Book & Novel Sales
| Syrie James sells a retelling of Dracula from Mina Harker's point of view | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | March 4, 2009 | ||
 Syrie James sold Dracule, My Love: The Secret Journal of Mina Harker to William Morrow, which expects to publish the book in 2010...
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| Derryl Murphy sells film rights to short story; and co-written novella (with William Shunn) to PS Publishing | |||
| People > Media Sales | February 25, 2009 | ||
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Derryl Murphy's short story "Last Call" has been optioned for short film production. Murphy and William Shunn's novella Cast a Cold Eye will be published by PS Publishing...
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| Kat Falls sells new YA post-apocalyptic series to Scholastic | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 23, 2009 | ||
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Northwestern University screenwriting professor Kat Falls sold her first two YA novels to Scholastic. The books start a series set in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has raised sea levels...
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| Derek Gunn sells historical horror fiction to Ghostwriter Publications | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 20, 2009 | ||
 Irish author Derek Gunn has sold two historical horror pieces, which will appear as the novel The HMS Swift Chronicles, to new small press publisher Ghostwriter Publications. The stories follow...
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| John Joseph Adams sells reprint vampire anthology to Night Shade | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 12, 2009 | ||
 John Joseph Adams's newest reprint anthology, By Blood We Live, will feature "the best vampire literature of the last few decades", including stories by Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Harry Turtledove...
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| Matt Myklusch sells trilogy to Aladdin | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 11, 2009 | ||
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Matt Myklusch's first book sale is a trilogy of middle-grade books called Jack Blank, which starts with a robot-zombie attack and goes from there...
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| Mary Robinette Kowal sells two books to Tor | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 10, 2009 | ||
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Mary Robinette Kowal sold Shades of Milk and Honey and another, untitled, book to Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books via agent Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Kowal describes Shades as "my Jane Austen with magic novel"...
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| PS Publishing buys three books, fiction for Postscripts, and a Lovecraftian anthology | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 9, 2009 | ||
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PS Publishing's Peter Crowther reports the purchase of three books, stories for Postscripts magazine, and the table of contents for S.T. Joshi's Lovecraftian horror anthology Black Wings...
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| Producer Robert Evans sells second volume of memoir | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | February 4, 2009 | ||
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Film producer Robert Evans, who had a hand in The Phantom, Popeye, and Rosemary's Baby, sold his second memoir volume to Phoenix Books...
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| Daniell Trussoni sells novel Angelology to Viking | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 29, 2009 | ||
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Memoirist Danielle Trussoni sold her first novel in a seven-way auction to Viking. Angelology tells the story of a reignited war between angelologists and Nephilim...
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| "Freddy Krueger" sells memoir to Pocket | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 29, 2009 | ||
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Robert Englund, who came to fame playing A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger, has sold a memoir to Pocket Books, for publication to coincide...
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| Gears sell fictionalized history of 16th century Florida to Pocket | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 28, 2009 | ||
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W. Michael & Kathleen O'Neal Gear sold a fictionalized account of the indigenous people of 16th century Florida and the de Soto expeditions to Pocket Books...
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| Larry Tye sells nonfiction book about Superman | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 22, 2009 | ||
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Journalist and non-fiction author Larry Tye sold Superman, whic hlooks at the cultural phenomenon of the character, to Random House...
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| Chloe Neill sells new series to NAL's JAM | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 21, 2009 | ||
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Chloe Neill's new series, "Varsity Magic", will debut after her forthcoming "Chicagoland Vampire" series. All will be published by NAL...
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| Spider Robinson's sequel to Variable Star will actually be a trilogy | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 14, 2009 | ||
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Spider Robinson's posthumous collaboration with Robert A. Heinlein, Variable Star, has spawned not one, but three sequel volumes, to be collectively known as...
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| Spider Robinson sells sequel to Variable Star to Tor | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 8, 2009 | ||
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Spider Robinson sold the solo novel Orphan Stars, which is a sequel to his posthumous collaboration with Robert A. Heinlein, to Tor Books...
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| Matthew Sturges sells sequel to Midwinter to Pyr | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 26, 2008 | ||
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Matthew Sturges sold The Office of Shadow to Lou Anders at Pyr. The espionage meets epic fantasy story is the sequel to Midwinter...
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| Kristine Kathryn Rusch sells expansion of "Diving into the Wreck" to Pyr | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 24, 2008 | ||
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch sold Diving into the Wreck to Lou Anders at Pyr via agent Rich Henshaw. The novella on which it's based won the Asimov's Readers' Choice Award...
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| After 25 years, Steven R. Boyett writes a sequel to Ariel | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 23, 2008 |
 Ace Books published Steven R. Boyett's post-apocalyptic fantasy Ariel in 1983. In 2010, they'll publish the brand-new sequel...
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| George Mann sells "steampunk superhero" novel to Pyr | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 23, 2008 | ||
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George Mann sold The Ghosts of Manhattan and an untitled sequel to Lou Anders at Pyr. Anders describes the book as a "steampunk superhero" tale.
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| Clockwork Phoenix 2 set | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 22, 2008 | ||
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The second annual anthology of "tales of beauty and strangeness" will features stories by Mary Robinette Kowal, Tanith Lee, Steve Rasnic Tem...
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| Ian Cameron Esslemont sells four books to Transworld | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 15, 2008 | ||
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In a "strong five-figure deal", Canadian Ian Cameron Esslemont sold four fantasy novels to Transworld. Previously, he co-wrote two books with Steven Erikson...
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| Natasha Rhodes sells new Kayla Steele novel to Solaris | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 11, 2008 | ||
 British-born, US-based Natasha Rhodes sold her third Kayla Steele novel, Circus of Sins, to Christian Dunn at Solaris via agent John Jarrold...
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| Sharon Lee sells "urban fantasy" novel to Baen Books | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 10, 2008 | ||
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Sharon Lee sold Carousel Tides to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books, via agent Jennifer Jackson of the Maass Agency. The book is...
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| Rowena Cory Daniells sells new fantasy trilogy to Solaris | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 9, 2008 | ||
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Australian writer Rowena Cory Daniells sold a new fantasy trilogy, called "King Rolen's Kin", to Solaris. The first book, Byren's Bane...
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