Jo Ann Ferguson writing as Jo Ann Brown’s AN AMISH HOMECOMING, the first in new series “Close to Paradise,” to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a six-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.
Dec 122014
December 12, 2014
Dec 052014
Shaun David Hutchinson’s WE ARE THE ANTS, about a boy who is (maybe) abducted by aliens and told the world will end in 144 days unless he pushes a big red button, but in the aftermath of his boyfriend’s suicide, he’s not sure the world is worth saving, again to Michael Strother at Simon Pulse, in a two-book deal, by Amy Boggs.
December 5, 2014
Dec 042014
Wen Spencer’s THE BLACK WOLVES OF BOSTON, about a werewolf victim, a vampire of vampires and a half-angel girl child teaming up in Boston to fight a huntsman, a creature created by witches, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen, by Donald Maass.
December 4, 2014
Dec 022014
Les Klinger and Laura Caldwell’s ANATOMY OF INNOCENCE, a non-fiction anthology of the stories of exonerees told by well-known mystery writers, all proceeds going to Life After Innocence, to Bob Weil at W.W. Norton, by Donald Maass.
December 2, 2014
Nov 052014
Matthew C. Funk’s The City of NO, a mesmerizing literary debut in which a rogue cop in post-Katrina New Orleans will do anything to save young women targeted by human traffickers, while hunting the men who once exploited her, to Richard Thomas at Dark House by Stacia Decker.
November 5, 2014
Nov 042014
Robert McCammon’s novella THE LAST TRAIN FROM PERDITION, a sequel to his novella I TRAVEL BY NIGHT, about Civil War veteran and half-vampire gunslinger Trevor Lawson who is searching for the vampire queen LaRouge, the one who turned him, so he can recapture his humanity, to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press by Cameron McClure.
November 4, 2014
Oct 302014
Anne Perry’s 31st novel in the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series, 22nd novel in the Inspector Monk series, and 14th Christmas novella to Susanna Porter at Ballantine, by Donald Maass.
October 30, 2014
Oct 232014
Jay Stringer’s WAYS TO DIE IN GLASGOW, a dark but farcical Scottish crime novel featuring a reluctant female P.I., her gay brother, a gangland legend writing his memoirs, an ex-con with an anger management problem, and a less-than-perfect police officer, to Emilie Marneur at Thomas & Mercer, by Stacia Decker.
October 23, 2014
Oct 212014
For Simon & Schuster’s new SF imprint, Saga Press, Joe Monti took world English rights, in a six-book deal, to Chuck Wendig’s Miriam Black series. The books follow the titular heroine, who is cursed with the ability to see the death of every person she touches. Through the deal, Saga will release the three backlist titles in the series—Blackbirds, Mockingbird, and The Cormorant (all originally released by Angry Robot)—first as e-books, then as trade paperbacks. The deal also covers three new titles. The books are currently in development as a TV series with the cable channel Starz. Wendig was represented by Stacia Decker.
October 21, 2014
Oct 092014
Michael Strother at Simon Pulse has pre-empted world English rights to Violent Ends, a novel with 17 authors, edited by Shaun David Hutchinson, author of the upcoming The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley. The story centers on a 16-year-old school shooter, with each chapter set at a time before the shooting and told by characters who knew him, trying to answer one question: Why? Contributing authors include Kendare Blake, Steve Brezenoff, Delilah Dawson, Trish Doller, Margie Gelbwasser, Christine Johnson, E.M. Kokie, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Tom Leveen, Hannah Moskowitz, Elisa Nader, Beth Revis, Mindi Scott, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, Courtney Summers, Blythe Woolston. Fall 2015 is the projected pub date; Amy Boggs negotiated the deal.
October 9, 2014