People & Publishing Roundup, October 2023
Sibling author duo ELIZABETH & KATHARINE CORR are now represented by Pérez Literary & Entertainment.
Writer, producer, and puppeteer MARTY KROFFT, 86, won the Julie Award for lifetime achievement in multiple genres, presented at Dragon Con.
RICH LARSON’s ‘‘Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man’’ (Tor.com 9/21/22) won the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, and Larson received $1,000 and a plaque. The award, announced at Dragon Con, held August 31 – September 4, 2023 in Atlanta GA, celebrates ‘‘the best in innovative fiction’’ and honors writer and editor Eugie Foster, who died in 2014.
DANIEL BURNBRIDGE’s story ‘‘For the Great and Immortal’’ is the winner of the Mike Resnick Memorial Award celebrating new authors, presented at Dragon Con.
KAREN RUSSELL sold literary historical fantasy The Antidote, about a Prairie Witch ‘‘whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories,’’ a basketball star and witch’s apprentice, a ‘‘voluble scarecrow,’’ and a New Deal photographer with a time-traveling camera, among others, plus a second book to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf via Denise Shannon of Denise Shannon Literary Agency. UK rights went to Rose Tomaszewska at Chatto & Windus via Judith Murray of Greene & Heaton on behalf of Shannon.
TIMOTHY ZAHN’s SF thriller The Cloak Gambit went to Rhett Bruno at Aethon via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA’s postapocalyptic novel Las Indignas sold to Sally Howe at Scribner via Barbara Grahamof Schavelzon Graham Literary Agency.
JONATHAN MABERRY sold three books in the new Nekrotek series of ‘‘deep space cosmic horror novels’’ to John Harlacher at Weird Tales Presents via Sara Crowe of Sara Crowe Literary.
KEITH DONOHUE sold The Girl in the Bog, ‘‘based on pagan Irish mythology,’’ to Sara Henry at Crooked Lane in a pre-empt via Peter Steinberg of UTA.
TIM WAGGONER sold Old Monsters Never Die, ‘‘his complete horror short story anthology from 2017-2022,’’ to Winding Road Stories via Cherry Weiner of Cherry Weiner Literary Agency.
KAY CHRONISTER’s eco-horror novel The Bog Wife sold to Dan Smetanka and Dan Lopez at Counterpoint at auction via Amanda Orozco and Laura Cameron of Transatlantic Literary Agency. UK rights went to Daniel Carpenter at Titan Books.
DAVID DALGLISH sold the Astral Kingdoms trilogy to Brit Hvide at Orbit via Michael Carr of Veritas.
JOHN E. STITH sold full-length SF novel Disavowed, plus Tiny Time Machine 3: Mother of Invention and Tiny Time Machine: The Complete Trilogy, to Amazing Stories.
GRACE CURTIS sold SF novel Floating Hotel to Navah Wolfe at DAW, for publication in spring 2024 via Zoë Plant of The Bent Agency.
LORRAINE WILSON sold literary SF novel We Are All Ghosts in the Forest and a second book to Amanda Rutter at Solaris Books via Robbie Guillory of Underline Literary Agency.
W.A. SIMPSON sold The Hatter’s Daughter, third in the Riven Isles fantasy series, to Don D’Auria at Flame Tree Press via Anne Tibbets of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
EOIN DOOLEY sold urban fantasy No Sympathy to J.D. Harlock at Android.
CHRISTINA M. LI sold first adult novel The Manor of Dreams to Margo Shickmanter at Avid Reader Press via Jessica Regel of Helm Literary.
ALEXANDRA BEAUMONT sold Testament of the Stars, illustrated by ELIZABETH LEGGETT, to Heather Vassallo at Brigids Gate.
SOPHIE H. MORGAN’s fantasy romance De-Witched went to Stephanie Doig at Harlequin via Cole Lanahan of the Seymour Agency.
SAMANTHA ALLEN’s ghost romance Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet sold to Sareena Kamath at Zando via Leila Campoli of Stonesong. Caolinn Douglas will edit.
ALEXANDER BOLDIZAR’s speculative thriller The Man Who Saw Seconds – ‘‘Minority Report meets Dr. Strangelove’’ – went to Christoph Paul at Clash.
PAULA QUINN sold time-travel historical romances A Promise for All Time, A Kiss for All Time, and A Touch for All Time to Kathryn Le Veque at Dragonblade Originals.
TRACY CROSS sold A Gathering of Weapons, second in the Conjure Series, to Sadie Hartmann at Dark Hart.
ELIANE BOEY sold SF novel Club Contango to Rob Carroll at Dark Matter Ink.
LESLIE O’SULLIVAN’s fantasy Crumbling Castles went to Lisa Green at City Owl Press.
S.E. BABIN sold Blade of Hope, Blade of Mercy, and The Queen’s Blade to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera. Kim Ostrom will edit.
MARY SHOTWELL’s fantasy trilogy Rift of Elsinor sold to Tee Tate at City Owl Press.
DARCIE LITTLE BADGER sold Sheine Lende, a prequel to Elatsoe, to Nick Thomas at Levine Queido via Michael Curry of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
JUDY I. LIN sold The Dark Becomes Her, ‘‘pulling from the darkest corners of Taiwanese folklore and urban legends,’’ and a second book to Rebecca Kuss at Rick Riordan Presents via Rachel Brooks of BookEnds.
LISELLE SAMBURY sold dark academia YA fantasy A Mastery of Monsters and a second book to Sarah McCabe at Margaret K. McElderry Books via Kristy Hunter of the Knight Agency.
BENJAMIN REMPEL sold zombie novel Infect to Alanna Rusnak at Chicken House.
MARIA INGRANDE MORA’s ‘‘queer, anti-capitalist YA fantasy’’ A Wild Flame Rises sold to Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen via Erica Bauman of Aevitas Creative Management.
LINDSAY BANDY’s YA paranormal novel Inevitable Fate sold to Sue Arroyo at CamCat Books via Cate Hart at Harvey Klinger.
Debut writer ANALEIGH SBRANA sold Lore of the Wilds, a romantasy ‘‘inspired by the author’s Black and Irish heritage,’’ plus a second book to Tessa Woodward at Voyager at auction via Thao Le of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
New writer LAUREN WIESEBRON sold The Koldunya’s Apprentice, a ‘‘romantic Slavic-inspired folkloric fantasy,’’ plus a second title, to Natasha Qureshi at Hodderscape in the UK and Mireya Chiriboga at Harper Voyager in the US via Hannah Bowman of Liza Dawson Associates.
CARINA CHOCANO sold debut novel Fake Jake, about AI and online dating, to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton via Sarah Burnes of the Gernert Company.
First novelist ELIZABETH BUCK sold Tell Me One True Thing, a literary novel with ‘‘very real ghosts,’’ to Tim O’Connell at Simon & Schuster in a pre-empt via Rick Richter of Aevitas Creative Management.
MORGAN RYAN sold first novel A Book of Moonlight and Madness, about a powerful witch in an alternate WWII London, and a second book to Nidhi Pugalia at Viking at auction via Jenny Bent of the Bent Agency. UK rights sold to Simon Taylor at Transworld in a pre-empt via Zoe Plant of the Bent Agency.
LENA VALENCIA’s debut collection Mystery Lights, ‘‘about women and girls at the crossroads of daily life and existential dread, grappling with terrors both familiar and fantastic,’’ went to Elizabeth DeMeo at Tin House Books via Michelle Brower of Trellis Literary Management.
First novelist JEFFREY HASKEY-VALERIUS sold The Cyclopes’ Eye to Elizabeth Coldwell at NineStar via Stephanie Hansen of Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
REBECCA ANNE NGUYEN sold first novel The 23rd Hero, ‘‘a time travel adventure love story,’’ to In Churl Yo at Castle Bridge Media. Jason Henderson will edit.
New writer CATLYN LADD’s fantasy novel As Those Above Fall went to Michael Dolan at Winding Road Stories.
ASMINE SMITH sold first YA novel Death Card, ‘‘a Black and queer contemporary fantasy about a New Orleanian tarot reader,’’ to Tiara Kittrell at Putnam Children’s via David Purse of Inked Entertainment. Smith is represented by Lane Clarke of ArtHouse Literary.
S.A. HOQUE’s debut YA fantasy novel, Sitara, Lady of the Lotus, went to Sara L. Uckelman at Ellipsis Imprints
JIM BUTCHER sold Cinder Spires novella Warriorborn to Kate Runde at Podium Publishing for six figures at auction via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.
LUCILLE SAMBO’s SF novella Iridescent went to Coral Alejandra Moore at Android.
FREYDÍS MOON sold fantasy novella trilogy The Gideon Testaments to Laura Schreiber at Union Square & Co via Bethany Weaver of Weaver Literary Agency.
DAVID BOOP turned in his space western anthology, Last Train Outta Kepler-283c, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books via Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.
BONNIE JO STUFFLEBEAM resold short story collection Where You Linger to Steve Berman at Lethe Press.
SIMON JIMENEZ resold The Spear Cuts Through Water to Amanda Rutter at Solaris in the UK via Rachel Kind at US publisher Del Rey.
HARPER L. WOODS resold previously self-published novels The Coven and The Cursed to Monique Patterson at Bramble via Josi Beck of Beck Literary Agency.
FIONA MOORE resold SF novel Rabbit in the Moon to Epic Publishing in the US via John Jarrold.
MICHAEL BEALE will join Tor UK as an editor in October 2023, supporting publisher Bella Pagan and editorial director Sophie Robinson; he was previously at Titan.
TIANA COVEN and ANGELICA CHONG have beenpromoted to associate editor at Orbit US, NICK BURNHAM was promoted to assistant editor, and STEPHANIE HESS was promoted to associate art director. KAYLEIGH WEBB has joined the company as marketing manager, and ELINA SAVALIA to administrative assistant.
NINA LEON is joining Pérez Literary & Entertainment as an associate agent, bringing her clients from High Spot Literary. The agency’s finance director JACK MOZLEY is opening to queries as well. ISABEL LINEBERRY joined as an agency assistant earlier this year.
TIM PRATT sold Arkham Horror novel Herald of Ruin to Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells at Aconyte via Ginger Clark of Ginger Clark Literary.
CATH LAURIA sold Secrets & Sacrifices, first in the new Regency Cthulhu line from Aconyte and game publisher Chaosium, featuring historical fantasies set in the universe of roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu. The Cthulhu by Gaslight series will also launch in 2024. Aconyte publishing director Marc Gascoigne says, “Bridgerton with extra tentacles and Sherlock Holmes facing off against shoggoths – what’s not to love?”
This report and more like it in the September 2023 issue of Locus.
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