People & Publishing Roundup, October 2024
VIDA CRUZ-BORJA is now represented by Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency Ltd.
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SCOTT WESTERFELD & JUSTINE LARBALESTIER sold adult novel The Mortons – “The Secret History meets The Sopranos meets Saltburn,” – and a second book to Jeramie Orton at Pamela Dorman Books at auction via Jill Grinberg of Jill Grinberg Literary Management. UK rights sold to Rosa Schierenberg at Viking UK in a pre-empt, and Australian rights to Beverley Cousins at Random House Australia at auction.
CHRISTOPHER HINZ sold SF novel Transcendent Mortal to Eleanor Teasdale at Angry Robot via Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group.
DAN KOBOLDT sold Dragons Gone Wild, third in the Build-A-Dragon series, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen via Brady McReynolds of JABberwocky Literary Agency.
RACHEL TREMBLAY sold cyberpunk novel Lavender Spike to Jen Albert at ECW Press.
THOMAS R. WEAVER resold technothriller Artificial Wisdom and sold a second title to Anne Groell at Del Rey in a pre-empt via David Fugate of LaunchBooks Literary Agency.
TV writer JEFF RAKE & author ROB HART sold near-future SF thriller Detour and a second title to Sarah Peed at Random House Worlds via Josh Getzler of HG Literary and Angeline Rodriguez of William Morris Endeavor.
GENA SHOWALTER sold The Book of Arden, first in the Tome Society fantasy series, and a second book to Maria Gomez at Montlake via Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
ALEXANDRA BELL sold fantasy The White Octopus Hotel to Mae Martinez at Ballantine via Therese Coen of Susanna Lea Associates. UK rights went to Sam Bradbury at Del Rey UK.
REBECCA MAHONEY’s vampire novel Thrall sold to Olivia Zavitson at Hyperion Avenue via Kari Sutherland of kt literary.
AMY STEWART sold “gothic, feminist fairy tale” Hex House and a second title to Daniel Carpenter at Titan Books via Marilia Savvides of Plot Agency.
MEREDYTH COLE’s Heatstroke, “a Faustian bargain for zillennials,” went to Melanie Tutino at Doubleday Canada via Cody Caetano of CookeMcDermid.
KAT DUNN sold Hungerstone, “a compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla,” to Sophie Orme at Bonnier Books UK in a pre-empt via Hellie Ogden of William Morris Endeavor. US rights sold to Erin Wicks at Zando via Caitlin Mahony of William Morris Endeavor on behalf of Ogden.
ALEXANDRIA BELLEFLEUR’s sapphic paranormal rom-com The Devil She Knows and another title sold to Kerry Donovan at Berkley via Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
SARAH BROADWAY’s fantasy Queen of the Dead sold to Desola Coker at Angry Robot via Bonnie Swanson, then of the Purcell Agency.
CALLIE HART resold self-published romantasy Quicksilver in the Fae & Alchemy series and sold two more titles to Leah Hultenschmidt at Forever at auction via Caitlin Mahony of WME. Hodderscape will publish in the UK.
SARAH JIO sold SF novel Copy Kat to Liz Stein at William Morrow via Elisabeth Weed of The Book Group.
GREER RIVERS sold four books in the dark academia Faded in Ink series to Monique Patterson at Bramble in a pre-empt via Josi Beck of Beck Literary Agency.
EMILY ZIPPS sold Sliding Doors-style rom-com The Two Lives of Amelia Waxler and another book to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press via Courtney Miller-Callihan of Handspun Literary.
NORA CARMODY’s romantasy Daughter of the Wind and two more books sold to Cindy Hwang and Elizabeth Vinson at Ace for six figures via David Purse of Inked Entertainment.
NADIA DAVIDS sold gothic novel Cape Fever to Olivia Taylor Smith at Simon & Schuster in a pre-empt via Bonnie McKiernan of The Wylie Agency.
JAYNE ALLEN sold two paranormal romances to Amy Baker at Harper Perennial via Lucinda Halpern of Lucinda Literary.
T.A. CHAN’s SF novel One Last Game went to Patrick Swenson at Fairwood Press via Karly Dizon of Fuse Literary.
A.S. TAMAKI sold The Book of Fallen Leaves – “a retelling of 900-year-old Japanese samurai saga The Tale of the Heike for fans of Shogun and Game of Thrones” – and two more books to Bradley Englert at Orbit US and James Long at Orbit UK in a pre-empt via John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton Agency.
SHEA ERNSHAW’s literary fantasy Habits of the Sea sold to Loan Le at Atria in a pre-empt via Jessica Regel of Helm Literary.
SHANNON MEYER sold the Neverthorn dark academia romantasy trilogy to Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency Ltd on behalf of Susan Velazquez Colmant of the JABberwocky Agency.
REBECCA BAUM’s horror novel The Brood went to Alexandra Torrealba at Thomas & Mercer via Jeff Ourvan of Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.
LYNNE CONSTANTINE, writing as LIV CONSTANTINE, sold Don’t Open Your Eyes, about a woman with terrifying premonitions, and a second book to Jenny Chen at Bantam Dell via Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency.
LAURA RESAU sold The Alchemy of Flowers, “a blend of women’s fiction and magical realism,” and a second book to Lizzie Poteet at Harper Muse via Kim Lionetti of BookEnds.
EMAN QUOTAH sold fantasy The Night Is Not for You to Areen Ali at Wildfire via Steven Chudney of The Chudney Agency.
HOLLY RENEE resold romantasy series Stars and Shadows, The Veiled Kingdom, and sold His Dark Curse to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca via Savannah Greenwell of Two Daisy Media.
JOHNNY WORTHEN’s The Gaia Chime went to Don D’Auria at Flame Tree Press.
SHANORA WILLIAMS sold fantasy Living My Quest Life and two more books to Liz Pelletier at Red Tower via Georgana Grinstead of The Seymour Agency.
ALEXANDRA OLIVA sold SF novel The Radiant Dark to Lexy Cassola at SJP Lit in a pre-empt via Lucy Carson of Friedrich Agency.
BEN CREW’s novel Van Helsing’s Guide to Monsters and Dating went to Christoph Paul at Clash.
PEDRO INIGUEZ sold story collection Echoes and Embers to Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing.
RADAR DEBOARD sold horror novel The Violet Glow of the Dayten’s to Kristina Osborn at TruBorn Press.
LINDSAY MERBAUM sold Vampires at Sea to Amanda Manns at Creature.
LAUREL HIGHTOWER’s fantasy novel The Long Low Whistle went to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave via Becky LeJeune of Bond Literary Agency.
BRIAN BOWYER’s horror novel Family Descent went to Winding Road Stories.
DANA GRICKEN’s vampire novel Blood Oath and two more titles went to Tanya Crosby-Straley at Oliver Heber.
S.L. FOX sold four books in the Black Hills Arcana historical fantasy series to George Clay Mitchell at Dragonbrae. Storm Humbert will edit.
MIKE CHEN sold YA fantasy A Magical Science to Britny Brooks-Perilli at Running Press Kids via Eric Smith of P.S. Literary Agency.
KELLY CREAGH sold YA romantasy A Promise to Hades to Dana Leydig at Viking Children’s via Jessica Watterson of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
SOMAN CHAINANI sold YA thriller Young World – “House of Cards meets The Hunger Games” – to Phoebe Yeh at Random House Children’s in a pre-empt via Pete Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media.
KRISTEN CICCARELLI sold the YA Tempting Fate romantasy duology to Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books via Danielle Burby of Mad Woman Literary Agency.
AAMNA QURESHI sold YA novel A Witch’s Guide to Love and Poison and a second book to Nazima Abdillahi at Hachette Children’s via Emily Keyes of Keyes Agency.
MELISSA POETT’s YA romantasy The Enemy’s Daughter and a second book sold to Karen Chaplin at Quill Tree at auction via Catherine Cho of Paper Literary. UK rights sold to Megan Reid at Harper Fire, in a pre-empt.
BETHANIE FINGER sold YA fantasy duology More than Dreams and More than Destiny to Rachel Del Grosso at Wise Wolf.
KEIRA F. JACOBS’s YA romantasies A Smyth’s Quill and On Wings of Stone in the Keepers of Thaen duology sold to Jill Stadler at Primera.
COLTRANE SEESEQUASIS sold The Threads of Time and The Crucible of Pain in the A Wolf in the Sun YA series plus a third book to Renée Abram at Kegedonce Press via Wayne Arthurson of The Rights Factory.
SHARON REISS BAKER’s YA fantasy Last Days in Moav went to Dena Neusner at Apples and Honey Press.
SHANNON K. ENGLISH sold YA SF romance The Lightyears Between Us to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press.
XAN VAN ROOYEN sold YA novel Second Soul, “a cyberpunk retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray,” to Joshua Dean Perry at Tiny Ghost Press via Lindsay Leggett of The Rights Factory.
New writer KATIE CHANDLER sold Backhanded Compliments –”a sapphic romance with a speculative twist” – and a second book to Melanie Iglesias Pérez at Atria at auction via Trinica Sampson-Vera of New Leaf Literary & Media.
GRACE WALKER’s debut, literary speculative The Merge went to Jessica Vestuto at Mariner in a pre-empt via Olivia Maidment of Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.
First novelist JESSICA M. GOLDSTEIN’s time-travel title Retro sold to Susanna Porter at Ballantine at auction via Anna Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary.
JESSI COLE JACKSON’s debut romantasy Ruinous Creatures went to Emilia Rhodes at Atria in a pre-empt via Danielle Burby of Mad Woman Literary Agency.
MOLLY O’SULLIVAN’s debut YA dark academia novel The Book of Autumn and a second title went to Shannon Plackis at Kensington via Samantha Fabien of Root Literary. Alexandra Sunshine will edit.
TEAGAN OLIVIA KING’s debut horror-romance Spit Back the Bones went to Amanda Chiu Krohn at Keylight via Amy Giuffrida of Belcastro Agency.
First novelist MICHELLE MARYK’s speculative suspense title The Found Object Society went to Chelsea Cutchens at Hyperion Avenue at auction via Victoria Marini of High Line Literary Collective.
RANDY RIBAY’s YA paranormal horror novel Nest of Tongues, inspired by Filipino mythology, and a second book sold to Tricia Lin at Random House Children’s at auction via Beth Phelan of Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency.
New writer HELENA HAYWOODE HENRY sold YA novel Last Chance Live! and a second book to Stacey Barney at Nancy Paulsen Books in a pre-empt via Alyssa Maltese and Holly Root of Root Literary.
LINDSAY FLANAGAN, SABINE BERLIN, and CAMBRIA WILLIAMS sold The Holiday Magic series, six standalone YA speculative romances each written by one of the authors, to Amy Cowan at Radiance. Lisa Lindsey will edit.
DESTON J. MUNDEN’s debut cozy fantasy Afterlife Crisis sold to Meg Hood at Bindery Books.
EUGEN BACON sold SF/magical realism Sauúti novella The Nga’phandileh Whisperer to Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing.
JOSH ROUNTREE’s West Texas Gothic ghost novella Summer in the House of the Departed went to E. Catherine Tobler at Psychopomp via Kristopher O’Higgins of Scribe Agency.
JASON SANFORD’s gothic novella We Hunt Alexanders went to Jason Sizemore at Apex via Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency.
ADALYN GRACE sold fantasy holiday novella Holly, set in the Belladonna series, to Deirdre Jones at Little, Brown Children’s via Peter Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media.
REN HUTCHINGS sold novella The Legend Liminal to Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing via Ernie Chiara of Fuse Literary.
P.A. CORNELL sold SF/romance noir novelette Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl to Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing.
MICHAEL BOULERICE’s horror novella Feeding the Wheel went to Kristy Baptist at Death’s Head Press.
PAUL KINCAID sold review and essay collection Colourfields to Briardene Books.
V. CASTRO will edit anthology Latin American Shared Stories: Short Stories & Modern Myths in the Beyond & Within series for Nick Wells at Flame Tree Press.
JENDIA GAMMON & GARETH L. POWELL will edit and publish cross-genre anthology Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers via their imprint Stars and Sabers Publishing.
JULIETTE CROSS resold Firebird and two more in romantasy trilogy The Fire That Binds to Gillian Green at Bramble UK via Chris Scheina at Bramble US.
J. PENNER sold paperback rights to five books in the cozy fantasy Adenashire series to Rachel Gilmer at Poisoned Pen Press via Kimberly Brower of Brower Literary.
STACIA STARK resold romantasy We Who Will Die – “The Vampire Diaries meets Gladiator” – and two more books resold to Laura Schreiber at Avon in a pre-empt via Kimberly Whalen of The Whalen Agency.
SUSAN BARNES has joined Tor as a senior editor.
BIANCA GILLAM has joined Zeno Agency Ltd. as associate agent, and KIRSTEN LANG as agency/rights assistant.
Film rights to GARDNER DOZOIS’s 1973 novella “Chains of the Sea” were optioned by About It Films.
ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE’s Hell Followed with Us will be adapted as a full-length animated feature film by Lilly Wachowski and Sarah Marie Flores through their Anarchists United company. Other producers are Trustbridge Entertainment; Lawrence Mattis of Circle Management + Production; Powerhouse Animation Studios; and Daniel Dominguez, Brad Graeber, and Jacob Robinson of Line Mileage. Álvaro Rodríguez and Warren Wagner will write the screenplay.
This report and more like it in the October 2024 issue of Locus.
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