AGENCY NEWS OCTOBER 2015

 

We’ve added an audio partner for JOHN SCALZI’s 13 property deal with Tor and that is Audible, who has licensed the entire list of new works.  We’re very excited about continuing to work with Audible on John’s audiobooks.

We’re also happy to report that the sixth volume of John’s OLD MAN’S WAR series, THE END OF ALL THINGS, has made both the PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY and USA TODAY Bestseller lists.

In other news,

We’ve sold Japanese translation rights in Vaughn Heppner’s THE LAST STARSHIP to Hayakawa in Japan.

We’ve sold the next two books in CAROLINE FARDIG’s ‘Java Jive’ series to Bantam Alibi and the first book launches in November, DEATH BEFORE DECAF.

AMANDA ASHLEY will continue with Kensington and we’ve sold them an additional two paranormal romances.

MARTHE JOCELYN has sold 2 new board books to ORCA, ONE RED BUTTON and ONE PIECE OF STRING and she is a FINALIST for THE CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTRE for WHAT WE HIDE (ages 14 and up category)

MARKO KLOOS will continue his FRONTLINES series with AMAZON PUBLISHING and we have licensed a new original work of fiction to them as well, by agent EVAN GREGORY.

We’ve sold a new work of military non-fiction by Tom Yarborough to Cascade, A SHAU VALOR.  

SHELLY LAURENSTON fans can now read CALL OF CROWS in German, as we’ve licensed THE UNLEASHING in Germany.

Kay Kenyon’s MAXIMUM ICE, which was featured in Slate’s “Science Fiction That Can Change The Future”, is part of the upcoming Philip K. Dick Award Bundle on StoryBundle.

Following the successful ebook release of IAN DOUGLAS’s WARSTRIDER series, he is releasing a new novella continuing the series, THE TEN BILLION GODS IN HEAVEN.

The agency has also begun re-releasing 24 frontier and Western novels from JASON MANNING as ebooks.

Looking forward to a busy Fall.

 

Ethan Ellenberg

JULY 2015

 

Well the big news is probably out there but we do want to report on this site that JOHN SCALZI and TOR BOOKS have agreed to terms for John’s next 10 adult novels and 3 Young Adult novels in a seven figure deal.  Congratulations John.  We’re delighted to have represented you in this negotiation and there’s much more to do.

In other news:

CORSAIR by JAMES CAMBIAS is out and we’ve sold rights in Japan and Israel.

IAN DOUGLAS has delivered the first book of a new series, ANDROMEDAN DARK which will launch in December from Eos.

On behalf of the ANDRE NORTON estate we’ve licensed an additional 11 backlist titles to Open Road.

We’ve sold Germany rights for SHELLY LAURENSTON for the first book of her new series, THE CROWS: THE UNLEASHING.

We’ve sold a Western to St. Martin’s on behalf of JASON MANNING and A.S.P. will be re-issuing almost his entire backlist with new covers.

On behalf of CANDACE FLEMING we’ve sold a work on the artist JOSEPH CORNELL to Schwartz and Wade.

On behalf of JULIA NOONAN we’ve renewed her agreement with HarperCollins for her illustrations for YOU’RE JUST WHAT I NEED.

On behalf of RIPTIDE PUBLISHING we’ve licensed 10 titles to Audible.com for their authors S.E. Jakes and Abigail Roux.

Ditmar and Aurealis Award-winning client Thoraiya Dyer inked a three book deal for her TITAN’S FOREST fantasy series with Tor Books.

Patty Blount took home a Firecracker Award for best YA for her book SOME BOYS during the Council of Literary Magazines and Publishers inaugural Firecracker Awards ceremony. She also renewed for two new YA novels with her proud publisher Sourcebooks.

AGENCY NEWS APRIL 2015

 

Patty Blount’s SOME BOYS is a finalist for the 2015 RITA Award for Young Adult Romance and is now in its fifth reprint.  Her new book NOTHING LEFT TO BURN will be out in August from Sourcebooks.

JOHN SCALZI’S THE END OF ALL THINGS (Tor, 8/2015) is completed and we are gearing up for publication of this sixth book in the ‘Old Man’s War’ series.   And there is great news for John’s LOCK IN, it’s up for an AUDIE AWARD.  The Audible version is narrated by Wil Wheaton, Amber Benson, and a full cast.

In other news we are pleased to announce a number of sales on behalf of CANDACE FLEMING, two new non-fiction works have been sold to Schwartz and Wade.

She will also be joining Caldecott winning illustrator, ERIC ROHMANN to create a second book featuring their delightful hero BULLDOZER, whose debut children’s picture book BULLDOZER’S BIG DAY is forthcoming in May from Atheneum.

AER-KI JYR’s forthcoming science fiction novel APEX is getting a lot of pre-publication attention and io9 has included it in their best of April 2015 roundup.

JUDD TRICHTER’S LOVE IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION (Thomas Dunne) has a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was featured in their best of spring round up.

GAIL MARTIN’S new novel from Orbit WAR OF SHADOWS is headed for the New Arrivals  tables in all stores for Barnes and Noble.

For SHARON SHINN we’ve sold two more works to Audible, JEWELED FIRE: ROYAL AIRS #3 which is coming from Ace in November and another title in the series.

We have two big debuts coming in April for our romance clients, SHELLY LAURENSTONS’S NEW SERIES CALL OF CROWS commences with THE UNLEASHING.

We also welcome a new series from  LUCY MONROE, with WILD HEAT from Grand Central.

We’ve sold 3 new books to Harlequin Historicals for Georgie Lee, including her first continuity.

Travis Langley, author of BATMAN AND PSYCHOLOGY will have four pop-culture psychology books from Sterling, the first of which, WALKING DEAD PSYCHOLOGY and STAR WARS PSYCHOLOGY, are due out later this year.

 

BERTRICE SMALL                              December 9, 1937-February 24, 2015

 

It’s with great sadness that I acknowledge on our website the passing of Bertrice Small, a great colleague and a true friend.  We enjoyed a long, fruitful relationship based on mutual respect and candor.  She was a friend and a mentor to me as an agent and I treasure both the work we did together and the companionship we shared discussing the business and our personal lives.  Her talent and accomplishments were vast, not only in the number of her books she wrote, but in their quality and their fresh and groundbreaking content.

She was a unique and special woman, full of life and intelligence and wit and she will be missed.  May she be remembered for a blessing.

 

Ethan Ellenberg

AGENCY NEWS MARCH 2015

 

I’d like to start with a number of awards and honors.

 

The American Library Association recently announced its awards and we’re delighted that two agency clients were among the honorees:

LOCK IN by JOHN SCALZI won an Alex Award, awarded for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences.

THE FAMILY ROMANOV: MURDER, REBELLION AND THE FALL OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA  written by  CANDACE FLEMING, and published by Schwartz & Wade, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books won a YALSA AWARD, awarded for excellence in publishing for Young Adult non-fiction.

And speaking of John Scalzi’s LOCK IN, it’s also up for an AUDIE award for best audiobook in the Science Fiction category.

In other news a major coup for first time novelist JUDD TRICHTER whose first SF novel, LOVE IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION has been recognized by PW as one of the top 10 books for Spring, 2015 in SF, Fantasy and Horror.  The book already received a number of strong reviews and we’ve sold audio and Italian rights.

 

In other news:

 

AER-KI JYR’s first novel with Harper/Voyager, APEX, was featured in PW’s Spring 2015 highlights.

We’re re-issuing 5 of Kay Kenyon’s early novels with our Agent Sponsored Publishing

Mel Odom’s new military SF series, THE MAKAUM WAR, has launched with publication of book one, MASTER SERGEANT, and it’s a Main Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club and IO9 has reviewed it.

We’ve sold a new work for Edward Willett to Daw, THE CITY MUST DIE.

March will be a big month for SHELLY LAURENSTON with the launch of her new series, CALL OF CROWS, book one is titled THE UNLEASHING.  Audio rights have been sold to Tantor.

Open Road Publishing will be releasing all of the JENNIFER WILDE backlist over the coming months, the first time any of these books have been published as ebooks.

We’ve sold two new YA books by ROBIN BRIDGES to Kensington.

We’re very excited about the May publication of BULLDOZER’S BIG DAY written by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann.  It’s Simon and Schuster’s lead picture book companywide for Spring 2015 and we’ve agreed on terms for a sequel.

MARTHE JOCELYN has agreed to a new picture book deal with Tundra for SAM SORTS, a sequel of sorts to her hit book HANNAH’S COLLECTIONS.
We continue our success in licensing translation rights on behalf of RIPTIDE PUBLISHING and can proudly say we have now licensed titles in Japanese, German, Italian, and French.

Senior Agent, Evan Gregory has concluded terms for the 4^th book in MARKO KLOOS’S  ‘FRONTLINES’ series, provisionally titled CHAINS OF COMMAND.

 

IO9 is featuring FLEX by FERRETT STEINMETZ, a March book coming from Angry Robot, in its 2015 preview.

 

Ethan Ellenberg