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AGENCY NEWS JANUARY 2019

December 20, 2018 by Ethan Ellenberg

JANUARY 2019

MaryJanice Davidson will be launching a new paranormal series with Sourcebooks and Recorded Books in two separate 3 book deals.  The tentative title is FOSTERWERE.  We’ll also be doing an original with Recorded Books, A CONTEMPORARY SMART ASS AT THE COURT OF HENRY VIII.

James Cambias has a new book coming from Baen in January, ARKAD’S WORLD.  Next up from Jim, THE INITIATE, also a Baen book.

Ian Douglas has just delivered his the first book in his exciting new series SOLAR WARDEN to HarperCollins.  The movie option on STAR CARRIER was recently renewed.

Gail Z. Martin has sold a number of new works to Recorded Books and Tantor including her new fantasy series ASSASINS OF LANDRIA.

Tony Peak’s SIGNAL is out from Audible.

John Scalzi’s THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE movie option has been renewed by Working Title pictures in London.  I hope everyone saw that the second book in the Series, THE CONSUMING FIRE made the New York Times hard/ebook bestseller list, a rarity for a science fiction novel.

We’ve sold a 3rd book to Mira on behalf of Margot Hunt which will continue her career in suspense.  Her second book FOR BETTER AND WORSE is out now and it is a Book of the Month club selection.

We’ll be publishing another original Western by Jason Manning, LOBO RILER.

We’ve closed on an offer for SEEKING FREEDOM by new client Selene Castrovilla with Boyds Mill.

We’re very excited to report that the artwork for a new Eric Rohmann picture book is complete, HONEYBEE and it will be coming from Holiday House.  Candace Fleming wrote the manuscript.  The New York Public Library picked Candy’s mixed author anthology FATAL THRONE as one of its best books of 2018.

Tundra will be publishing Marthe Jocelyn’s SAM SORTS as a board book in 2019.

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