Ada Palmer, would like to set the record straight. It’s hard to
- [Review: AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by Molly Tanzer](https://maassagency.com/review-and-side-by-side-they-wander-by-molly-tanzer-2/) - Library Journal: The underqualified misfits undertaking this intergalactic art heist have no idea what mission they’ve actually signed up for. They think they’re going to steal back the art treasures that Earth gave up in return for a quick fix to their onrushing apocalypse. Now that Earth is repaired, it wants its stuff back, even
- [HEIR OF TWISTED LIES is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/heir-of-twisted-lies-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - DMLA congratulates LJ Andrews as HEIR OF TWISTED LIES hits #100 on the USA Today's Bestsellers List! Their love is the only thing that can save them from a cursed fate in the next dramatic installment in the bestselling Broken Souls and Bones series.
- [Starred Review: PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-platform-decay-by-martha-wells-2/) - Library Journal: Murderbot volunteered for this rescue mission because it’s certain that they have the best odds of accomplishing this poorly planned operation. They’re not wrong, but they underestimate how long and stressful the trip will be and how fast and often it’s going to go wrong. The plan to rescue members of Dr. Mensah’s
- [Review: EVERYBODY'S PERFECT by Jo Walton](https://maassagency.com/review-everybodys-perfect-by-jo-walton/) - Publishers Weekly: An exercise in elaborate worldbuilding, this ambitious outing from Hugo and Nebula Award winner Walton (Or What You Will) transports readers to the fantastical city of the Serenissima, “built on nothing but layers of magical mist and memories and dreams.” The Serenissima’s geography shifts with the fog that drifts through it, “opening a
- [Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/review-seconds-to-spare-by-rachel-reiss-3/) - Booklist: Groundhog Day meets Murder on the Orient Express in this audacious airborne thriller that’s sure to have you on the edge of your aisle seat. Evelyn and Orion are two teens on a flight home from Hawaii who are running from problems in their daily lives. But when they find themselves reliving the same terrifying 28
- [Review: PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-platform-decay-by-martha-wells/) - Publishers Weekly: The lethal but good-hearted security robot that narrates Wells’s Hugo and Nebula award–winning Murderbot Diaries series returns, alongside friends old and new, for its wildly entertaining eighth adventure (after System Collapse). On a high-stakes extraction mission, Murderbot guides fellow SecUnit, Three, to sneak onto a Corporation Rim station and trigger a distraction. Meanwhile,
- [Starred Review: LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-love-galaxy-by-sierra-branham/) - Version 1.0.0 Booklist: If "unfair" had a picture next to its dictionary definition, Temmi Ialan's face would be there. She's grinding out an existence on the planet X72, working as a trash collector to barely keep a roof over head, along with caring for her sick mother and disabled brother. Despite the grim circumstances, Temmi's
- [Deal: Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/deal-matthew-hubbard-2/) - Matthew Hubbard's HOW TO BREAK HIS HEART, pitched as Heated Rivalry meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, following two collegiate hockey teammates with a complicated history of hooking up; one wants to make the other fall in love using romance tropes for a lit paper, and the other wants to break his
- [March Audio Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-audio-deals/) - Melissa K Roehrich's RAIN OF SHADOWS AND ENDINGS, STORM OF SECRETS AND SORROW and TEMPEST OF WRATH AND VENGEANCE, books 1-3 of the Legacy series, to Anji Cornette at GraphicAudio, in a very nice deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (NA).
- [March Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-translation-deals-9/) - Bulgarian rights to Robert Sheckley's STORE OF INFINITY to Alto, by Tamara Vukicevic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Czech audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, and SYSTEM COLLAPSE, books 3-7 in The Murderbot Diaries, to
- [THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF FAERIE BARGAINS by Reena McCarty](https://maassagency.com/the-tricky-business-of-faerie-bargains-by-reena-mccarty/) - When Poppy Hill was a child she was stolen from her family's Montana homestead and taken to the land of the fae, where she spent more than a century as a cook in the Wild King's castle. Now back in the human world, she works for a company that brokers fairy bargains, looking for loopholes
- [A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES by MH Ayinde](https://maassagency.com/a-dance-of-burning-blades-by-mh-ayinde/) - Tension simmers across the Nine Lands. In the capital, the people of Lordsgrave seethe with resentment after the horrors of the greyblood attack. Clan Adatali is in open rebellion against the king, and as war in the Feverlands rages on, a humble tree feller—who looks a lot like missing invoker Jinao Mizito—has not forgotten the
- [HOME SWEET HOME by Karin Nordin](https://maassagency.com/home-sweet-home-by-karin-nordin/) - Zora was only sixteen when she lost everyone. The commune she called home and the people she called family gone in the blink of an eye. She’s spent twenty years trying to block it out, to reinvent herself and forget the other five survivors. But then the letters start arriving. Someone remembers and they won’t
- [SMOKE AND SCAR by Gretchen Powell Fox](https://maassagency.com/smoke-and-scar-by-gretchen-powell-fox/) - A Splintered Kingdom An ancient grudge has kept humans and the magical races of Arcanis at odds for centuries. The Arcane Crucible, a legendary series of trials that occurs every 25 years, offers a chance for peace. A Haunted Warrior Elyria Lightbreaker, once a celebrated fae war hero, is a shadow of her former self.
- [Review:  OUT LAW by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-out-law-by-jim-butcher/) - Kirkus: In this installment of Butcher’s Dresden Files series, the staff-wielding wizard is honor-bound to return a favor to a crime boss for saving his life. With the city still struggling to return to some semblance of normalcy after the cataclysmic events of the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is recovering in his ancient Chicago
- [Review: THE BLOODWEAVER by C.N. Kuster](https://maassagency.com/review-the-bloodweaver-by-c-n-kuster/) - Kirkus: The rich worldbuilding is arguably the novel’s biggest strength, but the well-developed dynamics between the main characters, particularly Mel and Ismene’s complex relationship, are also compelling. The narrative has an impressive pace fueled by intertwining and action-packed plotlines that maintain the pedal-to-the-metal momentum.
- [Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/review-seconds-to-spare-by-rachel-reiss-2/) - Shelf Awareness: Two teenagers are stuck in a time loop, reliving the last few minutes before a plane crash, in Rachel Reiss's clever and arresting YA locked-door mystery, Seconds to Spare. Characterization is sometimes thin--for example, little information is shared about Evelyn's relationship with her still-living mother or her plans as a recent high school graduate--but
- [2025 Nebula Award finalists](https://maassagency.com/2025-nebula-award-finalists/) - The 2025 Nebula Award finalists have been announced and we're so excited to see our DMLA authors honored! Nebula Award for Best Novelette “Uncertain Sons”, by Thomas Ha (Uncertain Sons) Nebula Award for Best Short Story “In My Country”, by Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25) Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Murderbot, Season 1 (based on the book series by Martha Wells)
- [Starred Review: PLATFORM DECAY by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-platform-decay-by-martha-wells/) - Booklist: The newest Murderbot novel (after System Collapse, 2023) has our titular (not really an anti) hero aided by Three, the newest rogue SecUnit, on a stealth mission in a planetary ring habitat to retrieve members of Mensah’s family, who’ve been kidnapped by the Barish Estranza Corporation in retaliation for her role on the plague
- [Review: LOVE GALAXY by Sierra Branham](https://maassagency.com/review-love-galaxy-by-sierra-branham/) - Publishers Weekly: Reality television goes galactic in Branham’s thrilling sapphic sci-fi debut. After poverty-stricken trash collector Artemis Ialan has an unfortunate public run-in with the prince and princess of the Expan empire, she’s invited to appear on Love Galaxy, a reality dating show that matches royals and others high in the empirical hierarchy with important
- [2025 BSFA Awards finalists](https://maassagency.com/2025-bsfa-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Thomas Ha, as Uncertain Sons and Other Stories made the British Science Fiction Association 2025 BSFA Awards shortlist! Best Collection Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha (Undertow Publications)
- [Review: THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF FAERIE BARGAINS by Reena McCarty](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tricky-business-of-faerie-bargains-by-reena-mccarty-2/) - Publishers Weekly: McCarty’s elegant and melancholy fantasy debut follows Poppy Hill, who in 1880, at the age of five, was abducted by faeries and taken to their world, called Otherside, where she grew up and became a cook for the Wild King. She was then returned to the human world in the modern day as
- [Starred Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-seconds-to-spare-by-rachel-reiss/) - School Library Journal: The nail-biting action starts with the very first sentence of this superb thriller. Evelyn has been trapped in a 28-minute time loop 194 times on an airplane that’s about to crash. Each time the plane starts to nosedive, she sees a flash of white light and wakes up in her original seat,
- [Audio Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/audio-review-twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/) - Kirkus: James Marsters' weary delivery perfectly captures Harry Dresden's fractured psyche as he navigates a year of mandatory mourning and political maneuvering in Chicago. Marsters doesn't just read; he inhabits Harry's exhaustion, using deliberate pacing and a somber tonal palette that underscores the protagonist's post-traumatic stress. Marsters' gift for distinct vocal characterizations remains sharp, effortlessly
- [Review: AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY WANDER by Molly Tanzer](https://maassagency.com/review-and-side-by-side-they-wander-by-molly-tanzer/) - Publishers Weekly: A far-future gang attempts an interstellar museum heist in this crafty sci-fi novella from Tanzer (Creatures of Charm and Hunger). Led by Tarquin Lennox, a wealthy human man affiliated with Earth’s last corporation, the crew also includes Arakachi Misora, “a set of sextuplets folded into a single body” acting as the team’s muscle;
- [2025 Bram Stoker Award Nominees!](https://maassagency.com/2025-bram-stoker-award-nominees/) - The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards nominees were announced and we're excited for our DMLA authors on the list! Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Ha, Thomas — “Uncertain Sons” (Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, Undertow Publications) Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction Due, Tananarive — “My Long Road to Horror” (Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror
- [THIS WILL BE FUN is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/this-will-be-fun-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - Thrilled to share that THIS WILL BE FUN by EB Asher has hit the USA Today bestseller list again, at #17! Read this slow burn, cozy quest romantasy with Shrek and The Princess Bride vibes featuring: Second chance romance Found family Questmates-with-benefits Friends to enemies to friends (to lovers?)
- [Starred Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Ada Palmer and Jo Walton](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-trace-elements-by-ada-palmer-and-jo-walton/) - Library Journal: This collection of essays, some original and many revised and updated, represents a wide range of thought and many sterling examples of what makes science fiction and fantasy popular and so appealing for readers, along with what causes some readers not to like it. They also offer insight into where the speculative fiction conversation
- [Review: SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-secondhand-luck-by-kim-harrison/) - Library Journal: Petra Grady continues to develop her bond with the shadow, Pluck, as the first weaver/shadow pair in nearly a millennium. Even with the support of researcher and boyfriend, Benedict Strom, at St. Enoc, there are some who do not welcome the weaver who can use shadow magic. When Petra and Benedict discover another
- [2026 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2026 finalists](https://maassagency.com/2026-grand-prix-de-limaginaire-2026-finalists/) - We are thrilled to see that Premee Mohamed's novellas, The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through The Mountain, are Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2026 finalists in the Nouvelle/Novella étrangère category!
- [Review: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE by Nicole Maggi](https://maassagency.com/review-lost-in-yellowstone-by-nicole-maggi/) - Kirkus: What’s the connection between a missing person, a severed foot in a sneaker, and a group of troubled kids? Emmeline Helliwell, a special agent for the National Park Service, is sent to Yellowstone to unravel the mystery of a foot blown out of a geyser in front of a group of tourists. She’d rather be
- [Review: THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF FAERIE BARGAINS by Reena McCarty](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tricky-business-of-faerie-bargains-by-reena-mccarty/) - Library Journal: In McCarty's debut, a human named Poppy tries to prevent diplomatic chaos but gets caught up in Fae court machinations. Three years ago, Poppy was returned to the human world after 100 years of serving on the Otherside, in the land of the Fae. She works for an organization that handles legal bargains between
- [Deal: Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/deal-premee-mohamed-10/) - Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's WICKHILLS, a spy thriller pitched as Cold War-era John le Carre meets Gormenghast, to Eli Goldman at Tor, with Jonathan Strahan editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Michael Curry (World English).
- [Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/review-seconds-to-spare-by-rachel-reiss/) - Kirkus: Two 18-year-olds get stuck in a time loop during a flight from Kona to Los Angeles that seems about to end without warning, with the plane heading into a nosedive, before the cycle abruptly restarts. Aloha Airlines Flight 1333 was supposed to take Evelyn Werth back home across the Pacific Ocean along with her father’s
- [TRACE ELEMENTS: Conversations on the Project of Science-Fiction and Fantasy by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/trace-elements-conversations-on-the-project-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy-by-jo-walton-and-ada-palmer/) - Jo Walton and Ada Palmer are two of the most innovative and insightful writers to emerge in the SF and fantasy genres in this century. As writers of fiction they’ve each won multiple awards. As commenters on SF and fantasy in print and in visual media, they’ve both sparked new conversations that expanded our imaginations
- [INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan](https://maassagency.com/intergalactic-feast-by-lavanya-lakshminarayan/) - It has been three months since Saraswati Kaveri and Serenity Ko won Interstellar MegaChef with their groundbreaking new food simulation, Feast. But victory is only the beginning. Saras is busy promoting their invention as the public face of Feast, while Ko keeps fighting battles to steer its development at XP Inc. And then there’s the
- [RAIN OF SHADOW AND ENDINGS by Melissa K. Roehrich](https://maassagency.com/rain-of-shadow-and-endings-by-melissa-k-roehrich/) - Out of all their creations, the gods favored their children the most. But with that favor came the fear that their Legacy would one day become too powerful . . . A World the Gods Forgot Devram is a realm hidden amongst the stars. The gods gave their Legacy the best of all the worlds,
- [THIS WILL BE INTERESTING by E.B. Asher](https://maassagency.com/this-will-be-interesting-by-e-b-asher/) - Galwell True was the perfect hero, the legend who sacrificed himself to save the realm…only for his friends to unexpectedly resurrect him ten years later. These days, he’s feeling less “Galwell the Great” and more “Galwell the Lost.” River Pricemark is an excellent assassin. When the Deathrose Guild, an organization known for banishing evil, tasks
- [HEIR OF TWISTED LIES by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/heir-of-twisted-lies-by-lj-andrews/) - Lyra Bien never expected to leave the royal house at Stonegate in one piece after her rare melder magic was revealed. Once she discovered the truth behind the need for her magic and the brutality of her kingdom, Lyra vowed to put an end to the corruption of the crown. But is the enemy of
- [February Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-translation-deals-9/) - Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in The Murderbot Diaries, to Dobrovsky, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in The Murderbot Diaries,
- [Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-twelve-months-by-jim-butcher-2/) - Kirkus: This is wizard Harry Dresden’s yearlong mourning period for Karrin Murphy, the woman he loved. If you keep upping your protagonist’s powers throughout a series, then you must balance the scales by increasing the number and strength of their enemies—as well as seriously messing with their personal life. Over the course of the Dresden Files,
- [Nicole Glover talks THE STARSEEKERS on All Things Considered!](https://maassagency.com/nicole-glover-talks-the-starseekers-on-all-things-considered/) - Check out this amazing interview Nicole Glover gives on NPR'S All Things Considered about her new book, THE STARSEEKERS!
- [Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/review-trace-elements-by-jo-walton-and-ada-palmer/) - Booklist: This collaboration between two prominent sf authors blends historical research, anecdotal narratives, and even a few poems. Sf fans might already be familiar with authors Walton (Or What You Will, 2020) and Palmer (Perhaps the Stars, 2021), but this collection of both authors’ nonfiction is an extensive plunge into sf’s deep end. While not
- [THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP is an NYT bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/their-amish-secret-courtship-is-an-nyt-bestseller/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Jo Ann Brown, as THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP rings in at #13 on the New York Times Mass Market bestseller list!
- [Starred Review: DEATH TIMES SEVEN by Anne Perry](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-death-times-seven-by-anne-perry/) - Library Journal: Cementing her place in a long line of legendary British crime novelists such as Sayers, Christie, and Conan Doyle, prolific bestseller Perry (author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt books) puts her usual skillful historical spin on the genre in this compelling yarn, begun before she died in 2023 and later seamlessly finished by
- [Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List](https://maassagency.com/locus-2025-recommended-reading-list/) - It's an incredible honor to see so many DMLA authors on the Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List! Congratulations all around! SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) FANTASY NOVELS The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) Angel Maker, Elizabeth Bear (Sobbing Squonk) A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del
- [ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE wins William C. Morris Award!](https://maassagency.com/all-the-noise-at-once-wins-william-c-morris-award/) - So excited to announce that ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis was named the 2026 William C. Morris YA Debut Award winner!
- [Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS is an audio bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/jim-butchers-twelve-months-is-an-audio-bestseller/) - Excited to announce that Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS is #2 on the New York Times Audio Bestseller list! Congratulations, Jim!! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?
- [TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher hits USA Today Bestseller List!](https://maassagency.com/twelve-months-by-jim-butcher-hits-usa-today-bestseller-list/) - We are so proud to announce that Jim Butcher's new book, TWELVE MONTHS, rang in at #2 on the USA Today Bestseller List! Congrats, Jim!
- [Review: INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Laksminarayan](https://maassagency.com/review-intergalactic-feast-by-lavanya-laksminarayan-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Lakshminarayan once again indulges readers with a zany sci-fi plot and delicious descriptions of food.... Lakshminarayan’s meditations on food and culture and the different ways of experiencing both mix smoothly with the politics and intrigue that the main characters find themselves caught up in. Fans of the first book will not want to
- [Sheine Linde is a 2026 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book!](https://maassagency.com/sheine-linde-is-a-2026-american-indian-youth-literature-young-adult-honor-book/) - We're thrilled to share that Sheine Linde by Darcie Little Badger is one of the AIYLA Honor Books!
- [WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS by Alex Bledsoe](https://maassagency.com/while-the-city-sleeps-by-alex-bledsoe/) - When a notorious crime lord’s top lawyer is beheaded by hired killers, it’s clear someone’s sending a message. But Stavros Kefali didn’t get to be top dog by scaring easily, so he sends his go-to guy, Darren Flaxstone, to learn who’s behind it. Two cops, Slade and Slaughter, are also on the case, and one
- [Matthew Hubbard's A REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes Rainbow List!](https://maassagency.com/matthew-hubbards-a-rebels-guide-to-pride-makes-rainbow-list/) - Congratulations to Matthew Hubbard as A REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes the ALA Rainbow List! 🌈
- [TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher is a New York Times bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/twelve-months-by-jim-butcher-is-a-new-york-times-bestseller/) - Major congratulations and celebrations are in order as Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS hits #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?
- [2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2026-philip-k-dick-award-nominees/) - Congratulations to Thomas Ha! The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced, and they include Thomas Ha's excellent collection: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories (Undertow)!
- [SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/secondhand-luck-by-kim-harrison/) - It’s been months since Petra Grady bonded with the shadow Pluck. With the help of researcher Benedict Strom, she has made a place for herself at St. Unoc University as the first weaver to use shadow magic in a thousand years. But some are not happy to acknowledge the new shadow/weaver pair, and Petra and
- [January Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-subsidiary-deals/) - Audio rights to Alex Bledsoe's WHILE THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS, about a pair of honest cops investigating a mob hit while a ruthless gangland fixer, a crusading journalist, a crime lord, and a vigilante all complicate matters, before they come together for a mysterious festival where all questions may be answered—if anyone survives to Stefan
- [January Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-translation-deals-10/) - Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's FURIES OF CALDERON, the first book in the Codex Alera series, to Aser Al-Kotob, by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Arabic rights to Robert McCammon's STINGER, to Aser Al-Kotob by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor Literary Agency,
- [S.B. Divya's LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award in India!](https://maassagency.com/s-b-divyas-loka-wins-the-sushila-devia-award-in-india/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, S.B. Divya, as LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award!
- [Review: INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Laksminarayan](https://maassagency.com/review-intergalactic-feast-by-lavanya-laksminarayan/) - Library Journal: Lakshminarayan’s sequel to Interstellar Megachef is a compelling story of culinary delights, planetary xenophobia, and being true to oneself.... Readers will devour this novel, with its multiple points of view, sharp writing, and a constant pace, plus a slow-burn romance.
- [Deal: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/deal-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller-7/) - Sharon Lee sold CONSTELLATION SIX by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, a new volume collecting recent short stories set in the nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® series, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books via Jennifer Jackson.
- [Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/) - Publishers Weekly: Butcher shifts gears in his emotional 18th urban fantasy featuring professional wizard Harry Dresden (after 2020’s Battle Ground), focusing on the character’s struggles, over the course of one year, to come to terms with recent devastating events. These include the deaths of tens of thousands of Chicagoans, massive infrastructure damage, Dresden’s expulsion from
- [This Is Horror Award's Novel of the Year!](https://maassagency.com/this-is-horror-awards-novel-of-the-year/) - Congratulations to Ronald Malfi as SMALL TOWN HORROR won Novel of the Year in the 2024 This Is Horror Award!
- [Washington Post names Murderbot as one of the top 10 TV shows of 2025!](https://maassagency.com/washington-post-names-murderbot-as-one-of-the-top-10-tv-shows-of-2025/) - Washington Post: "It’s fun when slight little shows — especially comedies — overperform by improving on a silly premise. In Apple TV’s goofy space dystopia, “Murderbot,” Alexander Skarsgard plays a crabby, semi-obsolete “SecUnit” (or “private security construct” — sort of a computer with human tissue) that started the series by quietly rebelling against its overlords.
- [TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/) - One year. 365 days. Twelve months. Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different—and it’s not just the current lack of electricity. In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. And
- [WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/we-should-have-left-well-enough-alone-by-ronald-malfi/) - A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, a young boy learns the truth of the world from the strange and unsettling Mr
- [LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/lost-girls-of-hollow-lake-by-rebekah-faubion/) - Eight were lost. Five were found. None will ever be free. For Evie Williams, life is about to get a lot more complicated. Haunted by the events of a school trip to Hollow Lake National Park that went disastrously wrong, Evie and her friends returned changed, their lives forever marked by the mysterious Island they
- [THE STARSEEKERS by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/the-starseekers-by-nicole-glover/) - In the 1960s, the world was caught up in reaching beyond our planet and into the cosmos. It felt impossible—but there was nothing science, math…and magic couldn’t make possible. The race to space was on, and the Moon was what everyone had their eyes on. Including Cynthia Rhodes, a brilliant arcane engineer at NASA’s Ainsworth
- [December Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-translation-deals-10/) - Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's FURIES OF CALDERON, the first book in the Codex Alera series, to Aser Al-Kotob, by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Kel Kade's DRAGONS AND DEMONS and KNIGHT OF SHADOWS, to Fantom Print, in a
- [Review: LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/review-lost-girls-of-hollow-lake-by-rebekah-faubion-2/) - Publishers Weekly: A secret stalks the survivors of a catastrophic class trip in Faubion’s harrowing Pacific Northwest–set horror novel. Local legend says that within Hollow Lake sits Dead Refuge Island, which can only occasionally be seen, and only by some. “People who look for the island don’t ever come back,” so when Evie Williams and
- [Book Page's 10 Best Books of 2025](https://maassagency.com/book-pages-10-best-books-of-2025/) - Congratulations to Neil Sharpson and Robert Jackson Bennett as DON'T TRUST FISH (Sharpson) and A DROP OF CORRUPTION (Bennett) have been named as one Book Page's 10 Best Books of 2025!
- [Review: ANGEL MAKER by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/review-angel-maker-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Locus: I didn’t know that I needed another book about Karen Memery, the main character in Elizabeth Bear’s take on steampunk (Restoration-era Northwestern U.S. flavor) that launched in 2015 with Karen Memory and was followed up by Stone Mad in 2018. Those rain-soaked, gear-full days feel like a hazy moment when we all wondered if
- [2026 William C. Morris Award Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2026-william-c-morris-award-finalists/) - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2026 William C. Morris Award and we are thrilled to see ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis included in the lineup!
- [Review: LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/review-lost-girls-of-hollow-lake-by-rebekah-faubion/) - School Library Journal: A captivating story about the girls who returned from Hollow Lake National Park’s Dead Refuge Island. Eight girls on a school trip decide to adventure to the island, which no one can see, and no one has ever returned from. Only five return, but the island has haunted each girl from the
- [MAD SISTERS OF ESI is a Washington Post Best Book of 2025!](https://maassagency.com/mad-sisters-of-esi-is-a-washington-post-best-book-of-2025/) - Excited to see Tashan Mehta's MAD SISTERS OF ESI named as a Washington Post Best Book of 2025! “A poetic, metaphysical epic, “Mad Sisters” feels like it’s in conversation with other recent books about people in surreal, liminal spaces questioning what everything means — and it’s my absolute favorite book of the year.”
- [Library Journal's Stellar Selections | Best Books 2025](https://maassagency.com/library-journals-stellar-selections-best-books-2025/) - Congratulations to all the DMLA authors selected to be on Library Journal's Stellar Selections Best Books of 2025! SUSPENSE Thompson, Aggie Blum. You Deserve To Know. Forge. Mar. 2025. HORROR Starling, Caitlin. The Graceview Patient. St. Martin’s. Oct. 2025. Starling, Caitlin. The Starving Saints. Harper Voyager. May 2025. SCIENCE FICTION Bear, Elizabeth. The Folded Sky.
- [DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/dawn-of-chaos-and-fury-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - Thrilled to see Melissa K Roehrich's DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY hit the USA Today's bestseller list at #88!
- [November Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-translation-deals-9/) - Brazilian Portuguese rights to Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner Vajra Chandrasekera's RAKESFALL, to Editora Companhia das Letras, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry. Chinese (simplified) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE
- [Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-twelve-months-by-jim-butcher/) - Booklist: It has been three weeks since the devastating magical attack on Chicago (Battle Ground, 2020), leaving the city in complete disarray and wizard Harry Dresden's life in shambles. He is mourning the loss of a loved one, has been banished from the White Council of Wizards—although he is not as upset about that—and has
- [Goodreads Choice Award nomination for Best Fantasy](https://maassagency.com/goodreads-choice-award-nomination-for-best-fantasy/) - Robert Jackson Bennett's second novel in the Ana & Din series, A DROP OF CORRUPTION, has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in Best Fantasy! Congratulations, Robert!
- [THEIR AMISH COURTSHIP SECRET by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/their-amish-courtship-secret-by-jo-ann-brown/) - Could their unexpected arrangement lead to a forever love? Amish schoolteacher Ruthanne Geer never expected her role as part-time housekeeper for her friend Kolton Lehman to turn into a pretend romance. But with her grandfather worried for her reputation and Kolton’s mother stressed about his bachelorhood, she knows that this fake arrangement is for the
- [SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/seeing-other-people-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Morgan is being ghosted by her ex. No, really. It’s sad Zach died and became a ghost. But Morgan and Zach only ever went on the one date, and now she’s being haunted by him. Zach has no desire to spend eternity with Morgan, but he can’t recall his past and doesn’t know how to
- [HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING hits USA Today list!](https://maassagency.com/he-sees-you-when-youre-sleeping-hits-usa-today-list/) - Congratulations again to Alta Hensley as HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING rings in at #103 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Why choose between naughty or nice in this steamy, suspenseful Christmas-themed stalker romance that’s perfect for dark romance readers seeking a spicy, festive read.
- [Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-queen-demon-by-martha-wells-4/) - AudioFile: Eric Mok returns to narrate this sequel to WITCH KING, bringing back all of his wonderfully varied British accents for the large cast. The narrative jumps back and forth between two timelines: In the past, immortal demon Kaiisteron and Prince-heir Bishasha advance against the powerful, subjugating Heirarchs; years later in the present day, long
- [Review: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan](https://maassagency.com/review-daedalus-is-dead-by-seamus-sullivan-3/) - Shelf Awareness: Even in Tartarus, the great labyrinth builder reckons with the death of his son and confronts his failures as a father and a man in Seamus Sullivan's debut novella, Daedalus Is Dead. Daedalus's son, Icarus, famously flew too close to the sun with the wings his father built for the two of them
- [Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/review-turns-of-fate-by-anne-bishop-2/) - Publishers Weekly: In this sprawling series opener, Bishop (the Black Jewels series) crafts an entertaining and sometimes brutal tale of magic, mystery, and mischief. Shortly after Junior Detective Beth Fahey is assigned to the Penwych police’s 13th precinct special investigations team, she’s tapped for an unusual case involving a magical gun. The inquiry sends her
- [HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE debuts at #6 on the NYT bestseller list!](https://maassagency.com/he-knows-when-youre-awake-debuts-at-6-on-the-nyt-bestseller-list/) - Congratulations to DMLA author Alta Hensley as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE hits the New York Times Bestseller list! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You're Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland...
- [HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE is a USA Today bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/he-knows-when-youre-awake-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Alta Hensley, as HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE rings in at #63 on the USA Today Bestsellers List! This Christmas, it's all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You're Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland...
- [2025 World Fantasy Awards](https://maassagency.com/2025-world-fantasy-awards/) - The winners of the 2025 World Fantasy Awards were announced and DMLA congratulates Robert Jackson Bennett! Best Novel THE TAINTED CUP, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- [Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/review-turns-of-fate-by-anne-bishop/) - Booklist: Beth is new to the police force, a rookie member of the team that investigates unusual happenings, the things that connect with the Arcana living on the Isle of Wyrd. Her first assignment is to cross the river and look into the origins of a ghost gun in Destiny Park. She gets some answers
- [Review: SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-seeing-other-people-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka-2/) - Library Journal: A reclusive widower and a lonely wanderer open their hearts to love with the help of two ghosts in Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka’s latest, following Book Boyfriend. Morgan is searching for a solution for an unusual problem—she’s being haunted by the ghost of a past lover, and his supernatural disturbances are threatening her home, her
- [Starred Review: AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER by K. Valentin](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-murder-by-k-valentin/) - Publishers Weekly: An air of dark whimsy pervades Valentin’s thoroughly entertaining debut. In the five years since Mateo Borrero’s less-than-maternal witch of a mother went missing, the 23-year-old has just been trying to get by; not helping matters is the fact that he’s possessed by a demon. Working at a print shop barely pays the
- [B&N Best Picture Books of 2025](https://maassagency.com/bn-best-picture-books-of-2025/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Neil Sharpson as DON’T TRUST FISH has been listed as a Best Picture Book of 2025 by Barnes & Noble Reads!
- [2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction](https://maassagency.com/2025-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction/) - DMLA congratulates Vajra Chandrasekera as RAKESFALL is announced as the 2025 winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!! The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is an annual prize given to a writer for a single work of imaginative fiction. This award is intended to recognize those writers Ursula spoke of
- [October Translation Rights](https://maassagency.com/october-translation-rights/) - Chinese rights to Sue Burke's SEMIOSIS, to Science Fiction World, by Yichan Peng at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Jennie Goloboy. Czech rights to Hugo and Nebula nominated author Thomas Ha's UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, to Planeta9, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi for Michael Curry. Japanese rights
- [Starred Review: TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-turns-of-fate-by-anne-bishop/) - Library Journal: The Isle of Wyrd is a place where mundanes can supposedly safely meet the uncanny. Whenever humans disobey the rules, however, Precinct 13 goes out to clean up the mess and pick up the bodies. Not every cop can hack the isle, but newcomer Beth Fahey feels like she’s come home—and the Arcane
- [TURNS OF FATE by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/turns-of-fate-by-anne-bishop/) - A young detective investigating crimes of the uncanny will learn that bargains can change your fate—for good or ill—in this darkly enthralling fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Others and the Black Jewels series. Words have power. Intentions matter. Most people come to Destiny Park for entertainment. They come to have
- [DAWN OF CHAOS AND FURY by Melissa K. Roehrich](https://maassagency.com/dawn-of-chaos-and-fury-by-melissa-k-roehrich/) - A Destiny to Defy Tessalyn Ausra has been betrayed at every turn, but she’s also dealt betrayals of her own. With the consequences of her choices hanging over her, she’s done letting others define her purpose, but choosing that path could prove costly. Theon has sent her away, and Luka is wrestling with his own
- [Review: SEEING OTHER PEOPLE by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-seeing-other-people-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Kirkus: Morgan has been a nomad all her adult life, haunted by past failures and seeking new places to escape them by taking landscaping jobs around the country. But being followed by the ghost of Zach, a one-time hookup, is a new experience even for her. Then she meets Sawyer, who’s been mourning his fiancée,
- [New York Public Library's Top 20 Horror](https://maassagency.com/new-york-public-librarys-top-20-horror/) - Enjoy the Spooky Season! Thomas Ha's UNCERTAIN SONS and Neil Sharpson's THE BURIAL TIDE lauded in the New York Public Library’s 20 Best New Horror of 2025! UNCERTAIN SONS: Ha's collection offers readers a subtle yet terrifying reading experience, highlighting the horror of humanity and the environment in which we live. Not for the faint
- [METAL FROM HEAVEN wins Lambda Literary Award!](https://maassagency.com/metal-from-heaven-wins-lambda-literary-award/) - DMLA congratulates august clarke as METAL FROM HEAVEN wins Lammy for Best LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! The Lammys celebrate more than 150 LGBTQ writers across 26 categories spanning a number of genres, lived identities, and experiences. It proudly recognizes works by self-published authors and independent and academic presses alongside works
- [Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-queen-demon-by-martha-wells-3/) - Booklist: Witch King (2023) introduced readers to Kai and his crew of disgruntled witches and other assorted enemies of the former Hierarchs. Wells continues their story here, recounting how scholar Dahin has a theory that means they need to go to the archaeological site of the Hierarchs' origin, and quickly. Meanwhile, an accompanying time line
- [THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/the-graceview-patient-by-caitlin-starling/) - Margaret’s rare autoimmune condition has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated and in pain. It has no cure, but she’s making do as best she can―until she’s offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. The conditions are simple, if grueling: she will live at the hospital as a full-time
- [AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MUDER by K. Valentin](https://maassagency.com/an-amateur-witchs-guide-to-muder-by-k-valentin/) - Mateo's mother forbade him from ever using magic, but now that she’s gone, magic’s his only marketable skill, and he’d really like an exorcism—which costs money he doesn’t have. What’s the harm in making a quick buck by calling himself an Occult Specialist and chanting a few half-remembered spells in his crappy Spanish? Enter Topher,
- [QUEEN DEMON (The Rising World Book 2) by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/queen-demon-the-rising-world-book-2-by-martha-wells/) - From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose. Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's
- [THE MIST THIEF by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/the-mist-thief-by-lj-andrews/) - She tried to kill him, so he made her his wife. Skadi first met her husband-to-be with blades in hand on the opposite side of a battle. She lost, and he claimed his prize. To her horror, the king of the shadow elven agrees to marry her off to Jonas, a prince in the fae
- [THE TAROT READER by Finley Turner](https://maassagency.com/the-tarot-reader-by-finley-turner/) - Twenty-five-year-old Jade Crawford spends her days selling crystals, conducting séances, and reading tarot cards in her shop in Winston-Salem, NC. But her connection to the other side is all a facade. After losing their mother to a terrible accident and their father serving jail time, Jade and her younger sister Stevie do what they can
- [THE FORSAKEN AND THE FATED by Camilla Raines](https://maassagency.com/the-forsaken-and-the-fated-by-camilla-raines/) - Gabriel Hawthorne is missing, and Miles Warren—psychic, co-conspirator, and aspiring boyfriend—is terrified. The prophecy stands unbroken; if the future remains unchanged, Gabriel will die. Armed with Florence’s grimoire, they might stand a chance of breaking the Hawthorne curse and preventing Gabriel’s murder—but only if Miles can find him. Meanwhile, Miles’s parents are furious that he’s
- [ATLAS OF UNKNOWABLE THINGS by McCormick Templeman ](https://maassagency.com/atlas-of-unknowable-things-by-mccormick-templeman/) - High in the Rocky Mountains on a secluded campus, sits Hildegard College, a celebrated institution known for its scientific innovation and its sprawling, botanical gardens. Historian Robin Quain has been awarded a residency to examine Hildegard’s impressive collection of ancient manuscripts, but she has a secret. She’s actually on the hunt for an artifact―one she
- [Review: GOING MENOPOSTAL by Amy Alkon](https://maassagency.com/review-going-menopostal-by-amy-alkon/) - Kirkus: Science writer and columnist Alkon offers an all-encompassing look at menopause and perimenopause—and how to thrive throughout both. When the author started waking up multiple times a night, she chalked it up to stress. But when it became hot flashes and night sweats, she quickly realized “at 52, menopause was finally creeping up.” She
- [September Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-translation-deals-11/) - Chinese (simplified) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' QUEEN DEMON, the second book in the Rising World, to Science Fiction World, by Yichan Peng at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Estonian rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' NETWORK EFFECT and FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the fifth
- [September Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - Audio rights to Melissa K Roehrich's THE REAPER and UNRELENTING WINDS, two novellas related to the Lady of Darkness series, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in an exclusive submission, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA). Martha Wells renewed audio rights on novellas ROGUE PROTOCOL and EXIT STRATEGY, books 3 and
- [Review: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan](https://maassagency.com/review-daedalus-is-dead-by-seamus-sullivan-2/) - Library Journal: DEBUT The well-known myth and metaphor of Icarus is that he flew too close to the sun because he was overwhelmed by the freedom of flight or because he didn’t listen to his father Daedalus’s instructions. In this mythic retelling from Daedalus’s perspective, he’s not satisfied with that explanation. He needs to hear
- [2025 Sunburst Award](https://maassagency.com/2025-sunburst-award/) - Congratulations to Nalo Hopkinson for winning the 2025 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic — making her a three-time winner of the award! Hopkinson was named the winner of this year’s prize for her novel Blackheart Man (Saga Press/Simon & Schuster)!
- [Review: MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta](https://maassagency.com/review-mad-sisters-of-esi-by-tashan-mehta-3/) - Shelf Awareness: "Mehta's ambitious, sprawling fantasy will invite comparisons to Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, not only because its settings are vast, unmapped rambles of wonder and danger but also for the author's clarity of voice and ability to evoke a precise emotional mood."
- [Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-queen-demon-by-martha-wells-2/) - Library Journal: The second book in “The Rising World” series (a sequel to Witch King) continues to recount the trials and tribulations of Witch King Kai in dual timelines. In the past timeline, Kai’s breaking of the death-magic-corrupted Hierarchs brings forth a world-spanning rebellion that is hurtling toward a precipice of disaster, while in the present
- [Deal: Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/deal-darcie-little-badger-4/) - Publishers Weekly: Nick Thomas at Levine Querido has bought world rights to illustrated YA novel Children of Owl by Newbery Honor author Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Abigail Rajunov. After Lipan Apache teenager Maisie sees the son of Owl, she knows it portends evil for one of her beloved cousins and that she must do
- [ESCAPE FROM THE USS INDIANAPOLIS by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/escape-from-the-uss-indianapolis-by-andy-marino/) - July, 1945 The end of World War II is finally in sight. The Nazis have been defeated in Europe, and Albie hopes that means he and his brother, Joe, can get back to normal life. Or as normal as life can be following the death of their parents. But the war against Imperial Japan still
- [DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan](https://maassagency.com/daedalus-is-dead-by-seamus-sullivan/) - Daedalus of Crete is many things: The greatest architect in the world. The constructor of the Labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur. And the grieving father of Icarus, who plunged into the sea as father and son flew from the grasp of the tyrannical King Minos. Now, Daedalus seeks to reunite with Icarus in the Underworld,
- [THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/the-first-thousand-trees-by-premee-mohamed/) - After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracized within his own community, and after the passing on of his parents and the departure of his best friend, Reid, there is little left to tie him to the place he calls home. Henryk does something he never expected: he sets
- [2025 Hugo Award Winners](https://maassagency.com/2025-hugo-award-winners/) - Congratulations to these DMLA authors on their 2025 Hugo Award wins! 2025 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger Best Novel The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
- [Review: MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta](https://maassagency.com/review-mad-sisters-of-esi-by-tashan-mehta-2/) - Washington Post: I have been exhorting all my friends to read this breathtakingly gorgeous book, but it is nearly impossible to summarize. Two sisters, Myung and Laleh, live inside the whale of babel, which swims through space and contains an entire universe inside its skin — but Myung is determined to leave the whale and
- [ANGEL MAKER by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/angel-maker-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Every cowboy story needs a horse no man can ride. No man—but Miss Karen Memery is all woman. When she and her beloved Priya sign on to do stunts for a motion picture about a rogue Mechanical named Cowboy and a Wild West show, she finds the horse of her dreams: Angel Maker. Her plans
- [KALIVAS! OR, ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/kalivas-or-another-tempest-by-nick-mamatas/) - In this science-fiction revision of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Kalivas lives in solitude on the Farallon Islands, off the San Francisco Bay, until the Master and his daughter M colonize his lonely realm. Kalivas, the last free-range human, is pressed into completing dangerous and menial tasks on the Master's behalf. The new regime is disrupted when a
- [THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/the-heartbreak-hotel-by-ellen-oclover/) - Louisa Walsh emerged from a tumultuous childhood with a degree in counseling, a wealthy boyfriend, and her sunny outlook on life mostly intact. But that optimism is tested when she’s dumped and left unable to afford rent on their gorgeous house in the mountains of Colorado. Even with her life in disarray, Lou knows losing
- [HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE by Alta Hensley](https://maassagency.com/he-knows-when-youre-awake-by-alta-hensley/) - This Christmas, it’s all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You’re Sleeping. Stalking in a winter wonderland... Jewelry designer Sloane dreams of launching her own custom line—but she needs a Christmas miracle to pull it off. With traditional banks turning her down left and right, she
- [THE EVER QUEEN by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/the-ever-queen-by-lj-andrews/) - With his queen missing, the king’s wrath knows no boundaries. Captive. Challenger. Queen. Enemies took her from the man who holds her heart. They might see her as weak, as a pawn in wicked games, but they’re no match for the first Ever Queen. Let them think they’ve won. Her heart belongs to a beautiful
- [THE BURIAL TIDE by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/the-burial-tide-by-neil-sharpson/) - Drawing on the creatures and horrors of Irish folklore, The Burial Tide unearths our darkest truths: how far we’d go to win our freedom, and how quickly our desires can become monstrous. A woman who can’t remember her death. On an eerily quiet island off the coast of Ireland, a woman with no memory claws
- [August Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-translation-deals-9/) - Brazilian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's CITY OF STAIRS, to Alta, by Cristina Purchio at IECOBRAZIL, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. French renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's VISION IN SILVER, the third book in the Others series, to Bragelonne, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency
- [2025 Aurora Award winners](https://maassagency.com/2025-aurora-award-winners/) - Congratulations to Premee Mohamed on having TWO titles named winners in the 2025 Aurora Awards! Her works, THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS (Solaris) won Best Novel and THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST (Tordotcom) won the Best Novelette/Novella category!
- [Review: THE BURIAL TIDE by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/review-the-burial-tide-by-neil-sharpson-2/) - Booklist: Sharpson (Knock Knock Open Wide, 2023) presents another homage to Irish folklore and the creatures that inhabit it, though this time he takes a different approach. On the first page of The Burial Tide, readers meet a woman who is quite literally fighting her way out of a buried coffin. She escapes but has
- [Review: QUEEN DEMON by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-queen-demon-by-martha-wells/) - Locus: Witch King and now Queen Demon are the mature, accomplished work of a writer at the peak of their powers, one whose interest in consequences, power, responsibility, and rebuilding in the wake of destruction – personal, social, societal, epochal – is here both given breadth and depth and sharpened to a series of exquisite points. This is
- [THE EVER KING is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/the-ever-king-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - DMLA is immensely delighted as LJ Andrews' THE EVER KING comes in at #86 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Congratulations LJ!
- [Review: MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta](https://maassagency.com/review-mad-sisters-of-esi-by-tashan-mehta/) - Wall Street Journal: Living in the depths of the black cosmic sea, there is a giant whale with an infinite number of worlds within its body. Wandering among them are two sisters: Laleh and Myung, neither of whom know their origins or how they wound up in the whale; only that both they and it
- [Review: THE BURIAL TIDE by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/review-the-burial-tide-by-neil-sharpson/) - Publishers Weekly: A remote Irish island with an insular community of crusty locals provides the perfect backdrop for this riveting splice of suspense and folklore from Sharpson (Knock Knock, Open Wide). Inishbannock is just recovering from a deadly “outbreak” (though an outbreak of what goes unspecified) when one of its victims, Mara Fitch, claws her
- [Deal: Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-jim-butcher-11/) - Jim Butcher sold a new Dresden Files novella which will chronologically follow the forthcoming TWELVE MONTHS (PRH/Ace, January 2026) and will be released later in 2026. Head of Acquisitions at Podium Kate Runde acquired World English rights in a deal negotiated via Jennifer Jackson.
- [2025 Dragon Award finalists have been announced!](https://maassagency.com/2025-dragon-award-finalists-have-been-announced/) - We are thrilled to see these in the finalists for the 2025 Dragon Awards! Best Science Fiction Novel The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series, TV or Internet Murderbot, Apple TV+ (based on The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells)
- [THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/the-library-at-hellebore-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw is an instant USA today bestseller, debuting at #42 on the list! Congratulations, Cassandra!!!
- [AJ TORRES AND THE TREASURE OF CAPTAIN GRAYSHARK by Jose Pablo Iriarte](https://maassagency.com/aj-torres-and-the-treasure-of-captain-grayshark-by-jose-pablo-iriarte/) - When AJ and Jayden discover a gold coin washed up on the shore of Miami after a hurricane, they think it might be the answer to all of their problems.They suspect the dingy old coin may be part of the long lost treasure of Captain Grayshark, whose loot was valued in the millions. That much
- [Review: THE FOLDED SKY by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/review-the-folded-sky-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Reactor: Holy shit, what a book. I’ve been waiting with unalloyed anticipation for Elizabeth Bear’s next White Space novel since 2020’s Machine. That novel is The Folded Sky. Part thriller, part murder mystery, and part Big Ideas Space Opera Adventure, it’s entirely worth the wait. If there’s a single through-line that unites the White Space books, it’s
- [THE EVER KING by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/the-ever-king-by-lj-andrews/) - The first in the TikTok sensation Ever Seas series, now with bonus material! They stole his crown. So he stole their daughter.... For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner
- [MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta](https://maassagency.com/mad-sisters-of-esi-by-tashan-mehta/) - Ask for the story of the mad sisters of Esi, and you’ll get a thousand contradictory folktales. Superstitious sailors, curious children, and obsessed academics have argued over the particulars for generations. They have wondered about the mad sisters’ two greatest marvels: the museum of collective memory that sprawls underneath our universe, waiting for any who
- [SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells Wins Seiun Award!](https://maassagency.com/system-collapse-by-martha-wells-wins-seiun-award/) - Many congratulations to DMLA author, Martha Wells, as SYSTEM COLLAPSE has been named a winner in the 2025 Seiun Award! The Seiun Award is a Japanese speculative fiction award given each year for the best science fiction works and achievements. We are honored to see Wells's book win "Best Translated Long Story" category! BEST TRANSLATED
- [Review: DAEDALUS IS DEAD by Seamus Sullivan](https://maassagency.com/review-daedalus-is-dead-by-seamus-sullivan/) - Publishers Weekly: Sullivan’s lovely debut puts an inventive spin on Greek myth. Master inventor Daedalus and his son, Icarus, attempt to escape imprisonment by the cruel King Minos using man-made wings. The plan ends disastrously when Icarus ignores his father’s warnings and flies too close to the sun, melting the wax attaching the feathers to
- [THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE is a July LibraryReads Pick!](https://maassagency.com/the-library-at-hellebore-is-a-july-libraryreads-pick/) - We are over the moon to see Cassandra Khaw's latest title, THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE, included in the July lineup for LibraryReads Pick! Thank you librarians! This deeply dark academia novel from USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw is perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and An Education in Malice who are hungry for something more diabolical. THE LIBRARY AT
- [July Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-subsidiary-rights-deals-10/) - Audio rights to Robin D. Mahle and Elle Madison's FATED TO THE FROST KING, to Julie Constantine at Podium Audio, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (NA). Audio rights Nicolette Elzie's The Ozero Curse series and Ashes and Ruin Saga, to Ashley Fortier at Tantor Media, in a multi-book deal, by
- [July Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-deals-9/) - Czech rights to Katherine Addison's THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, to Dobrovsky, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. French rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's The Founders series, omnibus edition, to Albin Michel, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency on behalf of Katie Shea for
- [THE SUN AND THE MOON by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/the-sun-and-the-moon-by-rebekah-faubion/) - Cadence Connolly grew up in the cosmic shadow of her mother, the renowned psychic Madame Moira. Now, as a park ranger in Maine, she’s carved out her own life far away from her mother’s many premonitions and tarot cards . . . until she receives an invitation to Moira’s engagement party. Cadence doesn’t know what
- [Starred Review: THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-graceview-patient-by-caitlin-starling/) - Library Journal: Margaret Culpepper has a rare, incurable autoimmune disorder that has isolated her from her friends and family and is close to costing her her job. When she is offered a paid spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial, Margaret jumps at the chance for a better life. She’ll stay in the
- [THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw is an Indie Next Pick!](https://maassagency.com/the-library-at-hellebore-by-cassandra-khaw-is-an-indie-next-pick/) - Cassandra Khaw's THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE is a July Indie Next Pick! Congratulations, Cassandra! "This is the punk rock, eldritch god, carnage-fueled battle royale dark academia that makes partial decapitation look like an amateur sandbox. The Library at Hellebore is more metal than I’ll ever be and too cool for most of you." ―Olivie Blake,
- [Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated Horror Books of Summer 2025](https://maassagency.com/paste-magazines-most-anticipated-horror-books-of-summer-2025/) - Exciting news: THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw has made Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated Horror Books of Summer 2025 list stating "Cassandra Khaw is one of the finest prose stylists in all of horror, but they’re also brilliant when it comes to twisting concepts we think we understand into something. The Library of Hellebore
- [Review: THE SUN AND THE MOON by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/review-the-sun-and-the-moon-by-rebekah-faubion/) - Publishers Weekly: Two very different women intervene in their parents’ hasty wedding plans in this alluring, tarot-inspired sapphic romance from Faubion (The Lovers). Introverted and lonely park ranger Cadence Connelly returns home to California after receiving an invitation to the engagement party of her estranged mother, Moira, a psychic. Like Cadence, adventurous, commitment-phobic pilot Sydney
- [Review: THE MAD SISTERS OF ESI by Tashan Mehta](https://maassagency.com/review-the-mad-sisters-of-esi-by-tashan-mehta/) - Publishers Weekly: "Mehta (The Liar’s Weave) explores the bond of sisterhood in this ambitious, dreamlike epic....Mehta cleverly brings the plot full-circle in a satisfying finale. Readers are sure to be impressed."
- [THE MEMORY HUNTERS by Mia Tsai](https://maassagency.com/the-memory-hunters-by-mia-tsai/) - Kiana Strade can dive deeper into blood memories than anyone alive. But instead of devoting her talents to the temple she’s meant to lead, Key wants to do research for the Museum of Human Memory. . . and to avoid the public eye. Valerian IV's twin swords protect Key from murderous rivals and her own
- [THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/the-library-at-hellebore-by-cassandra-khaw/) - The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers. Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that’s what Alessa Li is told after she’s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But the Institute is more than just a
- [June Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - Audio rights to Athena Giles' WAVES TAKE YOUR BONES, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to P.S.C. Willis' CRYING OUT FOR MAGIC, to Emily Loughran at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to Nicole Maggi's A MURDER IN ZION and LOST IN YELLOWSTONE,
- [June Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-translation-deals-9/) - Chinese rights to Brent Weeks's THE BURNING WHITE, to Gaea (Taiwan), by Alyssa Wu at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass. Croatian rights to LJ Andrews' THE EVER KING and THE EVER QUEEN, to Lumen, by Momčilo Mišković at Prava I Prevodi on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. French
- [2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2025-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction-finalists/) - DMLA is proud to congratulate the following clients on the recognition of their talent as nominees of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction : * Vajra Chandrasekera for RAKESFALL * Nalo Hopkinson for BLACKHEART MAN * Eden Robins for REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE This award is intended to recognize those writers Ursula spoke
- [NYT's The Best TV Shows of 2025, So Far](https://maassagency.com/nyts-the-best-tv-shows-of-2025-so-far/) - So excited and thrilled to see Murderbot listed on the New York Times Best TV Shows of 2025 So Far!!! ~In this comic sci-fi thriller, based on the novel “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells, Alexander Skarsgard plays a jaded robot that is charged with protecting a crunchy space commune but would rather just watch
- [Review: HEIRESS AMONG THIEVES by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-heiress-among-thieves-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Kirkus: A gang of teens regroups to plan another heist—this time in Switzerland—in this sequel to Heiress Takes All (2024). A year after the events of the first novel, Olivia Owens plans a second job, this time at Volenvell Castle, the home of her extraordinarily wealthy grandmother, Leonie Owens, whom she hasn’t seen in years—not
- [Review: THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-the-library-at-hellebore-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Library Journal: Jumping in time between the survivors’ stand-off and the period before the attack, the back and forth builds out the world of the school, characters, and relationships at the heart of this story while also ratcheting up the urgency and terror. Khaw’s brutal novel is more than an action-packed race against time, it
- [Review: THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett-3/) - New York Times: "Like an endearing fantasy version of “Knives Out,” “The Tainted Cup” follows an eccentric detective named Ana Dolabra and her new assistant, Dinios Kol — a disaster bisexual if there ever was one.... A great murder mystery is hard to pull off but Bennett structures his perfectly, and the fact that it’s in
- [Starred Review: THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-starving-saints-by-caitlin-starling-2/) - Bookpage: The grimdark wave of fantasy fiction went mainstream when Game of Thrones hit big on HBO, and now even casual readers of the subgenre can get bogged down in its conventions. Yes, morally gray characters, graphic violence and the cruelty of medieval Europe-style worlds are all rich storytelling veins, but they only get you
- [Jo Ann Brown's SAVING HER AMISH BABY is a New York Times Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/jo-ann-browns-saving-her-amish-baby-is-a-new-york-times-bestseller/) - HUGE congratulations to Jo Ann Brown as SAVING HER AMISH BABY comes in as #12 on the New York Times mass market bestseller list!
- [2025 Ignyte Awards!](https://maassagency.com/2025-ignyte-awards/) - Amazing to see so many of our DMLA authors listed as Finalists for the 2025 Fiyah Magazine's Ignyte Awards! Heartfelt congratulations to everyone! Outstanding Novel: Adult METAL FROM HEAVEN - august clarke BLACKHEART MAN - Nalo Hopkinson Outstanding Novel: Young Adult SHEINE LENDE - Darcie Little Badger Outstanding Novel: Middle Grade BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE
- [HEIRESS AMONG THIEVES by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/heiress-among-thieves-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - When teen heiress and heist leader Olivia Owens receives an invitation for her cold-hearted grandmother’s seventieth birthday at the family’s inherited Swiss castle, only one thing entices her to accept: the vault full of gold waiting in the castle’s frigid dungeons. Assembling her old crew of high school criminals, now including her boyfriend Jackson, Olivia
- [THE FOLDED SKY by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/the-folded-sky-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Information doesn’t want to be free. Information wants to vanish without a trace. Sunya Song’s job is to stop that from happening. She’s an archinformist: a specialist historian whose job usually involves sitting at a console at her university job near the Galactic Core, sorting ancient documents and restoring corrupted files. But now, the research
- [THE LAST VIGILANT by Mark A. Latham](https://maassagency.com/the-last-vigilant-by-mark-a-latham/) - Shunned by the soldiers he commands, haunted by past tragedies, Sargent Holt Hawley is a broken man. But the child of a powerful ally has gone missing, and war between once peaceful nations is on the horizon. So, he and his squad have been sent to find a myth: a Vigilant. They are a rumored
- [PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS by Peter McLean](https://maassagency.com/paved-with-good-intentions-by-peter-mclean/) - Eline is a mother, a wife, and a survivor. But her life is about to change dramatically. Following an act of horrific - if righteous - vengeance, Eline is blackmailed into the service of the Queen's Men. She knows it will be a hard life of violence and fear. But Eline will do what it
- [Jim Butcher feature in the New York Times!](https://maassagency.com/jim-butcher-feature-in-the-new-york-times/) - 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
- [BROKEN SOULS AND BONES by LJ Andrews is a Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/broken-souls-and-bones-by-lj-andrews-is-a-bestseller/) - Congratulations to LJ Andrews as BROKEN SOULS AND BONES rings in as #1 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List!
- [May Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-subsidiary-deals/) - 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).
- [May Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-translation-deals-8/) - 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
- [2024 Otherwise Awards](https://maassagency.com/2024-otherwise-awards/) - Huge congratulations to DMLA author, Vajra Chandrasekera, as RAKESFALL is named a 2024 Otherwise Award winner!
- [Starred Review: THE LAST VIGILANT by Mark Latham](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-last-vigilant-by-mark-latham/) - 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,
- [Review: THE REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/review-the-rebels-guide-to-pride-by-matthew-hubbard-2/) - 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.
- [Starred Review: ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-all-the-noise-at-once-by-deandra-davis-2/) - 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
- [Starred Review: OUT OF AIR by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-out-of-air-by-rachel-reiss-2/) - 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
- [2025 Locus Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2025-locus-awards-finalists/) - 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,
- [2025 Aurora Awards Ballot](https://maassagency.com/2025-aurora-awards-ballot/) - The 2025 Aurora Awards Ballot have been announced and we're excited to share that the following DMLA authors have made the list! Congratulations everyone! Best Novel The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed, Solaris The Tapestry of Time, Kate Heartfield, Voyager Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson, Saga Press Best Novelette/Novella The Butcher of the Forest, Premee
- [Deal: Melissa K. Roehrich](https://maassagency.com/deal-melissa-k-roehrich/) - Melissa K. Roehrich's Legacy series, a dark fantasy romance featuring a woman bound to the heir of death who fights not only the fate thrust upon her, but the temptation to lose herself to desire, including three previously self-published books and one original title, to Alexandra Sunshine at Kensington, in a major deal, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier
- [Review: THE LAST VIGILANT by Mark A. Latham](https://maassagency.com/review-the-last-vigilant-by-mark-a-latham/) - Library Journal: Children are disappearing, but only the loss of a lord’s son forces Holt Hawley into action. Once a proud soldier of the elite battalions, Hawley is now embittered and despised by his men. Tasked with finding a True Vigilant (mythical figures said to possess extraordinary powers), Hawley knows he’s tracking a tall tale.
- [Children's Book Council's 2025 Librarian Favorites!](https://maassagency.com/childrens-book-councils-2025-librarian-favorites/) - Congratulations to Jose Iriarte and Shaun David Hutchinson as both BENNY RAMIREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED and SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS made the Children's Book Council's 2025 Librarian Favorites list, and their 2025 Teacher Favorites list!
- [THE EMILIE ADVENTURES by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/the-emilie-adventures-by-martha-wells/) - Emilie and the Hollow World Running away from home and stowing away on the wrong ship, Emilie embarks on a fantastic adventure. Emilie learns that the crew hopes to use an experimental engine to journey to the interior of the planet, but when the ship becomes damaged on arrival and evidence points to sabotage, they
- [OUT OF AIR by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/out-of-air-by-rachel-reiss/) - The deeper you go, the darker you fall. Phoebe “Phibs” Ray is never more at home than when she’s underwater. On a dive six months ago, she and her four closest friends discovered a handful of ancient gold coins, rocketing them into social media fame. Now, their final summer together after high school, they’re taking
- [GOING MENOPOSTAL by Amy Alkon](https://maassagency.com/going-menopostal-by-amy-alkon/) - This book started with a flash—Alkon’s first hot flash. Drenching night sweats, insomnia, and brain fog soon followed—along with shame at feeling bewilderingly enraged at everyone and everything. Alkon, an award-winning science columnist and author, wanted to turn to her doctor. But there was a problem: More than half of the medical care we get in the
- [THEIR DOUBLE LIVES by Jaime Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/their-double-lives-by-jaime-lynn-hendricks/) - A down-on-her-luck waitress at a posh New Jersey country club, Kim Valva couldn’t be living a more different life from the carefree socialites she serves. Her live-in boyfriend recently cheated on her, her social life is in shambles, and her dog needs a life-saving surgery that she can’t afford. Then her luck seems to change
- [THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/the-starving-saints-by-caitlin-starling/) - Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite the
- [Deal: Nicolina Torres](https://maassagency.com/deal-nicolina-torres/) - Nicolina Torres’s NIGHT OF THE MALLRATS, pitched as for fans of Christopher Pike and Paul Tremblay, a horror novel in which a group of former classmates travel back in time to a suburban mall on Christmas 1994 to investigate the disappearance of their friend and the murder of her boyfriend, to Liz Velez at Harper
- [April Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-subsidiary-deals/) - Audio rights to Victoria Goddard's THE HANDS OF THE EMPEROR and AT THE FEET OF THE SUN, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure and Dylan Haston (World English).
- [April Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-translation-deals-6/) - Croatian rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's THE AERONAUT'S WINDLASS and THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR, Books 1 and 2 of The Cinder Spires, to Lumen, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i Prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Hungarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's COLD DAYS, Book 14
- [SENSELESS by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/senseless-by-ronald-malfi/) - What do you see...? When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the detective assigned to the case can't deny the similarities between this murder and one that occurred a year prior. Media outlets are quick to surmise this is the work of a
- [2025 Hugo Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2025-hugo-awards-finalists/) - The finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards Finalists were announced a couple of days ago, and we're over the moon to see our DMLA authors honored! Congratulations all around! BEST NOVEL The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK) BEST NOVELLA The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom) BEST NOVELETTE
- [Robert Jackson Bennett's A DROP OF CORRUPTION #66 on USA Today Bestseller List!](https://maassagency.com/robert-jackson-bennetts-a-drop-of-corruption-66-on-usa-today-bestseller-list/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Robert Jackson Bennett as his novel, A DROP OF CORRUPTION rings in as a USA Today Bestseller!
- [Review: BROKEN SOULS AND BONES by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/review-broken-souls-and-bones-by-lj-andrews/) - Booklist: Prolific romantasy author Andrews (Broken Kingdoms series, beginning with Curse of Shadows and Thorns, 2021) offers an exciting first entry in a Norse-inspired series. The power of a melder is one that kings have killed for. Lyra Bien has such power and has tried to keep it hidden it since the night of the raids. But secrets don’t stay secret
- [Starred Review: THE FOLDED SKY by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-folded-sky-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Library Journal: Information exists all over the universe, and Sunya Song’s goal in life is to preserve it. She is an archinformist, a specialist historian who has traveled halfway across the galaxy to save as much as she can of the Baomind, an alien artificial intelligence that is in orbit around a dying red giant.
- [Kirkus's Best Books of the 21st Century](https://maassagency.com/kirkuss-best-books-of-the-21st-century/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger as Elatsoe was included in this fantastic round-up of Kirkus's Best Books of the 21st Century (so far!)!
- [Review: A HOME FOR UNUSUAL MONSTERS by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-a-home-for-unusual-monsters-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Horn Book: This sequel to The School for Invisible Boys (rev. 1/24) shifts its focus to twelve-year-old Samantha Osbourne, budding agent for the clandestine paranormal research group Kairos, as she navigates adolescence, grief, and…monsters. Sam is sent on a covert mission to recover a top-secret list created by recently deceased, eccentric Kairos agent Lionel Frobisher. Using her
- [Starred Review: ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-all-the-noise-at-once-by-deandra-davis/) - Publishers Weekly:Though Black high school junior Aiden loves football, he’s always believed that his reactions to overstimulation connected with his autism diagnosis would prevent him from joining his older brother, star quarterback Brandon, on the high school team. When he participates in summer tryouts, his overwhelm from a multi-person pileup triggers a meltdown. Assuming he’s
- [Review: THE REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/review-the-rebels-guide-to-pride-by-matthew-hubbard/) - Booklist:The rebel is 17-year-old Zeke Chapman, who rebels against his overbearing attorney father who, when Zeke came out, sternly admonished him to keep a low profile. Zeke struggles against this stricture, joining his school’s Queer-Straight Alliance, whose three (!) members are his best friend, Sawyer, her girlfriend, Kennedy, and his erstwhile boyfriend, Cohen, now his
- [DIVINER'S BOW by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/diviners-bow-by-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/) - A world divided cannot stand. A people divided cannot thrive. The Oracle has Seen the end of Civilization, and the end of the Haosa, too. Reactions to this are—mixed. On the one hand, foresight is a notoriously erratic Gift. On the other, can Civilization—or the Haosa—afford to assume that the prophecy is an error? And
- [Starred Review: OUT OF AIR by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-out-of-air-by-rachel-reiss/) - Booklist: Treasure, dead bodies, and cursed underwater caves—just a few of the hidden dangers of deep- sea diving. Phoebe and her best friends, the Salt Squad, are halfway around the world from their home in Key West as they document their dive off the coast of Marimont Island; this is their last hurrah before college
- [HEIRESS TAKES ALL is a Reese's Book Club Pick!](https://maassagency.com/__trashed-3/) - We are thrilled to share that HEIRESS TAKES ALL is a Reese's Book Club Spring 2025 YA pick! Congratulations to author duo Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka! More from the announcement: "This novel is your next can't-miss read: unexpected alliances, sharp wit, and incredible plot twists. Our Spring YA pick, Heiress Takes All, is here
- [March Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-subsidiary-deals/) - Audio rights to Emily Blackwood's new MYSTICS OF ASHORA SERIES, plus CROWN SO CRUEL, book three of Golden City series, to Julie Constantine at Podium Audio, in an exclusive submission, in a five-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (NA). Audio rights to Jess K Hardy's WISH YOU WERE HERE, Book 3 of the Bluebird Basin
- [March Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-translation-deals-8/) - Bulgarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' NETWORK EFFECT and FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the fifth and sixth books in The Murderbot Diaries, plus "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory," to Studio of A, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Finnish rights to New York Times bestselling
- [A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST by M.H. Ayinde](https://maassagency.com/a-song-of-legends-lost-by-m-h-ayinde/) - A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST. The people of Nine Lands know their history. The kingdom once belonged to the Scathed people, until their greyblood servants rose up and slaughtered them. King Ahiki and his warlords laid claim to the realm by defeating the rebels and driving them
- [DON'T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/dont-trust-fish-by-neil-sharpson/) - Why, dear reader, must you NEVER EVER trust fish? 1) They spend all their time in the water where we can’t see them. 2) Some are as big as a bus—that is not okay. 3) We don't know what they're teaching in their "schools." 4) They are likely plotting our doom. This nature-guide-gone-wrong is a hilarious, off-the-rails
- [THE HATTER'S DAUGHTER by WA Simpson](https://maassagency.com/the-hatters-daughter-by-wa-simpson/) - There is more to the Vine than mortals and immortals know. It reaches its branches and tendrils into realms beyond the Riven Isles. On the night Faith was born, her mother perished, but not before sending Faith to safety, in Underneath. Discovered by The Mad Hatter, he takes Faith home to raise as his own.
- [LIES OF A TOYMAKER by Kelly Ann Jacobson](https://maassagency.com/lies-of-a-toymaker-by-kelly-ann-jacobson/) - Award-winning author Kelly Jacobson (Tink and Wendy, Robin and Her Misfits) delivers her latest fairytale retelling in this cross between the classic Pinocchio and a Stephen King novel like The Gunslinger, Paige (a queer eighteen-year-old girl) is a wooden toymaker’s daughter dragged from state to state as her mother, Petta Vitaly, hawks her creations from their
- [120 MURDERS: DARK FICTION INSPIRED BY THE ALTERNATIVE ERA by Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/120-murders-dark-fiction-inspired-by-the-alternative-era-by-nick-mamatas/) - After midnight is as dark as it gets... Whether thanks to an overnight college radio shift or cable pumping flickering videos into TVs across America, the music of the alternative era was the soundtrack to our lives, and sometimes our deaths. 120 Murders is an anthology of power chord crimes and keyboard horrors--the best noir and dark
- [BROKEN SOULS AND BONES by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/broken-souls-and-bones-by-lj-andrews/) - Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood—the prince’s silent guard and rumored killer for the crown—invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she’s forced
- [ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis](https://maassagency.com/all-the-noise-at-once-by-deandra-davis/) - In this compelling, moving story about brotherhood, identity, and social justice, a Black, autistic teen tries to figure out what happened the night his older brother was unjustly arrested. All Aiden has ever wanted to do was play football just like his star quarterback brother, Brandon. An overstimulation meltdown gets in the way of Aiden
- [A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/a-drop-of-corruption-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, a Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—vanishing from a room within a heavily guarded tower, its door and windows locked from the inside. To solve the case, the Empire calls on its most brilliant and mercurial detective, the great Ana Dolabra.
- [NO SUCH THING AS DUTY by Lara Elena Donnelly](https://maassagency.com/no-such-thing-as-duty-by-lara-elena-donnelly/) - In the waning days of World War One, William Somerset Maugham—novelist, playwright, and spy—is sent to Romania to serve allied interests in the fight against Austro-Hungary while dying of tuberculosis. His handler sets him to recruit mysterious Carpathian nobleman Walter Roşu to the cause. But Roşu is more interested in William than the war, and
- [INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE by Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/inventing-the-renaissance-by-ada-palmer/) - From the darkness of a plagued and war-torn Middle Ages, the Renaissance (we’re told) heralds the dawning of a new world—a halcyon age of art, prosperity, and rebirth. Hogwash! or so says award-winning novelist and historian Ada Palmer. In Inventing the Renaissance, Palmer turns her witty and irreverent eye on the fantasies we’ve told ourselves about
- [Review: REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins-5/) - Reactor: "The book began to feel not as if it stared at death, but like it had found a way to show how the tendrils of each life reach out and find their way into so many other lives. It was, in the least hokey way possible, life-affirming. And also just brilliantly put together."
- [Starred Review: THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-starving-saints-by-caitlin-starling/) - Publishers Weekly: Fans of sapphic romance and gory cannibalistic horror will find unexpected common ground in this masterful medievalesque fantasy from Starling (Last to Leave the Room). Aymar Castle is under siege, leaving the people trapped inside mad with hunger and desperate for any source of salvation. Loyal knight Ser Voyne attempts to maintain order while the
- [Review: THE TOMB OF DRAGONS by Katherine Addison](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tomb-of-dragons-by-katherine-addison/) - Shelf Awareness: An unassuming hero must move forward after trauma and seek reparations for a historic crime in this emotionally deep, friendship-affirming fantasy mystery. The Tomb of Dragons is the third in Katherine Addison's the Cemeteries of Amalo series, set in the universe of her breakout novel The Goblin Emperor. Othala Thara Celehar's victory over a dangerous evil
- [A  MURDER IN ZION by Nicole Maggi](https://maassagency.com/a-murder-in-zion-by-nicole-maggi/) - Grief-stricken over her mother’ s death and bruised by her failure on her most recent case, Special Agent Emmeline Helliwell with the National Park Service returns to her Utah hometown to heal and regroup. She’ s determined to turn in her badge and take over her mother’ s bakery for a much quieter life .
- [2024 Nebula Award Nominations](https://maassagency.com/2024-nebula-award-nominations/) - The nominations for the 2024 Nebula Awards were announced, and we're thrilled to see the following DMLA authors on the list! Congratulations all around! Best Novel Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, published by Tordotcom Asunder by Kerstin Hall, published by Tordotcom Best Novella “The Butcher of the Forest” by Premee Mohamed, published by Tordotcom “Countess” by
- [Sharon Lee Wins 2025 Robert A. Heinlein Award](https://maassagency.com/sharon-lee-wins-2025-robert-a-heinlein-award/) - Sharon Lee, novelist, is the 2025 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Ms. Lee’s body of work of over 38 novels and short stories. A majority of
- [Murderbot Sci-Fi series premieres 5.16.2025!](https://maassagency.com/murderbot-sci-fi-series-premieres-5-16-2025/) - Congratulations to Martha Wells as MURDERBOT has been picked up and made into new sci-fi series! It will make its global debut on Apple TV+ on May 16, 2025! For fans of Wells's work, don't forget to tune-in to experience this world through a new lens! Starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård (“Succession,” “Big Little
- [Starred Review: YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-you-deserve-to-know-by-aggie-blum-thompson-2/) - Library Journal: Thompson’s new novel of suburban scandals and secrets (following Such a Lovely Family) is set in a peaceful subdivision outside of Washington, DC. All appears normal for Aimee, Gwen, and Lisa, three neighborhood wives who share weekly dinners, exchange parenting advice, help each other out with their kids while their husbands tag along, and
- [Deal: E.B. Asher](https://maassagency.com/deal-e-b-asher/) - Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka writing as E.B. Asher's THIS WILL BE INTERESTING, a stand-alone set in the same world as THIS WILL BE FUN, in which a resurrected hero, a disgraced assassin, a honeymooning king and queen, a criminal, and a writer are thrown together on an unlikely journey overseas where they have only one
- [February Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-subsidiary-rights-deals-10/) - Audio rights to David Jones' MISS UNIVERSE, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Jennie Goloboy (World English). Audio rights to J.S. Fields's FOXFIRE IN THE SNOW, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to Katherine Addison's THE ORB OF CAIRADO, a novella set
- [February Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-translation-deals-8/) - Chinese (complex) rights to Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, to Apex, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry. Czech rights to Robert McCammon's SWAN SONG and BOY'S LIFE, to OneHotBooks (CZECH REPUBLIC), by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron
- [THE TOMB OF DRAGONS by Katherine Addison](https://maassagency.com/the-tomb-of-dragons-by-katherine-addison/) - Thara Celehar has lost his ability to speak with the dead. When that title of Witness for the Dead is gone, what defines him? While his title may be gone, his duties are not. Celehar contends with a municipal cemetery with fifty years of secrets, the damage of a revethavar he’s terrified to remember, and
- [COLD IRON TASK by James. J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/cold-iron-task-by-james-j-butcher/) - Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby may have one case under his belt, but he’s still a novice Auditor in Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. And he’s already made mistakes. Desperate to repair his fraying friendships, he doesn’t ask too many questions when a mysterious patron offers him the chance to join a heist of an otherworldly vault—and
- [YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/you-deserve-to-know-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson. Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems
- [2025 ALA Rainbow Book List](https://maassagency.com/2025-ala-rainbow-book-list/) - Congratulations to both Shaun David Hutchinson and Matthew Hubbard! Their respective works, SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS (Hutchinson) and LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE (Hubbard) were listed in the American Library Association's 2025 Rainbow Book List!
- [Review: YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/review-you-deserve-to-know-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - Booklist: "Thompson initially creates a genial, sociable atmosphere that quickly turns dark, with steadily escalating tension, unexpected twists around every corner,revelations about how dark human nature can be, and an ending that is as shocking as it is shattering."
- [Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List](https://maassagency.com/locus-2024-recommended-reading-list/) - We are ecstatic to see so many of our DMLA authors and titles on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2024! Congratulations to all our authors for being named in the following categories: Novels – Science Fiction Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Exordia, Seth Dickinson (Tordotcom) Remember You Will Die, Eden Robins (Sourcebooks Landmark) Novels –
- [British Science Fiction Association Awards - Longlist!](https://maassagency.com/british-science-fiction-association-awards-longlist/) - We love celebrating our authors! Check out the list of DMLA titles that have made the BSFA Awards Longlist for 2025! Best Novel: The Tapestry of Time, Kate Heartfield, Harpercollins Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera, Tordotcom The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohammed, Solaris Asunder, Kerstin Hall, Tordotcom The Nightward, R. S. A. Garcia, Harpercollins UK Best
- [Review: ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by Deandra Davis](https://maassagency.com/review-all-the-noise-at-once-by-deandra-davis/) - Kirkus: An autistic Black teen in Florida battles on and off the field to define his own destiny and come to his brother’s aid. Sixteen-year-old Aiden Wright wants to play football with his older brother during their last school year together before Brandon goes to college. But sensory stress during Aiden’s team tryout leads to a
- [Review: OUT OF AIR by Rachel Reiss](https://maassagency.com/review-out-of-air-by-rachel-reiss/) - Kirkus: A group of scuba-diving friends from the Florida Keys go on an adventure after high school graduation—but it may be their last. Phoebe “Phibs” Ray is a natural underwater. Her instincts have led her not only to befriend the Salt Squad, her crew of dive shop pals, but also to discover historic gold coins.
- [SANCTUM OF THE SOUL by Kel Kade](https://maassagency.com/sanctum-of-the-soul-by-kel-kade/) - The chosen one is dead, the powerful have abandoned their subjects, and Death has come for them all. Aaslo, the reluctant new Chosen One, and Teza, a failed magus healer, lead a small group of broken people who continue to hold back the tide of a war between the gods. They gather what forces they
- [Review: COLD IRON TASK by James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-cold-iron-task-by-james-j-butcher/) - Library Journal: Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby may have finally achieved his goal as an auditor for the Department of Unorthodox Affairs in Boston, but his first case was full of mistakes and nearly cost him his closest friends. Grimsby is willing to do nearly anything to make things right and patch up these relationships, even stealing
- [Starred Review: A DROP OF CORRUPTION by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-a-drop-of-corruption-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Publishers Weekly: Bennett’s wonderfully clever and compulsively readable sequel to 2024’s The Tainted Cup offers another winning blend of fantasy and classic detection, featuring off-beat sleuths who call to mind Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin but operate in a realm under constant threat of destruction from eldritch marine creatures known as the leviathans. Ana Dolabra,
- [January Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-translation-deals-9/) - Chinese (complex) rights to Nebula Award winner Vajra Chandrasekera's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Faces, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry. Czech rights to Melissa K. Roehrich's RAIN OF SHADOWS AND ENDINGS and STORM OF SECRETS AND SORROWS, to Albatros, in a two-book deal, by Sanja Stefanjesko at Prava
- [Starred Review: THE TOMB OF DRAGONS by Katherine Addison](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-tomb-of-dragons-by-katherine-addison/) - Library Journal: This cozy fantasy mystery, set in the world of The Goblin Emperor, picks up where the previous book, featuring Witness for the Dead Thara Celehar, left off, with Celehar uncertain of his future after the loss of his abilities from his run-in with a deadly ghoul. But Celehar still has his intelligence, his dogged
- [ONE MESSAGE REMAINS by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/one-message-remains-by-premee-mohamed/) - Pageantry, pomp, pretense, and peril—"The General's Turn," originally published in The Deadlands, drew readers into the dark world of a ceremony where Death herself might choose to join the audience... or step onto the stage. Award-winning author Premee Mohamed presents three brand new stories set in this morally ambiguous world of war and magic. In
- [BOOK BOYFRIEND by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/book-boyfriend-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Devoted fangirl meets hesitant fanboy in this swoony contemporary love letter to readers who adore fantasy worlds, from the beloved authors of The Breakup Tour. Jennifer Worth lives to escape into the world of her favorite romantasy series Elytheum Courts, where the romance is sweeping and the men are brave, chivalrous... and winged. Newly single and craving connection,she
- [A HOME FOR UNUSUAL MONSTERS by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/a-home-for-unusual-monsters-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - A girl who has spent her life in disguise tackles a mission that uncovers lies and surprises around every corner. Nothing is as it seems in the next cozily creepy monster mystery from acclaimed author Shaun David Hutchinson. Sam Osborne may have helped her new friend Hector Griggs save St. Lawrence’s Catholic School for Boys
- [2025 Edgar Award Nominations!](https://maassagency.com/2025-edgar-award-nominations/) - So excited to share that DMLA author, Robert Jackson Bennett, and his novel, THE TAINTED CUP, was nominated for the 2025 Edgar Awards in the Best Novel category!
- [Audie Award Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/audie-award-finalists/) - Congratulations to Martha Wells as her novel, SYSTEM COLLAPSE, narrated by Kevin R. Free, is named an Audie Award Finalist!
- [Starred Review: YOU DESERVE TO KNOW by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-you-deserve-to-know-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - Publishers Weekly: In this captivating standalone from Thompson (Such a Lovely Family), tragedy and scandal rock a neighborhood in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Gwen Khoury, Aimee Stern, and Lisa Greco-King enjoy weekly get-togethers with their husbands and children, but at one such gathering, tensions rise after Lisa questions Aimee’s parenting and Gwen’s husband, Anton, has
- [Review: DON'T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/review-dont-trust-fish-by-neil-sharpson/) - School Library Journal: What makes a good unreliable narrator… in a picture book? One might argue that it’s very much the same qualities that make a good unreliable narrator in a work of fiction for older readers. There’s the choice the author must make as to whether or not to show their hand early or
- [Review: BOOK BOYFRIEND by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-book-boyfriend-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Publishers Weekly: Married writing duo Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka (The Breakup Tour) beguile in this empathetic enemies-to-lovers romance. After book marketer Jennifer Worth ends her unsatisfying relationship, she decides to spend a week at an immersive fan experience based on her favorite romantic fantasy series, wanting an escape into a world where love is passionate and
- [Starred Review: DON'T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-dont-trust-fish-by-neil-sharpson/) - Publishers Weekly: This animal guidebook send-up starts innocently enough, with a portrait of a dairy cow alongside a simple description of mammalian characteristics: “This animal has fur. This animal is warm-blooded.” Entries for a reptile and bird follow before a page turn reveals an outsize fish. “This is a FISH,” bold-faced type declares. “DON’T TRUST
- [USURPATION by Sue Burke](https://maassagency.com/usurption-by-sue-burke/) - Stevland, the dominant sentient lifeform of Pax, has clandestinely sent some of its progeny to Earth. To explore, to spread, to report back. Since their germination, Earth has been a powder keg. Human rebellion, robot uprisings, and global pandemics have created chaos, distrust, and deaths. As more and more conflicts break out across Earth, Stevland's
- [Deal: Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/deal-aggie-blum-thompson/) - Author of SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY Aggie Blum Thompson's untitled suburban suspense, in which a woman must convince her family that she was kidnapped, as an unsolved murder and robberies in the neighborhood point to something sinister, to Kristin Sevick at Minotaur, for publication in summer 2026, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).
- [Martha Wells featured in Wired Magazine!](https://maassagency.com/martha-wells-featured-in-wired-magazine/) - Photo By Lisa Blaschke "Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own..." Congratulations and respect to DMLA author, Martha Wells, for this amazing feature of her and the Murderbot series in Wired Magazine! Read it here!
- [December Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to William C. Tracy's PHYSICAL MAGIC, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a five-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to J.S. Fields's OCEANS OF FIREFLIES, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winner Premee Mohamed's THE BUTCHER
- [December Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-translation-deals-9/) - Chinese (complex) rights to Nebula Award winner Vajra Chandrasekera's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Faces, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD, HEIR TO THE SHADOWS, and QUEEN OF THE DARKNESS, the first three books in
- [New York Times: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2024!](https://maassagency.com/new-york-times-the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-of-2024/) - Excited to see so many DMLA titles on the New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for 2024! Check out these spotlights! Rakesfall By Vajra Chandrasekera Chandrasekera’s second novel shifts wildly in structure and narration to dazzling result. Souls recur in various combinations and circumstances, organized around how to endure fascism and kill kings.
- [NPR Best Books of 2024!](https://maassagency.com/npr-best-books-of-2024/) - We are so thrilled to see so many DMLA titles on NPR's Best Books of 2024! Huge shoutout and many congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (RAKESFALL), Micaiah Johnson (THOSE BEYOND THE WALL), Robert Jackson Bennett (THE TAINTED CUP), Premee Mohamed (THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST), Nalo Hopkinson (BLACKHEART MAN), Darcie Little Badger (SHEINE LENDE), and august
- [New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2024](https://maassagency.com/new-york-public-library-best-books-for-kids-2024/) - Join us in congratulating DMLA author, Shaun David Hutchinson, as his book, THE SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS, makes the New York Public Library's list for Best Books for Kids in 2024!
- [Review: METAL FROM HEAVEN by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/review-metal-from-heaven-by-august-clarke/) - Library Journal: Marney lost her family and her best friend when their employer, ichorite baron Yann Chauncey, broke their strike with a massacre. She, the sole survivor, is lustertouched, a hallucinatory illness that develops in ichorite workers. After building a career as a bandit, Marney sees a chance for revenge when Chauncey’s daughter invites eligible
- [LEVIATHAN by Robert McCammon](https://maassagency.com/leviathan-by-robert-mccammon/) - It is August of 1704, and Matthew Corbett and his companions have narrowly escaped the island of Golgotha and are recuperating in the town of Alghero on the northwestern coast of Sardinia, currently under Spanish rule. Hudson Greathouse is at his limits, both mentally and physically, after their harrowing ordeal. Their respite is short-lived when
- [INTO THE DARK by Patrice Sarath](https://maassagency.com/into-the-dark-by-patrice-sarath/) - Patrice Sarath is an award-winning filmmaker and author living in Austin, Texas. Her novels include The Gordath Wood series (Gordath Wood, Red Gold Bridge, and The Crow God’s Girl), The Tales of Port Saint Frey (The Sisters Mederos and Fog Season), and The Unexpected Miss Bennet, a standalone sequel to Pride & Prejudice. This, her debut collection, gathers
- [The Washington Post's 11 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2024!](https://maassagency.com/the-washington-posts-11-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-of-2024/) - We're thrilled to share that two DMLA titles, THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed and METAL FROM HEAVEN by august clarke, were part of the Washington's Posts line-up for the 11 best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024!
- [THIS WILL BE FUN hits USA Today bestseller list!](https://maassagency.com/this-will-be-fun-hits-usa-today-bestseller-list/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, E.B. Asher as THIS WILL BE FUN makes the USA Today Bestseller List!
- [November Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-subsidiary-deals/) - Abridged/dramatic audio rights to New York Times bestseller Tamsyn Muir's The Locked Tomb series including GIDEON THE NINTH, HARROW THE NINTH, NONA THE NINTH and ALECTO THE NINTH, to Anji Cornette at Graphic Audio by Jennifer Jackson. Audio rights to USA Today bestseller, Alta Hensley's HEATHENS HOLLOW SERIES and GODS AMONG MEN SERIES, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, in a
- [November Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-translation-deals-8/) - Arabic rights to World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, to Dawen Publishing House, by Gana Galal at Bears Factor Literary Agency, in association with Michael Curry. French rights to Tashan Mehta's MAD SISTERS OF ESI, to L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron
- [2024 Ignyte Award Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2024-ignyte-award-winners/) - The winners of the 2024 Ignyte Awards were announced and we're thrilled to share that two DMLA authors have won in the following categories! OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) OUTSTANDING ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTED WORKS No One Will Come Back for Us – Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
- [Review: BOOK BOYFRIEND by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-book-boyfriend-by-emily-wibberley-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Library Journal: Jennifer Worth is a devoted fan of the “Elytheum Courts” series of romantasy novels, so she eagerly seizes the chance to attend a special immersion event for super fans like her. To her utter surprise, her work rival, Scott Daniels—who’s never shown interest in the series—is also there. Their strained professional relationship has
- [Kim Harrison's DEMON'S BLUFF is a USA Today Bestseller!](https://maassagency.com/kim-harrisons-demons-bluff-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - Congratulations to Kim Harrison! The newest entry in the Hollows series, DEMON'S BLUFF, debuts at #45 in USA Today!
- [SHEINE LENDE is a USA Today bestseller!!](https://maassagency.com/sheine-lende-is-a-usa-today-bestseller/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger! Sheine Lende hit the USA Today list at #125!
- [Review: THE VALKYRIE by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/review-the-valkyrie-by-kate-heartfield/) - Publishers Weekly: Brave women warriors and diplomats shine in their roles as leaders in this alluring reimagining of Norse mythology from Heartfield (The Embroidered Book). Valkyrie Brynhild has just been exiled from Valhalla by Odin for contradicting his orders. Resigned to the life of a mortal in Midgard, she declares that she will use her
- [2024 Igynte Awards finalists](https://maassagency.com/2024-igynte-awards-finalists/) - The finalists for the 2024 Ignyte Awards have been announced, and we are so excited to see so many DMLA authors on the list! Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera, C.L. Polk, R.S.A. Garcia, and Premee Mohamed! Outstanding Novel: Adult The Saint of Bright Doors – Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Outstanding Novelette Ivy, Angelica, Bay – C L
- [Review: REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins-4/) - Wall Street Journal: A peculiarity of American fiction is that it is filled with visions of the apocalypse yet lacking in explorations into the experience of death. Writers can imagine the end as a collective catastrophe but rarely as something intimate and individual. A clever, genre-blending book by Eden Robins, “Remember You Will Die” illustrates the
- [METAL FROM HEAVEN included in PW's Best of Roundup!](https://maassagency.com/metal-from-heaven-included-in-pws-best-of-roundup/) - Congratulations, august clarke! METAL FROM HEAVEN (Erewhon) was listed on Publishers Weekly list for Best Books of 2024!
- [LUSTFUL APPETITES by Rachel Hope Cleves](https://maassagency.com/lustful-appetites-by-rachel-hope-cleves/) - We take the edible trappings of flirtation for granted: chocolate covered strawberries and romance, oysters on the half shell and desire, the eggplant emoji and a suggestive wink. But why does it feel so natural for us to link food and sexual pleasure? Rachel Hope Cleves explores the long association between indulging in good food
- [THE IMPROVISERS by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/the-improvisers-by-nicole-glover/) - Velma Frye is many things. A pilot, a former bootlegger, a well-seasoned traveler, a jazz pianist…and a wielder of celestial magic. She’s also a member of the mystical Rhodes family as well as an investigator for arcane oddities for a magic rights organization, dealing with both simple and complicated cases. And when a pocket watch
- [THE SWARM by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/the-swarm-by-andy-marino/) - It begins with cicadas. It will end with the swarm. When a bizarre murder case lands on the desk of Detective Vicky Paterson, it's just the start of her nightmare. On the same day, her young daughter, Sadie, is swarmed by cicadas emerging off-cycle from their seventeen-year pattern. Sadie barely survives, and her condition is
- [TOTO by A.J. Hackwith](https://maassagency.com/toto-by-a-j-hackwith/) - I was mostly a Good Dog until they sold me out to animal control, okay? But if it’s a choice between Oz, with its creepy little singing dudes, and being behind bars in gray old Kansas, I’ll choose the place where animals talk and run the show for now, thanks. It’s not my fault that
- [REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins/) - A search. A puzzle. Sixty protagonists―all of whom are dead. Told entirely through obituaries and ricocheting through time, Remember You Will Die is an innovative, genre-bending epic about the messy tapestry of human history and the threads that connect us, told through the eyes of Peregrine, an AI mother grappling with the unexpected death of her human
- [INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan](https://maassagency.com/interstellar-megachef-by-lavanya-lakshminarayan/) - Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili… and an invitation to compete in the galaxy’s most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of the planet Primus’s austere, carefully synthesised cuisine. Until now, no-one from Earth—where they’re so incredibly primitive they
- [October Subsidiary Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-subsidiary-deals/) - Audio rights to J Sydney Jones' THE CRY OF THE CICADAS and BIGOT LIST, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in an exclusive submission, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Anne Tibbets (World English). Audio rights to Molly Tanzer's THE PLEASURE MERCHANT, RUMBULLION, and A PRETTY MOUTH, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a three-book
- [October Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-translation-deals-10/) - Chinese (complex) renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, and EXIT STRATEGY, the first four books in The Murderbot Diaries series, to Global Group, by Lucy Su at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN
- [2024 World Fantasy Awards Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2024-world-fantasy-awards-winners/) - The winners of the 2024 World Fantasy Awards were announced and we are so excited to share that DMLA authors, Tananarive Due and Premee Mohamed, have been announced as winners! Best Novel The Reformatory, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK) Best Collection No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories, Premee Mohamed (Undertow)
- [Deal: Kim Purcell](https://maassagency.com/deal-kim-purcell/) - Author of Trafficked and This Is Not a Love Letter Kim Purcell's THE BUSY WRITER'S GUIDE TO FINISHING A NOVEL IN 100 DAYS, a writing guide for tackling a novel from start to finish, with daily tasks for developing a story arc, characters, tension, and dialogue, to Kim Keller at Ten Speed Press, in a pre-empt, for publication in
- [METAL FROM HEAVEN by august clarke](https://maassagency.com/metal-from-heaven-by-august-clarke/) - He who controls ichorite controls the world. A malleable metal more durable than steel, ichorite is a toxic natural resource fueling national growth, and ambitious industrialist Yann Chauncey helms production of this miraculous ore. Working his foundry is an underclass of destitute workers, struggling to get better wages and proper medical treatment for those exposed
- [THE ANTI-SOCIAL SEASON by Adele Buck](https://maassagency.com/the-anti-social-season-by-adele-buck/) - In this offbeat holiday romantic comedy, an overworked firefighter turned social media coordinator and a librarian with an unrequited crush break a few rules in the company handbook… For Thea Martinelli, burnout is real. After working as a firefighter for the Emergency Services Department over the last ten years, she can’t stomach any more close
- [DEMON'S BLUFF by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/demons-bluff-by-kim-harrison/) - What’s a witch to do when the coven of moral and ethical standards demands she untwist a curse—but an essential spell component no longer exists? There’s only one choice: go back in time. Caught between self-exile and an Alcatraz cell, Rachel must find an Atlantean mirror to reverse the curse and prove to Cincinnati’s brand-new
- [Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/review-asunder-by-kerstin-hall-3/) - Reactor: As with her debut novel, the immersive and compelling Star Eater, Kerstin Hall chucks you straight into Asunder and asks you to keep up. She is a master of consistent, sometimes subtle worldbuilding; anything she needs you to understand, Karys sees, or interacts with, or has cause to explain or have explained to her, succinctly and elegantly.
- [THE TAPESTRY OF TIME by Kate Heartfield in The Guardian!](https://maassagency.com/the-tapestry-of-time-by-kate-heartfield-in-the-guardian/) - Congratulations to Kate Heartfield and her book, THE TAPESTRY OF TIME, for being part of The Guardian's round-up for best recent science fiction, horror, and fantasy! Set in England and France during the second world war, this novel centres on a family with the gift of second sight. As rational young women, the Sharp sisters
- [Review: REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins-3/) - Locus: Told almost entirely through obituaries, it's a frequently funny, frequently poignant book that uses its unusual form to explore connection and character…. Original and thoughtful, refreshing despite the constant centrality of death, this is highly recommended.
- [CRITICAL ROLE: BELLS HELLS – WHAT DOESN'T BREAK by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/critical-role-bells-hells-what-doesnt-break-by-cassandra-shaw/) - Uncover the lost years of Critical Role’s unrelentingly upbeat undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna’s adventures with Bells Hells. For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far
- [Starred Review: THE INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-interstellar-megachef-by-lavanya-lakshminarayan/) - Library Journal: Saraswati Kaveri has left her life on Earth behind. Arriving on Primus with a bag of clothes and her little robot Kili, she is determined to take her chance on Interstellar MegaChef, the most watched cooking show of the galaxy. Primus cuisine is exacting and amalgamated, and never has an Earthen chef, with
- [THE NIGHTWARD by R.S.A. Garcia](https://maassagency.com/the-nightward-by-r-s-a-garcia/) - For 500 years Gaiea’s Hand has stood as a ward against the Dark. The Age of Chaos is a faded memory. The Goddess has left Gailand and given her Blessing to the Queens to rule in her stead. Princess Viella of the court of Hamber is the Spirit of Gaiea, presumptive heir to the throne
- [Starred Review: THE IMPROVISERS by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-improvisers-by-nicole-glover-2/) - Booklist: Glover’s latest is a standalone set in the world of her Murder and Magic series (starting with The Conductors, 2021), this time set in the 1930s. Velma Frye is an African American aviator in the early days of flight. She’s also a magical investigator, and when a fight breaks out at one of her
- [Review: INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan](https://maassagency.com/review-interstellar-megachef-by-lavanya-lakshminarayan/) - Publishers Weekly: Lakshminarayan (The Ten Percent Thief) sets this delicious, futuristic flight of fancy nearly 2,000 years after humans first settled on the planet Primus, which has since far outstripped Earth in cultural and technological development. Earthling Saraswati “Saras” Kaveri knows that auditioning for Primus’s hit cooking competition show, Interstellar MegaChef, is a long shot,
- [Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/review-asunder-by-kerstin-hall-2/) - Locus: Kerstin Hall writes sharp, fierce stories with precise and visceral prose, and with worldbuilding that possesses a keen sense for the weird, the haunting, the marvellous, and the twistedly strange. Asunder is only her fourth long-form work, her second novel (after 2021’s Star Eater and the novella duo The Border Keeper and Second Spear)
- [THE TAPESTRY OF TIME by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/the-tapestry-of-time-by-kate-heartfield/) - There’s a tradition in the Sharp family that some possess the Second Sight. But is it superstition, or true psychic power? Kit Sharp is in Paris, where she is involved in a love affair with the stunning Evelyn Larsen, and working as an archivist, having inherited her historian father’s fascination with the Bayeux Tapestry. He
- [September Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to Miranda Lyn's Fae Rising series, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (NA). Audio rights to Nicky Drayden and Matthew Bey's DEEP AUSTIN: CASE OF THE WEIRD CARNIVOROUS SKY, a tale of gonzo horror chock full of ghosts and other weirdness, plus a sequel, to Kim
- [September Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-translation-deals-10/) - Korean renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, and EXIT STRATEGY, the first four books in The Murderbot Diaries series, to Alma Publishing Co., by Yujung Kim at the Eric Yang Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Camilla Raines's THE HOLLOW AND
- [EXILED BY IRON by Ehigbor Okosun](https://maassagency.com/exiled-by-iron-by-ehigbor-okosun/) - The King is dead. The Oluso rebel. War is here. With the end of Alistair Sorenson’s tyrannical reign, Dèmi has accepted Jonas’s proposal to rule as his Queen with hopes to finally free her people, the magical Oluso. Yet social prejudice, corrupt council members, and the continued distrust of the nonmagical Ajès throughout the kingdom
- [THIS WILL BE FUN by E.B. Asher](https://maassagency.com/this-will-be-fun-by-e-b-asher/) - TEN YEARS AGO, THEY SAVED THE REALM. IT RUINED THEIR LIVES. Everyone in Mythria knows the story of how best friends Beatrice and Elowen, handsome ex-bandit Clare, and valiant leader Galwell the Great defended the realm from darkness. It’s a tale beloved by all—except the heroes. They haven’t spoken in a decade, devastated by what
- [THE HOLLOW AND THE HAUNTED by Camilla Raines](https://maassagency.com/the-hollow-and-the-haunted-by-camilla-raines/) - Miles Warren hails from a long line of psychics. Resigned to a life in the family business, Miles is perfectly happy, thank you very much. Apart from the fact he hasn't told anyone he's gay, and that he's constantly exhausted from long nights spent wrangling angry ghosts in creepy cemeteries. Perfectly happy. But Miles's comfortable
- [Review: REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins-2/) - Booklist: In a spiraling saga of obituaries, sixty deaths slowly unravel the fate of Poppy and her AI mother, Peregrine. It is no surprise, then, that this grand scheme begins with grief: when “Computer Doctor” Matth Fletcher’s old friend dies, he decides to create a program with their messages. This leads to creating a humanoid
- [Review: RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-rakesfall-by-vajra-chandrasekera-3/) - New York Times: Rakesfall is Vajra Chandrasekera’s second book after last year’s magnificent “The Saint of Bright Doors,” and is fully as exciting though nowhere near as straightforward. A book in 10 parts, “Rakesfall” shifts wildly in structure and narration. Sometimes an audience watches a television show that is perhaps reality or perhaps a window
- [Review: THE NIGHTWARD by R.S.A. Garcia](https://maassagency.com/review-the-nightward-by-r-s-a-garcia/) - Library Journal: Luka is a bodyguard in the matriarchal, magical Gailand, named after goddess-founder Gaiea. His charge is nine-year-old Viella, princess and heir to Gaiea’s abilities and memories. When the queen is killed and the capital is raided by shadow mages, Luka flees with Viella across the allied queendoms to keep her safe. But why
- [Review: THE IMPROVISERS by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/review-the-improvisers-by-nicole-glover/) - Library Journal: Velma Frye, aviator and magical investigator, finds herself in a deeply personal and intricate magical crime conspiracy. After picking up an enchanted pocket watch that initiated a heated brawl at one of her flying shows, she heads home for some advice. To her surprise, other magically tainted objects have been stolen from her
- [Review: THE HOLLOW AND THE HAUNTED by Camilla Raines](https://maassagency.com/review-the-hollow-and-the-haunted-by-camilla-raines/) - Publishers Weekly: Raines debuts with an unexpectedly charming dark fantasy set in the fictional small town of Thistle, Wash. High school student Miles Warren is part of a psychic family capable of banishing evil spirits. It’s unusual that he would receive a death premonition for a stranger, but his latest vision is just that: a
- [Review: THIS WILL BE FUN by E.B. Asher](https://maassagency.com/review-this-will-be-fun-by-e-b-asher/) - Booklist: Ten years ago, Galwell, his younger sister Elowen, Beatrice, and Clare saved the realm of Mythria from dark magic. But after Galwell sacrificed himself to ensure the success of their mission, the three friends went their separate ways. However, Beatrice, Clare, and Elowen now face a reunion when Queen Thessia, who was once engaged
- [ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/escape-from-alcatraz-by-andy-marino/) - May 1962 In the middle of San Francisco Bay looms Alcatraz, home to America’s most infamous prisoners. Also home to Chip Carter and his dad, who works at the high security prison. Their neighbors are former mobsters, gangsters, and murderers, but Chip finds it to be a pretty boring place to live. After all, the
- [THE LOVERS by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/the-lovers-by-rebekah-faubion/) - A second chance at love is in the cards for two women working a stylish California wedding in this charming debut romance. If Kit Larson believes one thing, it’s that the cards never lie. She’s seen it proven time and time again as a tarot reader and mystic influencer. But unfortunately the cards didn’t warn
- [COUNTESS by Suzan Palumbo](https://maassagency.com/countess-by-suzan-palumbo/) - A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge on the interplanetary empire that subjugated her people for generations Virika Sameroo lives in colonized space under the Æcerbot Empire, much like her ancestors before her in the British West Indies. After years of working hard to rise through the ranks of
- [Review: THE SWARM by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-the-swarm-by-andy-marino/) - Booklist: Marino is mostly known for his books for young readers (the Plot to Kill Hitler trilogy, for example), but he’s written a few solid novels for adults, the most recent being It Rides a Pale Horse (2022). His new novel is creepily good, a story of an apocalypse triggered by an unexpected swarm of insects. Why have
- [Deal: Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/deal-cassandra-khaw-9/) - Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson Award finalist, and USA Today bestselling author of NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH Cassandra Khaw's HELLEBORE, a deeply dark academia novel set at a brutal institute for the dangerously powerful, where a group of graduating students must survive one last diabolical test, and three more standalone books, to Kristin Temple
- [August Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-translation-deals-8/) - French rights to Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's IF I'M BEING HONEST, to Eyrolles, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. German rights to LJ Andrews's THE EVER SEAS series, to Blanvalet, in a pre-empt, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [August Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - Audio rights to Christopher Rowe's THE NAVIGATING FOX, a fantastical fable of "knowledgeable creatures," to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Audio rights to J. Alexander Cohen's TALIO CODEX, an epic fantasy and legal thriller in a city of canals and holy magic, where a secret relationship between a disgraced legal advocate
- [2024 British Fantasy Award Shortlist!](https://maassagency.com/2024-british-fantasy-award-shortlist/) - Join us in congratulating DMLA authors, Premee Mohamed and Vajra Chandrasekera in making the 2024 British Fantasy Award shortlist with their following titles! Best Collection No One Will Come Back for Us – Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications) Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer Vajra Chandrasekera, for “The Saint of Bright Doors” (Tordotcom)
- [LOKA by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/loka-by-s-b-divya/) - Finding a place to belong becomes a girl’s ambitious quest in a thrilling epic about space, humanity, and self-discovery by S.B. Divya, Hugo and Nebula Award finalist and author of Meru. Akshaya is the hybrid daughter of a human mother and an alloy, a genetically engineered posthuman—and she’s the future of life on the planet Meru.
- [Starred Review: THE IMPROVISERS by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-improvisers-by-nicole-glover/) - Publishers Weekly: Glover returns to the alternate 1930s America of her Murder and Magic series in this thrilling spin-off, an intoxicating blend of mystery and fantasy. Velma Frye’s days as a bootlegger of forbidden magic are behind her, and she now divides her time between performing high-flying aerial stunts and working as an investigator for
- [Review: THE LOVERS by Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/review-the-lovers-by-rebekah-faubion/) - Library Journal: When best friends Kit and Julia were 12 years old, a psychic told them that they were twin flames. At the age of 18, they developed romantic feelings for each other. However, Kit was not yet ready to accept her bisexuality and abruptly cut off contact with Julia, causing both of them immense
- [Review: THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison-5/) - Locus: Petra Grady has the kind of dirty magical job that no one ever talks about when crafting big novels about monsters and mayhem and magic. As a sweeper, she cleans up the ‘‘dross’’ or magic detritus that is created when powerful folks (mages) cast spells. In Kim Harrison’s urban fantasy THREE KINDS OF LUCKY, Petra is eighteen, working hard for a
- [2023 World Fantasy Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2023-world-fantasy-awards-finalists-2/) - The finalists for the 2023 World Fantasy Awards have been announced, and many congratulations to the following DMLA authors on their nominated titles! Best Novel The Reformatory, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK) Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) Best Collection No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories, Premee Mohamed (Undertow)
- [2024 Aurora Awards Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2024-aurora-awards-winners/) - The 2024 Aurora Awards winners have been announced and we're thrilled to share that the following DMLA authors have won in the Best Novel and Best Short Story categories! Best Novel: The Valkyrie, Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager Best Short Story: “At Every Door A Ghost”, Premee Mohamed, Communications Breakdown, MIT Press
- [2024 Dragon Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2024-dragon-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to the following DMLA titles for making the final ballot for the 2024 Dragon Awards! Best Science Fiction Novel System Collapse by Martha Wells The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison Best Horror Novel The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey,
- [Review: THE ANTI-SOCIAL SEASON by Adele Buck](https://maassagency.com/review-the-anti-social-season-by-adele-buck/) - Publishers Weekly: The Christmas season heats up in Buck’s steamy second First Responders romance (after Fake Flame). After 10 years working as a firefighter in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Thea Martinelli is rattled when a fellow firefighter is seriously injured on the job, and she jumps at the chance to take a breather as the
- [Deal: Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/deal-neil-sharpson/) - KNOCK KNOCK, OPEN WIDE author Neil Sharpson's picture book debut DON'T TRUST FISH, which explains in a scientific and reasonable way why fish cannot be trusted, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist and National Book Award winner for A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING Dan Santat, to Kate Harrison at Dial, at auction, for publication in spring 2025, by Jennie Goloboy for the author, and by Jodi Reamer at Writers
- [Deal: Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/deal-elizabeth-bear-6/) - Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear sold rights to two novels in her White Space setting. For new readers, her next science fiction epic, THE FOLDED SKY, stands alone. For returning readers, this is an indirect sequel to Ancestral Night, and takes place more or less concurrently and a little bit after Machine. In THE FOLDED SKY, Dr.
- [Starred Review: METAL FROM HEAVEN by August Clarke](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-metal-from-heaven-by-august-clarke/) - Publishers Weekly: YA author Clarke (the Scapegracers trilogy, written as H.A. Clarke) makes their adult debut with a slick and sexy queer fantasy western. Ignavia City is on the cusp of industrial revolution and roiling with discontent. When Marney Honeycutt’s family and childhood sweetheart are murdered in a strikebreak, she swears revenge on Yann Chauncey,
- [ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/asunder-by-kerstin-hall/) - We choose our own gods here. Karys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch being―three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving―who has granted her the ability to communicate with the newly departed. She pays the rent by using her abilities to investigate suspicious deaths around the troubled city she calls home. When
- [BLOOD IN SWEET RIVER by John Shirley](https://maassagency.com/blood-in-sweet-river-by-john-shirley/) - After a long, hard journey west, Cleve Trewe is ready to settle down. He’s got his beautiful wife Berry in San Francisco, a baby on the way, and his sights set on a gorgeous piece of land in the Sierras. This sweet slice of heaven is aptly named Sweet River, and it’s the perfect place
- [AN UNLIKELY AMISH INHERITANCE by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/an-unlikely-amish-inheritance-by-jo-ann-brown/) - An inheritance filled with riddles… Could love be the answer? When her Amish grandmother passes away, Englisch police officer Jenna Shetler returns to her family’s farm on Maryland’s eastern shore to carry out her grandmother’s unusual last request. A series of letters with specific instructions forces her to seek help from Amish bachelor Abe Bontranger—and confront her
- [July Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-deals-8/) - Chinese (simplified) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' WITCH KING, to Science Fiction World, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Chinese (complex) rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' WITCH KING, to Gaea, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with
- [Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/review-asunder-by-kerstin-hall/) - Reactor: I had no idea what to expect when I opened to the first page of Asunder. Kerstin Hall has cemented herself as a brilliantly unpredictable writer. Her surrealist concepts are unlike any other, and she’s unafraid to go to the darkest, weirdest places. Asunder shines as a uniquely ambitious accomplishment among her stellar catalog, and I need you
- [2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist](https://maassagency.com/2024-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction-shortlist/) - The shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been announced! We're excited to share that three of our DMLA authors have been listed for their following works! The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed
- [Review: HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-heiress-takes-all-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka-3/) - Shelf Awareness: Heiress Takes All is an exciting heist novel filled with "ruthlessness, danger, and indulgence" that has sky-high stakes and captivating family dynamics. Olivia, whose multimillionaire father cheated on her mom and cut them both off financially, plans a heist to steal from her dad "the way the past few years have [been] stolen from
- [USA Today Bestseller: EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END by C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/usa-today-bestseller-even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk/) - Congratulations to C.L. Polk whose work, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END, made #77 on the USA Today Bestseller list!
- [Starred Review: THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-last-boyfriends-rules-for-revenge-by-matthew-hubbard/) - School Library Journal: Hubbard’s debut is a clever, funny, coming-of-age romance where teens who are being silenced for who they are learn to fight for what they believe in, and in the process revolutionize a whole freedom movement. Ezra and his best friends Finley and Lucas are out for revenge against their ex-boyfriends for the
- [Review: REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-remember-you-will-die-by-eden-robins/) - Shelf Awareness: Eden Robins (When Franny Stands Up) has written a smashingly good second novel, an utterly imaginative, genre-defying masterpiece: Remember You Will Die. Her blunt title is an accurate barometer that the end is nigh. In fact, the dead populate most of these pages. Their stories are revealed predominantly through obituaries that range from deeply
- [Review: Countess by Suzan Palumbo](https://maassagency.com/review-countess-by-suzan-palumbo/) - Publishers Weekly: This swashbuckling, planet-hopping riff on The Count of Monte Cristo from Palumbo (Skin Thief) follows Virika Sameroo, who, having emigrated as a child from the Exterran Antilles to Invicta, the capital planet of the Æerbot Empire, is determined to break through the poverty and prejudice that centuries of colonization have inflicted on her
- [June Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to Robert McCammon's LEVIATHAN to Louise Quayle at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. Abridged/dramatic audio rights to New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher's STORM FRONT and three additional titles in the Dresden Files series, to Anji Cornette at Graphic Audio by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
- [June Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-translation-deals-8/) - German rights to Ronald Malfi's SMALL TOWN HORROR, for a limited special edition, to Buchheim Verlag, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Polish rights to LJ Andrews's THE EVER KING and THE EVER QUEEN, to Artbooks, in a two-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava
- [2024 Locus Awards Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2024-locus-awards-winners/) - Many congratulations to DMLA authors, Martha Wells and Vajra Chandrasekera, on their 2024 Locus Awards! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) FANTASY NOVEL Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) FIRST NOVEL The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
- [2023 Shirley Jackson Award nominees!](https://maassagency.com/2023-shirley-jackson-award-nominees/) - Join us in congratulating DMLA authors, Tananarive Due and Cassandra Khaw, for being nominated for the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award! Novel The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (Saga Press/Simon and Schuster) Novella The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- [Review: LOKA by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/review-loka-by-s-b-divya/) - Publishers Weekly: The warmhearted and immersive second sci-fi adventure in Divya’s Alloy Era series (after Meru) follows teen best friends as they circumnavigate a post–climate change Earth. Akshaya grew up in deep-space exile after her parents gave up their place on Earth to be together. Genetically engineered to thrive on Meru, the planet home her parents
- [Review: Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/review-sheine-lende-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Locus: Like Elatsoe, Sheine Lende is much more chill than your typical YA fantasy or YA mystery. The stakes are high, but it never feels stressful. There is little on-the-page violence, and even when things get heavy or dangerous, the reader always feels safe. Little Badger guides the reader through a fascinating world. The pace is
- [Starred Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-asunder-by-kerstin-hall-2/) - Publishers Weekly: In this dazzling and eclectic fantasy from Hall (Star Eater), a scrappy, foul-mouthed medium wrangles with an impressively imagined cohort of skin thieves, smugglers, and shape-shifters—as well as her own inner demons. At 17, Karys Eska ran away from an abusive father and sold her soul to the god Sabaster to become a
- [2023 Nebula Award Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2023-nebula-award-winners/) - This past weekend the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) announced the 59th Annual Nebula Awards® winners, and we're excited to share that Vajra Chandrasekera and RSA Garcia were recognized in these categories! Nebula Award for Novel The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Nebula Award for Short Story “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200“,
- [Review: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-rakesfall-by-vajra-chandrasekera-2/) - Locus: To quote Tom Clancy (or was it Jeff Bezos?), it takes ten years to become an overnight success. I suspect Vajra Chandrasekera can relate. He spent a decade working on his craft, with short fiction published in various genre magazines and anthologies. Then, last year, Chandrasekera published his first novel, The Saint of Bright Doors,
- [Review: THE EVER KING audiobook by LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/review-the-ever-king-audiobook-by-lj-andrews/) - AudioFile: Lucy Rivers and Will Thorne energize each other as dual narrators of this steamy fantasy-romance blending pirates, fae, and Vikings. Erik rules Ever Kingdom, but that rule is compromised by the man who murdered his father and trapped Erik in the underwater world called the Ever Realm. When Livia, the daughter of the man
- [Catcon Ictineu Award](https://maassagency.com/catcon-ictineu-award/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Premee Mohamed, for THESE LIFELESS THINGS (Catalan translation) for winning an Ictineu Award! The Ictineu Awards were handed out at CatCon, the Catalan fantasy, science fiction and horror convention organized by the Catalan Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy (SCCFF).
- [2023 Bram Stoker Awards Winners!](https://maassagency.com/2023-bram-stoker-awards-winners/) - The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Winners have been announced and we are thrilled to share that DMLA authors Tananarive Due and Sadie Hartmann have been named winners! Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction Hartmann, Sadie – 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered (Page Street Publishing) Superior Achievement in a Novel Due, Tananarive – The
- [Starred Review: Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-sheine-lende-by-darcie-little-badger-4/) - Bookpage: A prequel to acclaimed YA author Darcie Little Badger’s 2020 debut Elatsoe (which features Shane’s granddaughter, Ellie, as the protagonist), Sheine Lende is a powerful and deeply moving tale of family, grief, cultural identity and magic. As a Lipan Apache woman herself, Little Badger combines the myths and legends of her tribe with fantastical
- [SMALL TOWN HORROR by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/small-town-horror-by-ronald-malfi/) - Maybe this is a ghost story… Andrew Larimer has left his past behind. Rising up the ranks in a New York law firm, and with a heavily pregnant wife, he is settling into a new life far from Kingsport, the town in which he grew up. But when he receives a late-night phone call from
- [WE SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/we-speak-through-the-mountain-by-premee-mohamed/) - The enlivening follow-up to the award-winning sensation The Annual Migration of Clouds. Traveling alone through the climate-crisis-ravaged wilds of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, 19-year-old Reid Graham battles the elements and her lifelong chronic illness to reach the utopia of Howse University. But life in one of the storied “domes” — the last remnants of pre-collapse society —
- [RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/rakesfall-by-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace the claws of death, loves that leave their mark on civilization, and promises that nothing can break. This is one such story. Annelid and Leveret met as children in the middle of the Sri Lankan
- [EMERGENCE: Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 3  by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/emergence-eclipsed-evolution-phase-3-by-kim-harrison/) - As time has passed, Dr. Renee Caisson has begun to see the demonic, alien August as more than a research subject or an unlikely colleague—they’ve become friends. And together she and August have helped the two societies of Nextdoor and Earth through the confusion of first contact, the danger of misunderstandings, and the anger of
- [HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/heiress-takes-all-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's 11 in this thrilling adventure about a teenager determined to pull off the perfect heist in the middle of her father’s wedding. Seventeen-year-old Olivia Owens isn't thrilled that her dad's getting remarried...again. She's especially not thrilled that he cheated on her mom, kicked them out of their Rhode Island home, and cut Olivia out
- [Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/ribbon-dance-by-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/) - On a world where cake is a necessity, it takes the Grid to protect the civilized and the deaf from the dire influences of the ambient and to keep the chaotic Haosa at bay. Having arrived at recently Dust-bound Colemeno, Trader Padi yos’Galan is essential to Master Trader Shan yos’Galan’s plan to recoup Clan Korval’s
- [Review: RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-rakesfall-by-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Booklist: “[T]his is how she and I have spent our long and convoluted journey through time: joined at the hip, joined at the death, haunting each other, carrying each other.” Chandrasekera follows two entwined souls through an endless cycle of reincarnation and destruction in this slipstream novel, a poetic saga about identity and memory, colonialism
- [Review: THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson](https://maassagency.com/review-those-beyond-the-wall-by-micaiah-johnson-2/) - Reactor: Those Beyond the Wall, Micaiah Johnson’s second novel, can be read as a standalone, or you can read it as a followup that’s something of a mirror image to The Space Between Worlds, her 2020 debut. Space was set mostly inside the walls of Wiley City, where an unlikely survivor named Cara found an unusual way to
- [Starred Review: THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed/) - Shelf Awareness: A woman forced into heroism races against time and sinister magical forces to save her family in the perfectly paced and deliciously threatening dark fantasy novella The Butcher of the Forest by World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed (And What Can We Offer You Tonight). "It was not yet dawn when they came for
- [May Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - Audio rights to Sharon Lee's SEA WRACK AND CHANGEWIND, a collection of short fiction from her Archers Beach setting, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Audio rights to Jo Miles's The Gifted of Brennex series, to Kim Budnick at Tantor, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, by
- [May Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-translation-deals-7/) - Czech rights to Kel Kade's LEGENDS OF AHN and KINGDOMS AND CHAOS, to Fantom Print, in a two-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Polish rights to Robert McCammon's MISTER SLAUGHTER, to Vesper, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie
- [Deal: Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/deal-nick-mamatas-3/) - Author of I AM PROVIDENCE and THE SECOND SHOOTER Nick Mamatas's KALIVAS!: OR, THE WASHED-AWAY, a post-modern, post-Singularity, and post-genre retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest, to Christoph Paul at Clash for publication in spring 2026 by Michael Curry.
- [Review: THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett-2/) - New York Times Book Review: “The Tainted Cup” is a thoroughly satisfying delight from start to finish. If you, like me, enjoy an animating nonsexual relationship between a brilliant, eccentric woman and a devoted and highly competent man, this book is a cornucopia. Bennett pulls off his own feat of engineering in splicing genres together
- [Starred Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-asunder-by-kerstin-hall/) - Library Journal: The old gods are dead, and the new ones are horrific. Karys Eska is bound to a new god, and the price for her ability to speak to the dead is, on an unspecified day, to be snatched away to a realm of terrors. When she attempts to rescue a dying stranger from
- [Review: THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson](https://maassagency.com/review-those-beyond-the-wall-by-micaiah-johnson/) - New York Times Book Review: Where “The Space Between Worlds” was a structured book, unfolding its plot the way a scene would on a painted fan, “Those Beyond the Wall” is more tightly focused on character and voice, revolutionary ethics and practice. It’s about apartheid as a violent premise that requires violent resistance, not as
- [2024 Locus Awards finalists](https://maassagency.com/2024-locus-awards-finalists/) - The 2024 Locus Awards finalists have been announced and we're excited to see so many DMLA authors on this list! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) FANTASY NOVEL Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) HORROR NOVEL The Reformatory, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK) FIRST NOVEL The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) NOVELLA
- [The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher named a best series by Forbes!](https://maassagency.com/the-dresden-files-by-jim-butcher-named-a-best-series-by-forbes/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Jim Butcher, and his series The Dresden Files for being featured in Forbes as one of the best series of all time! FORBES: 17. The Dresden Files By Jim Butcher Spanning an impressive 17 books (and counting) and written over the course of more than two decades, Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files is a spellbinding narrative
- [Starred Review: SHEINE LENDE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-sheine-lende-by-darcie-little-badger-3/) - Shelf Awareness: The gritty, luminous Sheine Lende, a prequel to Darcie Little Badger's acclaimed first novel, Elatsoe, features stouthearted Shane (grandmother to Elatsoe's Ellie) who uses the family's ability to raise ghosts to find three people, one of whom is her own mother. The women in 17-year-old Shane Solé's Lipan Apache family line know how
- [Review: HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-heiress-takes-all-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka-2/) - Booklist: Two years ago: after her father was caught cheating, Olivia Owens was forced to move out of the mansion she’d grown up in. Five hours ago: she dressed to the nines to attend her famous father’s third wedding—and rob him of all the money his prenup kept from her ailing mother. Her revenge will
- [A LOVELY LIE by Jaime Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/a-lovely-lie-by-jaime-lynn-hendricks/) - 1999: The night of their senior picnic, Scarlett Russo and her best friend Pepper were involved in a car accident that left two of their classmates dead. Afterward, they lied to the police, protecting each other from the consequences. Then Pepper left town and Scarlett never heard from her again… Now: Twenty-two years later, Scarlett has buried
- [TOTALITY (Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 2) by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/totality-eclipsed-evolution-phase-2-by-kim-harrison/) - Dr. Renee Caisson never expected that her scientific expertise would lead to a role playing interpreter between humans and the demonic-looking Neighbors. When the door between their worlds opened, she was drafted by the government to study the otherworldly beings and was able to prove her theory: the Neighbors had been to Earth before—and now they
- [2024 Aurora Award Nominations](https://maassagency.com/2024-aurora-award-nominations/) - The 2024 Aurora Award Nominations are in and we're excited to see so many DMLA authors on this fantastic list of nominees! Best Novel: The Valkyrie, Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager Best Novelette/Novella: “The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World”, Nalo Hopkinson, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, Random House Best Short Story:
- [Starred Review: RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-rakesfall-by-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Library Journal: Leveret and Annelid star in a television show with a bloody finale; Vidyucchika is stalked by the corpse of the boy she betrayed; Viramunda hunts down her betrayer on a sun-scorched Earth. This novel is a sweeping slipstream epic that follows two intertwined personalities as they recur in new guises through time, moving
- [April Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to LJ Andrews's OF MISCHIEF AND MAGES, to Kate Runde at Podium, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [April Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-translation-deals-5/) - Czech rights to LJ Andrews's THE EVER KING, to Albatros Media, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. French rights to Nebula Award winner Premee Mohamed's NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US and WE SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN, to L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in
- [Aggie Blum Thompson's SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY featured in the NY Post!](https://maassagency.com/aggie-blum-thompsons-such-a-lovely-family-featured-in-the-ny-post/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Aggie Blum Thompson, for SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY being part of the lineup in the April 2024 Best New Books review by the NY Post! "Perfect for fans of “Gossip Girl,” “Such a Lovely Family” by Aggie Blum Thompson is a grand foray into the lives of the rich and glamorous.
- [Starred Review: SHEINE LENDE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-sheine-lende-by-darcie-little-badger-2/) - School Library Journal: This prequel to Elatsoe features Ellie’s grandmother Shane, a 17-year-old Lipan Apache, and further expands upon the strange and unique world. Shane and her mother track down missing persons using ghost dogs (familiar to those who’ve read Elatsoe), even when the families can’t pay them. This means Shane is used to barely
- [Review: Witch King by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-witch-king-by-martha-wells-3/) - Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine: Like many another, I discovered Martha Wells via her Murderbot series. Her new novel, Witch King, is fantasy rather than science fiction, but it is equally engrossing. As in the Murderbot series, this novel has an ensemble cast, and many, many delightful characters. Tahren’s younger brother Dahin is one of them—I
- [BENNY RAMIREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED by Jose Pablo Iriarte](https://maassagency.com/benny-ramirez-and-the-nearly-departed-by-jose-pablo-iriarte/) - After moving cross-country into his late grandfather’s Miami mansion, Benny discovers that the ghost of his famous trumpet-playing abuelo, the great Ignacio Ramírez, is still there . . . and isn’t too thrilled about it. He’s been barred from the afterlife, and no one can see him except his grandson. But Benny’s got problems of
- [Review: HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-heiress-takes-all-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Publishers Weekly: Following the news that her father cheated on her mother, white-cued 17-year-old Olivia Owens and her mom must give up their lavish lifestyle; they’re both kicked out of their Rhode Island estate and Olivia loses her inheritance. When her father decides to marry for a third time and Olivia’s boyfriend cheats on her,
- [Libby Book Awards](https://maassagency.com/libby-book-awards/) - The Libby Book Awards announced their first annual winners across 17 categories. Winners were chosen by a panel of 1700 librarians worldwide! Congratulations to DMLA author, Martha Wells, for winning in the Science Fiction category! System Collapse by Martha Wells
- [2024 Hugo Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2024-hugo-awards-finalists/) - The finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards have been announced! Congratulations to the following DMLA authors! BEST NOVEL The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom) BEST NOVELETTE “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023) Further congratulations to Premee Mohamed and Mur Lafferty for work on
- [Anne Bishop featured in Paste Magazine!](https://maassagency.com/anne-bishop-featured-in-paste-magazine/) - Paste Magazine: The blending of speculative fiction with romance is an old concept. One could argue that its roots lie in Gothic fiction, where innocent maidens ran through the darkened corridors of crumbling castles, and the monsters within were thinly veiled metaphors for rampant desire. What are fairy tales if not a blending of the
- [2024 Lammy Awards Finalists!](https://maassagency.com/2024-lammy-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to the following DMLA authors for being named a 2024 Lammy Awards finalist! LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction The Archive Undying // Emma Mieko Candon (Tordotcom Publishing) The Saint of Bright Doors // Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom Publishing)
- [March Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-translation-deals-7/) - Dutch rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, and EXIT STRATEGY, the first four books in The Murderbot Diaries series, to De Fontein, by Vere Bank at Sebes & Bisseling in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French audio rights to LJ Andrews's THE EVER KING, to Noa
- [FIRST CONTACT (Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 1) by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/first-contact-eclipsed-evolution-phase-1-by-kim-harrison/) - In the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows. Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an attractive man in uniform drafting her into
- [SHEINE LENDE: A PREQUEL TO ELATSOE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/sheine-lende-a-prequel-to-elatsoe-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can’t afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood – and the loss of Shane’s father and her grandparents. They don’t think they’ll ever get their home back.
- [THE MISDIRECTION OF FAULT LINES by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/the-misdirection-of-fault-lines-by-anna-gracia/) - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants goes to the French Open in an emotionally honest and openhearted novel for fans of Yamile Saied Méndez and Mary HK Choi. Three teen girls compete at an elite tennis tournament for a shot at their dreams—if only they knew what their dreams were. Alice is on her own for the
- [THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/the-last-boyfriends-rules-for-revenge-by-matthew-hubbard/) - A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up starting a student rebellion. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jason June! Ezra Hayes has always felt like a background character compared to BFFs Lucas and Finley. He would do anything
- [FAKE FLAME by Adele Buck](https://maassagency.com/fake-flame-by-adele-buck/) - To an observer, hauling a piano onto a college campus to publicly serenade an ex might seem like a romantic gesture. To literature professor Eva Campbell, it’s the latest manipulative move by a cheating idiot who won’t take a hint. Plus, she never liked that song anyway! Setting the piano on fire might be an
- [Review: THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/review-the-last-boyfriends-rules-for-revenge-by-matthew-hubbard-2/) - The Bulletin: Inspired by a viewing of the 1996 film The First Wives Club, Ezra and his two best friends decide to get revenge on their terrible ex-boyfriends. Among the ensuing hijinks, Ezra anonymously uploads a TikTok video setting fire to his closeted ex’s letterman jacket, which quickly goes viral at their school. Further videos of school
- [Review: THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-siege-of-burning-grass-by-premee-mohamed/) - Esquire: The latest work from the astonishingly prolific Mohamed (who has three books out this year alone) is a visceral yet intimate story about violence, nationalism, and war. Injured, captured, and tortured by his own side in an endless conflict, the famous pacifist Alefret is sent on a mission to infiltrate an enemy city. With
- [Review: THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison-4/) - Mystery and Suspense Magazine: Kim Harrison is best known as one of the mainstays of the modern urban fantasy scene. Three Kinds of Lucky is only going to cement that reputation further, as she gets this new series started with a bang! There’s no shortage of books in the urban fantasy genre, and it’s such a delight
- [Starred Review: SHEINE LENDE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-sheine-lende-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Booklist: Little Badger returns to the world of her revelatory, award-winning debut, Elatsoe (2020). Seventeen-year-old Lipan Apache Shane and her mother, Lorenza, set out on a search-and-rescue mission to find two young siblings missing in Texas hill country. In this alternate 1970s America, fairy rings are transport centers. The missing seem to have stumbled on a
- [Review: HEIRESS TAKES ALL by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-heiress-takes-all-by-emily-wibberley-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Kirkus: A Rhode Island teen who went from riches to rags when her parents divorced masterminds a scheme to get even with her father. After her mom leaves her philandering dad, 17-year-old Olivia Owens and her principled, loving mother are left broke. Swimming in medical debt after her exhausted mom falls asleep at the wheel
- [UNEXPECTED AMISH PROTECTORS by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/unexpected-amish-protectors-by-jo-ann-brown/) - She wasn’t interested in love… Until she got to know the real him When Aveline Lampel’s wayward calf goes missing, she reluctantly accepts the help of notorious flirt Lucas Kuepfer. Shockingly, their search leads them to a kidnapped child, and in keeping the girl safe, Aveline and Lucas are plunged into the limelight. To dodge
- [2023 Nebula Award Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2023-nebula-award-nominees/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been nominated for a 2023 Nebula Award! Nebula Award for Novel The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) Nebula Award for Short Story “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200“, R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23) "Author Martha Wells has graciously declined her nomination as
- [Congratulations to Kim Harrison!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-kim-harrison-8/) - THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison is a USA Today Bestseller, debuting at #51!
- [Review: THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed-4/) - Washington Post: Fairies have starred in some terrific books of late, but in Mohamed’s novella they pack a lot more menace. In “The Butcher of the Forest,” the children of a despot known only as the Tyrant wander into an enchanted forest from which nobody has ever emerged, except a woman named Veris. Naturally, the
- [Review: EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson in the New York Times](https://maassagency.com/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson-in-the-new-york-times/) - New York Times: EXORDIA (Tordotcom, 532 pp., $29.99) is Seth Dickinson’s fourth novel and first work of science fiction, following three installments of the excellent Baru Cormorant fantasy series, and it revisits many of those novels’ themes and structures: empire, war and sacrifice. Set in 2013, “Exordia” is a first-contact story: Anna, a Kurdish survivor
- [British Science Fiction Association Awards Shortlist!](https://maassagency.com/british-science-fiction-association-awards-shortlist/) - Congratulations to all the DMLA authors who made the BSFA shortlist! BEST SHORT NON FICTION Dominant Themes in Afro-Centric Fiction, Eugen Bacon (Aurealis) BEST SHORTER FICTION (Novellas, novelettes) Broken Paradise, Eugen Bacon (Luna Press Publishing) BEST COLLECTION Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology (edited by Wole Talabi), Eugen Bacon (Android Press) No One Will Come Back for
- [Review: THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULE FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/review-the-last-boyfriends-rule-for-revenge-by-matthew-hubbard/) - Booklist: Ezra feels like a third wheel. His two best friends, Lucas and Finley, have boyfriends, while Ezra is single. Or is he? Well, no, he does have a boyfriend, golden boy Presley, but it’s a secret since Presley is deeply closeted. The status quo is shattered when Lucas’ and Finley’s boyfriends dump them, and
- [2024 Crawford Award](https://maassagency.com/2024-crawford-award/) - Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera for winning the 2024 Crawford Award for his debut novel, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS!
- [2023 Bram Stoker Awards Nominees!](https://maassagency.com/2023-bram-stoker-awards-nominees/) - Many congratulations to DMLA authors Cassandra Khaw and Tananarive Due for their 2023 Bram Stoker Awards nominations! Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Due, Tananarive – “Rumpus Room” (The Wishing Pool and Other Stories, Akashic Books) Khaw, Cassandra – The Salt Grows Heavy (Tor Nightfire/Macmillan/Titan) Superior Achievement in a Novel Due, Tananarive – The Reformatory (Gallery/Saga
- [Review: THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison-3/) - Bookpage: Kim Harrison’s THREE KINDS OF LUCKY is an immediately compelling urban fantasy with an intricate magic system and complex world. In THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison, author of the bestselling Hollows series, magic has its own specialized sanitation service: Sweepers, who pick up a byproduct of magic called dross. If left unattended,
- [Review: THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed-3/) - New York Times: Premee Mohamed’s THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is a genre-blending adventure full of bizarre creatures and dark magic. At the center of this novel is a forbidden forest that sits at the northern edge of a nameless town. No one who sets foot in the wood returns, with the exception of Veris
- [Review: EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson-4/) - Reactor: Where Dickinson succeeds—where he turns Exordia into a truly exhilarating, dizzying work—is that he can take these human stories, human choices on the personal and on the international scale, and set them against a deeply alien intelligence. Exordia is a book that grabs your attention and doesn’t let it go: Dickinson creates a world that feels
- [British Science Fiction Association Awards Longlist of nominees!](https://maassagency.com/british-science-fiction-association-awards-longlist-of-nominees/) - The British Science Fiction Association Awards Longlist has been announced and many congratulations to the following DMLA authors who have been nominated for this year's award in the following categories! Best Collection: Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2022 - Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Eugen Bacon, Milton Davis (Arc Manor) Languages of Water - Editor, Eugen Bacon
- [Review: BENNY RAMIREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED by Jose Pablo Iriarte](https://maassagency.com/review-benny-ramirez-and-the-nearly-departed-by-jose-pablo-iriarte-2/) - School Library Journal: Benny is not talented—not like his sister, the dancer; or his brother, the actor; or his recently deceased abuelo, the famous musician Ignacio Ramirez. He is forced to reckon with this when he and his family move into his grandpa’s Miami mansion and Benny attends arts school. He discovers Abuelo is actually
- [SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/such-a-lovelyl-family-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C., and the Calhouns are in the midst of hosting their annual party to celebrate the best of the spring season. With a house full of friends, neighbors, and their beloved three adult children, the Calhouns are expecting another picture-perfect event. But a brutal murder in
- [February Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - Ada Palmer and Jo Walton's TRACE ELEMENTS: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy, from two of the most acclaimed writers in the field today, a groundbreaking look at understanding of how SF and fantasy work, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. Emily Blackwood's WINGS SO
- [February Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-translation-deals-7/) - French rights to Nebula Award winner Premee Mohamed's THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST, THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS, and AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, to L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry. French renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's ACADEM’S FURY, PRINCEP’S FURY, and
- [Review: FAKE FLAME by Adele Buck](https://maassagency.com/review-fake-flame-by-adele-buck/) - Publishers Weekly: Buck (Fast Acting) brings the heat in this scorching rom-com. After professor Eva Campbell’s ex, Darren, stages a ridiculous romantic gesture at her place of work to try to get her back, Eva snaps and tries to fend him off with an improvised flamethrower created from the combination of a cigarette lighter and
- [Review: The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/review-the-misdirection-of-fault-lines-by-anna-gracia-2/) - The Bulletin: At the prestigious Bastille Invitational, three Asian American would-be teen tennis stars vie for the title under enormous pressure to win: newbie Alice Wu, who’s anxious to show she’s worth her family’s sacrifices; Lê “Leylah” Ha, determined to prove the viability of a tennis career to her high-achieving immigrant parents; and Violetta Masuda,
- [THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison/) - Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels. Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic—and that’s never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she’s parlayed her
- [THE BREAKUP VACATION by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/the-breakup-vacation-by-anna-gracia/) - It’s the summer before senior year of college, and Grace is about to make the worst decision of her life in this “sexy, sun-drenched cocktail of chaotic good fun and heartfelt hilarity” (Sarah Kuhn, author of the Heroine Complex series) that captures the messiness of your early twenties, while highlighting the necessity of girlfriends at
- [THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/the-siege-of-burning-grass-by-premee-mohamed/) - Alefret, the founder of Varkal’s pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a ‘visionary’ scientist. But now they’re offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med’ariz’s flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists
- [CURSED CRUISE by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/cursed-cruise-by-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren/) - All aboard... After their fateful stay at the Hearst Hotel, the Ghost Gang is back with more spooks and more subscribers. They’ve been invited to record onboard the RMS Queen Anne, a transatlantic luxury ocean liner with a colorful past of violent deaths of hundreds of passengers—souls that bought a one-way ticket to the afterlife
- [THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson](https://maassagency.com/those-beyond-the-wall-by-micaiah-johnson/) - In Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can’t show any sign of weakness, as the neighboring Wiley City has spent lifetimes beating down the people of Ashtown and would love nothing more than its downfall. There’s only one person in the desert the Emperor can
- [PHARAOH'S GOLD by Thomas Krug](https://maassagency.com/pharaohs-gold-by-thomas-krug/) - A band of mercenaries fight deadly enemies and solve ancient riddles to plunder the tomb of Egypt’s robber pharaoh in this break-neck historical adventure-thriller. 701 BCE. Assyria lays siege to Jerusalem, last stronghold of the Judeans. In an audacious raid, a band of Kushite mercenaries—the Desert Mice—help force the Assyrians back from the gates of
- [Review: THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison-2/) - Booklist: In Harrison’s (Demons of Good and Evil, 2023) new urban-fantasy series, Petra Grady is just a sweeper, specializing in collecting the magical waste, or dross, left behind when mages cast light spells. Like many sweepers, she has no talent for magic and is looked down upon by most of the mages as a result. As one of
- [Review: THE MISDIRECTION OF FAULT LINES by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/review-the-misdirection-of-fault-lines-by-anna-gracia/) - Publishers Weekly: Three elite tennis players randomly assigned as roommates compete at Bastille, a tournament where they go head-to-head both on and off the court, in this multilayered novel by Gracia (Boys I Know). When 16-year-old Japanese American Violetta Masuda arrives at Bastille’s tennis academy, she’s expecting to have a roommate with whom she’ll share
- [Review: EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson-3/) - Library Journal: Recently dumped by her boyfriend and fired, Anna, a Kurdish refugee, already has enough to deal with before her close encounter with the wounded alien on her kitchen floor. Being that he’s an officer in the Joint Special Operations Command, Erik’s life mission is to bring order to chaos, and he’s sorely tested
- [Review: THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/review-the-last-boyfriends-rules-for-revenge-by-matthew-hubbard/) - Kirkus: When three queer best friends in Alabama are inspired by The First Wives Club to exact revenge on their terrible exes, a homophobic school initiative takes their mission in an unexpected direction. Ezra Hayes, who’s coded white, is accustomed to hiding in plain sight, but he feels that he’s fallen by the wayside once his two
- [Review: THREE KINDS OF LUCKY by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-three-kinds-of-lucky-by-kim-harrison/) - Library Journal: Magic users may be able to manipulate light energy, but dross—the waste left behind—is something few consider or deal with. This is where sweepers, people who can handle dross without its bad luck effects or development into the more dangerous shadow, come in, and Petra Grady is one of the best sweepers in
- [Starred Review: THOSE BEYOND THE WALL by Micaiah Johnson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-those-beyond-the-wall-by-micaiah-johnson/) - Library Journal: Scales is a mechanic and enforcer in Ashtown, working under the powerful, deadly Emperor to help keep balance in their desert town. When a close friend dies horrifically in front of Scales, she is tasked with finding out the truth about their violent death—especially when there was no murderer in sight. When it
- [THE FRIENDSHIP STUDY by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/the-friendship-study-by-ruby-barrett/) - Jesse Logan doesn’t want a fresh start. He wants his old life back—before an injury made his career as a firefighter impossible, before his grandfather’s Alzheimer’s got so bad he doesn’t recognize Jesse anymore. When a friend tells him about a paid psychological study, Jesse sees it as a chance to get back to the man
- [Review: SOMEDAY DAUGHTER by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/review-someday-daughter-by-ellen-oclover/) - Booklist: Audrey's mom, Camilla St. Vrain, wrote the self-help book Letters to My Someday Daughter that made her a household name; Audrey only wants to spend time with her boyfriend and work toward her own someday medical career. But Camilla has other plans, bringing Audrey on a tour to discuss the book Camilla wrote years
- [Review: THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Mohamed (the Void trilogy) turns from cosmic horror to dark fantasy in an enchanting, bite-size adventure that will put readers in mind of Robert Holdstock’s classic Mythago Wood. Legend has it that an otherworldly realm full of mysterious humanoid creatures exists deep within Elmever forest, but no one who’s gone into the woods
- [Review: BENNY RAMIREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED by José Pablo Iriarte](https://maassagency.com/review-benny-ramirez-and-the-nearly-departed-by-jose-pablo-iriarte/) - Kirkus: When Latin music great Ignacio Ramírez dies, his path to a rewarding afterlife is hindered by unfinished business that demands resolution. Not only is Benny Ramírez the grandson of a famous Cuban American musician, but everyone else in his family has a talent, too: Papi is a well-regarded Hollywood producer, Mami has a gift
- [Locus 2023 Recommended Reading](https://maassagency.com/locus-2023-recommended-reading/) - Congratulations to our clients appearing on the Locus 2023 Recommended Reading List! NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) NOVELS – FANTASY Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) NOVELS – HORROR The Reformatory, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK) FIRST NOVELS The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) COLLECTIONS The Wishing Pool and Other
- [Review: CURSED CRUISE by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/review-cursed-cruise-by-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren/) - Booklist: The second installment of Fulton and McClaren’s Horror Hotel series (Horror Hotel, 2022) finds the Ghost Gang attempting to recover from the traumatic events of their last adventure while growing their popular ghost-hunting YouTube channel. An invitation to a voyage on the RMS Queen Anne, a ship famously haunted by a woman in white,
- [Review: THE LADY IN GLASS AND OTHER STORIES by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/review-the-lady-in-glass-and-other-stories-by-anne-bishop/) - Library Journal: This collection contains Bishop’s (The Queen’s Price) previously published flash fiction and short stories, along with a handful of new tales. Bishop has organized her stories based on theme and provides a short introduction to each section. Her notes about the stories are intimate and often set the scene for the upcoming titles.
- [Review: EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson-2/) - Bookpage: Dickinson’s obsession with detail greatly enriches the atmosphere of Exordia, which rockets across many points of view and locations as various team members look for clues to unravel the mystery. Dickinson has crafted a number of very human stories in a book ostensibly about aliens. Trauma, morality in the face of disaster, forgiveness, guilt, lost
- [Review: THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/review-the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Kirkus: Sherlock Holmes meets Game of Thrones. Call Bennett’s latest a drawing-room mystery, albeit the drawing room is the size of a small otherworldly kingdom. It begins, natch, with a corpse. “You were informed that the nature of his death was an alteration, yes, sir?” So asks a military officer of young Signum Dinios Kol,
- [Review: SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/review-such-a-lovely-family-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - Publishers Weekly: In this enticing domestic thriller, Thompson (All the Dirty Secrets) zeroes in on the wealthy Calhoun family, who live in the exclusive Somerwood neighborhood of Chevy Chase, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C. It’s springtime, and Ginny and Thom Calhoun are hosting their annual cherry blossom party with their three grown children on
- [THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. Even here at the Empire’s borders, where contagions abound and the blood of the leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death both terrifying and impossible. Assigned to investigate is Ana Dolabra, a detective whose
- [Starred Review: SHEINE LINDE by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-sheine-linde-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Kirkus: Two generations before the events of Elatsoe (2020), Shane, a 17-year-old Lipan Apache girl, helps her mother, Lorenza, perform volunteer search-and-rescue operations. Familiar both with tracking to survive in the wilderness and counting change to survive under capitalism, Shane possesses the resourcefulness of an irresistible protagonist. Her practicality also provides the perfect foil for her
- [January Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-translation-deals-8/) - French rights to Martha Wells' SYSTEM COLLAPSE, the newest installment in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to L'Atlante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' SYSTEM COLLAPSE, the seventh installment in the Murderbot Diaries series,
- [THE SOMEDAY DAUGHTER by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/the-someday-daughter-by-ellen-oclover/) - Audrey St. Vrain has grown up in the shadow of someone who doesn’t actually exist. Before she was born, her mother, Camilla St. Vrain, wrote the bestselling book Letters to My Someday Daughter, a guide to self-love that advises treating yourself like you would your own hypothetical future daughter. The book made Audrey’s mother a household
- [THE SCHOOL FOR INVISIBLE BOYS by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/the-school-for-invisible-boys-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - What would you do if no one could see you? In this surreal adventure, a boy who is used to being overlooked literally becomes invisible, only to realize there may be far more dangerous threats in his school than bullies. Sixth grade takes a turn for the weird when Hector Griggs discovers he has the
- [THE TRAITORS by C.A. Lynch](https://maassagency.com/the-traitors-by-c-a-lynch/) - You are cordially invited to the Beechwood Castle for a night you’ll never forget… Six people find a thick cream envelope on their doorstep. Inside is an invitation to spend 24 hours in a crumbling manor house and be in with the chance to win a portion of one million dollars. The catch: Beechwood Castle
- [THE LADY IN GLASS AND OTHER STORIES by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/the-lady-in-glass-and-other-stories-by-anne-bishop/) - Here, together for the first time, the shorter works of New York Times bestselling fantasy author Anne Bishop are included in one dazzling volume. A master of bringing fantasy worlds to life, this collection showcases Bishop’s impressive range, from rarities of her earliest writing to the Realms of the Blood, from darker fairytale retellings to the Landscapes
- [THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed/) - A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed. At the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless foreign tyrant lies a wild, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic. Veris Thorn―the only one to ever enter
- [THE BOOK OF ILE-RIEN by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/the-book-of-ile-rien-by-martha-wells/) - The Element of Fire The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious intrigue, when Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade's true desires are cloaked in mystery. It falls to Thomas
- [THE BREAKUP TOUR by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/the-breakup-tour-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Riley Wynn went from a promising singer-songwriter to a superstar overnight, thanks to her breakup song concept album and its unforgettable lead single. When Riley’s ex-husband claims the hit song is about him, she does something she hasn’t in ten years and calls Max Harcourt, her college boyfriend and the real inspiration for the song of the
- [Exordia by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/exordia-by-seth-dickinson/) - A most anticipated book of 2024 according to Goodreads, LitHub, and The New Scientist “Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. It’s very unlikely that you’ll die right now. It wouldn’t be narratively complete.” Anna Sinjari—refugee, survivor of genocide, disaffected office worker—has a close encounter
- [Deal Memo: James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-memo-james-j-butcher/) - Photo by Weneals Photography Author of LONG PAST DUES, James J. Butcher sold two new novels in the Unorthodox Chronicles, continuing the misadventures of Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby. To be released in 2025 and 2026. Executive Editor Anne Sowards at Penguin Random House / Ace acquired world rights in a six-figure deal negotiated by Jennifer Jackson.
- [Review: Seth Dickinson's EXORDIA in Scientific American](https://maassagency.com/review-seth-dickinsons-exordia-in-scientific-american/) - Scientific American: In Seth Dickinson's 2015 debut novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, a fiercely willful woman from a colonized island plots her revenge against a brutal empire. This fascination with weighing the value of specific lives against a greater good also powers his new book, a mind-shredding first-contact epic. A spaceship or weapon or something has
- [Starred Review: The Misdirection of Fault Lines by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-misdirection-of-fault-lines-by-anna-gracia/) - Kirkus: For three teen competitors at the exclusive Bastille Invitational tennis tournament in Florida, there’s more at stake than the winner’s trophy. Taiwanese American Alice Wu arrives still reeling from the loss of her father, who was also her coach. Mixed with her grief is the betrayal she feels toward the rest of her family,
- [Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher-3/) - Shelf Awareness: A secret superweapon capable of wiping out entire populations tips a world into full warfare in the action-packed The Olympian Affair, second in the steampunk Cinder Spires series from Jim Butcher (The Aeronaut's Windlass). Humanity has long lived in the Spires, high above the dangers of the planet's surface. Fleets of airships sail among
- [Review: The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-butcher-of-the-forest-by-premee-mohamed/) - Library Journal: Veris Thorn once rescued a child from the rapacious Elmever Forest and knows better than to ever enter it again. But she’s forced to relive her nightmare when the equally rapacious Tyrant forces her back to the forest to rescue his adventurous children. Veris has one day to get them out before the
- [Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-the-saint-of-bright-doors-by-vajra-chandrasekera-3/) - New York Times: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera is the best book I’ve read all year. Protean, singular, original, it forces me to come up with the most baffling comparisons, like: What if “Disco Elysium” were written by Sofia Samatar? At the same time, all you need to know about it is
- [New York Times Best SFF Books for 2023!](https://maassagency.com/new-york-times-best-sff-books-for-2023/) - The New York Times released their Best SFF Books of 2023 list, and huge congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera and Martha Wells for making the list! The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Witch King by Martha Wells
- [Review: Cursed Cruise by Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/review-cursed-cruise-by-faith-mcclaren/) - Kirkus: A supernatural mystery unfolds aboard a boat with a haunted history. Chrissy, Chase, Kiki, and Emma, all 18, are recent high school graduates known as the Ghost Gang. Their YouTube channel has over a million subscribers, and after their last ordeal, in which a deranged serial killer fan terrorized them while they were filming
- [New York Times Best Horror Books for 2023!](https://maassagency.com/new-york-times-best-horror-books-for-2023/) - The New York Times released their Best Horror Books of 2023 list, and DMLA continues to do well, with two authors making the list! The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed
- [Review: System Collapse by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-system-collapse-by-martha-wells-2/) - Wall Street Journal: The world in this current timeline has been a bit bleak lately. Fortunately for readers of alternate futures, the writer Martha Wells has delivered to us a hyperblast of joy: another wonderfully delightful offbeat adventure of the artificial consciousness readers have come to know as Murderbot. The Murderbot Diaries started in 2017 with
- [December Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-subsidiary-rights-deals-6/) - Audio rights to J.S. Fields's THE ROSEWOOD PENNY, on an island plagued by feral pegasi, Marani’s unusual invulnerability make her the perfect bandit frontman, until she robs the carriage of Princess Nuria and finds her murdered mother's comb, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in an exclusive submission, for Space Wizard Science Fantasy by Katie
- [December Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-translation-deals-8/) - Italian rights to Jo Walton's AMONG OTHERS, to Marco Rana at Edizione E/O, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Italian rights to C.L. Polk's THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN, to Marco Rana at Edizione E/O, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for
- [Film deal: Martha Wells The Murderbot Diaries to Apple TV+](https://maassagency.com/film-deal-martha-wells-the-murderbot-diaries-to-apple-tv/) - Photo By Lisa Blaschke Deadline: Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning book series The Murderbot Diaries, is being adapted by Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy) and Paramount Television Studios. Apple TV+ has picked up 10 episodes starring and executive produced by Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård (Succession). The Weitz brothers are writing, directing
- [Film Deal: N.E.E.D. by Joelle Charbonneau](https://maassagency.com/film-deal-n-e-e-d-by-joelle-charbonneau/) - Film rights to Joelle Charbonneau's N.E.E.D., the story of small-town teenagers drawn deep into a social-networking site that promises to grant their every need, regardless of the consequences., to Merced Media and Benderspink, by Sean Daily of Hotchkiss and Associates for Stacia Decker.
- [Film Deal: C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/film-deal-c-l-polk/) - Photo credit: Blake Rothwell C.L. Polk’s award-winning Kingston Cycle—Witchmark, Stormsong, and Soulstar—is coming to television. 1212 Entertainment has acquired the rights to the series, and has tapped Alyssa Clark (Teen Wolf, Dominion, Servant, The 100) to pen the screenplay. Polk’s debut novel, Witchmark won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2019, and was a finalist for that year’s Aurora, Locus, Nebula,
- [Library Journal's Best Books of 2023!](https://maassagency.com/library-journals-best-books-of-2023/) - We're thrilled to see two two DMLA titles (both in the Horror category) on the Library Journal's list of best books for 2023! The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- [Review: Exordia by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson/) - Publishers Weekly: Survival is the measure of success for people overwhelmed by alien forces in this adroit alternate history of first contact from fantasist Dickinson (the Baru Cormorant trilogy). Anna Sinjari, a Kurd living in 2013 New York City, finds an eight-headed extraterrestrial casually snacking on turtles in Central Park. Bound soul to soul by
- [Congrats to Martha Wells!](https://maassagency.com/congrats-to-martha-wells/) - SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells is a USA TODAY Bestseller debuting at #20!
- [Amazon Best SFF of 2023!](https://maassagency.com/amazon-best-sff-of-2023/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Martha Wells, for her book WITCH KING which was named as one of Amazon's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2023!
- [Book Riot's Best Books of 2023](https://maassagency.com/book-riots-best-books-of-2023/) - Huge shout out to DMLA author, Suzan Palumbo, for The Skin Thief making the list of Book Riot's Best Books of 2023!
- [Deal: LJ Andrews](https://maassagency.com/deal-lj-andrews/) - After an auction, L.J. Andrews has sold world rights to the first two books in her new Stonegate romantasy series to Kristine Swartz at Ace. The deal was negotiated by Katie Shea Boutillier at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Broken Souls and Bones is set for summer 2025. (Details about the second book are not yet available.) Boutillier said Broken Souls follows a young woman
- [Deal: M.H. Ayinde](https://maassagency.com/deal-m-h-ayinde/) - Orbit UK will publish a stunning epic fantasy trilogy from debut author M. H. Ayinde. The first book in the series, A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST, will be published in spring 2025 and launches a gripping tale of revenge and rebellion in a vividly drawn world inspired by multiple pre-colonial cultures. Editor Emily Byron acquired
- [New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2023](https://maassagency.com/new-york-times-100-notable-books-of-2023/) - The New York Times has released it's 100 Notable Books of 2023 list, and it includes two DMLA titles!!! The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Congrats to Vajra Chandrasekera and Tananarive Due!
- [November Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Jess K Hardy's COME AS YOU ARE and LIPS LIKE SUGAR, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-darcie-little-badger-4/) - 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.
- [Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-darcie-little-badger-5/) - 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.
- [Congratulations to Martha Wells!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-martha-wells-8/) - The latest Murderbot Diaries, SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells, is a New York Times best seller, debuting at #12 (hardcover) and #4 (combined hardcover and ebook)! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it
- [November Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-translation-deals-7/) - Annika Martin's THE GRUMPY BILLIONAIRE, Book 8 of Billionaires of Manhattan series, to Petra Kruijt at April (The Netherlands), by Vere Bank at Sebes & Bisseling, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Spanish rights to Jo Walton's NECESSITY, to Duermevela, by Amaiur Fernandez at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier
- [Congrats to Jim Butcher!](https://maassagency.com/congrats-to-jim-butcher/) - The Olympian Affair by DMLA author, Jim Butcher, is a USA Today Bestseller!
- [Review: The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-the-school-for-invisible-boys-by-shaun-david-hutchinson-2/) - Publishers Weekly: An 11-year-old navigating friendship troubles, mercurial blended family dynamics, and questions surrounding his sexual identity wishes to disappear—and abruptly does—in this heartwarming adventure by Hutchinson (Howl). Hector Griggs, who attends St. Lawrence Catholic School for Boys, isn’t a sports star like his older stepbrother. Instead, Hector prefers solitary activities such as reading, playing
- [Review: The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/review-the-someday-daughter-by-ellen-oclover/) - Kirkus: The daughter of a famous self-help author struggles when she must join a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of her mother’s bestselling book, Letters to My Someday Daughter. Logical, driven, precise Audrey is everything Camilla St. Vrain, her yoga-practicing, emotionally distant, image-conscious mother, is not, but she still winds up accompanying her on a nationwide
- [Congratulations to Jim Butcher!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-jim-butcher-30/) - We are thrilled to share that Jim Butcher's THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR is a New York Times bestseller, coming in at #15 for hardcover and #14 overall! The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling
- [Starred Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett-2/) - Library Journal: It’s Dinios Kol’s first murder case as the junior assistant to the brilliant, irascible, and much senior investigator Ana Dolabra. Din has been magically engineered to retain every single detail of everything he sees and hears, which should be a boon in his work. But not when the victim is dead as the
- [2023 Goodreads Choice Awards : opening nominees](https://maassagency.com/2023-goodreads-choice-awards-opening-nominees/) - Congratulations to the following DMLA authors for being nominated for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards! BEST FANTASY Martha Wells - WITCH KING BEST SCIENCE FICTION Martha Wells - SYSTEM COLLAPSE BEST HORROR Tananarive Due - THE REFORMATORY
- [A Christmas Vanishing by Anne Perry](https://maassagency.com/a-christmas-vanishing-by-anne-perry/) - Charlotte Pitt’s clever grandmother investigates the sudden disappearance of her dear friend in this chilling holiday whodunit by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt’s grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Sadie’s gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Sadie
- [Audible's 12 Best Sci-Fi Listens of 2023](https://maassagency.com/audibles-12-best-sci-fi-listens-of-2023/) - Huge shout-out to DMLA author, Martha Wells and her book, System Collapse for being named as an Audible Best Listen of 2023! "In this second full-length novel in the series, Martha Wells's Murderbot shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, this may just be the most vulnerable we've seen our favorite ruthless killing construct.
- [Starred Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-tainted-cup-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Publishers Weekly: Bennett (the Founders trilogy) brilliantly melds genres in this exceptional mystery-fantasy, the first in his Shadow of the Leviathan series. Dinios Kol has been tapped to serve as the new assistant to Ana Dolabra, an eccentric investigator with a reputation for solving cases blindfolded and without leaving her home. Dolabra’s recently been reassigned
- [Review: No One Will Come Back for Us by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-no-one-will-come-back-for-us-by-premee-mohamed/) - Interzone:Premee Mohamed’s debut collection...eschews genre fidelity with gleeful abandon – No One Will Come Back for Us (Undertow Publications, 2023) is a melting pot of horror, dark fantasy, sci-fi and the gloriously weird – but retains nonetheless a subtle but definite thematic thread. Mohamed’s microcosms are meticulously crafted little snowglobes populated by believable, interesting characters,
- [Deal: Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/deal-caitlin-starling-3/) - Author of THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE and LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM Caitlin Starling’s next novel GRACEVIEW, a hospital gothic in which a patient is haunted by an unseen force while undergoing a high-risk new treatment for her incurable disease, to Michael Homler at St Martin’s Press, in a good deal, in a two-book
- [Starred Review: Exordia by Seth Dickinson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-exordia-by-seth-dickinson/) - Booklist: Anna sees an alien casually dining in Central Park’s Turtle Pond. On a lark, she confronts the alien and thus begins a relationship, and soon an NSA operative and his lifelong colleague in quasilegal intrigues take her back to her birthplace in Tawakul, Kurdistan. The Exordia have set off electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) all over
- [Review: The Bachelorette Party by Carissa Ann Lynch](https://maassagency.com/review-the-bachelorette-party-by-carissa-ann-lynch/) - Booklist: Get ready to travel to the French Quarter for a wild weekend. In Lynch's latest, originally published as an e-book in 2022, Rosalee is excited to marry the man of her dreams and can’t wait to celebrate her upcoming nuptials in New Orleans. Her best friend, cousin, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and fiancé’s friend will all
- [Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher-2/) - Publishers Weekly: After a lengthy hiatus, bestseller Butcher returns to his Cinder Spires series with an explosive second installment (following 2015’s The Aeronaut’s Windlass), again starring aeronaut Capt. Francis Madison Grimm. In a world grown uninhabitable, humanity resides in several autonomous spires rising above the planet’s surface. Now war is brewing between Grimm’s home, Spire Albion,
- [Review: The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-the-school-for-invisible-boys-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Kirkus: When bullying triggers Hector’s unsuspected ability to turn invisible, it seems like a superpower—but he’s not invisible to the monster lurking at school. At home, sixth grader Hector faces bullying stepbrothers and a stepfather who values sports over piano. He was reconciled to his Catholic boys’ school thanks to best friend Blake—until Hector asked
- [The Murderbot Diaries: System Collapse by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/the-murderbot-diaries-system-collapse-by-martha-wells/) - Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s
- [The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher/) - The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic
- [The Engagement Party by Finley Turner](https://maassagency.com/the-engagement-party-by-finley-turner/) - Kass Baptiste is newly engaged to her fiancé Murray Sedgemont after a whirlwind romance. Before they even get to share the news, an invitation arrives via messenger - to an engagement party hosted by Murray’s parents. When Kass and Murray arrive at the Sedgemont Estate, she is astonished to learn that Murray’s family is one
- [AstroLit: A Bibliophile's Guide to the Stars by McCormick Templeman](https://maassagency.com/astrolit-a-bibliophiles-guide-to-the-stars-by-mccormick-templeman/) - AstroLit is a cosmic voyage through the lives and works of literary giants from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Renowned literary history scholars McCormick Templeman and Rachel Feder bring the twelve signs of the zodiac to glimmering life by analyzing the astrological influence of over fifty illustrious writers' sun signs on the shape and
- [Deal: Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-jim-butcher-10/) - Jim Butcher and Kerrie Hughes's PARANORMAL PAYBACK, continuing their urban fantasy anthology series, with stories about the desire for revenge (including works by Jim Butcher, Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, Seanan McGuire, and others), to Anne Sowards at Ace, by Jennifer Jackson at Donald Maass Literary Agency for Butcher and Lucienne Diver at The
- [The Reformatory by Tananarive Due](https://maassagency.com/the-reformatory-by-tananarive-due/) - A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead. Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six
- [October Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-translation-deals-9/) - James Scott Bell's POWER UP YOUR FICTION, to 21st Century Culture Center (Korea), by Sue Yang at Eric Yang Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass. Micaiah Johnson's THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS, to Editora 14 (Brazil), by Flavia Sala at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Shaun
- [Review: Skin Thief by Suzan Palumbo](https://maassagency.com/review-skin-thief-by-suzan-palumbo/) - Publishers Weekly: Drawing heavily from Trinidadian folklore, Palumbo packs her debut collection of 12 uncanny shorts with love, longing, and death. A recurring motif is a woman mourning a life with a lover that she has to leave, as in “The Pull of the Herd,” in which the shape-shifting protagonist has left her herd of
- [Starred Review: System Collapse by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-system-collapse-by-martha-wells/) - Booklist: After the events of Fugitive Telemetry (2021), Murderbot, ART, and their colleagues remain on the alien-infected planet on the other side of the wormhole, combating the infection and trying to convince the planetary colonists to leave their world for their own safety. But corporate interests oppose their efforts, and it turns out there are more people on
- [Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-the-saint-of-bright-doors-by-vajra-chandrasekera-2/) - Tor.com: Brilliant wonderful amazing fantasy novel, and the second fantasy novel I have read this year (or ever) featuring UBI. The experience of reading The Saint of Bright Doors is a little like having a mild fever—it’s the atmosphere of the book and the way it makes you feel. Everything is slightly too big and too
- [Deal: Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/deal-kim-harrison-5/) - New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows, Kim Harrison, sold FIRST CONTACT, TOTALITY, and EMERGENCE. With story roots born after the author witnessed the 2017 eclipse, the epic tale begins in the wake of a solar eclipse. A portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same, in
- [Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-cassandra-khaw-and-richard-kadrey/) - THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey makes the Barnes and Noble's Best Books of 2023 list! Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She’s been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the
- [Starred Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher/) - Booklist: Two years after the events of The Aeronaut’s Windlass (2015), Spire Albion is hovering on the brink of war with Spire Aurora, which has been field-testing a powerful weapon that leaves no witnesses as to what could cause such complete destruction. Captain Mad Grimm and the crew of the privateer airship Predator manage to rescue some survivors of an
- [Review: System Collapse by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-system-collapse-by-martha-wells/) - Locus: The seventh of Martha Wells’s Murderbot long-form stories, System Collapse is a novel-length sequel to Network Effect, picking up within days of that novel’s conclusion. Murderbot fans are unlikely to be disappointed here: Wells is on form with the series’ trademark black humour, razor-sharp tension, Murderbot’s all-too-relatable interpersonal interactions, action, and high stakes. But despite its action-adventure bones, System
- [Review: A Second Chance for Yesterday by R.A. Sinn](https://maassagency.com/review-a-second-chance-for-yesterday-by-r-a-sinn/) - Locus: "provocative, assured, compelling debut novel” "The romance that develops between Myx and Nev is indicative of the nicely divided dual priorities by which Sinn contours the book. Not only is the techno-riddle given full prominence, but so is Nev’s whole familial and adult backstory. She ends up on a path to solve not only
- [Review: It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHugh](https://maassagency.com/review-it-takes-monsters-by-mandy-mchugh/) - Booklist: McHugh’s dark, disturbing, and twisty sophomore thriller (after Chloe Cates Is Missing, 2022) features rich and privileged characters that readers will love to hate. When Victoria Tate’s husband, Warren, steals her family’s company out from under her and begins to control her life, she decides she is done with him. This time, he has
- [Review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-the-olympian-affair-by-jim-butcher/) - Library Journal: The Spires have kept humanity safe from the dangers of the surface of the world, but now war looms between Spires Albion and Aurora, as other Spires must begin to choose sides to ensure their survival. A trade summit at Spire Olympia is the opportunity for Lord Albion, the Spirearch, to secure the alliances
- [Review: The Breakup Tour by Emily & Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-the-breakup-tour-by-emily-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Library Journal: Riley Winn is one of the biggest names in music after her breakup album becomes an instant hit. The world thinks the lead single from the album is about her ex-husband, but it is actually about her college flame, Max Harcourt, whom she hasn’t seen in a decade. Riley decides to reclaim the
- [September Translation Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-translation-deals-9/) - Czech rights to Ronald Malfi's GHOSTWRITTEN, to Dobrovsky, by Lola Dunton at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. Spanish rights to Melissa K. Roehrich's LADY OF DARKNESS, to Anaya, by Elena Rodriguez at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. Czech audio rights to New York Times bestselling
- [Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-tamsyn-muir-6/) - NONA THE NINTH rings in as #45 as a USA Today Bestseller! Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the
- [Review: The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberly & Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-the-breakup-tour-by-emily-wibberly-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Booklist: In their third adult contemporary romance, following Never Vacation with Your Ex (2023), married writing duo Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka explore the relationship between a famous pop star and the man who inspired her greatest hit. Riley Wynn has finally attained mainstream success with her newest album and its lead single, but everyone thinks the song
- [Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/long-past-dues-by-james-j-butcher/) - Against all odds, Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby has become an Auditor, enforcing laws about magic for Boston’s Department of Unorthodox Affairs. But Grimsby soon realizes the daily grind of his job is far removed from the glamour he imagined. Overlooked for every exciting case, Grimsby tires of being told to handle mundane magical troubles, and appropriates
- [Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/last-to-leave-the-room-by-caitlin-starling/) - The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement of Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster. As Tamsin becomes obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the bottom of the stairs, she finds a door that didn’t
- [The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey](https://maassagency.com/the-dead-take-the-a-train-by-cassandra-khaw-and-richard-kadrey/) - Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She’s been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for
- [Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon](https://maassagency.com/seven-shades-of-evil-by-robert-mccammon/) - From his first appearance in Speaks the Nightbird to his latest adventure in The King of Shadows, Matthew Corbett has faced enemies of all kinds, from serial killers to sorcerers. Now author Robert McCammon presents eight gripping stories featuring the professional problem solver and his associates that take place between the popular novels. Seven Shades of Evil includes four
- [Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/knock-knock-open-wide-by-neil-sharpson/) - Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink of sanity. She will never speak of it again. Two decades later,
- [It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHugh](https://maassagency.com/it-takes-monsters-by-mandy-mchugh/) - Victoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But planning the perfect murder is more difficult than she expected. When the social event of the year, an over-the-top costume ball, is rescheduled for the date she has selected for her crime, Victoria has to scramble to make sure she will still be
- [September Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to Caye Marsh's novella PEACE IN THE SKY, a mother with amnesia must transport her daughter across a dangerous post-apocalyptic land, while learning her past is not what she thinks it is, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to William C. Tracy's FRUITS OF THE
- [British Fantasy Awards](https://maassagency.com/british-fantasy-awards/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Eugen Bacon, in winning a British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction for her essay collection, An Earnest Blackness!
- [2023 Dragon Awards](https://maassagency.com/2023-dragon-awards/) - Congratulations to Martha Wells for her 2023 Dragon Award win in Best Fantasy Novel category for Witch King!
- [Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw-3/) - Locus: Stepping into The Salt Grows Heavy is like stepping into someone else’s fever dream. This strange, dark, violent, lyrical novella contains some of Khaw’s most brilliant, elegant, haunt­ing writing: ‘‘For all that humanity professes to delighting in its own sophistication, it longs for simplicity, for when the world can be deboned into binaries: darkness
- [Review: Warriorborn by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-warriorborn-by-jim-butcher/) - Kirkus: A novella set in the Cinder Spires fantasy universe sees its protagonist caught up in a potentially deadly mission. Humanity survives in the Spire-cities that tower well above the deadly surface of a steampunk world. Newly minted lieutenant of the Spirearch of Albion’s Guard and warriorborn (denoting a catlike species of humanoids with “enhanced
- [The Traitor Among Us by Anne Perry](https://maassagency.com/the-traitor-among-us-by-anne-perry/) - Not far from the sprawling grounds of Wyndham Hall, the body of longtime MI6 agent John Repton is found, shot dead with a single bullet to the heart. The corpse’s proximity to the estate sends ripples of concern through the intelligence community: Repton was killed while surveilling the members of a household with alleged ties
- [Warriorborn by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/warriorborn-by-jim-butcher/) - Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster hasn’t even broken in his lieutenant’s insignia when he’s summoned to meet with the Spirearch of Spire Albion himself for a very special—and very secret—purpose. The Spirearch needs Benedict to retrieve a bag he’s “misplaced” on the Colony Spire known as Dependence, which has strangely cut off all contact with the outside world.
- [Review: Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-long-past-dues-by-james-j-butcher-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Grimshaw Griswold Grimsby returns as the newest—and least magically skilled—Auditor for the Department of Unorthodox Affairs in Butcher’s dynamic urban fantasy sequel to Dead Man’s Hand. Grimsby’s partner, Leslie Mayflower, aka “the Hunstman,” has been AWOL for weeks, limiting Grimsby to routine drudge work—until he swaps out his latest assignment for a RUIN case assigned
- [Deal: W.A. Simpson](https://maassagency.com/deal-w-a-simpson-3/) - Author of TINDERBOX and TAROTMANCER, WA Simpson's THE HATTER'S DAUGHTER, the third in the Riven Isles Series, which follows a magical woman as she teams up with the Prince of Hearts in Wonderland against the infamous Rot, to Don D'Auria at Flame Tree Press, by Anne Tibbets. (world English)
- [Sweet Little Lies by Karin Nordin](https://maassagency.com/sweet-little-lies-by-karin-nordin/) - Sisters Lexie and Amber used to share everything, including their dream of getting out of their small town. Born only ten months apart, they once thought they couldn’t be closer. They were wrong. Fifteen years ago, Amber was brutally murdered in the woods, and Lexie’s high-school boyfriend was sentenced to death for her killing. Lexie
- [Deal: Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-jim-butcher-9/) - Jim Butcher sold novella WARRIORBORN, in which Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster is sent on a secret mission to the Colony Spire known as Dependence. This new installment marks a return to the world of the Cinder Spires and will be released in September ahead of November's THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR (PRH/Ace). VP of Acquisitions at Podium Kate Runde
- [Starred Review: Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-last-to-leave-the-room-by-caitlin-starling/) - Kirkus: An ambitious scientist loses herself in her work—literally. The government and citizens of San Siroco, California, believe Myrica Dynamics privatized the city’s crumbling subway system for the public good. In truth, Myrica did so to conceal Dr. Tamsin Rivers’ quest to develop a new communications protocol involving technological mirrors mounted in subterranean geodesic domes.
- [2023 Aurora Awards](https://maassagency.com/2023-aurora-awards/) - Congratulations to DMLA author, Kate Heartfield, for her 2023 Aurora Awards win! BEST NOVEL The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager Also, huge shoutout to Premee Mohamed and C.L. Polk for their nominations! Premee Mohamed was nominated for best novel with her work, The Void Ascendant, and C.L. Polk for best novelette with Even Though I Knew the End.
- [August Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-translation-rights-deals-4/) - Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' SYSTEM COLLAPSE, the seventh title in the Murderbot Diaries series, to Dobrovský, by Lola Dunton at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Estonian rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ROGUE PROTOCOL and EXIT STRATEGY, the third and
- [August Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to NYT bestselling author Skye Warren's RED FLAGS, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [Review: Long Past Dues by James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-long-past-dues-by-james-j-butcher/) - Library Journal: Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby has achieved his dream of becoming an auditor for the Department of Unorthodox Affairs, which enforces laws about magic, yet the job is not filled with exciting, magical investigations as expected, but instead with mundane check-ins and mounds of reports. Grimsby takes matters into his own hands by lifting a case
- [Starred Review: Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-forged-by-blood-by-ehigbor-okosun-2/) - Booklist: In her debut, the first of a duology, Okosun creates a world based on Nigerian mythology that touches class, race, power, and colonialism. In Oyo, a world with four countries, magic users, Oluso, are not allowed to hurt anyone, and as nations started to fight one other, a division grew between those with magic and
- [Review: Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/review-labyrinths-heart-by-m-a-carrick/) - Locus: Labyrinth’s Heart is the third and final book in the Rook and Rose trilogy, after The Liar’s Knot and The Mask of Mir­rors. The writing duo Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, under their joint M.A. Carrick pseudonym, have given the trilogy a revolution­ary, explosive climax – in both political and emotional terms. It’s a fantastic conclusion, but anyone coming
- [A Second Chance for Yesterday by R.A. Sinn](https://maassagency.com/a-second-chance-for-yesterday-by-r-a-sinn/) - Created by historian and futurist sibling authors, A Second Chance for Yesterday is a clever and time-twisting story exploring life, redemption and quantum entanglements. Nev Bourne is a hotshot programmer for the latest and greatest tech invention out there: SavePoint, the brain implant that rewinds the seconds of all our most embarrassing moments. She’s been
- [It's Not a Cult by Lauren Danhof](https://maassagency.com/its-not-a-cult-by-lauren-danhof/) - Glinda Glass is truly trying her best. After dropping out of her graduate school program, she moves back to her childhood home with her mom—who has not only joined a cult, the Starlight Pioneer Society, but has also become enraptured by its charismatic and menacing leader, Arlon. Meanwhile, Glinda spends her days working in the
- [A Theory of Haunting by Katherine Addison](https://maassagency.com/a-theory-of-haunting-by-katherine-addison/) - It is not the first time the house has experienced unsettling events. And it will not be the last. Now the new owner of Thirdhop Scarp, one Marcus Oleander, is gathering an esoteric order at the house, including Miss Griselda Parrington, daughter of the museum's founder. The museum director demands that Mr Booth discredit Oleander’s
- [Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/labyrinths-heart-by-m-a-carrick/) - May you see the face and not the mask. Ren came to Nadežra with a plan. She would pose as the long-lost daughter of the noble house Traementis. She would secure a fortune for herself and her sister. And she would vanish without a backward glance. She ought to have known that in the city
- [Forged By Blood by Ehigbor Okosun](https://maassagency.com/forged-by-blood-by-ehigbor-okosun/) - In the midst of a tyrannical regime and political invasion, Dèmi just wants to survive: to avoid the suspicion of the nonmagical Ajes who occupy her ancestral homeland of Ife; to escape the King’s brutal genocide of her people—the darker skinned, magic wielding Oluso; and to live peacefully with her secretive mother while learning to
- [2023 World Fantasy Awards Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2023-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/) - A huge congratulations to all our DMLA authors who were named as finalists in this years World Fantasy Awards! Best Novella Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom) Best Short Fiction “The Devil Don’t Come with Horns”, Eugen Bacon (Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology) “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge”, Tananarive Due (Other Terrors:
- [Deal : Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/deal-premee-mohamed-9/) - Nebula, Aurora, and World Fantasy award-winning author Premee Mohamed’s ONE MESSAGE REMAINS, a novella about one man’s mission to recover the remains and souls of enemy soldiers after the latest round of a seemingly neverending war, to E. Catherine Tobler at Psychopomp by Michael Curry.
- [July Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-subsidiary-rights-deals-9/) - LJ Andrews's SONG OF SORROWS AND FATE, book nine in The Broken Kingdom series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). LJ Andrews's THE EVER KING, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Emily Childs's THE FASTBALL, book four in The Vegas
- [July Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-rights-deals-4/) - Swedish rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD, the first book in the Black Jewels series, to Milla Emrén and Staffan Emrén, by Jeanine Langenberg at Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Italian rights to Robert Sheckley's THE ALCHEMICAL MARRIAGE OF ALASTAIR
- [2023 British Fantasy Awards](https://maassagency.com/2023-british-fantasy-awards/) - Congratulations to DMLA authors Cassandra Khaw and Eugen Bacon for making the 2023 British Fantasy Awards shortlist! Best Collection Breakable Things – Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications) Best Non-fiction An Earnest Blackness – Eugen Bacon (Anti-Oedipus Press)
- [Deal: Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/deal-darcie-little-badger-3/) - Newbery Honor-winning Darcie Little Badger's SHEINE LENDE, a prequel to the Locus Award-winning ELATSOE, in which a young girl searches for her mother and a lost child – spirited away by a mysterious faery ring – as well as a return to her family's homeland, again illustrated by Rovina Cai, to Nick Thomas at Levine
- [Review: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir-2/) - Booklist: At just about six months old (in a nineteen-year-old body), Nona lives a full life. She recounts her dreams to her protectors and works as a teacher’s aide at a local school. She’s been grudgingly accepted by a gang of streetwise kids and is trusted to watch a beloved teacher’s dog. At the edges
- [Starred Review: Knock, Knock Open Wide by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-knock-knock-open-wide-by-neil-sharpson/) - Publishers Weekly: Transporting readers to a blood-soaked Ireland, Sharpson (When the Sparrow Falls) delivers modern horror at its best. One stormy night in 1979, Etain comes across a faceless corpse on the road; days later, she’s found half dead near a burnt-out farmhouse, her shattered mind a blank. Then, one of her twin daughters disappears in
- [Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw-2/) - Locus: Cassandra Khaw has cemented their status as horror royalty, once and for all, with their latest novella, The Salt Grows Heavy. All hail and long live! Here’s the thing, though: I’m not even sure how or where to start telling you about The Salt Grows Heavy. Nothing I say can quite capture the creeping
- [2023 Hugo Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2023-hugo-award-finalists/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who are finalists for the 2023 Hugo Awards! BEST NOVEL Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) BEST NOVELLA "Even Though I Knew the End", C.L. Polk (Tordotcom) BEST SERIES The Founders Trilogy, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher) The Locked Tomb Series, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST
- [Congratulations to Kim Harrison!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-kim-harrison-7/) - DEMONS OF GOOD AND EVIL remains on the USA Today bestseller list for a second week at #46! Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, suspected that protecting the paranormal citizens of Cincinnati as the demon subrosa would be trouble. But it’s rapidly becoming way more trouble than even she could have imagined. While Rachel and her friends may
- [Congratulations to Martha Wells!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-martha-wells-7/) - WITCH KING debuts at #93 on the USA Today bestsellers list! After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But
- [The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/the-chatelaine-by-kate-heartfield/) - The year is 1328 and Bruges is under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell and her army of chimeras – —creatures forged in the deep fires of the Hellbeast. At night, revenants crawl over the walls and bring plague and grief to this city of widows. Margriet de Vos learns she's a widow herself when
- [Assassin's Creed: The Resurrection Plot by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/assassins-creed-the-resurrection-plot-by-kate-heartfield/) - Cairo, 1869. When a bomb goes off at the Khedivial Opera House celebrating the opening of the new Suez Canal, visiting Assassin Pierrette Arnaud investigates, only to uncover a plot to eradicate free will… To her surprise, her old friend and teacher Simeon Price arrives in Egypt on the same trail, seven years after they allied
- [A Hope for Healing by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/a-hope-for-healing-by-jo-ann-brown/) - Sometimes the greatest act of courage is trusting your heart… After loving and losing the perfect husband, widow Rosemary Mishler can’t imagine ever marrying again. Yet the small Amish community of Bliss Valley keeps playing matchmaker—and the arrival of newcomer Gideon Wingard only makes things worse. But when a little Englisch girl is abandoned in her kitchen
- [Salvage Right by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/salvage-right-by-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/) - A door never closes, but a window opens . . . With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself, and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more. For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable
- [The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/the-saint-of-bright-doors-by-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood,
- [They Lurk by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/they-lurk-by-ronald-malfi/) - From the bestselling author of Come with Me, five collected novellas from the master of terror, featuring possession, parasites and something monstrous lurking outside… COME CLOSER… Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the “modern-day Algernon Blackwood”. Skullbelly After three teenagers disappear in a forest, a private detective is hired and uncovers a terrible local secret.
- [My Heart is Human by Reese Hogan](https://maassagency.com/my-heart-is-human-by-reese-hogan/) - A single father fights to retain control as he shares his body and mind with an evolving AI. It's been nine years since the government banned all technology. So, when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five-year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is faced with a
- [Congratulations to Kim Harrison!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-kim-harrison-6/) - DEMONS OF GOOD AND EVIL debuts at #29 on the USA Today bestseller list! Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, suspected that protecting the paranormal citizens of Cincinnati as the demon subrosa would be trouble. But it’s rapidly becoming way more trouble than even she could have imagined. While Rachel and her friends may have vanquished the
- [Review: The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/review-the-embroidered-book-by-kate-heartfield-3/) - Publishers Weekly: Heartfield (The Chatelaine) injects some magic into European history with this lush and enchanting outing. In 1768, close-knit sisters Charlotte and Antoine, daughters of the Habsburg emperor, are sent their separate ways to marry powerful husbands: Charlotte to Naples and the brutish King Ferdinand, and Antoine to France, where she is renamed Marie Antoinette
- [2022 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2022-shirley-jackson-awards-nominees/) - Congratulations to DMLA author Cassandra Khaw for her 2022 Shirley Jackson Award Nomination! Cassandra Khaw - Breakable Things (Undertow Publications)
- [June Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to Premee Mohamed's NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, to Sonia Brand-Fisher at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry. Audio rights to Katherine Addison's Doctrine of Labyrinths series, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
- [June Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-translation-rights-deals-4/) - Finnish rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells' ROGUE PROTOCOL and EXIT STRATEGY, the third and fourth installments in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Hertta Kustannus Oy, by Rik Kleuver at Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French renewal rights to New
- [May Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Czech renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, and EXIT STRATEGY, the first four titles in the Murderbot Diaries series, to Dobrovský, by Lola Dunton at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to Brent Weeks's NIGHT ANGEL NEMESIS,
- [Deal: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/deal-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka-2/) - Photo credit: Sue Grubman Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka's HEIRESS TAKES ALL, pitched as The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's 11, in which a teen plots revenge against her father, after she's cheated out of her rightful inheritance, by staging the perfect heist—in the midst of his latest wedding, to Caitlyn Averett while at Little, Brown Children's, with Samantha Gentry editing, in a pre-empt,
- [Congratulations to Martha Wells!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-martha-wells-6/) - WITCH KING debuts at #2 on the UK Sunday Times Bestseller List! After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But
- [2022 Bram Stoker Award](https://maassagency.com/2022-bram-stoker-award/) - Congratulations to DMLA author Cassandra Khaw for her 2022 Bram Stoker Award! Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Cassandra Khaw - Breakable Things (Undertow Publications)
- [Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/review-the-saint-of-bright-doors-by-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Booklist: Fetter is enmeshed in a cycle of violence as his mother severs his shadow from him at birth and forges him into a weapon to murder his messianic father and dismantle his religion. As an adult, Fetter rejects her indoctrination. He physically and ideologically distances himself from both parents by settling in Luriat, the urban
- [May Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to Skye Warren & Amelia Wilde's DESERTED ISLAND TRILOGY, to Kate Runde at Podium, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier. Audio rights to Jo Walton's SULIEN series, plus non-fiction book, WHAT MAKES A BOOK SO GREAT, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for
- [The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon](https://maassagency.com/the-archive-undying-by-emma-mieko-candon/) - WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But
- [Review: Witch King by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-witch-king-by-martha-wells-2/) - New York Times: Reversing that trajectory, Martha Wells has followed up her best-selling series of Murderbot novellas with a return to full-length, epic fantasy. WITCH KING (Tordotcom, $28.99, 414 pp.), a deeply immersive throwback to a beloved (and for me, foundational) species of 1990s fantasy doorstop, is full of cataclysmic intrigues between mostly immortal families,
- [Deal: Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/deal-bridget-morrissey-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Photo credit: Sue Grubman Authors Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka writing as E.B. Asher's THIS WILL BE FUN, pitched as THE PRINCESS BRIDE meets PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, about a group of friends who once saved their magical land together but haven't spoken in 10 years, reuniting to attend a royal wedding
- [Review: Suborbital 7 by John Shirley](https://maassagency.com/review-suborbital-7-by-john-shirley-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Shirley (Halo: Broken Circle) veers from gaming fiction to near-future military techno-thriller in this competent, straightforward novel of U.S. Army Rangers in space. Lt. Art Burkett’s marriage is failing due to his wife’s worries over his continuous insertion into dangerous missions, when he is yanked away yet again, this time into a hostage rescue
- [Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/demons-of-good-and-evil-by-kim-harrison/) - Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, suspected that protecting the paranormal citizens of Cincinnati as the demon subrosa would be trouble. But it’s rapidly becoming way more trouble than even she could have imagined. While Rachel and her friends may have vanquished the trickster demon Hodin, his mysterious associate known only as “The Mage” is eager to
- [Tarotmancer by W.A. Simpson](https://maassagency.com/tarotmancer-by-w-a-simpson/) - Following Tinderbox, the acclaimed first title in the The Tales of the Riven Isles, the story of magic and revenge continues with Tarotmancer. Harper holds the Gift of Divination. Red is the infamous Reynard the Fox, fugitive shapeshifter. When his past finds him Red is taken to the Kingdom of Vale within Underneath so he can pay for
- [Suborbital 7 by John Shirley](https://maassagency.com/suborbital-7-by-john-shirley/) - Lieutenant Art Burkett is called up to take part in a rescue mission. Three scientists have been kidnapped by the terrorist group Thieves in Law. The rescue is swift. Art and his team return to military craft SubOrbital 7, intending to return to safety with hostages rescued and prisoners in tow. But Thieves in Law
- [Review: Witch King by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-witch-king-by-martha-wells/) - Wall Street Journal: Regular readers of sci-fi know Martha Wells from her Murderbot Diaries (if you don’t, go get them immediately). “Witch King” is a fantasy novel about as far from Murderbot as it’s possible to get, and the fact that the author does it so well is a testament to her range and abilities.
- [Starred Review: Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-forged-by-blood-by-ehigbor-okosun/) - Publishers Weekly: Okosun’s stunning debut puts a Nigerian spin on epic fantasy tropes to create an addictive tale of political intrigue, love, loss, betrayal, and magic. Nine-year-old Dèmi was born during a time of transition, when the queen of Ifé was replaced by a king who fears and hates hereditary magic users, called Oluso, leading
- [Starred Review: A Second Chance for Yesterday by R.A. Sinn](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-a-second-chance-for-yesterday-by-r-a-sinn/) - Publishers Weekly: Sinn, the pseudonym for siblings Rachel Hope Cleves (Unspeakable) and Aram Sinnreich (The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property), spin an insightful and emotional story of quantum time travel in their fiction debut. It’s 11:33 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2045, when coder Nev Bourne finalizes SavePoint 2.0, an upgrade to the cutting-edge brain implant that
- [2023 Locus Awards Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2023-locus-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who are finalists for the 2023 Locus Awards! FANTASY NOVEL The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) YOUNG ADULT NOVEL The Scratch Daughters, H.A. Clarke (Erewhon) NOVELLA “Bishop’s Opening“, R.S.A Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22) Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
- [2023 Aurora Award Nominations](https://maassagency.com/2023-aurora-award-nominations/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been nominated for a 2023 Aurora Award! Aurora Award for Best Novel The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager The Void Ascendant, Premee Mohamed, Solaris Books Aurora Award for Best Novelette/Novella Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk, Tordotcom Aurora Award for Best Short Story “Douen”, Suzan Palumbo,
- [Review: Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-demons-of-good-and-evil-by-kim-harrison-3/) - Publishers Weekly: Harrison delivers her signature blend of high stakes urban fantasy and soap operatic interpersonal drama in the 18th installment to her Hollows series (after 2022’s Trouble with the Cursed). Witch-born demon Rachel Morgan has successfully claimed the role of subrosa, or leader of Cincinnati, Ohio’s supernatural communities, but now must defend that title against challengers.
- [Witch King by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/witch-king-by-martha-wells/) - After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed
- [No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/no-one-will-come-back-for-us-by-premee-mohamed/) - Here there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and vengeance - emerging from the icy abyss of deep space, ascending from dark oceans, and prowling strange cities to enter worlds of chaos and wonder, where scientific rigor and human endeavour is tested to the limits. These are cosmic realms and watery
- [Silenced by Ann Claycomb](https://maassagency.com/silenced-by-ann-claycomb/) - Four women. Four enchantments. One man. But he is no handsome prince, and this is no sugar-sweet fairy tale. Jo, Abony, Ranjani, and Maia all have something in common: they have each been cursed by the CEO of their workplace after he abused his power to prey on them. He wants them silent and uses
- [The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw/) - You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the mermaid is joined by a mysterious plague doctor with
- [I Didn't Do It by Jamie Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/i-didnt-do-it-by-jamie-lynn-hendricks/) - A murder at a suspense writer convention makes everyone a suspect―especially the victim’s literary rivals. Murderpalooza, the premier thriller writers conference, is meant to be an exciting celebration of the genre and its preeminent writers. But when bestselling author and industry favorite Kristin Bailey is found dead in her hotel room, four rival authors―a midlister,
- [Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River by Emily J. Edwards](https://maassagency.com/viviana-valentine-goes-up-the-river-by-emily-j-edwards/) - 1950, New York. Viviana Valentine–Girl Friday turned partner to New York’s top investigator, Tommy Fortuna–is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains blue-blooded friends as well as investors keen to make a dollar on
- [Review: Suborbital 7 by John Shirley](https://maassagency.com/review-suborbital-7-by-john-shirley/) - Library Journal: Shirley’s (Stormland) exciting novel is an immersive near-future military adventure that proves that doing the job doesn’t count for much if you don’t make it home in one piece. The story follows a group of soldiers led by Lt. Art Burkett, U.S. Rangers Airborne, who is sent halfway around the world on an urgent
- [April Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Abridged audio rights to New York Times bestseller Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED and 7 more Murderbot Diaries titles to Anji Cornette at Graphic Audio by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
- [April Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-translation-rights-deals-4/) - French rights to Annika Martin's MOST ELIGIBLE BILLIONAIRE and THE BILLIONAIRE'S WAKE-UP-CALL GIRL, to BMR, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Greek rights to Robert McCammon's BOY'S LIFE, to Klidarithmos, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron
- [Review: Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-demons-of-good-and-evil-by-kim-harrison-2/) - Booklist: After fighting for her position in Trouble with the Cursed (2022), Cincinnati subrosa (demon leader) Rachel Morgan must deal with an old enemy. Walter returns with a horde of alpha weres from outside the city, hoping to steal power over the city’s werewolves from Rachel’s ally David. On top of that, Rachel is being
- [Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Booklist: In this viciously dark fantasy, a horrific siren who can't speak, thanks to a cruel husband who captured her and cut out her tongue, and a plague doctor who has watched the kingdom succumb to a plague impossible for them to stop leave their now-desolate city in search of a new adventure. When the
- [2023 Lammy Finalist: The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/2023-lammy-finalist-the-romance-recipe-by-ruby-barrett/) - Congratulations to DMLA author Ruby Barrett who has been nominated as a 2023 Lammy finalist in the LGBTQ+ Romance and Erotica category for The Romance Recipe!
- [Review: Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano](https://maassagency.com/review-hybrid-heart-by-iori-kusano-2/) - Library Journal: Kusano, an Asian American living in Tokyo, makes their debut with this novella set in a near-future Japan, where people have software apps installed in their bodies that allow them to interact online in their minds, and human pop stars compete for fame against digital vocaloid singers. Rei is a human “idol,” an
- [The Fourth Enemy by Anne Perry](https://maassagency.com/the-fourth-enemy-by-anne-perry/) - Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark—and dangerous—secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his—and
- [Never Vacation With Your Ex by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/never-vacation-with-your-ex-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training, and a carefully curated social media full of followers watching to see if she'll go pro out of high school like her famous mom. Her one refuge, and the thing she looks forward to every summer? The vacation her family spends in
- [Starred Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw-2/) - Library Journal: What if the Little Mermaid laid eggs and her hatched children’s hunger laid waste to her prince’s land? Khaw’s (Breakable Things) latest novella tackles this question with a brutally visceral but seductive opening sequence. The mermaid, who’s been held captive and rendered mute by her husband, meets up with the only survivor in the
- [Review: Dual Memory by Sue Burke](https://maassagency.com/review-dual-memory-by-sue-burke-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Burke (Symbiosis) explores art and artificial intelligence in this clever near-future adventure. The dual narrators, one human and one computer, meet on the small arctic island of Thule, run by altruistic doctors. Antonio Moro is a Bronzewing mercenary defending the island from the Leviathon League raiders bent on enslaving its civilians when he
- [March Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-subsidiary-rights-deals-6/) - Audio rights Robert McCammon's SEVEN SHADES OF EVIL, book nine in the Matthew Corbett series, to Louise Quayle at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure. Audio rights to LJ Andrews's Reign of Stars and Fire, book eight in The Broken Kingdoms series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [March Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-translation-rights-deals-4/) - French rights to USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw's HAMMERS ON BONE and A SONG FOR QUIET, to Argyll, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry. German rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's CHANGES, GHOST STORY, COLD DAYS, SKIN GAME, PEACE TALKS, and BATTLE GROUND, Books 12-17
- [Deal: Carissa Ann Lynch](https://maassagency.com/deal-carissa-ann-lynch-3/) - Carissa Ann Lynch's THE TRAITORS, a locked-room thriller in which six outcasts are invited to spend the night in an abandoned manor in order to win a share of $1 million; the only catch is it was once the location of a mass murder, and every guest has their own agenda, to Jennie Rothwell at One More Chapter,
- [Review: Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai](https://maassagency.com/review-bitter-medicine-by-mia-tsai/) - The New York Times: I’ve saved the sweetest book for last. BITTER MEDICINE by Mia Tsai, centers on Elle, a descendant of the Chinese god of healing who makes magical glyphs for a fairy bureaucracy and secretly pines for Lucien, a handsome, half-elf agent. When the glyphs work too well, saving Luc’s life but revealing Elle’s existence
- [2023 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Awards](https://maassagency.com/2023-grand-prix-de-limaginaire-awards/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been nominated for the 2022 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. ROMAN ÉTRANGER / FOREIGN NOVEL Terra Ignota (Volumes 1 to 5) by Ada Palmer (Le Bélial’) [Terra Ignota series] Ou ce que vous voudrez by Jo Walton (Denoël) [Or What You Will] TRADUCTION : PRIX JACQUES CHAMBON / JACQUES CHAMBON TRANSLATION PRIZE Lise Capitan for Analog/Virtuel by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Hachette
- [Review: Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano](https://maassagency.com/review-hybrid-heart-by-iori-kusano/) - Publishers Weekly: Kusano brings the vibrant world of J-Pop into stunning clarity in their near-future debut novella. Rei must navigate the semidystopian world of Japanese pop idols as a solo act after her best friend and former duo member, Ririko, gets caught with a secret boyfriend despite a contractual obligation not to fall in love. In
- [Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano](https://maassagency.com/hybrid-heart-by-iori-kusano/) - Rei is a pop idol in near future Japan trying to push past middling success despite competition from Vocaloid-style digital singers. Haunted by both guilt and the insidious manipulations of a controlling talent manager, Rei is forced to question what parts of herself—and those around her—she will sacrifice on the path to top billing.
- [Review: Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-demons-of-good-and-evil-by-kim-harrison/) - Library Journal: Rachel Morgan knew that taking the position of demon subrosa—protector of Cincinnati’s supernatural residents—would be another way to get into trouble. When she discovers that a group of werewolves are after the focus that her friend David holds, it is just the beginning of the problems headed her way. From coven grumblings about a
- [Review: I Didn't Do It by Jamie Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/review-i-didnt-do-it-by-jamie-lynn-hendricks/) - Publishers Weekly: This brisk, funny thriller from Hendricks (It Could Be Anyone) begins at Murderpalooza, an annual New York City conference for writers of genre fiction. When Kristin Bailey, a nominee for the coveted Thriller of the Year award, is found dead in her hotel room, the Twitterverse runs rife with speculation. Shortly after Kristin’s
- [The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan](https://maassagency.com/the-ten-percent-thief-by-lavanya-lakshminarayan/) - Nothing has happened. Not yet, anyway. This is how all things begin. Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve. With the right image, values and opinions, you can ascend to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent – the Virtual elite – and have the world
- [Ellie is Cool Now by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/ellie-is-cool-now-by-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren/) - TV writer Ellie Jenkins worked her butt off to put her nerdy, outcast teen years behind her. So there’s a certain delicious irony in that she works for a hit show about popular high school kids when she was So. Not. Cool. And now she’s been offered the promotion of a lifetime—if she attends her
- [2022 Nebula Award Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2022-nebula-award-nominees/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been nominated for a 2022 Nebula Award! Nebula Award for Novel Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom) Nebula Award for Novella “Bishop’s Opening”, R.S.A. Garcia (Clarkesworld 1/22) Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom) Nebula Award for Novelette “Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold”, S.B. Divya (Uncanny
- [Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai](https://maassagency.com/bitter-medicine-by-mia-tsai/) - In this inspired contemporary fantasy, a Chinese immortal and a French elf try to balance new romance, familial loyalty, and workplace demands. In her debut novel, Taiwanese American author Mia Tsai has created an unforgettable paranormal adventure that is full of humor, passion, and depth. As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, ignored
- [The Queen's Price by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/the-queens-price-by-anne-bishop/) - Enter the dark and sensual realms of the Black Jewels in this sweeping story in the New York Times bestselling fantasy saga of three young women who must navigate life within the powerful SaDiablo family—and come to terms with Witch, the Queen who is still the heart and will of that family. The Queen’s price is to stand against
- [2022 Bram Stoker Award Nominations](https://maassagency.com/2022-bram-stoker-award-nominations/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been nominated for the 2022 Bram Stoker Award! Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Cassandra Khaw - Breakable Things (Undertow Publications)
- [Review: The Witch King by Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/review-the-witch-king-by-martha-wells/) - Library Journal: Demon Prince Kai awakens in his own tomb, alone and unable to remember how he got there, although he knows he must have been betrayed. He’ll have to recover his companions, retrace his steps, both in the past and in the present, and consume the life energy of anyone who gets in his way.
- [Starred Review: Dual Memory by Sue Burke](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-dual-memory-by-sue-burke/) - Booklist: Though the scale of Burke's latest (after Immunity Index, 2021) is limited to the small island of Thule in the Arctic Circle, the conflict faced by the islanders takes on a large-scale feel. Antonio Moro is injured while firing missiles at war boats of the Leviathan League, recruited by mercenaries to be on the
- [Starred Review: I Didn't Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-i-didnt-do-it-by-jaime-lynn-hendricks/) - Kirkus: Authors’ dreams curdle into nightmares when murder strikes a mystery convention. Kristin Bailey, one of five nominees for Murderpalooza’s Thriller of the Year, has been stabbed to death in her room at the Waldorf. Amid the digital firestorm that breaks out, two items stand out. One is a Twitter thread indicating that @MPaloozaNxt2Dieis following
- [February Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-translation-rights-deals-4/) - Arabic rights to Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, and FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the first six installments in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Yatakhayaloon, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Bulgarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION,
- [The Summer She Disappeared by Carissa Ann Lynch](https://maassagency.com/the-summer-she-disappeared-by-carissa-ann-lynch/) - A secret has been kept for twenty years, until now… A new home. A new start. An old nightmare. Inheriting a house was supposed to be the perfect escape for Willow Roberts. But the home is in a town she hasn’t been to since childhood, when her friend ran away. Twenty years later Willow is
- [Review: Dual Memory by Sue Burke](https://maassagency.com/review-dual-memory-by-sue-burke/) - Library Journal: A story of human greed wrapped in a thriller… [keeps] readers riveted and entertained.
- [Meru by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/meru-by-s-b-divya/) - One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in an epic space opera about aspiration, compassion, and redemption by Hugo and Nebula Award finalist S. B. Divya. For five centuries, human life has been restricted to Earth, while posthuman descendants called alloys freely explore the galaxy. But when the
- [Review: Meru by D.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/review-meru-by-d-b-divya/) - The Washington Post: Divya delves into one of the core questions of science fiction: What does it mean to be human? In the process, it also asks if we can live in harmony with our environment or if must we wreck every place we visit, as Jayanthi’s post-human jailers believe...the big questions it asks get even
- [Starred Review: No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-no-one-will-come-back-for-us-and-other-stories-by-premee-mohamed/) - Publishers Weekly: Dark, strange, and wonderfully wild, these 17 short stories from Nebula and World Fantasy award winner Mohamed (the Beneath the Rising trilogy) thrust human characters into impossible, otherworldly situations. In “Below the Kirk, Below the Hill,” a lonely lighthouse keeper must decide what to do with a drowned child coughed up by the
- [Locus 2022 Recommended Reading List](https://maassagency.com/locus-2022-recommended-reading-list/) - Congratulations to all our authors included in the Locus 2022 Recommended Reading List! NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION A Half-Built Garden, Ruthanna Emrys (Tordotcom) NOVELS – FANTASY The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) The Origin of Storms, Elizabeth Bear (Tor) The Embroidered Book, Kate Heartfield (Harper Voyager UK) Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- [2023 Rainbow Book List](https://maassagency.com/2023-rainbow-book-list/) - Congratulations our DMLA authors for their inclusion on the 2023 Rainbow Book List: HOWL by Shaun David Hutchinson A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH by Darcie Little Badger
- [Review: The Origin of Storms by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/review-the-origin-of-storms-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Locus: If I were a TV producer who wanted to take on an epic fantasy story à la Game of Thrones or Wheel of Time, I would look no further than Elizabeth Bear’s Lotus Kingdom books. To be honest, I’d much rather see an interpretation of Bear’s work over yet another Euro-based, medieval-esque retread of
- [Review: Never Vacation With Your Ex by Emily Wibberely and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-never-vacation-with-your-ex-by-emily-wibberely-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Kirkus: [I]t’s refreshing to read . . . A breezy, beachy teen love story
- [Maybe She'll Stay by Robyn Lucas](https://maassagency.com/maybe-shell-stay-by-robyn-lucas/) - A daughter’s return home opens old wounds in a novel of family, love, and emotional rescue by the author of Paper Doll Lina. After three disastrous marriages, a series of bad dates, and a tumultuous relationship with an emotionally abusive mother, psychology professor Nancy Jewel is through with love and commitment. Romantic or familial, the notion
- [Starred Review: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-salt-grows-heavy-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Publishers Weekly: In this twisting and pitch-black horror tale from Khaw (Nothing but Blackened Teeth), a voiceless mermaid plucked from the ocean ventures into a snowy forest alongside a melancholy plague doctor. These unlikely traveling companions soon encounter a village of mutilated children and uncover the architects of this bizarre encampment: three surgeons obsessed with
- [Deal: Rebekah Faubion](https://maassagency.com/deal-rebekah-faubion/) - Rebekah Faubion's THE LOVERS, pitched as Nora Ephron-style, queer rom-com about a tarot card mystic who seems fated to fall for a wedding planner she has a past with, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [January Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Brazilian rights to Shaun David Hutchinson's WE ARE THE ANTS, to Record, by Flavia Sala at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir's NONA THE NINTH, the third book in The Locked Tomb series, to Host, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with
- [Deal: Martha Wells](https://maassagency.com/deal-martha-wells-7/) - Photo By Lisa Blaschke Last year Martha Wells, author of the bestselling and beloved Murderbot Diaries, which has won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards, announced her return to fantasy with WITCH KING, forthcoming in May of this year. Now, she invites readers to rediscover her classic works with the sale of world English
- [Review: Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/review-seven-percent-of-ro-devereux-by-ellen-oclover-3/) - School Library Journal: Excellent insight on life and relationships in this debut that teens can take away from this beautiful, slow-burn contemporary romance.... Fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and John Green will not be able to put this one down. It will fit right in with the YA collection of any public library.
- [Review: The Queen's Price by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/review-the-queens-price-by-anne-bishop/) - Library Journal: In the aftermath of the troubles from the previous book, The Queen’s Weapons, three young women must make decisions which will affect not only themselves, but those around them, as Witch provides them with guidance. Queen-in-training Zoey may now be safe within the walls of SaDiablo Hall, but she is still vulnerable to
- [Review: Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/review-seven-percent-of-ro-devereux-by-ellen-oclover-2/) - Publishers Weekly: [A] tech-driven debut about love, fate, and change.
- [Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/do-i-know-you-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Eliza and Graham are anticipating an anything-but-sexy, weeklong getaway to celebrate their five-year anniversary. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the resort prides itself on being a destination for those in love and those looking to find it. For Eliza and Graham, it might as well be a vacation with a roommate. When a well-meaning
- [Seven Percent Of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/seven-percent-of-ro-devereux-by-ellen-oclover/) - Ro Devereux can predict your future. Or, at least, the app she built for her senior project can. Working with her neighbor, a retired behavioral scientist, Ro created an app called MASH, designed around the classic game Mansion Apartment Shack House, that can predict a person’s future with 93% accuracy. The app will even match
- [Review: Meru by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/review-meru-by-s-b-divya-3/) - Library Journal: This is a thrilling combination of traditional SF space travel and forward-thinking examinations of what “humanity” will mean in the future. With its blend of science fiction and social justice concepts, this will appeal to advanced teen and adult readers alike who enjoy progressive science fiction.
- [December Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-subsidiary-rights-deals-5/) - Audio rights to Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson's THE STORM BENEATH A MIDNIGHT SUN, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [December Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Arabic rights to Nnedi Okorafor's BINTI TRILOGY, to YATKHYLON by Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass. Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the sixth installment in the Murderbot Diaries series, to Dobrovský, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Dutch rights to Annika Martin
- [Deal: Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/deal-kate-heartfield-2/) - Photo courtesy of John W. MacDonald. Author of THE EMBROIDERED BOOK Kate Heartfield's THE VALKYRIE, pitched as retelling of the myth about the valkyrie Brynhild and her love for a Burgundian princess; THE CHATELAINE, a revised edition of the Aurora Award-winning ARMED IN HER FASHION; and THE SHARP SISTERS, about four sisters with the second
- [Deal: Jaime Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/deal-jaime-lynn-hendricks-2/) - ANYONE, and the forthcoming I DIDN'T DO IT, Jaime Lynn Hendricks fourth domestic thriller, EVERYONE IS LYING, about a woman who marries and builds a perfect life with her best friend's boyfriend until the friend's adult daughter arrives questioning her paternity, and implicates the woman in a decades old murder, to Luisa Cruz Smith at Scarlet, in
- [Review: The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-the-roughest-draft-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Entertainment Weekly: Making their adult fiction debut, Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka, a couple turned writing duo turned husband and wife, have crafted a book about two writing partners, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen, who are themselves in denial about their romantic feelings for each other all while they write about other complicated couples. It's a
- [Deal: Finley Turner](https://maassagency.com/deal-finley-turner/) - Finley Turner's debut THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY, when a woman becomes the primary suspect of a murder at her very own engagement party, she must come to terms with her secrets in order to prove her innocence, to Holly Ingraham at Crooked Lane, for publication in November 2023, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [Deal: Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/deal-kim-harrison-4/) - New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison sold a new Hollows novel, DEMONS BLUFF, to follow Summer 2023's DEMONS OF GOOD AND EVIL, featuring witch-born demon Rachel Morgan in an alternate United States where humans and supernatural beings exist side-by-side. Anne Sowards at Ace Books acquired world rights in a six-figure deal for two books
- [NPR's Books We Love 2022](https://maassagency.com/nprs-books-we-love-2022/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been included in the NPR's Books We Love 2022 roundup! Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- [Review: Ellie is Cool Now by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/review-ellie-is-cool-now-by-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren/) - Publishers Weekly: Romance readers will have a blast.
- [SOVAS 2022 Nominees](https://maassagency.com/sovas-2022-nominees/) - Congratulations to Jim Butcher! THE LAW has been nominated for a SOVAS Award (Society of Voice Arts and Sciences) in the Author Performance - Best Voiceover Category.
- [November Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-subsidiary-rights-deals-6/) - Audio rights to LJ Andrews's DEN OF BLADES AND BRIARS, book seven of The Broken Kingdom series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier. Audio rights to Adele Buck's CENTER STAGE series, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier. Audio rights to Sara Codair's JUNK JUNCTION, a
- [November Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Estonian rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's DEAD BEAT, book 7 in the Dresden Files series, to Kirjastus Fantaasia, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Hungarian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir's NONA THE NINTH, the third book in the
- [Libro.fm’s Top 10 Audiobooks of 2022](https://maassagency.com/libro-fms-top-10-audiobooks-of-2022/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir! NONA THE NINTH has been chosen as a Libro.fm’s Top 10 Audiobooks of 2022.
- [Review: Meru by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/review-meru-by-s-b-divya-2/) - Kirkus: The world presented here is rich and complicated, [and] the love story, plus plenty of jaw-dropping space scenes, will reward readers.
- [Audible's Best of 2022](https://maassagency.com/audibles-best-of-2022/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who were included in Audible's Best of 2022! The 13 Best Debuts of 2022 You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen The 12 Best Sci-Fi Listens of 2022 Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- [Kirkus Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022](https://maassagency.com/kirkus-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-of-2022/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir for her inclusion in Kirkus's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 for NONA THE NINTH!
- [Review: Meru by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/review-meru-by-s-b-divya/) - Booklist: Divya’s latest (after Machinehood, 2021) is full of twists and turns to keep readers glued to the pages, with rich worldbuilding that will truly invest them in the character’s fates. MERU transcends genres and will appeal to fans of science fiction, philosophy, and fantasy.
- [2022 Ignotus Awards](https://maassagency.com/2022-ignotus-awards/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir on her 2022 Ignotus Awards win! Novela extranjera (Foreign Novel) WINNER: Gideon la Novena [Gideon the Ninth], Tamsyn Muir, translated by David Tejera Expósito (Nova)
- [Review: Do I Know You by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/review-do-i-know-you-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Publishers Weekly: Readers won’t be able to turn the pages fast enough.
- [Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies That Inspired Robert Jordan by Michael Livingston](https://maassagency.com/origins-of-the-wheel-of-time-the-legends-and-mythologies-that-inspired-robert-jordan-by-michael-livingston/) - Take a deep dive into the real-world history and mythology that inspired the world of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time®. Origins of The Wheel of Time is written by Michael Livingston, Secretary-General of the United States Commission on Military History and professor of medieval literature at The Citadel, with a Foreword by Harriet McDougal, Robert Jordan's editor,
- [Trinity's Children by Dave Bara](https://maassagency.com/trinitys-children-by-dave-bara/) - Jared Clement has returned to Trinity, not as a mere ship captain but as a Five Suns Fleet Admiral. With his promotion comes increased responsibility that weighs heavy on his shoulders: 30,000 settlers are leaving the dying planets of the Rim, his home, and resettling next to the natives of the planet Bellus. Clement is
- [2022 World Fantasy Award Winners](https://maassagency.com/2022-world-fantasy-award-winners/) - Congratulations to Premee Mohamed on her 2022 World Fantasy Award Winners win! Best Novella And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)
- [Starred Review: Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-breakable-things-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Library Journal: With their collection of 23 stories, previously published across the genre fiction landscape and one original to this volume, Khaw (Nothing but Blackened Teeth) presents a book that is a terrifying joy to read. Many of the entries invoke fairy tales and/or mythologies from all over the world. They are lyrical, brutal, and
- [Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man by Emily J. Edwards](https://maassagency.com/viviana-valentine-gets-her-man-by-emily-j-edwards/) - New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city’s top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won’t marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. Sounds
- [Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/breakable-things-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Cassandra Khaw's dynamic and vibrant debut collection, Breakable Things, explores the fragile and nebulous bonds that weave love and grief into our existence. This exquisite and cutting collection of stories showcases a bloody fusion of horrors from cosmic to psychological to body traumas.
- [Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk/) - A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above. An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last
- [When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/when-franny-stands-up-by-eden-robins/) - Franny Steinberg knows there's powerful magic in laughter. She's witnessed it. With the men of Chicago off fighting WWII on distant shores, Franny has watched the women of the city taking charge of the war effort. But amidst the war bond sales and factory shifts, something surprising has emerged, something Franny could never have expected.
- [2022 Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year](https://maassagency.com/2022-barnes-noble-best-books-of-the-year/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir on being included in the 2022 Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year!
- [Deal: Adele Buck](https://maassagency.com/deal-adele-buck/) - Photo credit: Brian Adams Adele Buck's HEARTS ON FIRE, in which an English professor tries to torch her ex-boyfriend's piano after a problematic attempt at winning her back and falls for the firefighter who answers the 911 call, to John Jacobson at a new unnamed imprint at Harlequin, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea
- [A Matter of Happiness by Tori Whitaker](https://maassagency.com/a-matter-of-happiness-by-tori-whitaker/) - A cherished heirloom opens up a century of secrets in a bittersweet novel about family, hard truths, and self-discovery by the author of Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish. Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t
- [Congratulations to James J. Butcher!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-james-j-butcher/) - Congratulations to James J. Butcher! DEAD MAN'S HAND debuts as a USA Today bestseller at #107.
- [Starred Review: Meru by S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-meru-by-s-b-divya/) - Publishers Weekly: Empathy convincingly overcomes anxiety in this thoughtful, inventive, and impressively understated space opera from Divya, [who] filters the immensity of outer space through the lens of close personal relationships, crafting compassionate and responsible characters (whatever their physical forms may be) that will surely win over readers.
- [Deal: Matthew Hubbard](https://maassagency.com/deal-matthew-hubbard/) - Alison Romig at Delacorte has bought, in a preempt, debut author Matthew Hubbard's Last Boyfriends, a YA coming of age novel pitched as Heartstopper meets The First Wives Club, featuring three queer teenage boys in small-town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up fighting their school's anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives, and a second untitled book. Publication
- [October Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Finnish rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells' ALL SYSTEMS RED and ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, the first and second installments in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Hertta Kustannus Oy, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to Nnedi Okorafor's NOOR, to ActuSF, by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency,
- [Review: Dead's Man Hand by James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-deads-man-hand-by-james-j-butcher/) - Publishers Weekly: Butcher, the son of bestseller Jim Butcher, puts a fun twist on hard-boiled urban fantasy thrills in his debut. Hero Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is a failure who was scrubbed from the Auditor program of the Department of Unorthodox Affairs and now uses his meager magical talents to entertain children at Mighty Magic Donald’s
- [Review: Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/review-seven-percent-of-ro-devereux-by-ellen-oclover/) - Kirkus: A thoughtful meditation on some weighty questions wrapped in a well-drawn romance.
- [Review: The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/review-the-romance-recipe-by-ruby-barrett-2/) - New York Times: For more high-intensity drama in contemporary romance, you can’t go wrong with a restaurant setting. Food, feelings, knives and fire! Which is to say: Kitchen-centered romances are great at exploring more than one kind of appetite, and Ruby Barrett’s THE ROMANCE RECIPE (Carina Press, 282 pp., paperback, $15.99) stands alongside favorites like
- [Review: Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man Book by Emily J. Edwards](https://maassagency.com/review-viviana-valentine-gets-her-man-book-by-emily-j-edwards-2/) - Kirkus: A snappy valentine to a bygone era . . . [with] a raft of twists and complications.
- [Review: When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins](https://maassagency.com/review-when-franny-stands-up-by-eden-robins/) - Publishers Weekly: Readers will fall in love with this one.
- [Deal: Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/deal-anne-bishop-5/) - New York times bestseller Anne Bishop's THE LADY IN GLASS and Other Stories, a collection including her short fiction to date, among which are some rare early pieces and an all new never before seen story, to Anne Sowards at Ace in an exclusive submission by Jennifer Jackson for publication in Spring 2024.
- [2022 Ignyte Awards](https://maassagency.com/2022-ignyte-awards/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors on their 2022 Ignyte Awards! BEST NOVEL: YOUNG ADULT A Snake Falls To Earth – Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) THE EMBER AWARD (for unsung contributions to genre) Tananarive Due
- [Deal: Liz Alterman](https://maassagency.com/deal-liz-alterman/) - Credit: Gracemarie Photography Liz Alterman's SAD SACKED, originally published by Audible Originals, a humorous, poignant memoir that chronicles the 17-month period after both the author and her husband, long-time media professionals, unexpectedly lost their jobs within six weeks of one another, to Jessica Bell at Vine Leaves, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [Starred Review: The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-romance-recipe-by-ruby-barrett/) - Library Journal: A charming, stand-alone workplace romance with a foodie bent...a must-have for library audiobook collections.
- [Review: Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man Book by Emily J. Edwards](https://maassagency.com/review-viviana-valentine-gets-her-man-book-by-emily-j-edwards/) - Library Journal: A solid debut . . . For fans of hardboiled PIs with hearts of gold.
- [Review: Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir-3/) - Booklist: At just about six months old (in a nineteen-year-old body), Nona lives a full life. She recounts her dreams to her protectors and works as a teacher’s aide at a local school. She’s been grudgingly accepted by a gang of streetwise kids and is trusted to watch a beloved teacher’s dog. At the edges of
- [Review: Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/review-even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk/) - Publishers Weekly: World Fantasy Award winner Polk (The Midnight Bargain) does what they do best with this genre-bending fantasy noir novella that brings lofty magic to a grimy 1940s city and showcases queer love along the way. Ten years earlier, warlock and private investigator Elena Brandt made a deal with the devil, bargaining away her soul
- [Review: It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-it-rides-a-pale-horse-by-andy-marino-3/) - Library Journal: Marino demonstrates his skill as a storyteller, creating empathetic, fleshed-out characters who must fight through the madness that is bearing down on them.... VERDICT Marino is very willing to plumb the depths of human discomfort and nihilistic despair, revealing disturbing images that sear into the brain while showing how art, and sibling bonds,
- [2021 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2021-shirley-jackson-awards-nominees/) - Congratulations to our DMLA author who was nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards! NOVEL Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire)
- [Starred Review: Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-bitter-medicine-by-mia-tsai/) - Publishers Weekly: Sparks fly in Tsai’s refreshing and enchanting paranormal debut. A sordid family past has driven gifted immortal Elle Mei, a descendant of Shénnóng, the Chinese god of medicine, into leading a quiet, unassuming life. Though Elle’s exceptional talent at magical calligraphy could easily earn her a lucrative career, she chooses to cover up
- [Snowbound Amish Christmas by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/snowbound-amish-christmas-by-jo-ann-brown/) - Will helping him at Christmas have her wishing for more? After being left at the altar, Kirsten Petersheim needs a fresh start. This means making a success of her new cleaning business and definitely not falling in love. But when her handsome client Mark Yutzy asks for her help with his troubled teenage brother, Kirsten’s resolve is
- [Dead Man's Hand By James J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/dead-mans-hand-by-james-j-butcher/) - On the streets of Boston, the world is divided into the ordinary Usuals, and the paranormal Unorthodox. And in the Department of Unorthodox Affairs, the Auditors are the magical elite, government-sanctioned witches with spells at their command and all the power and prestige that comes with it. Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is…not one of those witches.
- [Ghostwritten Paperback by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/ghostwritten-paperback-by-ronald-malfi/) - From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride. In This Book Belongs to Olo, a lonely child has dangerous control over an usual pop-up book. A
- [Deal: Suzan Palumbo](https://maassagency.com/deal-suzan-palumbo-2/) - Nebula Award finalist Suzan Palumbo's COUNTESS, a space opera pitched as a queer Caribbean Count of Monte Cristo, in which a betrayed Captain is set on a journey of revenge against the interplanetary Empire that has subjugated her people for generations, to Jenifer Albert at ECW Press, for publication in Spring 2024, by Michael Curry.
- [Review: Boys I Know by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/review-boys-i-know-by-anna-gracia/) - School Library Journal: This novel is sure to resonate with teens who haven’t yet found their calling and who are trying to figure out who they are.
- [Deal: Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/deal-andy-marino/) - Andy Marino's next novel for adults, THE SWARM, an epic horror novel pitched as THE STAND meets JURASSIC PARK, about an insect apocalypse in which people are being attacked by swarms of out-of-season cicadas, and characters across the country, including a girl who seems to have a growing connection with the bugs, must work together
- [Deathless Gods By P.C. Hodgell](https://maassagency.com/deathless-gods-by-p-c-hodgell/) - Jamethiel Knorth, Priest's Bane and Dream-Weaver, has returned victorious from Tai-tastigon, but trouble dogs the Kencyrath. There is intrigue among the Highborn. The Randir and his allies want the larger houses to decide for all nine, which would strip the Highlordship from the Knorth. At Omiroth, a senile king struggles against his venal son-in-law—but if
- [Dandelion by Alex Bledsoe](https://maassagency.com/dandelion-by-alex-bledsoe/) - One year ago, in a small Southern town of Somerton, a kindly minister saved a teenage girl from the influence of a demon, at a great personal cost. But did the exorcism work? Are exorcisms even real? Something is going on with Carlyss Bolerjack, and it may take the combined efforts of her therapist, her
- [It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/it-rides-a-pale-horse-by-andy-marino/) - The Larkin siblings are known around the small town of Wofford Falls. Both are artists, but Peter Larkin, Lark to his friends, is the hometown hero. The one who went to the big city and got famous, then came back and settled down. He’s the kind of guy who becomes fast friends with almost anyone.
- [Starred Review: Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk-2/) - Library Journal: In Polk’s (Soulstar) alternate-history Jazz Age Chicago, where angels live among the godly and demons stalk the streets, Helen Brandt is a woman who sold her soul to save her brother. She has one last chance to get it back and spend the rest of her days with the woman she loves. She thinks
- [Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-tamsyn-muir-5/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir! NONA THE NINTH debuted at #15 on the USA Today bestseller list!
- [Starred Review: Even Though I Knew The End by C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-even-though-i-knew-the-end-by-c-l-polk/) - Booklist: The 1940s hard-boiled detective story is reimagined with the role of the world-weary PI played by a sapphic magic user whose damned soul is due for collection. Helen Brandt has only three days left on Earth when she’s given the chance to regain the soul she bargained away and live a long and happy life with her lover,
- [Deal: Karin Nordin](https://maassagency.com/deal-karin-nordin/) - Author of ITW nominated LAST ONE ALIVE Karin Nordin's LOCAL LEGENDS and DEUCES WILD, two suspense novels, to Cat Camacho at HQ Digital by Anne Tibbets (world).
- [September Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-subsidiary-rights-deals-6/) - Audio rights to three additional titles in Mike Shepherd's Jump Universe series, including Kris Longknife: Stalwart, Longknifes Defend the Legation, and Kris Longknife Boot Recruit (novella) to Louise Quayle at Audible via Michael Curry on behalf of Jennifer Jackson.
- [September Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Brazilian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's LOCKLANDS, to Morro Branco, by Cristina Purchio at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Czech rights to Ronald Malfi's BLACK MOUTH, to Dobrovsky, by Lola Dunton at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. French rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's
- [August Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to LJ Andrews's GAME OF HATE AND LIES and DANCE OF KINGS AND THIEVES, Book 5 and 6 of Broken Kingdom series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English). Audio rights to S.B. Divya's novella RUNTIME, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, at auction, by
- [August Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' THE CLOUD ROADS, the first novel in her Books of the Raksura series, to Noura Al Noman at Makhtoota 5229, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Chinese rights to Brent Weeks's THE BURNING WHITE to Chongqing, by Clare Chi at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of
- [Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-tamsyn-muir-4/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir! NONA THE NINTH debuts at #4 on the NEW YORK TIMES hardcover fiction list and #9 on the NEW YORK TIMES combined list.
- [Review: It Rides A Pale Horse by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-it-rides-a-pale-horse-by-andy-marino-2/) - Library Journal: The latest from Marino (The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess) is a lesson about how art can open doors that probably shouldn’t be opened. The story focuses on the Lark siblings, both eccentric artists. Peter Larkin (Lark to his friends) is a famous artist, a hometown boy who made good yet decided to
- [Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-cassandra-khaw-2/) - Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw! With it's recent trade paperback release, NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH has returned to USA Today's Best Selling Book List at #143!
- [Axle Bust Creek by John Shirley](https://maassagency.com/axle-bust-creek-by-john-shirley/) - From the acclaimed author of Ralph Compton’s Prairie Fire, Kansas, the first in an action-packed new series starring Civil War veteran Cleveland Trewe, a master gunfighter, horseman, and lawman who’s looking to strike it rich in the gold fields of Axle Bust, Nevada… From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former
- [The Bachelorette Party by Carissa Ann Lynch](https://maassagency.com/the-bachelorette-party-by-carissa-ann-lynch/) - New Orleans: live music, endless drinks, brightly-coloured attractions, the perfect place for a party… The bride-to-be The best friend The cousin The mother-in-law The sister The groom’s friend The bachelorette begins on a Friday night; all six women are excited for a chance to escape their everyday lives. But then friendly rivalries turn vicious, and
- [Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir/) - Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six
- [Review: The Law by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-the-law-by-jim-butcher/) - AudioFile: Author Jim Butcher made the right choice in performing his latest work himself. It's a masterpiece. He said that his usual narrator, James Marsters, has nothing to fear, but Butcher's first attempt at narration is an unqualified success. He has a great speaking voice and truly relates to his characters. The emotion he puts
- [Tinderbox by W.A. Simpson](https://maassagency.com/tinderbox-by-w-a-simpson/) - A tinderbox, three huge hounds within, and an underground kingdom of old magic. Fans of Sarah J. Maas and Holly Black, myth and magic, fairy tales and fantasy will love the dark adventures of the Riven Isles. Isbet returns home to find the witch who raised her murdered and her prized possession, the Tinderbox stolen. She discovers
- [Assassin’s Creed: The Magus Conspiracy by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/assassins-creed-the-magus-conspiracy-by-kate-heartfield/) - The war between Assassins and Templars wreaks havoc in the Victorian era, in this breakneck thriller which opens up a whole new chapter of the Assassin’s Creed universe London, 1851 – When Pierrette, a daring acrobat performing at the Great Exhibition, rescues the mathematician Ada Lovelace from a gang of thugs, she becomes immersed in an ancient feud
- [Priest of Crowns by Peter McLean](https://maassagency.com/priest-of-crowns-by-peter-mclean/) - 'Praise be to Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows, and blessed be the Ascended Martyr.' Those were the words on lips of the faithful: Blessed be the Ascended Martyr, and woe betide you if you thought otherwise. The word Unbeliever had become a death sentence on the streets in those days. Gangster, soldier, priest. Governor, knight,
- [2022 Aurora Awards Winners](https://maassagency.com/2022-aurora-awards-winners/) - Congratulations to Premee Mohamed for her 2022 Aurora Award win! Best Novelette/Novella The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press
- [Review: Deathless Gods by P.C. Hodgell](https://maassagency.com/review-deathless-gods-by-p-c-hodgell/) - Publishers Weekly: Political infighting and battles between gods dog the Kencyrath people as they continue their 3,000-year war against Perimal Darkling in Hodgell’s byzantine 10th Kencyrath epic fantasy (after 2019’s By Demons Possessed). Jame, the lone female Highborn of House Knorth, takes command of the house troops to fulfill mercenary contracts with the native Rathillien king, Mordaunt,
- [Starred Review: Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-ghostwritten-by-ronald-malfi/) - Publishers Weekly: The four horror novellas of this wonderfully meta collection from Malfi (Come with Me) all turn on a vibrantly imagined theme that fans of macabre fiction will easily relate to: books as agents of horror....Malfi makes reading about the perils of reading a terrifying delight.
- [Review: Dead Man's Hand by James. J. Butcher](https://maassagency.com/review-dead-mans-hand-by-james-j-butcher/) - Library Journal: Auditors, the most skilled magical beings, are enforcers of the magical community in Boston for The Department of Unorthodox Affairs. Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby spent his youth training to become one of those elite, only to be dismissed by Samantha Mansgraf, one of the most powerful witches in the Department. When Mansgraf is found murdered,
- [Review: It Rides A Pale Horse by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-it-rides-a-pale-horse-by-andy-marino/) - Kirkus: There’s a lived-in sensibility to much of this novel that makes the horrific elements stand out even more, and Marino has a good eye for genuinely disturbing imagery.... this novel hums with a terrifying momentum.... A memorably visceral take on art, family, and power.
- [Review: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir/) - Locus: ...if you’re not already a fan, this is not the place to start. Go directly to Gideon the Ninth. If you love it, read Harrow the Ninth, and then read this. If you don’t love it, Nona the Ninth is not for you. Also, we can’t be friends. (Actually, let me dial that back – for all I
- [2022 Dragon Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-dragon-award-finalists/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors who have been chosen as 2022 Dragon award finalist! Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Best Horror Novel The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
- [Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/review-locklands-by-robert-jackson-bennett-2/) - The New York Times: It’s so rare to love every single book in a trilogy, to admire the aim, precision and storytelling stamina of an author this much. The fatal flaws of trilogies are plentiful: an explosive but overpromising beginning, a sagging middle, an insufficient end; characters whose arcs aren’t sustained; dropped threads, rushed acts.
- [2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Shortlist](https://maassagency.com/2022-ursula-k-le-guin-prize-for-fiction-shortlist/) - 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!
- [Review: It Rides a Pale Horse by Any Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-it-rides-a-pale-horse-by-any-marino/) - 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,
- [A Search for Redemption by Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/a-search-for-redemption-by-jo-ann-brown/) - After losing both her fiancé and the happy life she anticipated, Amish maedel Grace Coffman is still stitching the pieces of her life back together. But between working in a quilting shop with an unscrupulous Englisch boss and caring for her ill parents, her threads keep unraveling. At first, the arrival of a kind, attractive stranger feels like a
- [Silver Queendom by Dan Koboldt](https://maassagency.com/silver-queendom-by-dan-koboldt/) - Service at the Red Rooster Inn isn’t what you’d call "good," or even "adequate." Darin would be the first to say so, and he owns the place. Evie isn’t much of a barmaid; Kat’s home-brewed ale seems to grow less palatable with each new batch; and Seraphina’s service at the bar leaves much to be
- [Second Spear by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/second-spear-by-kerstin-hall/) - The thrilling follow-up to the Nommo Award finalist, The Border Keeper. After surviving the schemes of a vengeful goddess and learning some shattering truths about her former life, the warrior Tyn feels estranged from her role guarding her ruler. Grappling with knowledge of her identity, she unleashes her frustrations on all the wrong people. When
- [Starred Review: Nona The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir-3/) - 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
- [Deal: Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/deal-premee-mohamed-8/) - 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.
- [Starred Review: Boys I Know by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-boys-i-know-by-anna-gracia-3/) - 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.
- [Deal: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/deal-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - Photo credit: Sue Grubman 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
- [2022 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists](https://maassagency.com/2022-british-fantasy-awards-shortlists/) - 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)
- [July Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to N.S. Perkins's THE INFINITY BETWEEN US, to Cassie Hanjian at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [July Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-rights-deals-3/) - 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
- [2022 World Fantasy Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-world-fantasy-award-finalists/) - 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)
- [Review: Ion Curtain by Anya Ow](https://maassagency.com/review-ion-curtain-by-anya-ow/) - Publishers Weekly: This addictive space opera from Ow (Cradle and Grave) posits a far-future, intergalactic cold war between Russia and the UN. Cocky scavenger Solitaire Yeung goes against his crew’s wishes to investigate a distress signal from a Russian military spaceship and steal (“salvage”) an unidentifiable piece of tech. Unknown to Solitaire, the stolen pod is
- [Review: The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/review-the-romance-recipe-by-ruby-barrett/) - BookPage: Sensual feasts abound...as Barrett masterfully portrays the sensation of infatuation growing into true love.
- [Review: The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/review-the-embroidered-book-by-kate-heartfield-2/) - BookPage: Thoroughly engrossing.... Her main historical characters – as well as many fascinating secondary figures, such as the portraitist Vigée Le Brun – are so persuasively drawn, given Heartfield’s apparently meticulous attention to historical research..., that her feminist revisioning of a crucial period in European history is genuinely provocative.... a fabulously immersive novel.
- [Boys I Know by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/boys-i-know-by-anna-gracia/) - June Chu is the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mother’s unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke.
- [A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys](https://maassagency.com/a-half-built-garden-by-ruthanna-emrys/) - On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out to check what she expects to be a false alarm--and stumbles upon the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of
- [Starred Review: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir-2/) - Kirkus: The third installment of a necromantic science-fantasy series continues working at puzzles of identity and the meaning of loyalty. Previously (Gideon the Ninth, 2019; Harrow the Ninth, 2020), sullen but brilliant necromancer Harrowhark consumed the soul of Gideon, her foulmouthed cavalier, to become a Lyctor, a semi-immortal officer in the Emperor Undying’s court. In a desperate
- [The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett](https://maassagency.com/the-romance-recipe-by-ruby-barrett/) - A fiery restaurant owner falls for her enigmatic head chef in this charming, emotional romance Amy Chambers: restaurant owner, micromanager, control freak. Amy will do anything to revive her ailing restaurant, including hiring a former reality-show finalist with good connections and a lot to prove. But her hopes that Sophie’s skills and celebrity status would
- [All The Dirty Secrets by Aggie Blum Thompson](https://maassagency.com/all-the-dirty-secrets-by-aggie-blum-thompson/) - One warm summer night twenty-five years ago, Liza Gold and her friends celebrated their high school graduation with a party on the beach. It should have been the best night of their lives, only one of them never came back out of the ocean. The tragedy haunted Liza Gold for years. Now, she's a recently
- [Starred Review: Boys I Know by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-boys-i-know-by-anna-gracia-2/) - Publishers Weekly: Gracia employs a whirlwind pace that complements June’s myriad triumphs and failures; a large, vibrant cast; and a true-to-life teen voice to explore societal gender roles, racism, and sexuality while artfully depicting one teenager’s search for herself amid cultural and familial pressures.
- [Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/black-mouth-by-ronald-malfi/) - For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic childhood and the guilt at having disappeared from his disabled brother's life. But then a series of unusual events reunites him with his estranged brother and their childhood friends, and none of them can deny the sense of fate
- [Ion Curtain by Anya Ow](https://maassagency.com/ion-curtain-by-anya-ow/) - For decades the UN and the Russian military have navigated a tense interstellar Cold War. Lieutenant Kalina Sokolova is aide to Counter-Admiral Kasparov, the major strategist for the Russian Navy. She is also an elite spy working for the UN. She is tasked with watching the Counter-Admiral, and assassination is not out of the question.
- [Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/locklands-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against long odds in the past. But the war they’re fighting now is one even they can’t win. This time, they’re not facing robber-baron elites or even an immortal hierophant, but an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe—one that uses the magic of scriving to
- [The Law by Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/the-law-by-jim-butcher/) - From the number one New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, a novella that thrusts Chicago’s only professional Wizard, Harry Dresden, back into battle–both a legal one…and the kind with explosions.
- [June Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/june-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Catalan rights to Nebula Award winner Premee Mohamed's THESE LIFELESS THINGS and AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, to Chronos, by Amaiur Fernández at International Editors’ Co. in association with Michael Curry. Hungarian rights to New York Times Bestselling author Jim Butcher's TURN COAT and CHANGES, books 11 and 12 in the Dresden Files series, to Delta
- [Review: And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-and-what-can-we-offer-you-tonight-by-premee-mohamed-3/) - Locus: Premee Mohamed’s And What Can We Offer You Tonight is also a stunning (and Nebula-nominated) example of what short fiction can do...sharp and full of contained fury. Mohamed’s world is a brutal one where people deemed unuseful are culled by the authorities. If you are not fabulously wealthy or serving said one-percenters, you are not likely
- [Congratulations to Kim Harrison!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-kim-harrison-5/) - Congratulations to Kim Harrison! TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED debuted at #23 on the USA Today list.
- [Review: Trouble With The Cursed by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-trouble-with-the-cursed-by-kim-harrison-2/) - Library Journal: Rachel Morgan has stepped into the role of subrosa for Cincinnati: a role that makes her responsible for all of the supernatural beings in the city, not just herself. Her life is going well, for once: her relationships with her loved ones and allies are firm; demons are starting to respect her (mostly);
- [Deal: Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/deal-anna-gracia-2/) - Photo credit to AnnaGarcia The MTV Beach House series will have all the elements that make for a perfect summer beach read: friends, parties, romance, sex, and drama. In the first book, THE BREAK-UP VACATION, Grace plans a girls’ trip to Cancun with her two best friends. What her friends don’t know is that her ex-boyfriend is
- [Deal: Jose Pablo Iriarte](https://maassagency.com/deal-jose-pablo-iriarte/) - Gianna Lakenauth at Knopf has bought North American rights to Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed, pitched as Coco meets It's a Wonderful Life, plus an untitled second book by José Pablo Iriarte. This magical realism contemporary middle grade tells the story of 12-year-old Cuban American Benny, who must help the ghost of his rich, famous, and morally bankrupt musician
- [Deal: Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/deal-nicole-glover-2/) - Author of THE CONDUCTORS and THE UNDERTAKERS Nicole Glover’s next two books in the Murder and Magic series, THE IMPROVISERS, set in the 1930s, featuring a pilot (and former bootlegger) whose investigation into cursed enchanted objects finds a murderous tie to her family's inn, and THE STARSEEKERS, set in the 1960s, about a magic researcher
- [Origin of Storms by Elizabeth Bear](https://maassagency.com/origin-of-storms-by-elizabeth-bear/) - Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear concludes her highly-acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy, The Lotus Kingdoms, which began with The Stone in the Skull and The Red-Stained Wings. It all comes to a surprising, satisfying climax in The Origin of Storms! The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor fielding three armies between them.
- [Trouble With The Cursed by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/trouble-with-the-cursed-by-kim-harrison/) - Rachel Morgan, witch-born demon, has one unspoken rule: take chances, but pay for them yourself. With it, she has turned enemies into allies, found her place with her demon kin, and stepped up as the subrosa of Cincinnati—responsible for keeping the paranormal community at peace and in line. Life is . . . good? Even
- [Review: The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-void-ascendant-by-premee-mohamed/) - Tor.com: It’s no small achievement to tell a compelling story across the three books of a trilogy. That’s challenge enough, but for a handful of writers, simply doing that isn't quite enough. I can think of a handful of examples of this, which takes the already-difficult task of following a novel with a sequel done in
- [2021 Nebula Awards Winners](https://maassagency.com/2021-nebula-awards-winners/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors for their 2021 Nebula Awards Wins! Nebula Award for Novella And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock) Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) The award administrators note: "Author Martha Wells graciously
- [Starred Review: Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-grief-of-stones-by-katherine-addison/) - Booklist: Intriguing and well-plotted fantasy mystery. The author’s fans will welcome the chance to continue exploring Amalo alongside this mild-mannered but tenacious detective.
- [May Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to Emily Childs's THE VEGAS KINGS series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier. Audio rights to Iori Kusano's debut novella HYBRID HEART, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [May Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/may-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Italian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir's NONA THE NINTH, the third book in The Locked Tomb series, to Mondadori, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [2022 Seiun Awards Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2022-seiun-awards-nominees/) - Congratulations to Martha Wells on her nomination for the 2022 Seiun Award: BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL NETWORK EFFECT, Martha Wells, translated by Naoya Nakahara (Tokyo Sogensha)
- [Starred Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/__trashed-2/) - Booklist: Jackson provides a poignant but uplifting conclusion to his spellbinding, fast-paced Founders Trilogy, expanding the complex world with more innovative concepts and new characters.
- [2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-locus-awards-top-ten-finalists/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors chosen as 2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL Noor, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW) FANTASY NOVEL The Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris) HORROR NOVEL A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris) The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s) YOUNG ADULT NOVEL A Snake Falls to
- [Starred Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-locklands-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Kirkus: Bennett is a master of worldbuilding,… Great fun, with nonstop action and… high-spirited mayhem.
- [Starred Review: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-nona-the-ninth-by-tamsyn-muir/) - Publishers Weekly: Muir tackles a new perspective in this characteristically brilliant successor to Harrow the Ninth, which offers a much more personal and tightly framed focus than the rest of the Locked Tomb series. Nona’s been alive for six months with no memory of who she was before awakening in her new body. She enjoys working
- [Deal: Suzan Palumbo](https://maassagency.com/deal-suzan-palumbo/) - Nebula Award finalist Suzan Palumbo's SKIN THIEF, her first collection of short fiction, to dave ring at Neon Hemlock for publication in Fall 2023 by Michael Curry.
- [Congratulations to Jim Butcher!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-jim-butcher-29/) - Congratulations to Jim Butcher! HEROIC HEARTS debuts at #67 on the USA Today Bestseller List.
- [Review: Second Spear by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/review-second-spear-by-kerstin-hall/) - Publishers Weekly: A shamed warrior becomes responsible for the salvation of all Mkalis’s realms when an old enemy returns for revenge in Hall’s exciting sequel to The Border Keeper. The many realms of Mkalis serve as an afterlife for residents of a world called Ahri. Warrior Tyn, of Res Lfae’s realm, has been suspended from her position
- [Heroic Hearts edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes](https://maassagency.com/heroic-hearts-edited-by-jim-butcher-and-kerrie-l-hughes/) - An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more... In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes—ordinary people who do the right thing—bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything... In #1 New
- [Putting the Fact in Fantasy by Dan Koboldt](https://maassagency.com/putting-the-fact-in-fantasy-by-dan-koboldt/) - A collection of essays from historians, linguists, martial artists, and other experts to help you write more compelling fantasy by getting the facts right Whether it's correctly naming the parts of a horse, knowing how lords and ladies address one another, or building a realistic fantasy army, getting the details right takes fantasy writing to
- [Deal: Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/deal-anna-gracia/) - Photo credit to AnnaGarcia Author of the forthcoming BOYS I KNOW Anna Gracia's MISDIRECTION OF FAULT LINES, pitched as a tennis version of Center Stage, following three Asian American teen girls—the underdog, the social media darling, and the defiant ex-friend—from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds who compete against each other at an elite tennis summer
- [Deal: P.C. Hodgell](https://maassagency.com/deal-p-c-hodgell-4/) - P.C. Hodgell sold rights to the 11th novel in the Kencyrath series to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books via Jennifer Jackson. Per the author, this sequel to Deathless Gods (coming from Baen this October), will wrap up many lingering storylines, and is possibly the final volume in the long-running tale, begun in God Stalk, of Jamethiel and the Highborn.
- [Starred Review: Boys I Know by Anna Gracia](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-boys-i-know-by-anna-gracia/) - Kirkus: June is a winning protagonist with a lively, appealing voice that renders the repartee between her and her flinty, anxious mother simultaneously infuriating, hilarious, and poignant.
- [April Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/april-translation-rights-deals-3/) - Bengali rights to Hugo Award-winner Elizabeth Bear's untitled short fiction collection, consisting of ten stories never before appearing in Bengali, to Kalpabiswa Publications, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Dutch rights to Annika Martin's BREAKING THE BILLIONAIRE'S RULES & THE BILLIONAIRE'S FAKE FIANCE, to April Books by Emma Lind and Phillip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency
- [Fair Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/fair-trade-by-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/) - Jethri Gobelyn has risen far: from despised youngest on a Terran family Loop ship to second trader on premier Liaden tradeship Elthoria under the guidance of his unlikely foster-mother Norn ven'Deelin Clan Ixin. Master Trader ven'Deelin has taught Jethri much, and she expects great things from him. Indeed, one might say she demands them. Jethri has inherited
- [Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2022](https://maassagency.com/grand-prix-de-limaginaire-2022/) - Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett for having both Foundryside and Shorefall shortlisted for the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2022's Best Foreign Novel!
- [2022 Igynte Awards Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-igynte-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who were chosen as 2022 Igynte Awards Finalists! Best Novel: Young Adult A Snake Falls To Earth – Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) Best Novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth – Cassandra Khaw (Tor Nightfire) Best Novelette "The Music of the Siphorophenes" – CL Polk (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) Best Comics
- [Review: Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi](https://maassagency.com/review-black-mouth-by-ronald-malfi/) - Publishers Weekly: The well-done cosmic horror and mix of mundane and magical scares make this a standout.
- [The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/the-void-ascendant-by-premee-mohamed/) - The mindblowing, cosmic conclusion to the breakout Beneath the Rising trilogy. SURVIVAL HAS CONSEQUENCES Seven years ago, the last survivor of Earth crashed through uncountable dimensions to a strange new world. Nick Prasad found shelter, and a living, as a prophet for the ruling family—servants of the Ancient Ones who destroyed his home. Now, he’s been offered
- [2022 Aurora Awards Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2022-aurora-awards-nominees/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA writers have been nominated for the 2022 Aurora Awards! Best Novel A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris) Soulstar, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom) Best Novelette/Novella The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed (ECW) These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
- [2022 Hugo Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-hugo-award-finalists/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been selected as 2022 Hugo Award Finalists. BEST SERIES The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk (Tordotcom) Terra Ignota, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books) BEST SHORT STORY “Proof by Induction”, by José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny Magazine, May/Jun 2021) BEST SEMIPROZINE S.B. Divya as editor and Premee Mohamed as
- [Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/howl-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - From critically acclaimed Shaun David Hutchinson comes a gritty and raw portrayal of the oftentimes traumatic experience of growing up. Virgil Knox was attacked by a monster. Of course, no one in Merritt believes him. Not even after he stumbled into the busy town center, bleeding, battered, and bruised, for everyone to see. He’d been
- [With and Without You by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/with-and-without-you-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - If high school seniors Siena and Patrick were a superlative, they'd be Couple Most Likely to Marry. Three solid years of dating, and everyone agrees they're perfect for each other. But with college on the horizon, Siena begins to wonder whether staying together is the best idea. Does she really want to be tied down
- [The Storm Beneath a Midnight Sun by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson](https://maassagency.com/the-storm-beneath-a-midnight-sun-by-alexander-dan-vilhjalmsson/) - The standalone follow up to Shadows of the Short Days is a gritty, dark fantasy novel for fans of China Mieville and Neil Gaiman, that will thrill readers as they explore Hrimland's dark, horrifying depths. CHANGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER. War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands
- [Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business by Gary Bohan](https://maassagency.com/sharkey-when-sea-lions-were-stars-of-show-business-by-gary-bohan/) - "Sharkey is the natural artist, performing his magic for nothing but love." - Wolcott Gibbs, the New Yorker Sharkey tells the compelling story of an unusually gifted, trained sea lion who shared the stage with practically every important performer of the first half of the twentieth century-from Bob Hope to Ella Fitzgerald, from Broadway to Hollywood and
- [Deal: Iori Kusano](https://maassagency.com/deal-iori-kusano/) - Iori Kusano's novella HYBRID HEART has been acquired by dave ring at Neon Hemlock in a World English deal via Jennifer Jackson. Rei is a pop idol in near future Japan with middling success trying to push forward in her solo career despite competition from Vocaloid-style digital singers. Haunted by both guilt and the insidious manipulations of
- [Deal: Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/deal-premee-mohamed-7/) - Author of THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS Premee Mohamed's NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, their first collection of short fiction, to Michael Kelly at Undertow Publications, for publication in May 2023, by Michael Curry
- [Review: Trouble with the Cursed by Kim Harrison](https://maassagency.com/review-trouble-with-the-cursed-by-kim-harrison/) - Publishers Weekly: Following 2020’s Million Dollar Demon, the 17th installment of Harrison’s Hollows series proves that heroine Rachel Morgan’s adventures are far from over, with a new set of complications expanding her circle of influence and magical skills. After transforming the vampire Constance into a mouse, witch-born demon Rachel acts in her name while secretly running Cincinnati
- [March Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-subsidiary-rights-deals-5/) - Audio rights to Emily Childs's LOVE AND ROCK series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, at auction, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).
- [March Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/march-translation-rights-deals-3/) - French rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's CROWBONES, a novel of the Others, to Bragelonne, by Megan Husain at the Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. German rights to Lara Elena Donnelly's AMBERLOUGH, to Cross Cult, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier,
- [Deal: Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/deal-premee-mohamed-6/) - Nebula Award-nominated author Premee Mohamed's WE SPOKE THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN and THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES, two novellas continuing the stories of Reid and Henryk from THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS, to Jen Albert at ECW Press for publication in 2023 and 2024 by Michael Curry.
- [Starred Review:  The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-void-ascendant-by-premee-mohamed/) - Publishers Weekly: Mohamed’s stunning finale to her Beneath the Rising cosmic-horror trilogy (after A Broken Darkness) reunites readers with Nick Prasad following the implosion of his former friend Joanna “Johnny” Chambers’s last-ditch plan to save the Earth from the Ancient Ones. Thrown through dimensions, Nick lands on a faraway planet that did not resist the Ancient
- [Congratulations to Anne Bishop!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-anne-bishop-10/) - Congratulations to Anne Bishop! CROWBONES debuts at #17 on the USA Today bestseller list.
- [Deal: Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/deal-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller-6/) - Sharon Lee (left) and Steve Miller (right) Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's next three novels in the epic Liaden Universe ® series, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen in a six-figure deal by Jennifer Jackson.
- [Paper Doll Lina by Robyn Lucas](https://maassagency.com/paper-doll-lina-by-robyn-lucas/) - One rip is all it takes to expose the devastating truth behind a seemingly perfect life. Lina Henry is a wife and mother who likens herself to a pretty paper doll. She lives in a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs. Her husband, David, is a well-to-do investment banker. She’s raised two wonderful teenagers. To
- [The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/the-annual-migration-of-clouds-by-premee-mohamed/) - A novella set in post–climate disaster Alberta; a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home or stay and help rebuild her community. The world is nothing like it once was: climate disasters have wracked the continent, causing food shortages, ending industry, and leaving little behind.
- [2021 British Science Fiction Association Shortlist](https://maassagency.com/2021-british-science-fiction-association-shortlist/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger for her inclusion in the 2021 British Science Fiction Association Shortlist: Best Book for Young Readers A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- [Deal: Ellen O'Clover](https://maassagency.com/deal-ellen-oclover/) - Tara Weikum at HarperTeen has preempted Ellen O'Clover's debut novel Seven Percent of Ro Devereux. When her senior project—a future-predicting app based on the game MASH—goes viral, 18-year-old Ro and her app-selected match/ex-best friend Miller become the public faces of a phenomenon that spirals out of control. Publication is set for winter 2023; Katie Shea Boutillier did
- [2021 Nebula Award Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2021-nebula-award-nominees/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been chosen as 2021 Nebula Award Nominees! Nebula Award for Novel Machinehood, S.B. Divya (Saga) Nebula Award for Novella And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock) The Necessity of Stars, E. Catherine Tobler (Neon Hemlock) Nebula Award for Short Story “Proof by Induction”,
- [Review: Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes](https://maassagency.com/review-heroic-hearts-by-jim-butcher-and-kerrie-l-hughes/) - Library Journal: In this new collection, editors Butcher and Hughes introduce a dozen short stories by some of today’s best urban fantasy writers. Standouts include Anne Bishop’s “The Dark Ship,” where, across the ocean from her tales of the Others, an act from a young woman brings her, and her town’s troubles, to the attention
- [2021 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot](https://maassagency.com/2021-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/) - Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw for her inclusion in the 2021 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH was chosen in the Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.
- [Destiny of the Dead by Kel Kade](https://maassagency.com/destiny-of-the-dead-by-kel-kade/) - Destiny of the Dead is the second novel in a genre-bending series from New York Times bestselling author Kel Kade. The God of Death is tired of dealing with the living, so he’s decided everyone should die. And he’s found allies. The Berru, an empire of dark mages, has unleashed a terrifying army of monstrous lyksvight upon everyone
- [Crowbones by Anne Bishop](https://maassagency.com/crowbones-by-anne-bishop/) - In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer—before it’s too late.… Crowbones will gitcha if you don’t watch out! Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a
- [Deal: Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/deal-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren-2/) - Victoria Fulton (left) and Faith McClaren (right) Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren's ELLIE IS COOL NOW, in which a TV writer who didn't peak in high school is given the ultimatum by her boss to go to her 10-year reunion or lose her big break, and takes the bait to (hopefully) prove once and for
- [February Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-subsidiary-rights-deals-8/) - Audio rights to New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher's new novella THE LAW, with the author to narrate, to Kate Runde at Podium Publishing, in a six-figure deal, at auction, by Michael Curry and Jennifer Jackson. Limited edition rights to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press. Audio rights to USA Today bestselling author LJ Andrews's THE BROKEN
- [February Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/february-translation-rights-deals-3/) - French rights to Sturgeon Award finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Bragelonne, by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry. Russian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir's NONA THE NINTH, the third book in the Locked Tomb series, to Eksmo, by Alexander Korzhenevski at Alexander
- [Starred Review: Second Spear by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-second-spear-by-kerstin-hall/) - Booklist: The second book in Hall’s Mkalis Cycle will not disappoint readers of her standout fantasy The Border Keeper (2019). When readers reenter this rich, complex world of twisting godly politics and rule-based realms, Hall zooms them in on Tyn. She’s still recovering from the last book’s events, hurt and reeling, trying to balance new revelations
- [Review: The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/review-the-embroidered-book-by-kate-heartfield/) - The Guardian: An absorbing novel.... Heartfield sustains a fine balance between history and fantasy.
- [Review: Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-howl-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Publishers Weekly: Hutchinson writes with poignancy, urgency, and compassion.
- [Deal: Michael Livingston](https://maassagency.com/deal-michael-livingston-5/) - Tor Books is proud to announce the acquisition Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan by Michael Livingston, including a foreword by Harriet McDougal, by Robert Davis via Paul Stevens. The UK and Commonwealth rights were acquired by Bella Pagan, Publishing Director of Pan Macmillan’s Tor imprint. Take a deep
- [Review: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://maassagency.com/review-locklands-by-robert-jackson-bennett/) - Publishers Weekly: Gods collide in the high octane finale to Bennett’s epic fantasy Founders Trilogy,… Bennett advances the plot precipitously and raises his characters’ power levels to the “nigh-incomprehensible,” but the grounding themes of family and love as Sancia and Berenice risk their happiness to save the world, are what readers will take away.
- [2021 Locus Recommended Reading List](https://maassagency.com/2021-locus-recommended-reading-list/) - Congratulations to our DMLA authors on the 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List! Novels – Science Fiction The Second Shooter, Nick Mamatas (Solaris) Noor, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW) Perhaps The Stars, Ada Palmer (Tor; Ad Astra) Novels – Fantasy Soulstar, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom) The Mask of Mirrors, M.A. Carrick (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Novels – Horror A Broken
- [2022 Audie Award Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2022-audie-award-finalists/) - Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir! Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower, narrated by Moira Quirk, published by Recorded Books, has been selected as a 2022 Audie Award Finalists in the Fantasy category.
- [Deal: Michael Livingston](https://maassagency.com/deal-michael-livingston-4/) - Michael Livingston Award-winning historians Myke Cole and Michael Livingston's THE KILLING GROUND: A BIOGRAPHY OF THERMOPYLAE, in which the authors explore why tens of thousands of people were willing to die for this tiny, out-of-the-way place, the site of dozens of battles stretching from the 5th century BC to World War II, to Kate Moore
- [The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield](https://maassagency.com/the-embroidered-book-by-kate-heartfield/) - A sweeping historical epic with a thread of magic, perfect for readers of THE FAMILIARS, THE BINDING, and THE MINIATURIST. 'Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that's all' 1768. Charlotte arrives in Naples to marry a man she
- [Base Notes by Lara Elena Donelly](https://maassagency.com/base-notes-by-lara-elena-donelly/) - A lasting impression is worth killing for. In New York City everybody needs a side hustle, and perfumer Vic Fowler has developed a delicate art that has proved to be very lucrative: creating bespoke scents that evoke immersive memories―memories that, for Vic’s clients, are worth killing for. But the city is expensive, and these days
- [Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren](https://maassagency.com/horror-hotel-by-victoria-fulton-and-faith-mcclaren/) - This addictive YA horror about a group of teen ghost hunters who spend the night in a haunted LA hotel is The Blair Witch Project for the TikTok generation. Enjoy your stay... When the YouTube-famous Ghost Gang—Chrissy, Chase, Emma, and Kiki—visit a haunted LA hotel notorious for tragedy to secretly film after dark, they expect it to
- [You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen](https://maassagency.com/you-truly-assumed-by-laila-sabreen/) - In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths. Sabriya has her whole summer planned out in color-coded glory, but those plans go out the window after a terrorist attack near
- [Congratulations to Nnedi Okorafor!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-nnedi-okorafor/) - Congratulations to Nnedi Okorafor! THE NSIBIDI SCRIPTS has been chosen as a New York Times Children's Best Seller Series!
- [A Liaden Universe Constellation: Volume 5 by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller](https://maassagency.com/a-liaden-universe-constellation-volume-5-by-sharon-lee-and-steve-miller/) - For more than thirty years, the Liaden Universe® novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have captivated readers with their unique blend of action adventure, science fiction, and interpersonal relationships. In addition to twenty-one novels (and counting), Lee and Miller have written dozens of shorter works based in the Liaden Universe®, featuring the strong characterization,
- [January Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to Otherwise Award nominee Amanda Downum's STILL SO STRANGE, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Graphic audio subrights to Ada Palmer's THE WILL TO BATTLE and PERHAPS THE STARS, books 3 and 4 of the Terra Ignota series, to Anji Cornette at GraphicAudio, in a two-book deal, by
- [January Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/january-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Chinese (complex) rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells' NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, and a new novella in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Global Group, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Japanese rights to Donald Maass's THE EMOTIONAL CRAFT OF FICTION: HOW TO WRITE
- [American Library Association 2022 Youth Media Awards](https://maassagency.com/american-library-association-2022-youth-media-awards/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger! A Snake Falls to Earth received a Newbery Honor and Elatsoe received an American Indian Youth Literature Honor.
- [Deal: RA Sinn](https://maassagency.com/deal-ra-sinn/) - Siblings Rachel Hope Cleves and Aram Sinnreich writing as RA Sinn’s SAVEPOINT, near-future SF about a woman who works for a company that uses brain implants to rewind time five seconds — but when a new upgrade is tested, she finds herself moving back in time every day, and only a nonbinary hacker from her
- [The Secrets of Cedar Farm by Carissa Ann Lynch](https://maassagency.com/the-secrets-of-cedar-farm-by-carissa-ann-lynch/) - Behind every family is a story. But some stories are darker than others. Norah Campbell was an addict. The loss of her fiancé drove her to despair; she lost custody of her daughter, Gemma, and control of her life. Now Norah is in recovery and she wants Gemma back. But to do so she must
- [The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka](https://maassagency.com/the-roughest-draft-by-emily-wibberley-and-austin-siegemund-broka/) - They were cowriting literary darlings until they hit a plot hole that turned their lives upside down. Three years ago, Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen were the brightest literary stars on the horizon, their cowritten book topping bestseller lists. But on the heels of their greatest success, they ended their partnership on bad terms,
- [Starred Review: Howl by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-howl-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Booklist: Shortly after moving from Seattle to his father's hometown of Merritt, Florida, Virgil Knox, 15, is attacked by a monster. Barely clinging to his sanity and bleeding copiously from his injuries, he makes his way to a parking lot and collapses. In spite of his wounds, however, people either don't believe him, laugh at
- [Review: A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/review-a-snake-falls-to-earth-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Locus: I've seen Darcie Little Badger's A Snake Falls to Earth described as young-adult fantasy and young-adult science fiction, but it’s really young-adult Indigenous futurism. In a novel full of remarkable things, one of the most remarkable is the narrative itself....The way Little Badger jumped between Oli and Nina, between first and third person, between
- [December Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/december-translation-rights-deals-2/) - 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
- [2021 Hugo Awards](https://maassagency.com/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](https://maassagency.com/deal-james-j-butcher/) - Photo by Weneals Photography 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
- [November Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's STORM FRONT, FOOL MOON, and GRAVE PERIL, the first three books in the Dresden Files series, to Ebhar Publishing, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Dutch rights to Annika Martin's MOST ELIGIBLE BILLIONAIRE and THE BILLIONAIRE'S WAKE-UP-CALL GIRL, to April Books by Emma Lind and Phillip
- [Deal: Jo Ann Brown](https://maassagency.com/deal-jo-ann-brown-2/) - 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.
- [2021 National Book Award Longlist](https://maassagency.com/2021-national-book-award-longlist/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger! A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH is on the longlist for a 2021 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature!
- [Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2021](https://maassagency.com/publishers-weeklys-best-books-of-2021/) - Congratulations to Darcie Little Badger for having A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH chosen as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2021!
- [Starred Review: A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-a-snake-falls-to-earth-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Kirkus: A 16-year-old Lipan Apache girl from Texas and a cottonmouth person from the spirit world connect when both need help. When Nina was 9, her Great-Great-Grandmother Rosita told her a story in Spanish and Lipan Apache. Using dictionaries to painstakingly make sense of the garbled transcription app results, Nina uncovers a mysterious story about
- [A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger](https://maassagency.com/a-snake-falls-to-earth-by-darcie-little-badger/) - Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless
- [Spidertouch by Alex Thomson](https://maassagency.com/spidertouch-by-alex-thomson/) - Enslaved by a mute-race of cruel dictators, Razvan learns their touch-language and works as a translator in order to survive. But war is on the horizon and his quiet life is about to get noisy… When he was a boy, Razvan trained as a translator for the hated Keda, the mute enslavers of his city,
- [The Times's 10 Best Science Fiction Books of 2021](https://maassagency.com/the-timess-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](https://maassagency.com/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
- [Review: Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly](https://maassagency.com/review-base-notes-by-lara-elena-donnelly-2/) - 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
- [The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick](https://maassagency.com/the-liars-knot-by-m-a-carrick/) - Trust is the thread that binds. And the rope that hangs. In Nadežra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city’s filthy alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look. Derossi Vargo has always known. He has
- [Washington Post's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror of 2021](https://maassagency.com/washington-posts-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!
- [Review: Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly](https://maassagency.com/review-base-notes-by-lara-elena-donnelly/) - Publishers Weekly: New York City perfumer Vic Fowler, the narrator of this clever standalone from Donnelly (the Amberlough Dossier series), has a somewhat less respectable sideline—murder for hire. To save his financially strapped perfume business, Vic accepts a contract from Joseph Eisner to kill the three partners in Eisner’s asset management company. A further condition is
- [November Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/november-subsidiary-rights-deals-5/) - Audio rights to Hugo Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear's HAMMERED, SCARDOWN, and WORLDWIRED, to Gregory Souza at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [Deal: W.A. Simpson](https://maassagency.com/deal-w-a-simpson-2/) - Author of forthcoming TINDERBOX W.A. Simpson's sequel, TAROTMANCER, when a Black diviner predicts a dark future and assists a wily shape-shifter in a heist gone wrong, it's up to her to make a deal with a two-faced King to save her friend and the realm from the malevolent Rot, to Don D'Auria at Flame Tree Press, in a
- [Amazon's Best Books of 2021](https://maassagency.com/amazons-best-books-of-2021/) - Congratulations to Martha Wells! FUGITIVE TELEMETRY has been chosen as one of Amazon's Best Books of 2021 in the Science Fiction and Fantasy category!
- [Review: Horror Hotel by Faith McClaren and Victoria Fulton](https://maassagency.com/review-horror-hotel-by-faith-mcclaren-and-victoria-fulton/) - Kirkus: Creepy hotel managers, jump scares, and an overall eerie atmosphere are entertaining, and the plot moves swiftly.... A brief, engaging, and at times grisly mystery that will keep readers guessing.
- [Deal: S.B. Divya](https://maassagency.com/deal-s-b-divya-2/) - Hugo and Nebula nominated author S.B. Divya's MERU and an untitled sequel, in which Jayanthi, a hugely ambitious young woman who dreams of leaving Earth, and Vaha, a post-human pilot struggling to fulfill zir genetic destiny despite repeated failure, must travel together to a newly discovered planet and find that despite their differences, they each
- [Review: The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/review-the-second-shooter-by-nick-mamatas-2/) - Financial Times: Nick Mamatas’s The Second Shooter likewise revels in weirdness, delving into America’s conspiracy theory culture. Mike Karras, a down-at-heel journalist working for a small-press publisher, is carrying out research for a book about mysterious, half-glimpsed additional gunmen whom eyewitnesses claim to have seen at assassinations and mass shootings. Karras’s investigations into the phenomenon
- [Deal: Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/deal-cassandra-khaw-8/) - Cassandra Khaw's THE SALT GROW HEAVY, in which a mermaid joins a strange doctor on a journey through an eerie taiga, and they must embrace the darkest parts of their true nature if they hope to survive, to Kristin Temple at Nightfire, with Ellen Datlow editing, for publication in spring 2023, by Michael Curry.
- [Review: Chloe Cates Is Missing by Mandy McHugh](https://maassagency.com/review-chloe-cates-is-missing-by-mandy-mchugh/) - Publishers Weekly: McHugh’s gripping debut focuses on Jennifer Scarborough, who has been grooming her daughter, Abby, for media stardom for nearly 10 years. Since Abby was four, she has been photographed, videoed, and packaged under the name Chloe Cates in Jennifer’s popular blog, CC and Me. Jennifer, who cherishes her identity as a blogger and entrepreneur,
- [Deal: Jaime Lynn Hendricks](https://maassagency.com/deal-jaime-lynn-hendricks/) - Author of FINDING TESSA and IT COULD BE ANYONE Jaime Lynn Hendricks's I DIDN'T DO IT, when a famous writer is murdered at a national thriller conference, four other authors receive death threats via text and a sinister Twitter account and band together to find out who's behind it, soon finding they're living a thriller
- [Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw-6/) - NPR: Nothing But Blackened Teeth is visually stunning. Of course, a novella is just words but Khaw's command of language in service of an image — their brilliance when it comes to wedding image with emotion — is sheer perfection here, with gorgeous turns of phrase that deepen our understanding of the characters and their
- [Deal: A.J. Hackwith](https://maassagency.com/deal-a-j-hackwith-2/) - Acclaimed Hell’s Library series author A.J. Hackwith's new novel HOLLOW ROAD HOME and its sequel, pitched as a queer, millennial American Gods, about a fae working at a truck stop in Wyoming to hide from her past until she’s blackmailed by a self-taught magician to guide him and his sister—a girl born with a changing map on her skin—across
- [Deal: Mandy McHugh](https://maassagency.com/deal-mandy-mchugh/) - Author of CHLOE CATES IS MISSING, Mandy McHugh's next domestic thriller, PLAY THE FOOL, about a woman who loses everything to her bumbling husband and plots his murder, only to get set up when someone else beats her to it, to Luisa Smith at Scarlet, in a nice deal, by Anne Tibbets.
- [The Undertakers by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/the-undertakers-by-nicole-glover/) - Nothing bothers Hetty and Benjy Rhodes more than a case where the answers, motives, and the murder itself feel a bit too neat. Raimond Duval, a victim of one of the many fires that have erupted recently in Philadelphia, is officially declared dead after the accident, but Hetty and Benjy’s investigation points to a powerful
- [Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer](https://maassagency.com/perhaps-the-stars-by-ada-palmer/) - World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but
- [Deal: Jim Butcher](https://maassagency.com/deal-jim-butcher-8/) - New York Times Bestselling author Jim Butcher sold THE DRESDEN FILES: BIGFOOT, the sixth graphic novel in the ongoing series. Creator Jim Butcher returns alongside co-writer Mark Powers and artist Joe Cooper to re-imagine some hard to find Dresden short stories. Combined with new material, it sees the noted professional wizard taking on a new assignment
- [The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith](https://maassagency.com/the-god-of-lost-words-by-a-j-hackwith/) - To save the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, former librarian Claire and her allies may have to destroy it first. Claire, rakish Hero, angel Rami, and muse-turned-librarian Brevity have accomplished the impossible by discovering the true nature of unwritten books. But now that the secret is out, in its quest for power Hell will
- [The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/the-second-shooter-by-nick-mamatas/) - In the first reports of every mass shooting, there’s always mention of a second shooter—two sets of gunshots, a figure seen fleeing the scene—and they always seem to evaporate as events are pieced together. Commissioned by a fringe publisher to investigate the phenomenon, journalist Mike Karras finds himself tailed by drones, attacked by a talk
- [Review: The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/review-the-death-of-jane-lawrence-by-caitlin-starling/) - New York Times: Caitlin Starling’s THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE is a jewel box of a Gothic novel, one filled with ghosts and sorcery, great stores of romance, medical curiosities and so much galloping about in carriages that there is hardly a moment to catch your breath.
- [Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-cassandra-khaw/) - Congratulations to Cassandra Khaw! NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH debuted on USA Today's Best Selling Book List at #137!
- [October Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to Becker Gray's HELLFIRE CLUB SERIES, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a five-book deal, at auction, to Katie Shea Boutillier. Audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy's THE RELUCTANT BRIDE, THE RUTHLESS GROOM and THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a three-book deal, at auction, to
- [October Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/october-translation-rights-deals/) - German rights to Chelsea Polk's THE MIDNIGHT BARGAIN, to Piper, at auction, by Sarah Knofius at the Thomas Schlueck Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Caitlin McDonald. Spanish rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's THE FOUNDERS TRILOGY, to Trini Vergara, in a three book deal, by Amaiur Fernanadez at International Editors', on behalf of Katie
- [Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw-5/) - Tor.com: Nothing but Blackened Teeth fills the mouth like a big bite of tendon—meat that requires chewing with all the muscle in your jaw, mixing savor with a visceral density. As a novella, of course, “one big bite” is especially apt. At the exact moment the brutality of the climax started to provoke the first
- [Congratulations to Emma Mieko Candon!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-emma-mieko-candon/) - Congratulations to Emma Mieko Candon! STAR WARS: RONIN debuted at #75 on the USA Today bestseller list.
- [Congratulations to Caitlin Starling!](https://maassagency.com/congratulations-to-caitlin-starling/) - Congratulations to Caitlin Starling! THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE debuted at #135 on the USA Today Bestseller list!
- [Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw-4/) - Library Journal: Four friends gather at a Heian-era mansion in the Japanese countryside to celebrate the elopement of two of their group. From the start, something is off. There’s no paper trail of their rental, for reasons the owner makes vague; more unsettling is that this house has a haunted history. A thousand years ago, a
- [Review: The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith](https://maassagency.com/review-the-god-of-lost-words-by-a-j-hackwith/) - Publishers Weekly: Hackwith brings her Hell’s Library series to a vibrant, satisfying conclusion.... As in previous volumes, Hackwith suffuses this story with love in many forms, deep thoughts on reading, and variations on reality.... It’s the perfect finish to this inventive saga, highlighting fun, angsty romance and musing on the nature of storytelling.
- [Starred Review: Paper Doll Lina by Robyn Lucas](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-paper-doll-lina-by-robyn-lucas/) - Library Journal: This is a gripping story with characters that come to life on the page, but it is a difficult, possibly triggering read. The heartbreak of an abusive marriage should be fertile ground for book groups.
- [Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw-3/) - BookPage: Cassandra Khaw’s horror novella Nothing but Blackened Teeth brings readers to Japan, where a wedding of questionable taste is about to unfold. Nadia, who is engaged to Faiz, has decided she wants to be married in a haunted house. The couple’s mega-rich friend Phillip secures a venue for them: a Heian-era mansion in a
- [Review: Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-before-we-disappear-by-shaun-david-hutchinson-2/) - NPR: Shaun David Hutchinson's Before We Disappear begins with a lighter premise: Jack is a pickpocket and magician's assistant. He works for The Enchantress, a stage magician who has stunned audience across Europe with her illusions — while robbing them blind with her scam artist schemes. When they have to flee Paris after unwisely stealing another magician's
- [Review: The Free Bastards by Jonathan French](https://maassagency.com/review-the-free-bastards-by-jonathan-french-2/) - Publishers Weekly: The triumphant conclusion to French’s Lot Lands trilogy (after The True Bastards) thrills with combat and astonishing magic, balanced by skillful character development. Series fans will relish this thoroughly satisfying finale.
- [Review: The Undertakers by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/review-the-undertakers-by-nicole-glover-2/) - Booklist: Hetty Rhodes never met a problem she couldn’t solve. And when she gets into trouble, her husband, Benjy, calms her down and helps her out. But the couple has never faced so many crises at once. There are murders, of course. And arson. A few secret societies. Don’t forget an unintelligible cypher that could
- [Star Wars Visions: Ronin by Emma Mieko Candon](https://maassagency.com/star-wars-visions-ronin-by-emma-mieko-candon/) - A mysterious former Sith wanders the galaxy in this stunning Star Wars tale, an original novel inspired by the world of The Duel from the Star Wars Visions animated anthology. The Jedi are the most loyal servants of the Empire. Two decades ago, Jedi clans clashed in service to feuding lords. Sickened by this endless cycle, a sect of Jedi rebelled,
- [Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw/) - A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company. It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding. A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals
- [The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/the-death-of-jane-lawrence-by-caitlin-starling/) - Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition:
- [Trinity by Dave Bara](https://maassagency.com/trinity-by-dave-bara/) - The Rim rebellion was glorious—and doomed from the start. Brilliant Rim Confederation Navy space ship captain Jared Clement skuttled his career and professional life by joining the rebels against the overwhelming force of the 5 Suns Alliance. The rebel cause was just. That didn’t matter. Ten years later, Clement regrets nothing, but would prefer to
- [September Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-subsidiary-rights-deals-5/) - Audio rights to Alex Bledsoe's DANDELION, to Addi Black at Blackstone, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Paul E. Stevens. Audio rights to Lindsay Portnoy's GAME ON? BRAIN ON!: The Surprising Relationship between Play and Gray, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media by Katie Shea Boutillier.
- [September Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/september-translation-rights-deals/) - Brazilian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett's SHOREFALL, to Morro Branco (Brazil), by Cristina Purchio at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Catalan rights to Nnedi Okorafor's THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, to Raig Verd, by Amaiur Fernandez at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass. Czech rights to Nebula
- [Review: The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-the-all-consuming-world-by-cassandra-khaw/) - NPR: A rag-tag band of criminals must come together for one last heist; of course, they didn't part on good terms after the last job... You might know this story, but you don't yet know it in the hands of Cassandra Khaw. They transform one last heist into The All-Consuming World: a visionary, foul-mouthed, gory sci-fi
- [Starred Review: The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-death-of-jane-lawrence-by-caitlin-starling-2/) - Bookpage: Starling does a magnificent job steering clear of the obvious plot beats in this white-knuckle reading experience. For those who crave intense and detailed gothic horror, or those who just want more Guillermo del Toro a la Crimson Peak vibes in their life, this is a must-read.
- [Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/before-we-disappear-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Jack Nevin’s clever trickery and moral flexibility make him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Europe. Without Jack’s steady supply of stolen tricks, the Enchantress’s fame would have burned out long ago. But when Jack’s thievery catches up to them, they’re forced to flee to America
- [A Darker Reality by Anne Perry](https://maassagency.com/a-darker-reality-by-anne-perry/) - A personal trip turns perilous for Elena Standish after the murder of a British spy forces her to face dark family secrets in this exciting 1930s mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry. On her first trip to Washington, D.C., Elena Standish finally gets to visit her American mother’s wealthy parents and their magnificent home. Elena’s grandparents
- [Starred Review: The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith](https://maassagency.com/starred-review-the-god-of-lost-words-by-a-j-hackwith/) - Library Journal: Hackwith’s poignant, imaginative series sends readers on an amazing journey, with profound prose that will capture hearts and minds.
- [Deal: Vajra Chandrasekera](https://maassagency.com/deal-vajra-chandrasekera/) - Sturgeon Award finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's debut THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, a richly imagined postcolonial fantasy meeting at the point between THE NAME OF THE WIND and THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS, set in an unsane metropolis brimming with history that is on the verge of eruption, to Carl Engle-Laird at Tor.com, in a six-figure
- [Review: The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-the-annual-migration-of-clouds-by-premee-mohamed/) - Booklist: The prolific Mohamed, one of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction, presents a dystopian sf thriller set in her home province of Edmonton, Alberta. A post–climate disaster has ravaged the landscape. Reid, the 19-year-old protagonist, carries a strange parasite that has startling relevance to both the ongoing global pandemic as well as
- [The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/the-seven-visitations-of-sydney-burgess-by-andy-marino/) - Possession is an addiction. Sydney's spent years burying her past and building a better life for herself and her young son. A respectable marketing job, a house with reclaimed and sustainable furniture, and a boyfriend who loves her son and accepts her, flaws and all. But when she opens her front door, and a masked
- [Review: Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson](https://maassagency.com/review-before-we-disappear-by-shaun-david-hutchinson/) - Booklist: Hutchinson’s engaging historical fantasy suffers from the occasional implausibility and loose end, but its strength lies in the captivating relationship between Jack and Wil. Now there’s real magic.
- [Deal: C.L. Polk](https://maassagency.com/deal-c-l-polk-3/) - Photo credit: Blake Rothwell World Fantasy Award winner and author of The Midnight Bargain C. L. Polk's new novella EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END, a queer magical noir story set in 1940s Chicago about an exiled augur who spins her magical talents as a P.I. while she counts down her last few days to live; but
- [The Free Bastards by Jonathan French](https://maassagency.com/the-free-bastards-by-jonathan-french/) - The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy—another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy from the author of The Grey Bastards (“Nonstop action, though not for faint hearts.”—The Wall Street Journal). War has come to the Lot Lands—and Oats stands upon the frontline. The Hisparthan armies on the horizon are mighty, bolstered by
- [2021 Dragon Awards](https://maassagency.com/2021-dragon-awards/) - Congratulations to Jim Butcher! BATTLE GROUND won the 2021 Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal).
- [Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/review-nothing-but-blackened-teeth-by-cassandra-khaw-2/) - Booklist: Khaw turns the haunted house trope on its head with her latest, after The All-Consuming World (2021). The story starts off with Cat, who is celebrating at a wedding party with friends. It doesn't take long for the group to discover that what they think is going to be a night of fun and
- [Review: The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess by Andy Marino](https://maassagency.com/review-the-seven-visitations-of-sydney-burgess-by-andy-marino-2/) - Booklist: This female-driven thriller is in the same vein as Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, and draws inspiration from the unreliable narrators of Dexter and Fight Club. Fans of domestic-suspense novels with psychological undertones, particularly admirers of the works of Tana French, Megan Abbott, and Zoje Stage, will devour this book.
- [Deal: Alex Bledsoe](https://maassagency.com/deal-alex-bledsoe/) - Author of the Tufa Series, Alex Bledsoe's DANDELION, in which a former marine with the ability to cast out demons tries to help a woman who had a botched exorcism, only to discover that there are other, more powerful demons in town, to John G. Hartness at Falstaff Books by Paul E. Stevens.
- [Review: The Free Bastards by Jonathan French](https://maassagency.com/review-the-free-bastards-by-jonathan-french/) - Booklist: French masterfully navigates the twists in this story to reach one startling conclusion after another, keeping the readers on edge throughout.
- [The All-Consuming Word by Cassandra Khaw](https://maassagency.com/the-all-consuming-word-by-cassandra-khaw/) - Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies through the years of a long, dangerous career with the infamous Dirty Dozen, the most storied crew of criminals in the galaxy, at least before their untimely and gruesome demise. Decades later, she and her diverse team of broken, diminished outlaws must get back together
- [August Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-subsidiary-rights-deals-6/) - Audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir's NONA THE NINTH, the third book in the Locked Tomb quartet, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [August Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/august-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Brazilian rights to Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR, to Morro Branco by Cristina Purchio at International Editors', on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. Czech rights to Robert McCammon's BOY'S LIFE, to Dobrovsky, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava i Prevodi on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Czech rights to Neil Sharpson's
- [2021 Dragon Award Nominees](https://maassagency.com/2021-dragon-award-nominees/) - Congratulations to all our DMLA authors who have been nominated for the 2021 Dragon Awards! Best Science Fiction Novel Machine, Elizabeth Bear (Saga) Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Battle Ground, Jim Butcher (Ace) Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
- [Review: The Second Shooter by Nick Mamatas](https://maassagency.com/review-the-second-shooter-by-nick-mamatas/) - Publishers Weekly: When this witty, energetic, and unabashedly odd thriller from Mamatas (Sabbath) begins, hack writer Mike Karras believes that he’s doing research for his crackpot publisher exploring a persistent delusion among witnesses to multiple different mass shootings: that the killer wasn’t the only one firing during the massacre, though no trace of a lurking
- [Review: Star Eater by Kerstin Hall](https://maassagency.com/review-star-eater-by-kerstin-hall-4/) - Locus: This is an exquisitely gripping novel with a bloody, unflinching heart. And yet, for all the intricate brutalities of its worldbuilding, it holds out the hope of revolutionary change. The queerness of Star Eater rests as much in its unsqueamish examination of power relations and the meaty, bloody metaphor of its magical mechanics as
- [Review: The Undertakers by Nicole Glover](https://maassagency.com/review-the-undertakers-by-nicole-glover/) - Publishers Weekly: Glover’s charming sequel to The Conductors digs deeper into the captivating Black society of a post–Civil War Philadelphia that’s infused with celestial magic. Magical married detective duo Hetty and Benjy Rhodes have enjoyed a quiet life of late. Their new funeral home isn’t seeing much business and their most recent case, involving fires spontaneously sparking
- [Review: And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed](https://maassagency.com/review-and-what-can-we-offer-you-tonight-by-premee-mohamed-2/) - Booklist: Mohamed (Beneath the Rising, 2020) offers a new novella with stunning artwork by illustrator Carly A-F. The story starts with a group of courtesans, led by the protagonist, Jewel, who work in a luxurious, high-end brothel. Mix in murder, a lust for revenge, living dead girls, and rituals in an abandoned church to create
- [Review: Paper Doll Lina by Robyn Lucas](https://maassagency.com/review-paper-doll-lina-by-robyn-lucas/) - Booklist: Lucas paints an alarmingly accurate picture of a family held hostage. While at times difficult to read, Lina's journey is ultimately one of hope. Readers will be charmed by Lina and Noah, particularly fans of Olivia Dade's Spoiler Alert (2020), which has a similarly complex love story.
- [Deal: Tamsyn Muir](https://maassagency.com/deal-tamsyn-muir-4/) - New York Times bestselling author Tamysn Muir will expand her Locked Tomb series with an additional volume, NONA THE NINTH. Continuing the Locked Tomb series, which began with 2019’s Gideon the Ninth and followed with 2020's Harrow the Ninth, the new book will publish in Fall 2022, with Alecto the Ninth to follow in Fall 2023. Tordotcom Publishing, an imprint of Macmillan
- [Review: When the Sparrow Falls by Neil Sharpson](https://maassagency.com/review-when-the-sparrow-falls-by-neil-sharpson-3/) - The Times: Nikolai South is a policeman working for StaSec, the state security organ of the Caspian Republic. Covering roughly the territory of present-day Azerbaijan, the republic is a last, lonely redoubt of undigitised humanity, but it’s hardly the beacon of freedom its founders intended. The novel opens with South’s inspection of two suicides. The young,
- [2021 British Fantasy Awards Shortlist](https://maassagency.com/2021-british-fantasy-awards-shortlist/) - Congratulations to Premee Mohamed on her nomination to the 2021 British Fantasy Awards Shortlist! Best Horror Novel (The August Derleth Award) Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed (Rebellion)
- [July Subsidiary Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-subsidiary-rights-deals-7/) - Audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells's EMILIE AND THE HOLLOW WORLD and EMILIE AND THE SKY WORLD, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
- [July Translation Rights Deals](https://maassagency.com/july-translation-rights-deals-2/) - Bulgarian rights to British Fantasy Award finalist Cassandra Khaw's NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH, to Ciela Norma, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry. German rights to New York Times Bestselling author Jim Butcher's and Evil Hat LLC's Dresden Files RPG Accelerated to Dominik Pielarski at Polyarchische Bruderschaft der Schwarzen Bibliothek by Jennifer Jackson. German
- [2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalists](https://maassagency.com/2021-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/) - Congratulations to C.L. Polk for being chosen as a 2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalist! Best Novel The Midnight Bargain, C.L. Polk (Erewhon/Orbit UK)

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- [Clients: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror](https://maassagency.com/clients-science-fiction-fantasy/) - Katherine Addison LJ Andrews Jotham Austin, II MH Ayinde Dave Bara Sonya Bateman Elizabeth Bear Jacey Bedford Steve Bein Robert Jackson Bennett Randall Bills Anne Bishop JJ Blacklocke Jennifer Blackstream ## Emily Blackwood ## Alex Bledsoe J.A. Bradley Paula Brandon Sierra Branham Patricia Bray Cheryl Brin Troy Bucher Chris Bucholz Sue Burke James J. Butcher
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- [Dylan Haston](https://maassagency.com/dylan-haston/) - Dylan Haston joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2024 as a Reader and Assistant to Cameron McClure, and in 2025 transitioned to their current role as Assistant Literary Agent. They continue to assist Cameron McClure. They specialize in fiction and are interested in projects that engage in any way with science-fictional, fantastical, speculative, weird, queer,
- [Cameron McClure](https://maassagency.com/cameron-mcclure/) - Cameron McClure specializes in adult fiction. She is especially looking for projects that combine genre style plotting with literary quality writing. She’s up for anything speculative, and is interested in seeing all types of science-fiction and fantasy, mystery and suspense, horror, and projects with queer and neurodivergent characters. Some of her clients include Robert Jackson
- [Michael Curry](https://maassagency.com/michael-curry/) - Michael Curry joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2012, where he started as the assistant to Jennifer Jackson. His list of clients currently includes USA Today bestseller and Stoker Award winner Cassandra Khaw, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed, Newbery Honor, Nebula, and Locus Award winner Darcie Little Badger, Hugo and World
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- [Anne Tibbets](https://maassagency.com/anne-tibbets/) - Anne Tibbets joined DMLA in 2021. She represents adult commercial genre, primarily thrillers, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. A screenwriter, former bookseller, and published author, Anne lives in California and has a BA in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton. Submissions: Anne Tibbets does not accept email queries. BEWARE IMPOSTERS: Anne will not
- [Clients: Romance & Women's Fiction](https://maassagency.com/clients-womens-fiction/) - Iram Ali Patricia Bray Jo Ann Brown Emily Childs* Donna Conrad Judy Corser Leah Collum Dangerous Press ## Rebekah Faubion JoAnn Ferguson Amber Fisher Ada Harper Kristin Heitzmann Alta Hensley Lori Herter Karla Hocker (estate) Gina Holmes Tosca Lee Robyn Lucas Joanne Machin Felicia Mason Eliza Maxwell Molly O'Keefe ## Suzanne Robinson Skye Warren #
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- [Donald Maass](https://maassagency.com/donald-maass/) - Donald Maass founded the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York in 1980. He is the author of The Career Novelist (1996), Writing the Breakout Novel (2001), Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (2004), The Fire in Fiction (2009), The Breakout Novelist (2011), Writing 21st Century Fiction (2012) and The Emotional Craft of Fiction (2019). He is a past president of the Association of
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- [Jennifer Jackson](https://maassagency.com/jennifer-jackson/) - Literary agent specializing in genre fiction. Representing a talented list of established and emerging authors. Saving the world, one book sale at a time.
- [Jennifer Goloboy](https://maassagency.com/jennifer-goloboy/) - Jennie Goloboy joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2017, after six years at a Twin Cities-based literary agency. She has a PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard, and published a book based on her dissertation, Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era, in 2016. Her novel, Obviously
- [Katie Shea Boutillier](https://maassagency.com/katie-shea/) - Katie Shea Boutillier joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2011. She is the Vice President and Rights Director where she handles the agency’s translation and audio rights in addition to agenting. Katie is committed to helping her clients achieve their long-term career goals and loves to collaborate with them on editorial and early development.
- [Jolene Haley](https://maassagency.com/jolene-haley/) - Jolene Haley joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2022. She has been in the publishing industry since 2012 on both the publisher and agency sides in editorial, marketing, publicity, contracts, and agent positions. She has worked for literary agencies such as Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and The Bent Agency. Her well-rounded experience and extensive
- [Caitlin McDonald](https://maassagency.com/caitlin-mcdonald/) - Caitlin McDonald joined DMLA in 2015, after five years at Sterling Lord Literistic. She represents adult and young adult speculative fiction, primarily science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and related subgenres. She is also seeking graphic novels along the same lines as above. Caitlin looks for diversity in all projects, and is most drawn to unique, evocative narratives and
- [Kiana Nguyen](https://maassagency.com/kiana-nguyen/) - Kiana Nguyen joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2016, where she assisted several agents, and is now building her own client list. She is seeking YA fiction across genres, particularly those with POC and queer voices. She is also interested in Adult romance and domestic suspense thrillers. Submissions: Looking for: - Dark, twisty narratives that
- [Kat Kerr](https://maassagency.com/kat-kerr/) - Kat joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2019. She graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors in English in 2009 and is drawn to literary and commercial voices within the adult and YA markets, as well as adult nonfiction. Kat feels strongly about supporting programs like We Need Diverse Books and is passionate about
- [Books on Writing](https://maassagency.com/books-on-writing/) - Books by Donald Maass The Emotional Craft of Fiction Order from: Indiebound BarnesandNoble.com Amazon.com Publisher Available in both print and ebook While writers might disagree over showing versus telling or plotting versus pantsing, none would argue this: If you want to write strong fiction, you must make your readers feel. The reader's experience
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- [DMLA Policy on Independent Editors](https://maassagency.com/dmla-policy-on-independent-editors/) - In recent years independent editors, who work directly with authors, have become an established part of the publishing industry. Many are former in-house editors. Their services range from line editing to story development to rewriting to ghost writing. Most independent editors are reputable and good. Unfortunately, some sell services that are unnecessary or ineffective. A
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