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October Translation Deals

Oct 312014
 

earthItalian kiosk rights to Lynda Robinson’s MURDER IN THE PLACE OF ANUBIS, to Fabbri, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

Italian rights to Thea Harrison’s SERPENT’S KISS, Book 3 of the Elder Races series, to Fanucci, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

French rights to Anne Bishop’s MURDER OF CROWS, Book 2 of the Others series, to Bragelonne, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Portuguese rights to Anne Bishop’s WRITTEN IN RED, Book 1 of the Others series, to Saida de Emergencia, by Isabel Monteagudo at International Editors’ Co., in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Brazilian rights to Chuck Wendig’s BLACKBIRDS, to Leya, in a nice deal, in a six-book deal, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Stacia Decker.

Review: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Oct 272014
 

Cover for City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. A grey, hooded figure looms in a cloudy sky. Below him is a city at night, full of skyscrapers and lighted windows.New York Times: “Readers seeking a truly refreshing fantasy milieu should travel to Bulikov, and welcome its conquest.”

Read the full New York Times Book Review of City of Stairs here.

September Subsidiary Rights Deals

Sep 302014
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Robert Sheckley’s short story collection, UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS, to Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, by Cameron McClure.

September Translation Deals

Sep 302014
 

A photo of planet Earth from space.Czech rights to Jim Butcher’s White Night and Small Favor, the 9th and 10th novels in the Dresden Files series, to Triton by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Host, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Cameron McClure.

Italian rights to Karl Schroeder’s QUEEN OF CANDESCE and PIRATE SUN, Books 1 and 2 of the Virga series, to Zona 42, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure.

Russian rights to Jim Butcher’s SKIN GAME, the 15th book in the Dresden Files series, along with a renewal of Russian rights to GHOST STORY from the same series, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Simplified Chinese rights to Chuck Wendig’s BLACKBIRDS, MOCKINGBIRD, and THE CORMORANT, the first three books in the Miriam Black series, in a nice deal, at auction, to Beijing White Horse Time by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Stacia Decker.

Brazilian rights to Shaun David Hutchinson’s THE FIVE STAGES OF ANDREW BRAWLEY, to Record, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Amy Boggs.

Brazilian rights to Randy Henderson’s FINN FANCY NECROMANCY, to Record, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

French rights to award-winning author Jo Walton’s HA’PENNY and HALF A CROWN, Books 2 and 3 of the Small Change trilogy, to Denoël, by Pierre Corman at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure.

French rights to Thea Harrison’s KINKED and NIGHT’S HONOR, Books 6 and 7 in the Elder Races series, to J’ai Lu, in a two-book deal, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

French rights to Thea Harrison’s novellas THE WICKED, DRAGOS TAKES HOLIDAYS, PIA SAVES THE WORLD and PEANUT GOES TO SCHOOL, to J’ai Lu, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

Deal: Camille Griep

Sep 262014
 

Photo of author Camille GriepDebut author Camille Griep’s LETTERS TO ZELL, an epistolary novel that is part fantasy, part women’s fiction, about four fairy tale princesses who are disillusioned with their Happily Ever Afters and decide instead to live the lives they actually want instead of the lives they are expected to lead, until their decisions threaten to destroy the whole Realm of the Imagination, to Jason Kirk at 47 North, by Cameron McClure for publication in Spring 2015.

Review: Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck by Amy Alkon

Sep 252014
 

Cover for Amy Alkon's Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say Fuck. Plain white cover with black and red text above a silverware setting of a knife, spoon, and fork. The fork's middle tine is longer than the rest, so it's flipping the bird.Library Journal: Solid psychology and a wealth of helpful knowledge and rapier wit fill these pages. Highly recommended. The main problem with etiquette books is that the people who need them don’t read them. Alkon, who writes the award-winning syndicated column “Ask Amy,” not only tells readers what good manners are but also provides useful suggestions for politely calling offenders’ attention to their rudeness. And she does this in a ferociously funny style–it’s worth a read for the laughs alone. There is nothing here of the proper arrangement of table settings, nor of how to address a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury; rather Alkon deals with modern problems in interpersonal relationships, such as how civilized people should act when standing in lines, on airplanes, online and elsewhere. In addition, she offers very dependable, sensible, caring advice to those whose friends or family are coping with terminal illness.

Deal: Robert McCammon

Sep 242014
 
Photo credit: Robert McCammonTrade paperback rights to three of Robert McCammon’s backlist titles: THEY THIRST, BLUE WORLD, and THE HUNTER FROM THE WOODS, to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press, to be published simultaneously in mid 2015.

Review: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Sep 192014
 

Cover for City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. A grey, hooded figure looms in a cloudy sky. Below him is a city at night, full of skyscrapers and lighted windows.Washington Post: Robert Jackson Bennett’s City of Stairs is a delightful urban fantasy that travels through a city full of Escher-like staircases and alternate realities.

To read the Washington Post‘s full review of City of Stairs, go here.

Review: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Sep 122014
 

Cover for City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. A grey, hooded figure looms in a cloudy sky. Below him is a city at night, full of skyscrapers and lighted windows.NPR: Bennett is plainly a writer in love with the world he has built — and with good cause. It’s a great world, original and unique, with a scent and a texture, a sense of deep, bloody history, and a naturally-blended magic living in the stones.

Read more of NPR’s review of City of Stairs here.

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett

Sep 092014
 

Cover for City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. A grey, hooded figure looms in a cloudy sky. Below him is a city at night, full of skyscrapers and lighted windows.The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions—until its divine protectors were killed. Now Bulikov has become just another colonial outpost of the world’s new geopolitical power, but the surreal landscape of the city itself—first shaped, now shattered, by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it—stands as a constant, haunting reminder of its former supremacy.

Into this broken city steps Shara Thivani. Officially, the unassuming young woman is just another junior diplomat sent by Bulikov’s oppressors. Unofficially, she is one of her country’s most accomplished spies, dispatched to catch a murderer. But as Shara pursues the killer, she starts to suspect that the beings who ruled this terrible place may not be as dead as they seem—and that Bulikov’s cruel reign may not yet be over.

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