People & Publishing Roundup, February 2024
LESLYE PENELOPE is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.
MEG ELISON is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.
R.L. STINE and KATHERINE HALL PAGE have been named the 2024 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters. MICHAELA HAMILTON of Kensington Publishing will receive the Ellery Queen Award. The recipients will be honored at the annual Edgar Awards ceremony on May 1, 2024 in New York City.
CHINA MIÉVILLE & actor KEANU REEVES sold fantasy The Book of Elsewhere, set in the world of the BRZRKR comic series Reeves created with writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney, to Ben Greenberg at Del Rey via Laura Bonner and Erin Malone of William Morris Endeavor.
CHLOE NEILL sold fantasy Ember Eternal and another title to Jessica Wade at Ace via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
DANIEL H. WILSON sold ‘‘Native First Contact story’’ Heliopause to Jason Kaufman at Doubleday via Laurie Fox of Linda Chester Literary Agency.
ANN AGUIRRE’s SF novel Tall, Dark and Alien and a second book sold to Christa Desir at Sourcebooks Casablanca via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
JAMES J. BUTCHER sold two untitled novels in the Unorthodox Chronicles to Anne Sowards at Ace via Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
A.G. SLATTER sold collection The Sourdough World Compendium and three novellas: A Forest, Darkly; Our Lady of Battles; and The Scarred Queen, to Cath Trechman at Titan Books via Meg Davis of Ki Agency.
YOON HA LEE sold space opera Code and Codex to Joe Monti at Saga Press in a pre-empt via Seth Fishman of The Gernert Company.
DEBORAH HARKNESS sold The Black Bird Oracle and the next book in the All Souls series to Kara Cesare at Ballantine via Park & Fine Literary and Media.
DAVID NIALL WILSON sold horror novel When You Leave I Disappear to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave.
JOHN AJVIDE LINDQVISTsold The Writing in the Water, The Room in the Ground, and The Spirit in the Machine, all in the Bloodstorm series, to Alexandra Torrealba at Amazon Publishing via Elisabeth Nilsson at Nordin Agency.
JOHN HORNOR JACOBS sold nautical cosmic horror novel The Night That Finds Us All and a second title to Daphne Durham at Putnam in a pre-empt via Stacia Decker of Dunow, Carlson & Lerner.
SARAH BETH DURST’s The Willow and the Warbler sold to Danielle Marshall at Lake Union Publishing via Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger.
JONATHAN MABERRY’s collection Midnight Lullabies: Unquiet Stories and Poems, with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, sold to Marie Whittaker at WordFire via Sara Crowe of Sara Crowe Literary. Mystic: The Monk Addison Case Files also went to Whittaker at WordFire via Crowe.
KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO sold book one in The Supernatural Crimes Unit series to John Harlacher at Weird Tales Presents via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
PETER MCLEAN’s Paved with Good Intentions, a standalone in the world of the Rose Throne series, went to Anne Perry at Jo Fletcher Books via Jennie Goloboy of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
EMMA SLOLEY’s near-future literary novel The Island Of Last Things, set on Alcatraz Island ‘‘at the last zoo in the world,’’ sold to Caroline Bleeke at Flatiron Books via Sharon Pelletier of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
PAIGE HARBISON’s first adult novel Here, There, and Everywhere and a second book sold to Sallie Lotz at St. Martin’s at auction via Annelise Robey and Logan Harper at Jane Rotrosen Agency.
TANAÏS sold near-future SF novel Stellar Smoke to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton via PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit.
R. LEE FRYAR sold a fairytale humorous romance duology to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
MAUREEN KILMER’s horror comedy Nightmare of a Trip went to Kate Dresser at Putnam via Holly Root of Root Literary.
KIT ROCHA sold fantasy romance Daughter of Tides, set in the world of Consort of Fire, to Lauren Plude at Montlake Romance via Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
OLIVIA DADE sold horror romance Zomromcom and two more books to Kate Seaver and Amanda Maurer at Berkley at auction via Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
JOSHUA PHILLIP JOHNSON sold fantasy The Nothing and the Dread to Katie Hoffman at DAW via Sara Megibow of kt literary.
MARK WADDELL sold queer contemporary fantasy Dark Enterprises and a second title to Jen Monroe and Candice Coote at Ace and Zainab Mirza and Deborah Sun de la Cruz at Penguin Canada at auction via Melissa Edwards of Stonesong.
T. MARIE VANDELLY sold horror novel An Evil Premise to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Blackstone Publishing via Zoe Sandler of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.
ARDYTH L. BROTT sold Hank Rattler and the Secret of the Cave of Kings to Judith Bailey at Thousand Acres via Vincent dePaul Lupiano of The Rudy Agency.
RACHEL GREENLAW sold fantasy novel The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells to Seema Mitra at HQ in the UK via Maddalena Cavaciuti of David Higham Associates, and resold it to Ariana Sinclair at Avon via Allison Hunter of Trellis Literary Management on behalf of Cavaciuti.
MICHELLE J’s fantasy novel The Divide That Binds Us went to Cal Fable at Midnight Meadow. Kadan Astrophel will edit.
PAUL MICHAEL ANDERSON’s horror novel You Can’t Save What Isn’t There went to Kevin Lucia at Cemetery Dance.
KRISTIN J. DAWSON sold Elven House of Ivy, Elven House in Ashes, and two more books in the Fae Illusions of Trinth series to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
CARRIE ANNE NOBLE’s fairytale novel The Gingerbread Queen sold to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
LUCÍA ASHTA sold three books in the Ridgemore series – ‘‘Riverdale meets Roswell’’ – to Julie Constantine at Podium Publishing via Josi Beck of Beck Literary Agency.
ALISTAIR REEVES sold A Spell for Heartsickness, first in a new cozy fantasy, and two more books to Annie Stone at Podium Publishing via Ellen Goff of HG Literary.
SOPHIA SLADE sold Nightstrider, first in a fantasy series, plus two more titles to Stephanie Lippitt Clark at Orbit via Bethany Weaver of Weaver Literary Agency.
SAMANTHA TRAUNFELD sold The Blood-Cursed, sequel to The Legionnaire, with illustrations by DIANA DWORAK, to Zara Hoffman at Inimitable Books.
MICHAEL SIMON sold SF novel Extinction and a second book to Annie Stone at Podium Publishing via Michelle Hauck of Storm Literary Agency.
LINDSAY LOVISE sold paranormal romance Perfectly Wicked to Holly Ingraham at Alcove Press via Emily Sylvan Kim of Prospect Agency.
TANYA PELL’s horror novel Cicada sold to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave via Cortney Radocaj of Belcastro Agency.
JON BASSOFF sold The Memory Ward to Addi Wright at Blackstone Publishing via Becky LeJeune of Bond Literary Agency.
GAVIN BROWN sold The Dark Sorcerer’s Intern and two more in a humorous fantasy trilogy to Annie Stone at Podium Publishing via Ammi-Joan Paquette of Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
KATE ROBB sold fantasy Kitty St. Clair’s Last Dance and a second book to Emma Caruso at Dial Press via Bibi Lewis of Ethan Ellenberg Agency.
RUTH FRANCES LONG sold The Book of Gold and two more in a historical fantasy trilogy to Molly Powell at Hodderscape via Sallyanne Sweeney of Mulcahy Sweeney.
TYLER JONES sold dark fantasy Night of the Long Knives to Paul Miller at Earthling via Elizabeth Copps of Copps Literary Services.
MANUEL GONZALES sold Blackthorne Island to Nadxieli Nieto and Megan Lynch at Flatiron Books via PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit.
LYNN CAHOON sold another title in the Kitchen Witch series, plus a second book, to Michaela Hamilton at Kensington via Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
SHANNON RILEY sold horror novel Pocketknife Kitty to Max Booth III at Ghoulish Books.
KRYSTAL SHANNAN’s Ruthless Moon, first in a new paranormal romance series described as ‘‘werewolves meet Yellowstone,’’ plus a second book sold Stephanie Doig at Carina Press via Cole Lanahan of The Seymour Agency.
L.V. RUSSELL’s Gothic folk horror novel The Bone Drenched Woods went to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow. Stephen Black will edit.
JO GRAHAM sold The Borgia Dove, sequel to A Blackened Mirror, illustrated by ALEXAEL, to Athena Andreadis at Candlemark & Gleam.
DREW HUFF sold horror comedy The Exodontists to Rob Carroll at Dark Matter Ink.
JOSE ELVIN BUENO’s horror novel Gigantvm Penisivm: A Tale of Demonic Possession sold to Christoph Paul at Clash.
MICHAEL BETTENDORF’s interactive horror gamebook novel Trve Cvlt sold to Matt Blairstone at Tenebrous Press. Alex Woodroe will edit.
LIZ ALTERMAN’s horror novel The House on Cold Creek Lane sold to Victoria Britton at Severn House via Katie Shea Boutillier of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
MEREDITH R. LYONS sold SF novel A Dagger of Lightning to Sue Arroyo at CamCat Books. Helga Schier.
JENNIFER CHANCE sold romantasies Court of Talons and The Winged Crown to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
LESLIE O’SULLIVAN sold Emerald Spire: A Rockin’ Fairy Tale to Lisa Green at City Owl Press.
ASPEN ANDERSEN sold The After Hours to Sue Arroyo at CamCat Books. Elana Gibson will edit.
CARLOS E. RIVERA sold Blackout, sequel to The Local Truth, plus two more books to David-Jack Fletcher at Slashic Horror Press.
CARMEN PELLEGRINO sold The Earth Is Falling to Prototype.
A.S. KING’s surrealist contemporary YA Pick the Lock sold to Andrew Karre at Dutton Children’s via Michael Bourret of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.
KAYLIE SMITH sold YA fantasy A Raging Heart, concluding the trilogy, to Kelsey Sullivan at Disney-Hyperion via Emily Forney of BookEnds.
DARCY MILLER’s YA horror novel I Am Not a Vampire (Anymore) sold to Elizabeth Stranahan at Random House Children’s via Ellen Goff and Carrie Hannigan at HG Literary.
ALICIA JASINSKA sold YA fantasy This Fatal Kiss to Jonah Heller at Peachtree Teen and Clare Hallifax at Walker Australia via Rena Rossner of Deborah Harris Agency.
CATHERINE BAKEWELL’s YA romantasy Where Shadows Bloom sold to Stephanie Guerdan at HarperTeen via Jordan Hamessley of JABberwocky Literary Agency. Clare Vaughn will edit.
K.J. REILLY sold YA novel Sixteen Minutes to Stacey Barney at Nancy Paulsen Books via Molly O’Neill of Root Literary.
RUBY MARTINEZ sold YA romantasy An Embroidery of Souls and a second book to Gianna Lakenauth at Knopf Children’s in a pre-empt via Sarah Fisk of The Tobias Literary Agency.
R.J. VALLDEPERAS sold YA fantasy Their Will Undone and a second book to Karen Chaplin at Quill Tree via Melanie Figueroa of Root Literary.
AMIE JORDAN sold All the Hidden Monsters, first in a YA romantasy crime trilogy, to Rachel Leyshon at Chicken House via Lydia Silver of Darley Anderson.
SUNYA MARA sold YA romantic fantasy Embrace the Serpent, inspired by Indian folklore, to Elizabeth Agyemang at HarperTeen via Tracey Adams of Adams Literary.
PENNY JESSUP sold the third book in a queer werewolf romance series to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press.
TAYLOR CALLAHAN’s YA fantasy Solara and the Midnight Sun sold to Samiha Hoque at Sorra.
DANA GRICKEN’s YA fantasy Chatter sold to Nancy Schumacher at Fire & Ice.
BRANDIE JUNE’s YA fantasy Magic at the Grand Dragonfly Theatre went to Sue Arroyo at CamCat Books. Elana Gibsonwill edit.
GRACIE MARSDEN sold first novel, historical feminist fantasy Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice, to Nidhi Pugalia at Viking at auction via Mary C. Moore of Aevitas Creative Management.
SHAY KAUWE’s debut fantasy In Language There Is Death and a second book went to Amara Hoshijo at Saga Press in a pre-empt via Jon Cobb of HG Literary.
JACQUIE WALTERS sold debut horror novel Dearest and a second title to Helen O’Hare at Mulholland Books in a pre-empt via Richard Abate of 3 Arts Entertainment.
New writer LAUREN STIENSTRA sold SF novel The End of Everything Beautiful to Alicia Clancy at Little A via Margaret Riley King and Sabrina Taitz of William Morris Endeavor.
First novelist MARY LEE PAINTER sold fantasy novel The Other Fork in the Road to Nancy Schumacher at Melange via Katie Salvo of Metamorphosis Literary Agency.
ASHLEY THORPE sold debut fantasy The Boy to Beat the Gods and a second book to Sarah Stewart at Usborne at auction via Alice Sutherland-Hawes of ASH Literary.
SAMANTHA EDMONDS sold debut collection A Preponderance of Starry Beings to Marisa Siegel at TriQuarterly Books.
First novelist KRISTINA ELYSE BUTKE sold fairytale novel Son of the Siren to Kim Ostrom at Primera via Rick Lewis of Martin Literary Management.
MICHELLE GARZA & MELISSA LASON sold first novel Hell’s Cargo to Steve Wands at Dead Sky Publishing.
First novelist HONEY B. LOCOCO’s sapphic fantasy Obsidian and Silver sold to Desiree Stafford at Midnight Meadow. Kadan Astrophel will edit.
REBECCA GRUBB’s dystopian debut Where Reapers Reign sold to Cal Fable at Midnight Meadow. Kadan Astrophel will edit.
EMILY BUCHANAN’s debut YA SF novel Superbloom sold to Nicole Luongo at Park Row Books via Hayley Steed of Janklow & Nesbit UK. Jenna Gordon bought UK rights for VERVE Books.
MARGARET ATWOOD sold retrospective collection Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961 – 2023 to Daniel Halpern at Knopf via Karolina Sutton of CAA.
SETH HADDON’s sapphic SF novella Volatile Memory and a second book sold to Oliver Dougherty at Tor via Maeve MacLysaght of Copps Literary Services.
A.C. WISE sold science-fantasy novella Out of the Drowning Deep to Katie Dent at Titan Books via Barry Goldblatt of Barry Goldblatt Literary.
NAT CASSIDY’s horror novella Rest Stop went to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave via Alec Shane of Writers House.
DANGER SLATER’s satirical spatterpunk novella Starlet went to Max Booth III at Ghoulish Books.
SADIE HARTMANN sold a sequel to 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered, featuring 200-plus new recommendations of horror by women authors, to Alexandra Murphy at Page Street via Anne Tibbets of Donald Maass Literary Agency.
A.G. PASQUELLA & JEFF DUPUIS will edit SF anthology Devouring Tomorrow for Russell Smith at Dundurn Press via Kelvin Kong of K2 Literary.
POPPY KUROKI resold Gate to Kagoshima, first in the Ancestor Memories series, plus a second title to Sara Nelson at Harper via Jason Yarn of Jason Yarn Literary Agency on behalf of Mulcahy Sweeney Associates.
CAMERON REED resold queer cyberpunk novel The Fortunate Fall, out of print since its initial 1996 publication, to Tor Essentials via Lauren Bajek at Liza Dawson Associates.
MICHAEL PIETSCH is stepping down as CEO of Hachette Book Group US after 11 years, though he will serve as chairman through 2024. DAVID SHELLEY, who was recently promoted to CEO of Hachette UK, will also take over the US division.
VIENGSAMAI FETTERS has been promoted to assistant editor at Erewhon
JOSH REYNOLDS sold Return of the Monster Men, an authorized sequel to EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’s The Monster Men, to Christopher Paul Carey at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. MIKE WOLFER sold The Land That Time Forgot: Fortress Primeval, a novel in the ERB Universe series commemorating the centennial of the original The Land That Time Forgot novel by Burroughs, to Carey at ERB, Inc.
This report and more like it in the February 2024 issue of Locus.
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