People & Publishing Roundup, November 2024
ROY GRAHAM, K ARSENAULT RIVERA, and SASCHA STRONACH are now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.
LAURA BLACKWELL is now represented by Jake Lovell of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
JOHN HORNOR JACOBS received the Heasley Prize for Fiction, presented October 22, 2024 at his alma mater, Lyon College in AR.
TIM LEBBON sold folk horror novel Secret Lives of the Dead to Cath Trechman at Titan Books via Caspian Dennis of Abner Stein.
VICTORIA AVEYARD sold fantasy Tempest, set in a world ‘‘inspired by the Golden Age of Piracy,’’ to Priyanka Krishnan at Voyager US at auction via Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media. UK rights went to Bethan Morgan at Gollancz.
SAMANTHA MILLS sold a novel and a story collection to Jacob Weisman at Tachyon Publications via Lisa Rodgers of JABberwocky Literary Agency. Jaymee Goh will edit.
TIM PRATT sold The Jewel and the Comet, sequel to The Knife and the Serpent in the Nigh-Space series, to Simon Spanton at Angry Robot via Ginger Clark of Ginger Clark Literary. He also sold Arkham Horror novel The Twilight Magus, third in the Sanford Files trilogy, to Gwendolyn Nix at Aconyte via Clark.
JEANIENE FROST’s fantasy What Beasts the Night Dreams and two more books sold to Erika Tsang at Bramble via Nancy Yost of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.
AYANA GRAY sold adult novel I, Medusa and a second book to Caitlin McKenna at Random House at auction via Pete Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media. UK rights went to Sam Humphreys at Black & White at auction via Claire Wilson of Rogers, Coleridge & White on behalf of Knapp.
ADALYN GRACE sold adult novel The Wretched Divine, first in a new fantasy trilogy, and two more books to Bess Braswell and Kat Brzozowski at Feiwel and Friends for seven figures at auction via Pete Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media. UK rights sold to Bethan Morgan at Gollancz for seven figures at auction via Kathryn Toolan of Park & Fine Literary and Media.
ALEXIS HALL sold an epic fantasy ‘‘romcomantasy’’ to Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca via Courtney Miller-Callihan of Handspun Literary.
BETHANY C. MORROW sold horror novel The Body to Kelly Lonesome at Nightfire at auction via Victoria Marini of High Line Literary Collective.
A.D. SUI’s SF novel The Iron Garden Sutra and a second book went to Diana Pho at Erewhon via Shannon Lechon of Azantian Literary Agency.
JADE SONG sold novel I Love You Don’t Die and collection Ox, Ghost, Snake, Demon to David Pomerico at William Morrow via DongWon Song of Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.
NADIA BULKIN’s collection Issues with Authority sold to Max Booth III at Ghoulish Books.
CHARLIE N. HOLMBERG sold The Hedgewitch’s Cure for Marriage, The Druid’s Sabbatical from Wolfhood, The Half-Hearted Queen, and the fifth book in the Whimbrel House romantic fantasy series to Elizabeth Agyemang at 47North.
RANDEE DAWN’s fantasy novel We Interrupt This Program and a second book set in the same world went to Amanda Rutter at Solaris Nova via Bridget Smith of JABberwocky Literary Agency.
PHILIPP MEYER sold dystopian SF novel The City to Dan Gerstle at Norton via Peter Straus of Rogers, Coleridge & White. UK rights went to Suzanne Baboneau at Scribner UK.
CLAUDIA DURASTANTI’s Missitalia, set in three time periods (including a future moon colony), went to Laura Perciasepe at Summit via Sandra Pareja of Massie & McQuilkin. UK rights sold to Fitzcarraldo.
MAHMUD EL SAYED’s Arabfuturism novel The Republic of Memory and two more books sold to Brendan Durkin at Gollancz in a pre-empt.
RHIANNON GRIST sold horror novel Home Sick to Amanda Raybould at Solaris via Dorian Maffei of Kimberley Cameron & Associates.
SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL sold three books in the fantasy Academy of Blades series to Steve Beaulieu at Aethon via Jon Wood at Rogers, Coleridge & White. Rhett Bruno will edit.
COURTNEY SMYTH sold books three and four in the Undetectables queer fantasy mystery series to George Sandison at Titan Books via Martha Perotto-Wills on behalf of Zoe Plant of the Bent Agency.
SOPHIA SLADE sold book four in the Nightstrider fantasy series to Stephanie Lippitt Clark at Orbit Works via Bethany Weaver of Weaver Literary Agency.
CHARLOTTE CROSS sold sapphic horror The Brides, about the ‘‘ brides of Dracula,’’ and a second book to Sophie Robinson at Tor UK in a pre-empt via Francesca Riccardi of Kate Nash Literary Agency UK.
NATASHA SIEGEL’s Gothic romantic fantasy As Many Souls as Stars went to Ariana Sinclair at William Morrow for six figures in a pre-empt via Catherine Cho of Paper Literary. UK rights went to Vicky Leech Mateos at Bloomsbury UK at auction.
LOUISE FEIN sold Book of Forbidden Words to Liz Stein at William Morrow via Caroline Hardman of Hardman & Swainson.
JOANNA RUTH MEYER sold fantasy While the Dark Remains and a second book to Marilyn Brigham at 47North via Sarah Gerton of New Leaf Literary & Media.
JEN SOOKFONG LEE’s The Hunger We Pass Down sold to Viengsamai Fetters at Erewhon via Samantha Haywood of Transatlantic Literary Agency. Canadian rights went to Anita Chong at McClelland & Stewart.
JENNIFER BREEDLOVE sold ghost novel More than Blood to Madeline Houpt at Minotaur via Alice Speilburg of Speilburg Literary Agency.
MALAYNA EVANS sold The Legend of Goddess Isis, ‘‘a feminist retelling of the Ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris,’’ to Jess Verdi at Alcove Press via Liza Fleissig of Liza Royce Agency.
MICHAEL FARRIS SMITH sold Lay Your Armor Down to Josh Kendall at Little, Brown via Ellen Levine of Trident Media Group.
ANDREW DANA HUDSON sold ‘‘cosmic detective procedural’’ Absence to Nick Whitney at Soho Press via Reeves Hamilton of Vertical Ink Agency.
KAYLEE ARCHER’s fantasy novel Witch of the Wolves and a second book went to Kelley Ragland at St. Martin’s via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. Katie Holt will edit.
CYNTHIA GÓMEZ’s queer historical fantasy Muñeca and a second book sold to Daphne Durham at Putnam at auction via Lauren Bajek of Liza Dawson Associates.
LAUREN WESTWOOD sold The House of Light and Shadows and two more books, and resold three backlist titles, to Francesca Best at Boldwood via Kiya Evans of Mushens Entertainment.
DAVID-JACK FLETCHER’s collection of queer horror stories Hell Is Other People went to Steve Berman at Lethe Press.
TRILINA PUCCI sold horror romance novel One Killer Night and a second book to Maria Gomez at Montlake in a pre-empt via Stacey Graham of 3 Seas Literary Agency.
LAI SANDERS sold literary fantasy thriller The Plans I Have for You to Olivia Taylor Smith at Simon & Schuster in a pre-empt via Erin Niumata at Folio Literary Management.
LIZ PARKER’s fantasy Honeysuckle House sold to Melissa Rechter at Alcove Press via Jessica Faust of BookEnds.
LYLA SAGE’s romantic ghost story Sweetwater Peak and a second book, plus – in a separate deal – three novellas, sold to Emma Caruso at Dial Press via Jessica Watterson of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
PATRICK TARR’s historical ‘‘ghost story with horror accents,’’ The Guest Children, sold to Holly Ingraham at Crooked Lane via Samantha Haywood of Transatlantic Literary Agency. Canadian rights went to Janice Zawerbny at Harper Canada.
JENDIA GAMMON sold The Vale of Seven Dragons, Coursers of Wings and Flame, and The Vale of Fire Wrought in The Vale of Seven Dragons Saga to Sley House Publishing, and sold them novella Godfestation in a separate deal.
R.L. CAULDER’s romantasies Where Dreams Fall, Where Illusions Lie, and Where Nightmares Rise sold to Julie Constantine at Podium Publishing via Savannah Greenwell of Two Daisy Media.
MELISSA PACE sold SF novel The Once and Future Me to Micaela Carr at Holt in a pre-empt via Elisabeth Weed of The Book Group.
AM KVITA’s fantasy novel An Unlikely Coven and two more titles sold to Alyea Canada at Orbit via James McGowan of BookEnds. UK rights went Jenni Hill at Orbit UK.
CLARE CAVENAGH’s literary horror novel Tillinghast went to Nidhi Pugalia at Viking at auction via Grainne Fox of UTA on behalf of Judith Murray of Greene & Heaton. UK rights sold to Suzie Doore at The Borough Press via Murray.
RITA INDIANA sold literary horror novel Asmodeus to Carmen Giménez at Graywolf via Marta Gonzalez of MB Agency on behalf of Paca Flores of Periferica. UK rights sold to Gary Budden at Influx Press.
SARAH JIO sold SF novel Copy Kat to Liz Stein at William Morrow via Elisabeth Weed of The Book Group.
PHILIP FRACASSI’s horror novel D7 went to Alan Lastufka at Shortwave via Elizabeth Copps of Copps Literary Services.
YAH YAH SCHOLFIELD’s queer Southern Gothic On Sundays She Picked Flowers and a second title sold to Nivia Evans at Saga Press via Valentina Sainato of JABberwocky Literary Agency. UK rights went to Charlotte Trumble at Simon & Schuster UK at auction.
JENEVA ROSE sold horror novel The Grass Is Always Bloodier to Dina Davis at Mira.
HARPER ROSS sold The Unwritten Rules of Magic and a second title to Christina Lopez at St. Martin’s in a pre-empt via Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
JOHN GLYNN’s queer Arthurian novel The Lost Book of Lancelot sold to Maddie Caldwell at Grand Central via Kiele Raymond and Meg Thompson of Thompson Literary Agency.
HAYLEY GELFUSO’s fantasy The Book of Lost Hours went Kaitlin Olson at Atria at auction via Jennifer Weltz of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.
STEWART HOTSTON sold SF novel Project Hanuman to Eleanor Teasdale at Angry Robot via John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton Agency.
JEAN KWOK sold Dominion of Silk and Iron and two more in the Celestial Flame fantasy trilogy to Tara Singh Carlson at Putnam at auction via Caitlin Mahony and Suzanne Gluck of William Morris Endeavor.
KATIE SHEPARD’s The Younger Gods fantasy duology sold to Cindy Hwang at Berkley via Jessica Watterson of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
SAYAKA MURATA’s SF novel Vanishing World sold to Peter Blackstock at Grove/Atlantic via Nicole Aragi of Aragi Inc. UK rights went to Jason Arthur at Granta via Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein.
B.K. BORISON’s holiday paranormal romance Good Spirits and two more titles sold to Shannon Plackis at Avon at auction via Kim Lionetti of BookEnds.
AMIE BARRODALE’s humorous afterlife novel Trip sold to Mitzi Angel at Farrar, Straus via Susan Golomb of Writers House.
KATE GOLDEN sold Half City, first in the Harker Academy fantasy series, and two more books to Kristine Swartz at Ace via Taylor Haggerty and Samantha Fabien at Root Literary. UK rights went to Anne Perry at Quercus.
SAM REBELEIN sold horror novel Galloway’s Gospel and a second book to Ariana Sinclair at William Morrow via Claire Harris of P.S. Literary Agency.
KAYLIE SMITH sold two romantasies set in the world of Phantasma and Enchantra to Sam Brody at Forever in the US and to Jack Renninson at Second Sky in the UK via Emily Forney of BookEnds.
AMY BOYLES sold a romantic fantasy to Maria Gomez at Montlake via Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
TATIANA SCHLOTE-BONNE sold adult horror novel The Mean Ones to Amanda Manns at Creature via Amanda Orozco of Transatlantic Literary Agency.
R.A. BASU sold To Bargain with Mortals and another book in the Reckoning Storm duology to Emma Skies at Bindery Books via Allegra Martschenko of Ladderbird Literary Agency
KYLE FRANCIS WILLIAMS sold We Kept the Names – ‘‘a darkly humorous, contemporary ‘Fall of the House of Usher’’’ to Jeremy Davies at Coffee House Press via Sarah Bedingfield of Levine Greenberg Rostan.
ARK HORTON’s dark fantasy A Weaving of Untruths went to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.
JULIE JOHNSTONE sold paranormal romance series A Whisper of Danger and Desire, A Whisper of Peril and Promise, A Whisper of Hate and Hope, A Whisper of Secrets and Salvation, and A Whisper of Fury and Forever to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera. Sally O’Keefe will edit.
C.C. DAVIE sold four books in the Wytchling Chronicles dark fantasy series to Dylan Ingram at New Dawn.
JOHN BODEN’s horror novel Thrift Store Puzzles sold to Kristy Baptist at Dead Sky Publishing.
YOLANDA OLSON sold dark romance/LGBTQIA+ horror romance novels The Lies Between Us, Cruelly Beloved, Scavengers, Vultures, and Carrion to Ellie Folden at Love N. Books Press. Patience Bramlett will edit.
MARGAUX THORNE sold Charming, Beguiling, and Enchanting in the Witches-in-Waiting Victorian paranormal romance series to Kathryn Le Veque at Dragonblade Moonrise.
MICHELLE HELLIWELL sold Reclaiming the Lyon; Pennies, Potions & Passion; Cups, Curses & Kisses; Wands, Wishes & Whispers; and Swords, Spells & Scandal in the Wetherby Witches series to Kathryn Le Veque at Dragonblade Moonrise.
ASIFUR RASHID’s fantasy Vanguard of the Four Kingdoms sold to Samiha Hoque at Saladeen Books.
KATY BAKER sold time-travel romances Laird’s Curse, Laird’s Darkness, and Laird’s Shadow to Kathryn Le Veque at Dragonblade Moonrise.
SAM DAVEY sold The Chosen Queen – ‘‘The Mists of Avalon for a new generation’’ – and a second title to Toni Kirkpatrick at Diversion Books via Lindsay Guzzardo of Martin Literary Management.
BRIAN MCAULEY’s horror novel Breathe In, Bleed Out sold to Rachel Gilmer at Poisoned Pen Press via Dan Milaschewski of UTA.
CAITLYN MCFARLAND, writing as SIRENA GREENBRIER, sold Echoes of Night, Crimson Dusk, Veil of Dreaming, Gold In Shadow, Forest Under Twilight, Song of Eventide, Threshold of Midnight, and Prism Dawning, in the paranormal romance series Daughters of the Shattered Moon to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
HILDIE MCQUEEN sold fantasy romances An Enchanted Knight, A Beautiful Knight, The Darkest Knight, An Ethereal Knight, and The Last Knight to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
R. LAHAM sold epic fantasy series Manzakar, Freed Kingfisher, and Gohar Rises to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
S.E. BABIN sold fantasies Shift of Heart, Shift of Morals, Power Shift, Shifting Winds, Shifting Resolve, Shift of Rule, Shift of the Wild, and Goddess Shifting to Tanya Anne Crosby at Primera.
CLEA SIMON sold romance ‘‘with a touch of the paranormal’’ Cat’s Eye Charm and a second book in The Witch Cats of Cambridge, and resold A Spell of Murder, An Incantation of Cats, A Cat on the Case, and To Conjure a Killer, to Verena Rose at Level Best via Anne-Lise Spitzer of Philip Spitzer Literary Agency.
ELAINE HO sold fantasy Cry, Voidbringer to Michael LaBorn at Bindery Books via Jennifer Azantian of Azantian Literary Agency.
KRISTEN ZIMMER sold dystopian thriller Reclamation to Salem West at Bywater Books via Mark Falkin of Falkin Literary.
KERRI SCHLOTTMAN’s ‘‘hydrofeminist novel’’ Daytime Moon, about a psychic, sold to Allison Miriam Woodnutt at Unnamed Press via Alexandra Franklin of Curtis Brown.
IAN CHORAO’s horror novel She’s Not There went to Tara Gavin at Crooked Lane via Erica Spellman Silverman of Trident Media Group.
CLAIRE BARNER sold near-future SF novel Moonrising to Toni Kirkpatrick at Diversion Books via Jenna Satterthwaite of Storm Literary Agency.
A.C. FISHER ALDAG’s fantasy Woman Afraid of Water, first in the AmeriCelts series, went to Danielle DeVor at City Owl Press.
KELLEY ARMSTRONG sold YA fantasy The Lilith Society to Lynne Missen at Tundra Books via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
NATALIE C. PARKER sold YA fantasy The Assassin’s Guide to Dating, sequel to The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting, to Miriam Newman at Candlewick via Lara Perkins of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
H.D. HUNTER’s YA fantasy A Lake With No Bottom sold to Trisha de Guzman at Farrar, Straus Children’s via Leah Pierre of Ladderbird Literary Agency (though the author is now represented by Beth Phelan of Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency).
ELISE KOVA’s YA romantasy Dragon Cursed and a second book sold to Liz Pelletier at Entangled Teen via Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency. UK rights sold to Hodder Children’s.
S. HATI sold YA horror novel Morbid Curiosities and another title to Rachel Diebel at Feiwel and Friends at auction via Allegra Martschenko of Ladderbird Literary Agency.
JESSICA SCARLETT sold YA historical fantasies Town of Shadows, Smoke in the Mirrors, and Tower of Rooks to Sally O’Keefe at Primera.
SUZANNE JEFFERIES sold No Such Thing as Ghosts, part of the Haunting of Pinedale High series, to Rhonda Penders at The Wild Rose Press. El Felder will edit.
CJ HOLMES sold YA fantasy Starsfall and three other titles to Tee Tate at City Owl Press.
SONIA TAGLIARENI’s debut fantasy novel Deathbringer and two more books went to Charlotte Trumble at Simon & Schuster UK in a pre-empt via Juliet Mushens of Mushens Entertainment. US rights sold to Elizabeth Hitti at Atria for six figures in a pre-empt by Ginger Clark of Ginger Clark Literary on behalf of Mushens.
First novelist AUDEN PATRICK sold Thoughts Be Bloody – ‘‘a queer and trans retelling of Hamlet set at a magical college’’ – and a second book to Navah Wolfe at DAW via Shannon Lechon of Azantian Literary Agency.
New writer OVA CEREN’s adult/YA crossover romantasy The Book of Heartbreak sold to Jess Verdi at Alcove Press via Elizabeth Counsell of Northbank Talent Management. UK rights went to Ruth Bennett and Ella Whiddett at Hot Key Books.
EMILY CANN’s debut SF novel Branches went to Julia McDowell at Harper Canada via Paige Sisley of CookeMcDermid.
BAR FRIDMAN-TELL’s first novel Honeysuckle, ‘‘a retelling of the Welsh myth of the blodeuwedd,’’ went to Grace McNamee at Bloomsbury at auction via Hillary Jacobson of CAA. Canadian rights sold to Grace O’Connell at Simon & Schuster Canada via Jacobson, and UK rights went to Gillian Green at Nightfire UK via Rachel Mann of CAA.
New writer K.S. SHAY’s fantasy novel Maeve and the Other Marsh and a second book sold to Diana Pho at Erewhon via Brenna English-Loeb of Transatlantic Literary Agency.
MEG CHARLTON’s debut SF novel Voyagers sold to Millicent Bennett and Liz Velez at Harper in a pre-empt via Danielle Bukowski of Sterling Lord Literistic.
First novelist M.J. HASTINGS sold romantasy Firstborn and two more in the trilogy to Mabel Hsu at Sourcebooks via Laura Rennert of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
HESTER STEEL’s debut, queer cosmic horror The Faceless Thing We Adore, sold to Alexandra Murphy at Page Street via Lauren Bajek of Liza Dawson Associates.
New writer MAX FRANCIS’s queer dark academia fantasy Honor and Heresy sold to David Pomerico at Voyager US via Thao Le of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
Debut author TAYLOR HARTLEY’s feminist romantasy Ladies of Leora sold to Melissa Rechter at Alcove Press via Danielle Burby of Mad Woman Literary Agency.
TIM CHAWAGA’s debut novel, near-future mystery One Free Night at the Astro America, sold to Toni Kirkpatrick at Diversion Books via James Farner of JABberwocky Literary Agency.
JACLYN RODRIGUEZ sold debut romantasy A Vow in Vengeance and a second book to Nicole Otto at Slowburn at auction via Patrice Caldwell of New Leaf Literary & Media.
First novelist GARY HOST sold fantasy novel Merchant Crab and two more titles to Rhett Bruno at Aethon via M.H.F. Saint of Achilles Literary Agency.
Debut writer PETER GIKANDI’s historical fantasy Goma sold to Tim O’Connell at Saga Press and to Brittany Lavery at Simon & Schuster Canada via Peter Steinberg of UTA. UK rights went to Charlotte Trumble at Simon & Schuster UK.
J.D. MYALL sold debut romantic fantasy Heart’s Gambit and a second book to Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books in a pre-empt via Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media on behalf of Electric Postcard Entertainment.
New writer MAX DOTY sold horror novels The House that Eats the Dead and Sleepers in the Lake to Sophie Robinson at Tor UK via Maria Brannan of Greyhound Literary.
KATIE CUNNINGHAM sold debut queer horror novel Something to Live For to Anna Kubik at Dead Sky Publishing.
Debut author YUVASHRI HARISH sold YA horror novel Kill Your Darlings and a second book to Gretchen Durning at Putnam Children’s via Keir Alekseii of Azantian Literary Agency.
LOGAN KARLIE’s debut YA fantasy Dream by the Shadows and a second book sold to Jessica Anderson at Christy Ottaviano Books in a pre-empt via Gwen Beal of UTA. UK rights wemt to Sophie Keefe at Head line at auction via Ciara Finan of Curtis Brown UK.
New writer SARAH VAN GOETHEM sold YA fantasy The Witch of the Dark Wood to Katie Scott at Kids Can Press via Emelie Burl of Susan Schulman Literary Agency.
First novelist ELIZA GABRIEL’s dystopian YA novel Steal the Sky and two more books sold to Justine Bylo at Entangled Teen via Tracey Adams of Adams Literary.
WENDY DALRYMPLE’s erotic horror novella Feed the Tree sold to Cassandra Thompson at Quill & Crow.
CAROLINE HAGOOD’s Goblin Mode, combining ‘‘elements of memoir and speculative fiction,’’ went to Andrew Gifford at Santa Fe Writers Project.
LONA BAILEY sold non-fiction book The Wicked Witch of the West: The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon to Deni Remsberg at Rowman & Littlefield via Rita Rosenkranz of Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency.
RACHEL FEDER sold vampire novella The Turn to Marisa Siegel at TriQuarterly Books via Becky LeJeune of Bond Literary Agency.
HAZEL ZORN’s horror novella Reef Mind went to Matt Blairstone at Tenebrous Press. Alex Woodroe will edit.
Writer AUSTIN GROSSMAN and illustrator SAVANNA GANUCHEAU sold YA graphic novel duology We Hate Wizard School to Calista Brill at First Second via Luke Janklow of Janklow & Nesbit for Grossman and Charlie Olsen of InkWell Management for Ganucheau. Benjamin Wilgus will edit.
KRISTY BAPTIST, ANNA KUBIK, and MEGAN YUNDT will edit horror anthology Absolute Zero for Steve Wands and Jeremy Wagner at Death’s Head Press.
WILLIAM STERLING will edit anthology Punk Goes Horror, illustrated by IRA RAT, for TruBorn Press.
MATT DINNIMAN sold print rights to LitRPG novels The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher’s Masquerade, and The Eye of the Bedlam Bride to Jessica Wade at Ace via Seth Fishman of The Gernert Company.
RYAN CAHILL resold self-published fantasy Of Blood and Fire, with illustrations by TOM ROBERTS, to Matt Holland at The Broken Binding Press.
LIZ EDELBROCK’s first novel, YA romantasy Veiled in Shadow, resold to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte via Chelsea Eberly at Greenhouse Literary Agency on behalf of Dovetail Fiction.
SAM MEEKINGS resold Book of Crows and Under Fishbone Clouds to Mara Anastas at Open Road via Kristina Perez of Perez Literary & Entertainment.
SARAH GUAN has left her position as publisher of Erewhon after five years with the company.
AISLYN FREDSALL was promoted to associate editor at Tor; CAROLINE PERNY to associate director of publicity; CHRISTINE FOLTZER to senior art director; JAMIE STAFFORD-HILL to art director; RUSSELL TRAKHTENBERG to manager, art; ANDREW BEASLEY to associate director, data intelligence; and ARIANA CARPENTIERI to associate marketing manager.
Film rights to T. KINGFISHER’s The Twisted Ones were optioned by Kate Myers at RSA Features via Lucy Stille of Lucy Stille Literary on behalf of Helen Breitwieser of Cornerstone Literary Agency.
LAUREN ROBERTS’s Powerless is being adapted as a TV series by Lyrical Media and Will Gluck via Joel Gotler of Intellectual Property Group in association with lawyer Lloyd Jassin.
This report and more like it in the October 2024 issue of Locus.
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