Feb 282022
 

French rights to Sturgeon Award finalist Vajra Chandrasekera’s THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS, to Bragelonne, by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry.

Russian rights to New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir’s NONA THE NINTH, the third book in the Locked Tomb series, to Eksmo, by Alexander Korzhenevski at Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Turkish rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells’ FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Ithaki, by Merve Öngen at ONK Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Feb 252022
 

Booklist: The second book in Hall’s Mkalis Cycle will not disappoint readers of her standout fantasy The Border Keeper (2019). When readers reenter this rich, complex world of twisting godly politics and rule-based realms, Hall zooms them in on Tyn. She’s still recovering from the last book’s events, hurt and reeling, trying to balance new revelations with her loyalty to Res Lfae, ruler of Tahmais. When a lying villain with an impossible weapon comes to her realm to tear it apart, Tyn has to band together with the reticent First Spear Vehn, who hates her, and the cynical Rion, who’s still new to Mkalis and completely lost. All three characters go through convincing transformations in this eerie, suspenseful story based in Hall’s deeply unsettling world that gleams at the corners. The scenes are cinematically visceral, with pages soaked in sensory detail, atmosphere, and the tense promise of danger lurking at the edges of every rule-bound realm. Readers will feel they’re dropped into the story—and that will undoubtedly make their skin crawl, in all the right ways. This horror-fantasy will have readers waiting impatiently for the next volume in Hall’s dark series.

Feb 112022
 

Congratulations to Tamsyn Muir! Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower, narrated by Moira Quirk, published by Recorded Books, has been selected as a 2022 Audie Award Finalists in the Fantasy category.

Feb 042022
 

Congratulations to our DMLA authors on the 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List!

Novels – Science Fiction

  • The Second Shooter, Nick Mamatas (Solaris)
  • Noor, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
  • Perhaps The Stars, Ada Palmer (Tor; Ad Astra)

Novels – Fantasy

  • Soulstar, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)
  • The Mask of Mirrors, M.A. Carrick (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Novels – Horror

  • A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
  • The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s)

Young Adult Novels

  • A Snake Falls to Earth, Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)

First Novels

  • Machinehood, S.B. Divya (Saga)
  • Star Eater, Kerstin Hall (Tordotcom)
  • The All-Consuming World, Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon)

Illustrated and Art Books

  • After the Rain, Nnedi Okorafor, adapted by John Jennings, art by David Brame (Abrams ComicArts/Megascope)

Novellas

  • A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear (Audible Originals 10/20; Asimov’s 9-10/21)
  • And What Can We Offer You Tonight?, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock)
  • The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed (ECW)
  • Remote Control, Nnedi Okorafor (Tordotcom)
  • The Necessity of Stars, E. Catherine Tobler (Neon Hemlock)
  • Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Novelettes

  • “The Red Mother”, Elizabeth Bear (Tor.com 6/23/21)
  • “Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story”, Nalo Hopkinson (F&SF 11-12/21)
  • “The Black Pages”, Nnedi Okorafor (Black Stars)
  • “Music of the Siphorophenes”, C.L. Polk (F&SF 3-4/21)
  • “In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi”, Molly Tanzer (F&SF 3-4/21)

Short Stories

  • “The Wishing Pool”, Tananarive Due (Uncanny 7-8/21)
  • “Clap Back”, Nalo Hopkinson (Black Stars)
  • “Proof by Induction”, José Pablo Iriarte (Uncanny 5-6/21)
  • “Love, That Hungry Thing”, Cassandra Khaw (Apex 1/21)
  • “Laughter Among the Trees”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 2/21)
  • “Of Claw and Bone”, Suzan Palumbo (The Dark 5/21)
Feb 012022
 

For more than thirty years, the Liaden Universe® novels by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have captivated readers with their unique blend of action adventure, science fiction, and interpersonal relationships. In addition to twenty-one novels (and counting), Lee and Miller have written dozens of shorter works based in the Liaden Universe®, featuring the strong characterization, detailed worldbuilding, wit, and derring-do that readers of the series adore.

Sure to delight longtime fans and newcomers alike, these tales highlight why the nationally best-selling Liaden Universe® novels are treasured by space opera aficionados, with amazing settings, strong characterizations, compelling romance, and edge-of-the-chair action in stories that range from cosmic to comic.

Jan 312022
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Otherwise Award nominee Amanda Downum’s STILL SO STRANGE, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Graphic audio subrights to Ada Palmer’s THE WILL TO BATTLE and PERHAPS THE STARS, books 3 and 4 of the Terra Ignota series, to Anji Cornette at GraphicAudio, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Jan 312022
 

Chinese (complex) rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells’  NETWORK EFFECT, FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, and a new novella in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Global Group, by Gray Tan at Grayhawk Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Japanese rights to Donald Maass’s THE EMOTIONAL CRAFT OF FICTION: HOW TO WRITE THE STORY BENEATH THE SURFACE, to Filmart-sha by Kohei Hattori at The English Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Donald Maass.

Russian rights to New York Times Bestselling author Jim Butcher’s PROVEN GUILTY, WHITE KNIGHT, SMALL FAVOR, TURN COAT, CHANGES, and SIDE JOBS, all from the Dresden Files series, to Azbooka-Atticus, by Alexander Korzhenevski at Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Russian rights to Ada Palmer’s TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING and SEVEN SURRENDERS, to AST, in a two-book deal, by Igor Korzhenevski at Alexander Korzhenevski Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Dec 312021
 

Dutch rights renewal to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s WRITTEN IN RED, MURDER OF CROWS, VISION IN SILVER, MARKED IN FLESH, and ETCHED IN BONE, the first five novels of the Others, to DeFontein, by Emma Lind at Lennart Sane Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

French rights to Ada Palmer’s PERHAPS THE STARS, to Le Belial, by Zuzanna Brzezinska at Anna Jarota Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Italian rights to British Fantasy Award finalist Premee Mohamed’s THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS, to Mosca Bianca, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta Agency in association with Michael Curry.

Serbian rights to #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s STORM FRONT, the first book in the Dresden Files series, to ŽIR Izdavaštvo, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava i Prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Ukrainian rights to Nebula and Hugo Award winner Martha Wells’ ALL SYSTEMS RED, ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, ROGUE PROTOCOL, EXIT STRATEGY, NETWORK EFFECT, and FUGITIVE TELEMETRY, the first six installments in the New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series, to Zhorzh, by Igor Korzhenevski at Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Dec 222021
 

Congratulations to Martha Wells on her incredible wins!

BEST NOVEL

Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

BEST SERIES

The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)

Dec 202021
 

Photo by Weneals Photography

James J. Butcher sold world rights to DEAD MAN’S HAND and two sequels, to launch an action-packed new urban fantasy series, the Unorthodox Chronicles. Grimshaw Griswald Grimsby is an inexperienced witch on the run who will need to throw out the magical rule book, rip it up, and possibly set it on fire to solve the murder of his mentor. DEAD MAN’S HAND was preempted by Ace Books Executive Editor Anne Sowards via Jennifer Jackson, and will be released in hardcover in Fall 2022.