Audio rights to Molly Tanzer’s FERRY-LOUPERS, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, on behalf of Cameron McClure (World English).
Audio rights to Elle Madison’s A Legacy of Broken Thrones series, to Julie Constantine at Podium Audio, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA).
French rights to Rachel Reiss’s SECONDS TO SPARE, to Larousse Jeunesse, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
German rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ WITCH KING and QUEEN DEMON, the first two books in the Rising World trilogy, to Cross Cult, by Sarah Knofius at the Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
Ukrainian rights to British Fantasy Award winner Simon Jimenez’s THE VANISHED BIRDS, to Publishing Company Lobster LLC, by Tamara Vukićević at Prava i Prevodi in association with Michael Curry.
Hungarian rights to LJ Andrews’ THE STOLEN CROWN, to Kossuth, by Nada Popovic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
Hungarian rights to Aggie Blum Thompson’s YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, to Kossuth, by Nada Popovic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Portuguese rights to Aggie Blum Thompson’s YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, to Porto, by Estel Margenat at International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Spanish rights to Jo Walton’s EVERYBODY’S PERFECT, by Estel Margenat at International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, for Cameron McClure.
Thai rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s THE FOUNDERS TRILOGY, to Jamsai, by Thansinee Jittamanonkul at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, for Cameron McClure.
Ukrainian rights Micaiah Johnson’s THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS, to Lobster, by Tamara Vukicevic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency, for Cameron McClure.
Ukrainian rights to Aggie Blum Thompson’s SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY, YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, and THE NEIGHBORS ARE WATCHING, to Family Leisure Club, by Nada Popovic at Prava i Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
A house, itself, is nothing. It’s not a shelter until it is sheltering someone. A house is a housefire, waiting for its match. A house is a ghost story, waiting for its death.
At the end of the Civil War, a daughter of the Confederacy made what she thought was an innocent wish: to build a house where nothing bad could happen. But peace came at a price, and one hundred and seventy years later Shantell and her friends are about to discover where all that darkness ended up.
When Shantell’s best friend, Avery, tells her he has inherited a house big enough to make their dreams of a sanctuary come true, she’s too cautious to be optimistic. A lifetime of loss — her father to the Iraq war, her brother to police violence, and her mother to suicide — has taught her cynicism, and even though Avery swears the house has never experienced a tragedy, she goes along expecting everything from black mold to evil spirits.
But not only is the house in better shape than they’d expected, it makes them better too: Shantell’s anxiety stops flaring up; terminally shallow Avery is suddenly capable of deeper emotions; and Tobias, Avery’s older brother and the contractor for the job, even quits chain smoking.
There’s an eeriness to the calm, and it’s almost a relief when they realize they do not walk alone in Abernathy House. If nothing bad has ever happened here, where are all these ghosts coming from? As they dig into the house’s history, Shantell, Avery, and Tobias discover that there’s only one thing worse than a house that’s haunted: a house that desperately wants to be.
Publishers Weekly: Impossible shadows visible even in darkness, a Friends rerun that diverges creepily from the episode that originally aired, and reflections in a mirror that lag behind reality—these are just some of the unsettling phenomena that Marino (The Swarm) lobs at lovers Mara and Soren after they move into an old house in the Catskills in this masterful work of subtle horror. The couple connected instantly during their first meeting at a bar, especially bonding over their mutual conception of a mysterious “higher power” unattached to any church. Now they intend to set up their new home as an informal commune, advertising to “Dreamers, Seekers, Charlatans, Theorists, Dropouts, Lovers, Runaways, Fiends, Misfits, and everyone in between (but please, no poets, we have to draw the line somewhere): You are cordially invited to a new evolution. Live how you want to live with room to grow wild and free in all directions.” Gradually, the house fills up with a motley group of strangers, even as Soren’s efforts to connect with the Great Other, the entity he credits with inspiring his social experiment, yield more than the desired transcendence. Marino’s prose is striking and evocative, elevating haunted house tropes and creating an undeniable sense of creeping dread. This is a stunner.
Congratulations to our DMLA authors for their 2026 Hugo Awards!
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Audio rights to Ada Palmer’s AND LOKI IN HIS PRISON and AND ODIN IN HIS TREE, the Norse duology, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
We’re excited to share that DON’T CROSS MO ELLERY by Birdie Horne rings in at #118 on the USA Today Bestseller list!
A laugh-out-loud mystery following the indomitable hot mess Mo Ellery, whose job as a school crossing guard pulls her into an unhinged murder investigation.
Booklist: Avery and Shantell have been friends for decades, while the two fear Tobias, Avery’s older brother, who has uncontrolled anger. Avery takes care of and protects Shantell, who struggles with agoraphobia. They move from the city to a house in Mississippi that has been in Avery’s family for some time. The plan is that over the course of the summer, Shantell, Avery, and Avery’s girlfriend Emily will stay there and work on the house with the help of Tobias, who is a contractor. Once in the house, Shantell and Avery see a figure in the hallway. It doesn’t seem to want to hurt them, but certainly freaks them out. Horror fans will love the method of storytelling employed in this book as the reader is routinely invited into the mind of the haunting, which nearly takes over the narration. It becomes a voyeuristic experience as both side of events are clear. This is a unique and fascinating way to tell a haunted house story that will appeal to fans of this trope and genre.”
In an exclusive essay, Birdie Horne — the pen name of author team Eden Robins and MW Garguilo — reflect on their debut co-written novel ‘Don’t Cross Mo Ellery’ in this exclusive feature in People Magazine!
“The story of how we went from being mortal enemies to writing a comedy murder mystery novel together is worthy of its own novel.”
Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett as A TRADE OF BLOOD comes in at #10 on the NYT Bestseller list!
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.