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November Translation Deals

Nov 302014
 

earthItalian rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BLACK PRISM, to Gargoyle Books, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

Swedish rights to Robert Sheckley’s short story THE IMPACTED MAN, for a one-time use in an anthology, to Heidi Forlag, by Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

Complex Chinese rights to Brent Weeks’ THE BROKEN EYE and THE BLOOD MIRROR, Books 3 & 4 of the Lightbringer series, to Gaea, in a two-book deal, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

Croatian rights to Ekaterina Sedia’s THE SECRET HISTORY OF MOSCOW, to LUMEN Publishing, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Hebrew rights to Jim Butcher’s STORM FRONT and FOOL MOON, the first two 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.

October Subsidiary Rights Deals

Oct 312014
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Jay Lake and Shannon Page’s collaborative novel OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS and a sequel to Steve Feldberg at audible.com by Jennifer Jackson.

October Translation Deals

Oct 312014
 

earthItalian kiosk rights to Lynda Robinson’s MURDER IN THE PLACE OF ANUBIS, to Fabbri, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

Italian rights to Thea Harrison’s SERPENT’S KISS, Book 3 of the Elder Races series, to Fanucci, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

French rights to Anne Bishop’s MURDER OF CROWS, Book 2 of the Others series, to Bragelonne, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Portuguese rights to Anne Bishop’s WRITTEN IN RED, Book 1 of the Others series, to Saida de Emergencia, by Isabel Monteagudo at International Editors’ Co., in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Brazilian rights to Chuck Wendig’s BLACKBIRDS, to Leya, in a nice deal, in a six-book deal, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’ in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Stacia Decker.

September Subsidiary Rights Deals

Sep 302014
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Robert Sheckley’s short story collection, UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS, to Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, by Cameron McClure.

September Translation Deals

Sep 302014
 

A photo of planet Earth from space.Czech rights to Jim Butcher’s White Night and Small Favor, the 9th and 10th novels in the Dresden Files series, to Triton by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Host, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Cameron McClure.

Italian rights to Karl Schroeder’s QUEEN OF CANDESCE and PIRATE SUN, Books 1 and 2 of the Virga series, to Zona 42, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Cameron McClure.

Russian rights to Jim Butcher’s SKIN GAME, the 15th book in the Dresden Files series, along with a renewal of Russian rights to GHOST STORY from the same series, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

Simplified Chinese rights to Chuck Wendig’s BLACKBIRDS, MOCKINGBIRD, and THE CORMORANT, the first three books in the Miriam Black series, in a nice deal, at auction, to Beijing White Horse Time by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Stacia Decker.

Brazilian rights to Shaun David Hutchinson’s THE FIVE STAGES OF ANDREW BRAWLEY, to Record, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier, on behalf of Amy Boggs.

Brazilian rights to Randy Henderson’s FINN FANCY NECROMANCY, to Record, by Flavia Sala and Cristina Purchio at International Editors’, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier.

French rights to award-winning author Jo Walton’s HA’PENNY and HALF A CROWN, Books 2 and 3 of the Small Change trilogy, to Denoël, by Pierre Corman at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure.

French rights to Thea Harrison’s KINKED and NIGHT’S HONOR, Books 6 and 7 in the Elder Races series, to J’ai Lu, in a two-book deal, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

French rights to Thea Harrison’s novellas THE WICKED, DRAGOS TAKES HOLIDAYS, PIA SAVES THE WORLD and PEANUT GOES TO SCHOOL, to J’ai Lu, by Victoria Villemur at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Cameron McClure and Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

August Translation Deals

Aug 302014
 

earthComplex Chinese rights to Robert McCammon’s THE BORDER to Nautilus by Gray Tan at the Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Russian rights to editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s anthology IN THE COMPANY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Cameron McClure.

German rights to Adam Christopher’s THE AGE ATOMIC, to Papierverzierer Verlag, by Franka Zastrow at Thomas Schlueck Agency, in association with Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker.

Turkish rights to Margaret Anne Doody’s ARISTOTLE AND POETIC JUSTICE, ARISTOTLE AND THE SECRETS OF LIFE, POISON IN ATHENS, and  MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS, to Alfa by Nazlı Çökdü at ONK Agency, in a four-book deal, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

August Subsidiary Rights Deals

Aug 302014
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to RITA Award winner Carolyn Crane’s AGAINST THE DARK, OFF THE EDGE, and INTO THE SHADOWS, the first three books in the self-published Undercover Associates series, to Vanessa Willoughby at Tantor, by Cameron McClure.

UK Deal: Emily Winslow

Aug 082014
 

photo of author Emily WinslowUK rights to Emily Winslow’s third suspense novel, THE RED HOUSE, about when Maxwell and his fiancé Imogen move to Imogen’s childhood home and Maxwell starts having strange and impossible memories of his own childhood, until he begins to suspect that he may be Imogen’s younger brother who was lost at age 3, and even worse, he suspects Imogen knows that he is, to Susie Dunlop at Allison & Busby, for publication in 2015, by Cameron McClure.

July Translation Deals

Jul 312014
 
photo of the earthBulgarian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Bard, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Cameron McClure.

July Subsidiary Rights Deals

Jul 312014
 

a pair of black ear budsHugo Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal’s OF NOBLE FAMILY, STAGECRAFT, and GHOST TALKERS #1, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.

World Fantasy Award winning and bestselling author Robert McCammon’s THE BORDER, about the teen-aged boy who may be the key to saving our way of life after Earth is caught on the border of a vicious and long-standing war between two alien civilizations, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Cameron McClure.

Sci-fi humorist Robert Sheckley’s mix of backlist novels, including favorites like CROMPTON DIVIDED and THE 10TH VICTIM, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, in a six-book deal, by Cameron McClure.

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