Agent Joshua Bilmes reports some interesting news for mega-client Charlaine Harris:
CBS has made a pilot script commitment to the Harper Connelly paranormal mystery series. Joel Gotler at Intellectual Property Group was a co-agent on this deal.
British audio editions for the Harper Connelly books will be released by W.F. Howes. Zeno Agency was a co-agent on this deal.
Harris sold a short story featuring her Dahlia character, which appears in the December issue of Glamour magazine. Bilmes adds “She also did a day of publicity in New York for the forthcoming ‘casual’ electronic game featuring Dahlia from Oberon Media.”
In the realm of foreign rights:
Czech publisher Baronet bought rights to All Together Dead and From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse novels 7 and 8)
Danish publisher Lindhardt & Ringhof bought rights to Definitely Dead and All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse novels 6 and 7)
German publisher DTV bought rights to the anthology Death’s Excellent Vacation, which Harris co-edited with Toni L.P. Kelner
Indonesian publisher Kantera bought rights to Sookie collection A Touch of Dead
Spanish publisher Santillana bought rights to Sookie Stackhouse novels 1 through 5, and rights to the entire eight-book Aurora Teagarden mystery series
Swedish publisher Word bought audio rights to Sookie Stackhouse novels 1, 2, and 3