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May Translation Deals

May 312015
 

earthRomanian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Grupul Art, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Simplified Chinese renewal rights to Robert McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE, to Yilin, in a nice deal, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Italian omnibus edition rights to Brent Weeks’s Night Angel trilogy, to Newton Compton, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Hungarian rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BLINDING KNIFE and THE BROKEN EYE, Books 2 & 3 in the Lightbrigher series, to Konyvmolykepzo, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Hungarian renewal rights to Brent Weeks’s Night Angel series, to Konyvmolykepzo, in a three-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

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The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft

May 052015
 

Cover for The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft.Twelve tense hours, three women, and the suicide standoff that turns one family’s little piece of heaven into a scene from hell

After enduring years of a struggling marriage, Ronnie Farnham has decided to divorce her husband and is beginning to hope for a happy future–until the morning Jeff is supposed to move out, when he locks himself in their barn with a rifle.

When a massive police presence arrives to control the 12-hour stand off, the women in Jeff’s life are pushed to their breaking points. Based on the author’s harrowing personal story, The Far End of Happy is a powerful novel about the way one man’s spiral towards life’s violent conclusion tests the resolve, love, and hope of the women he will leave behind.

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April Subsidiary Rights Deals

Apr 302015
 

a pair of black ear budsHolly Messinger’s forthcoming debut THE CURSE OF JACOB TRACY, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier , on behalf of Amy Boggs.

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Review: The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft

Apr 032015
 

Cover for The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft.Library Journal: VERDICT: Craft’s second novel (after 2014’sThe Art of Falling), this title is based on the author’s experience with a standoff involving her husband, which adds real, raw, emotion to the plot. Framing the novel within a 12-hour period keeps the pages turning. Ronnie Farnham is divorcing her husband, Jeff. She is tracking his excessive credit card spending; he is noting her numerous phone calls to Kevin, a man she is featuring in one of her freelance articles. On the day Jeff says he will move out of their Pennsylvania farmhouse, he gets drunk, grabs a shotgun, and holes up in their vegetable market. When police remove Ronnie and her two young sons from their home, they are placed at the local firefighters’ social hall for 12 hours until the standoff ends. The story unfolds with internal dialogs from ­Ronnie; her mother, Beverly; and Janet, Jeff’s mom. Conversations among the women reveal family secrets. Hour by hour they try to understand why Jeff is threatening to kill himself.

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March Translation Deals

Mar 312015
 

earthPolish rights to Jim Butcher’s STORM FRONT and the next five books in the New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series resold to Mag Jacek Rodek via Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

French rights for limited editions of Brent Week’s Night Angel trilogy, to Bragelonne, by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Donald Maass.

German translation rights to Jim Butcher’s and Evil Hat Productions’ Dresden Files Roleplaying Game to Christian Loewenthal at Prometheus Games Verlag by Jennifer Jackson.

French rights to Robert Sheckley’s short story A MOUNTAIN WITHOUT A NAME, to Le Passager Clandestin, by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
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March Subsidiary Rights Deals

Mar 312015
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Ronald Malfi’s LITTLE GIRLS, a novel that blends horror and psychological suspense, to Haila Williams at Blackstone Audio by Cameron McClure.

Leah Ferguson’s forthcoming debut ALL THE DIFFERENCE, to Tammy Faxel at Dreamscape Media, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
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February Translation Deals

Feb 282015
 

earthCzech rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BROKEN EYE, Book 3 in the Lightbrigher series, to Fantom Print, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Polish rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Papierowy Ksiezyc, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava i Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Bulgarian rights to Robert McCammon’s THE BORDER, to Ciela Norma, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava i Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Czech rights to Robert McCammon’s THE BORDER and SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD, to Classic, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava i Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

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January Translation Deals

Jan 312015
 

earthBulgarian rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BROKEN EYE, Book 3 in the Lightbringer series, to Bard, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Polish rights to Anne Bishop’s VISION IN SILVER, Book 3 in the Others series, to Initium, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Simplified Chinese rights to editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s anthology IN THE COMPANY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, to Chongqing Tianjian, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

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January Subsidiary Rights Deals

Jan 312015
 

a pair of black ear budsChuck Wendig’s THE CORMORANT and THUNDERBIRD, Books 3 and 4 in the Miriam Black series, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Stacia Decker.

Kathryn Craft’s THE FAR END OF HAPPY, based on a real event from the author’s life, the chilling story of one troubled man, the family that loves him, and the suicide standoff that will change them forever, to Liz Pearsons at Brilliance, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

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December Translation Deals

Dec 312014
 

earthJapanese rights to Mike Shepherd’s KRIS LONGKNIFE: INTREPID, the 6th book in the series, to Hayakawa Publishing, Inc., by Kohei Hattori at the English Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Russian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Simplified Chinese rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS plus Books 2 & 3 of the series, to Chongqing, in a three-book deal, in a nice deal, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Polish rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BROKEN EYE, Book 3 in the Lightbrigher series, to Mag Jacek Rodek, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Complex Chinese rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS plus Books 2 & 3 of the series, to Crown, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Italian rights to Nnedi Okorafor’s WHO FEARS DEATH, to Gargoyle, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Japanese rights to Jo Walton’s MY REAL CHILDREN, to Tokyo Sogensha, by Kohei Hattori at The English Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Hebrew rights to Mur Lafferty’s THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY, to Graff, by Dalia Ever-Hadani of The Book Publishers Association of Israel, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Jen Udden.

Brazilian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to DarkSide Books, by Cristina Purchio and Flavia Sala at International Editors’, in assoctiation with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

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