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
Congratulations to all the DMLA authors whose titles were named a GoodReads Editor’s Top Genre Pick for the past five years!
Fantasy
Horror
The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards nominees were announced and we’re excited for our DMLA authors on the list!
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction
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 her friend and fellow author Zackheim (The Bone Weaver). The seventh installment in Perry’s Daniel Pitt series (following The Fourth Enemy) is set in pre–World War I England and features barrister Pitt, son of Thomas and Charlotte, and his brilliant pathologist wife Miriam. Readers follow Daniel as he’s thrown into two separate high-stakes murder cases: one, an ongoing sensational London murder trial; the other, the puzzling murder and assault of his law partner’s parents in rural Ipswich. The tension between the two cases drives the story as Daniel is torn between the murders, the locations, and doubts about his abilities. VERDICT Even after more than 100 books, Perry’s storytelling skills were sharp until the end. The strong storyline, intricate plotting, incisive exploration of social issues, and Perry’s trademark active prose make this one of her best. A highly recommended addition to all historical detective fiction collections.
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)!
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 in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
French renewal rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s CURSOR’S FURY and CAPTAIN’S FURY, books 3 and 4 in the Codex Alera series, to Bragelonne, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
French rights to Nalo Hopkinson’s MIDNIGHT ROBBER, to La Volte, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass.
Hebrew rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ ROGUE PROTOCOL and EXIT STRATEGY, the third and fourth installments in the Murderbot Diaries series, to Modan, by Beverley Levit at The Israeli Association Of Book Publishers Ltd in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.
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 audio rights to LJ Andrews’s THE EVER QUEEN and THE MIST THIEF, to Noa Rosen at Theleme, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
German rights to Gretchen Powell Fox’s Shattered Crown series, to Vajosh, in a three-book deal, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
Italian audio rights to LJ Andrews’ CURSE OF SHADOWS AND THORNS, to Egmont Saga, for audio rights, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
Spanish rights to Gretchen Powell Fox’s Shattered Crown series, to Ediciones SM, in a preempt, in a three-book deal, by Elena Rodriguez at International Editors & Yanez, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.
Ukrainian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Founders Trilogy, to Apriori, in a three-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
Ukrainian rights to Eden Robins’ REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE, to Lobster, by Nada Popovic at Prava i Prevodi on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.
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 of in her 2014 National Book Awards speech—realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now.
This year, eight shortlisted books were chosen by the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation following a public nomination process.
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 NEARLY DEPARTED – Jose Pable Iriarte
Outstanding Novella
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST – Premee Mohamed
Outstanding Novelette
A STRANGRER KNOCKS – Tananarive Due
Best Creative Nonfiction
“All Insurrections are Not Created Equal” – Micaiah Johnson
The finalists for the 2025 Locus Award finalists were announced and several DMLA clients made the list!
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
FANTASY NOVEL
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
NOVELLA
NOVELETTE
SHORT STORY
COLLECTION