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July Translation Deals

Jul 312016
 

photo of the EarthTurkish rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s THE DIVINE CITIES trilogy, to Ithaki, in a three-book deal, by Merve Ongen at ONK Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Hungarian rights to NYT bestselling author Emily Brightwell’s THE INSPECTOR AND MRS. JEFFRIES, to Kulinaria, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Hungarian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF BLADES, Book 2 of The Divine Cities trilogy, to Agave Konyvek, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

German rights to World Fantasy Award winner Nnedi Okorafor’s THE BOOK OF PHOENIX and WHO FEARS DEATH, to Michael Schuster at Cross Cult, in a two-book deal, by Julia Aumuller at Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Japanese translation rights to Yoon Ha Lee’s “Unstringing the Bow” to Hayakawa Magazine via Atsushi Hori at English Agency (Japan) in association with Jennifer Jackson.

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June Translation Deals

Jun 302016
 

Photo of Earth.Japanese rights to Mike Shepherd’s KRIS LONGKNIFE: UNDAUNTED, the 7th book in the series, to Hayakawa Publishing, Inc., by Kohei Hattori at the English Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

Hebrew rights to Jim Butcher’s THE AERONAUT’S WINDLASS, book 1 of the Cinder Spires series, along with GRAVE PERIL and SUMMER KNIGHT, the 3rd and 4th books in the Dresden Files, to Yaniv Publishing House by Dalia Ever-Hadani at The Book Publishers Association of Israel in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Russian rights to Seth Dickinson’s THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT, to Eksmo, by Igor Korzhenevski at the Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

Turkish rights to Shaun David Hutchinson’s WE ARE THE ANTS, and anthology VIOLENT ENDS, to Ithaki, by Merve Ongen at ONK Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

Chinese rights to Nnedi Okorafor’s novella BINTI, to Joanne Li at Science Fiction World Magazine in China, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

Turkish rights to NYT bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp’s THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS, to Marti, by Merve Ongen at ONK Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Jennifer Udden.

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May Translation Deals

May 312016
 

earthPolish rights to Anne Bishop’s MARKED IN FLESH, Book 4 of the Others series, via Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Spanish rights to Jim Butcher’s TURN COAT and CHANGES, the 11th and 12th books in the New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series, to NOSOLOROL by Maru De Montserrat at International Editors Co. in association with Jennifer Jackson.

French rights to Cherie Priest’s BONESHAKER, DREADNOUGHT, CLEMENTINE, three books from the Clockwork Century series, to Livre de Poche by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

Korean rights to Jo Walton’s  MY REAL CHILDREN, to Design Comma, by Jackie Yang at the Eric Yang Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

French rights to Ekaterina Sedia’s ALCHEMY OF STONE, to Le Belial by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

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Deal: Kate Brandes

May 162016
 

Photo of author Kate Brandes.Environmental Scientist Kate Brandes’ debut novel THE PROMISE OF PIERSON ORCHARD, pitched as Erin Brockovich meets Promised Land, about a Pennsylvania family threatened by betrayal, financial desperation, old flames, fracking, and ultimately finding forgiveness, to Nancy Cleary at Wyatt-MacKenzie, for publication in Spring 2017, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

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The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes

May 102016
 

Cover for The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes.Willa Parker, 646th and least-popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life. Did she choose this life? No, because that would be too easy—and nothing in Willa’s life is easy. It’s her famous genius mother’s idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and Willa has no intention of fitting in. But when she meets peculiar, glittering Remy Taft, the richest, most mysterious girl on campus, she starts to see a foothold in this foreign world—a place where she could maybe, possibly, sort of fit in. When Willa looks at Remy, she sees a girl who has everything. But for Remy, having everything comes at a price. And as she spirals out of control, Willa can feel Remy spinning right out of her grasp.

Andrea Portes, author of the hilarious, heartbreaking Anatomy of a Misfit, spins a similarly incandescent, heartfelt story that explores the meaning of friendship, new beginnings, and the precarious joy and devastating pain of finding home in a place—a person—with wings.

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April Translation Deals

Apr 302016
 

earthGerman rights to Jim Butcher’s FURIES OF CALDERON, Book 1 of the Codex Alera series, renewed by Blanvalet, via Bastian Schlueck at the Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Dutch rights to NYT bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp’s THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS, to Harper Holland, at auction, by Philip Sane and Katarina Bohlin at The Lennart Sane Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Jennifer Udden.

German rights to NYT bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp’s THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS, to Fischer, in a pre-empt, by Julia Aumuller at Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Jennifer Udden.

French rights to Anna Zabo’s JUST BUSINESS and DUE DILIGENCE, to Bragelonne, by Katharina Loix van Hooff at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier at on behalf of Jennifer Udden.

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2016 IPPY Awards

Apr 212016
 

Cover for The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft.Congratulations to Kathryn Craft on The Far End of Happy receiving the bronze for Contemporary Fiction for the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards!

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March Subsidiary Rights Deals

Mar 312016
 

a pair of black ear budsDiane Duane’s GAMES WIZARDS PLAY, the 10th book in the long-standing Young Wizards series, to Melanie Donovan at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

On behalf of Prime Books, audio rights to Richard Parks’ Yamada Monogatori: The Emperor in Shadow, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

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Review: The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes

Mar 142016
 

Cover for The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes.Publishers Weekly: As with Anatomy of a Misfit (2014), Portes’s second YA novel has a seductive zaniness and almost unstoppable exuberance. Sixteen-year-old Willa Parker, a small-town girl and native Iowan, reluctantly heads east to a fancy New England boarding school, where she meets Remy Taft, an infamous student from a famous family, who adopts Willa like she’s a wide-eyed puppy. Though it takes some wading through Willa’s mile-a-minute internal monologue in the opening chapters, once her adventures with Remy begin, the story turns into a heartfelt, hilarious thrill. Willa’s dry observations can be laugh-out-loud funny (“I’m not sure what the cutoff point is for gyrating in sparkly clothes, but I can tell you some of these people are really pushing it,” she says of the crowd at a Brooklyn club). But Willa’s early announcement of a plan to kill herself and other foreshadowing hint that Portes’s characters are careening toward tragedy, with Remy at the center of a brewing storm. Willa’s memorable voice and humor, as well as her longing to cultivate relationships that will anchor her more firmly to the world, will linger with readers.

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Starred Review: The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes

Mar 102016
 

Cover for The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes.Kirkus: See the girl on the train, the white one “with the frizzy red hair and funny mouth”? That’s 16-year-old Willa Parker. Willa has a simple two-point plan: move to the East Coast…and kill herself.

Willa leaves her hometown of What Cheer, Iowa (you heard that right), to attend The Pembroke School and (presumably) go on to Princeton, because her wealthy economist mother (who divorced Willa’s father and left them with nothing) says she “should.” Willa’s plan is derailed when she meets the ultraprivileged, uber-hip Remy Taft (yes, related to the president), the oddly friendless queen of Pembroke. The girls develop a close friendship, complete with witty-cute banter, a late-night joy ride on a stolen golf cart, and frequent Ecstasy trips. As Remy pushes Willa out of her comfort zone, Willa forgets her suicide plan, but it soon becomes apparent self-absorbed Remy has several secrets of her own. As Willa tries to save her best friend from destroying herself, she’s also figuring out whether or not she’s neighboring Witherspoon Prep hottie Milo Hesse’s girlfriend. Surrounded by wealth, Willa often questions the unfairness of privilege; her scholarship status and Midwest origins often make her feel inferior and out of place. Her first-person narration is self-deprecating, deeply thoughtful, and thoroughly funny, with a sometimes-chiding direct address that pulls readers into her confidence.

Snarky and painfully astute. But in a good way.

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