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September Subsidiary Rights Deals

Sep 302025
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio 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 4 in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries, now an Apple+ series. Brian Sweany at Recorded Books secured the rights in a pre-empt in a significant deal negotiated by Jennifer Jackson.