Locus, June 2013

by Locus Publications

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  Graham Joyce (2008)

  GRAHAM JOYCE, 58, has been diagnosed with lymphoma, and is undergoing a course of chemotherapy. ‘‘I’m upbeat: I’m surrounded by family and good friends so I’m not in a bad place and hope, like everyone in this situation, to win through.’’

  AWARDS

  STEPHEN KING’s ‘‘Batman and Robin Have an Altercation’’ (Harper’s Magazine 9/12) won a National Magazine Award in the Fiction category.

  ANN C. CRISPIN has been named the 2013 Grandmaster by the International Association of Media Ti-In Writers, to be presented at a ceremony during Comic-Con International in San Diego CA, July 18-21, 2013.

  BEN WINTERS’s The Last Policeman (Quirk) won the Edgar Award for best paperback original, presented by the Mystery Writers of America at their 67th Gala Banquet, May 2, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

  MICHAEL H. PAYNE is the recipient of the 2013 Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service to SFWA Award for his work as head coordinator of the organization’s Circulating Book Plan.

  Artist MURRAY TINKELMAN and the late artist ARTHUR RACKHAM (1867-1939) are among the 2013 inductees in the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame.

  VALYNNE MAETANI’s Remnants of the Rising Sun won the first annual New Visions Award for the best fantasy, SF, or mystery YA by an author of color who has not previously published a novel for that age group. Maetani will received a $1,000 grant and a publishing contract with Tu Books.

  BOOKS SOLD

  R.A. LAFFERTY’s stories are coming back into print with The Lafferty Library, a series of volumes collecting the whole of Lafferty’s published short fiction, sold to Jerad Walters and John Pelan at Centipede Press via Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.

  GEORGE R.R. MARTIN sold The Wit and Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, collecting ‘‘clever and naughty quips’’ from the Song of Ice and Fire character, illustrated by JONTY CLARK and compiled by Martin’s editor Jane Johnson at HarperCollins UK, via Christopher Lotts.

  CHARLAINE HARRIS sold After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace via Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky Literary Agency. Harris will edit Dead but Not Forgotten, with stories set in the Sookie Stackhouse world by other authors, also for Buchanan via Bilmes. Harris & CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN delivered Inheritance, the second Cemetery Girl novel, to Buchanan. Golden sold near-future thriller Tin Men to Mark Tavani at Ballantine Bantam Dell and to Headline in the UK via Howard Morhaim. Film rights were optioned by Warner Bros. on behalf of Peter Chernin.

  JOHN SCALZI sold a new standalone SF novel and a sequel to The Human Division (the latter to be published first as a digital serial in weekly installments) to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor via Ethan Ellenberg.

  Ben Winters (2010)

  JONATHAN CARROLL’s new novel Bathing the Lion went to Michael Homler at St. Martin’s via Richard Parks of Richard Parks Agency.

  NISI SHAWL’s Everfair, a historical novel with steampunk elements, went to James Frenkel at Tor via Joe Monti of Barry Goldblatt Literary.

  SEANAN McGUIRE sold urban fantasy novel Indexing, described as ‘‘Grimm meets Criminal Minds,’’ to David Pomerico at 47North for the Kindle Serial program via Diana Fox of Fox Literary. It will be published electronically in 12 installments, then collected in a single print volume.

  WILLIAM DIETZ sold three more Mutant Files novels to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace via Richard Curtis.

  TOBIAS S. BUCKELL sold YA SF novel Island in the Sky and a sequel to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor via Joe Monti of Barry Goldblatt Literary. He resold Arctic Rising and Hurricane Fever to Michael Rowley at Ebury in the UK via John Berlyne at Zeno Agency on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

  ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT sold City of Stairs, a secondary-world fantasy of spies and statesmanship, to Julian Pavia of Crown via Cameron McClure of Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  ROBERT R. McCAMMON sold River of Souls, fifth in his series of historical thrillers, to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press via Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  SIMON GREEN sold a Nightside collection to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace via Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky Literary Agency, and turned in Ghostfinders novel Spirits from Beyond to Buchanan.

  CHUCK WENDIG sold Bloody Brides (sequel to The Blue Blazes) and a second urban fantasy to Lee Harris at Angry Robot via Stacia Decker of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  BRADLEY BEAULIEU’s Song of the Shattered Sands trilogy went to Betsy Wollheim at DAW via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.

  ARI MARMELL’s supernatural PI novel Hot Lead, Cold Iron sold to Cath Trechman at Titan via Jessie Cammack of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

  STEVEN HARPER sold three books in the new Iron Axe fantasy series to Anne Sowards at Roc via Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency.

  K.V. JOHANSEN sold and delivered Marakand Volume One: The Leopard, and sold Marakand Volume Two: The Lady, to Lou Anders at Pyr.

  SERGEI LUKYANEKO sold the fifth book in his Night Watch series to Eric Meyers at Harper Perennial via Richard Florest of Rob Weisbach Creative Management on behalf of Andrew Nurnberg Associates.

  JOEL SHEPHERD’s Operation Shield, the second in his new Cassandra Kresnov series, went to Lou Anders at Pyr.

  ANDREW PYPER sold supernatural thriller Ash to Sarah Knight at Simon & Schuster via Stephanie Cabot of the Gernert Company on behalf of Anne McDermid of Anne McDermid & Associates.

  DEBORAH BLAKE’s ‘‘modern fairy tale’’ The Baba Yaga and a second book sold to Leis Pederson at Berkley via Elaine Spencer of the Knight Agency.

  CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN sold a novel about ‘‘a womanizing adolescent vampire’’ in 1970s New York to Tom Colgan at Berkley via Michelle Brower of Folio Literary Management.

  MAIA CHANCE sold Fairy Tale Fatal, first in a series of Victorian-era mysteries based on fairy tales, and two more books to Leis Pederson at Berkley via Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management.

  ZORAIDA CORDOVA sold The Vast and Brutal Sea, last in a trilogy about a teen merman competing to become Sea King, to Aubrey Poole at Sourcebooks Fire via Adrienne Rosado of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.

  MICHAEL UNDERWOOD sold fantasy Younger Gods and two more books to Adam Wilson at Pocket Star via Sara Megibow of Nelson Literary Agency.

  BEC McMASTER sold two more books in the London Steampunk series to Leah Hultenschmidt at Sourcebooks via Jessica Faust of BookEnds.

  CHRIS BUCHOLZ sold Severance, a ‘‘darkly comic’’ novel set on a generation ship, to Jason Sizemore at Apex via Jennie Goloboy of Red Sofa Literary.

  TOM BARLOW sold I’ll Remember You Yesterday, set in the near future, to Bundoran Press.

  ANDREW KAUFMAN sold novel Machines and collection How to Find Love and Hold it Forever to Scott Pack of The Friday Project via Sam Hiyate of the Rights Factory.

  JANICE GABLE BASHMAN’s werewolf novel Predator sold to Georgia McBride at Month9Books via Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.

  LAURA RUBY sold York, set in an alternate New York City, and two more books to Jordan Brown at Walden Pond Press via Tina Wexler at ICM.

  STEPHANIE TYLER sold new adult postapocalyptic novel Defiance and two more books to Angela James at Carina Press.

  VINCENT ASARO sold epic fantasy Carrot Field to John Thompson of Pressque Publishing via Stephen Barbara of Foundry Literary + Media.

  PETER WARD’s Note to Self sold to Mary Cummings at Diversion Books via Olivia Morris of Diane Banks Associates.

  SYLVIA DAY sold a paranormal romance novella in her series about a warlock and his familiar to Erika Tsang of William Morrow via Kimberly Whalan of Trident Media Group. The novella will be published in a collection with previous installments of the series.

  LINDA THOMAS-SUNDSTROM sold two more paranormal romances to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne via Jennifer Schober of Spencerhill Associates.

  DEBBIE HERBERT’s fantasy romances about a half-human, half-mermaid, Siren’s Secret
and Siren’s Treasure, sold to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne via Victoria Lea of Aponte Literary Agency.

  DANIEL O’NEILL CORDES & CARY MORGAN FRATES, writing as MORGAN O’NEILL, sold time-travel romances The Other Side of Heaven and Time Enough for Love to Jennifer Lawyer at Crimson Romance via Jewelann Cone of Cascade Literary Agency.

  SARAH LUNSFORD, writing as SARANNA DeWYLE, will write Claimed by the Alpha and two more werewolf erotica novellas for Ann Leslie Tuttle of Nocturne Cravings via Deidre Knight of the Knight Agency.

  TRICIA SKINNER sold paranormal romance Angel Kin and a second book to Danielle Rose Poiesz of Entangled Edge via Laurie McLean of Foreword Literary.

  CARRIE RYAN’s romantic YA thriller Turnabout and a second book sold to Julie Strauss-Gabel at Dutton via Merrilee Heiftetz at Writers House.

  KATE ELLIOTT’s YA fantasy Mask went to Andrea Spooner at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.

  JULIA DURANGO sold YA The Leveller – ‘‘Graceling meets The Matrix’’ – to Kristen Pettit at Harper Children’s via Tracey Adams of Adams Literary.

  KIMBERLY DERTING sold The Taking, beginning the eponymous series, to Sarah Landis at Harper Teen for six figures via Laura Rennert of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

  SARAH J. MAAS’s fantasy trilogy A Court of Thorns and Roses, retelling Beauty and the Beast for adults and upper YA, sold to Michelle H. Nagler of Bloomsbury Children’s Books via Tamar Rydzinski of Laura Dail Literary Agency.

  VICTORIA LAURIE’s YA Death Date, about a girl who can see the date when people will die, and a second book sold to Lisa Yoskowitz at Hyperion Children’s via Jim McCarthy of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.

  TERA LYNN CHILD sold Goddesses in Time, a companion story to the Oh. My. Gods. series, and a novella set in the Forgive My Fins mermaid series, to Sarah Shumway at Harper Teen Impulse via Jenny Bent of the Bent Agency.

  JAMIE KAIN sold her first YA novel, The Good Sister, and a second book to Sara Goodman at St. Martin’s via Annelise Robey of Jane Rotrosen Agency.

  MEGAN MIRANDA’s Afterlife sold to Emily Easton at Walker Children’s and Rebecca McNally at Bloomsbury UK via Sarah Davies of the Greenhouse Literary Agency.

  M.G. BUEHRLEN’s The Fifty-Seven Lives of Alex Wayfare and a second book sold to Amanda Rutter at Strange Chemistry via Holly Root of the Waxman Leavall Literary Agency.

  Fifteen-year-old Disney Channel actor BELLE THORNE & author ELISE ALLEN sold their series Autumn Falls, about a 14-year-old who discovers magic, to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte via Matthew Elblonk of DeFiore and Company.

  LARA CHAPMAN sold The XYZs of Being Wicked, about a girl going to a school for witches, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin via Holly Root of Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.

  ANGE GUERRA sold new adult fantasy Blood Curse – ‘‘Marie Antoinette meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer’’ – to Maria Gomez at Amazon Crossing via Christine Witthohn of Book Cents Literary Agency and Marlene Stringer of Stringer Literary Agency on behalf of Bragelonne.

  CAT WINTERS sold YA The Cure for Dreaming to Maggie Lehrman at Amulet via Barbara Poelle of Irene Goodman Agency.

  MARK ONSPAUGH sold first novel The Faceless One to Sar Peed at Hydra.

  EMILY KATE JOHNSTON sold Prairie Fire, sequel to The Story of Owen, about a ‘‘modern-day dragon slayer,’’ to Andrew Karre of Carolrhoda Lab via Josh Adams of Adams Literary.

  STACEY NASH sold SF novel Forget Me Not to Julie Wingfield at Entranced.

  Kate Elliott (2008)

  MEGAN CREWE sold Earth & Sky and two more books to Miriam Juskowicz at Skyscape at auction and to Lynne Missen at Razorbill in Canada via Josh Adams of Adams Literary.

  ILIMA TODD sold Remake and a second book to Chris Schoebinger at Shadow Mountain via Jennifer Skutelsky and Katherine Boyle of Veritas.

  BRYNN CHAPMAN sold YA Boneseeker, about ‘‘a purveyor of abnormal science,’’ to Georgia McBride at Month9Books via Victoria Lea of Aponte Literary Agency.

  VICKI WEAVIL sold YA fantasy Crown of Ice to Georgia McBride of Month9Books via Jennifer Mishler of the Literary Counsel.

  C.J. ABEDI sold YA fantasy Fae to Mary Cummings at Diversion Books via Lisa Gallagher at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

  JENNIFER MURGIA sold historical ‘‘witch mystery’’ The Hedge Witch to Kate Kaynak of Spencer Hill Press via Amanda Luedeke of MacGregor Literary.

  ALAN SMALE sold first novel Clash of Eagles, based on his eponymous Sidewise Award-winning story, and two sequels to Michael Braff at Del Rey in a pre-empt via Caitlin Blasdell of Liza Dawson Associates.

  VICTORIA AVEYARD sold a debut fantasy novel and two more books to Kari Sutherland at Harper Teen via Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media.

  MARK ANDREW FERGUSON’s first novel The Five Lives of Henry Edwards, about an undergrad abducted by ‘‘other versions of himself from different dimensions,’’ sold to Little, Brown via Jessica Regel of Jean V. Naggar Literary.

  New writer DANIELLE JENSEN sold Stolen Songbird and two more YA novels to Amanda Rutter at Strange Chemistry via Tamar Rydzinski of the Laura Dail Literary Agency.

  RHIANNON THOMAS sold first fantasy After and a second title to Sarah Landis at HarperTeen via Kristin Nelson of Nelson Literary agency.

  First novelist BECKY WALLACE sold The Keeper’s Princess and a second YA fantasy to Dani Young at Simon & Schuster Children’s in a pre-empt via Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

  DANIELLE VEGA sold first novel The Merciless and two more books to Caroline Donofrio at Razorbill via Josh Bank and Emilia Rhodes of Alloy Entertainment.

  Debut author LORI LEE sold Gates of Thread and Stone, about a teenage girl who can manipulate time, and a second book to Tim Ditlow at Skyscape with Robin Benjamin to edit via Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary & Media.

  LAWRENCE C. CONNOLLY sold Vortex, third in the Veins Cycle, to Fantasist Enterprises via Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency.

  New writer MICHAEL M. HUGHES sold dark fantasy horror novel Blackwater Lights to Sarah Peed at Hydra via Matt Bialer of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

  STACY STOKES sold debut fantasy Where the Staircase Ends to Georgia McBride at Month9Books.

  KYM BRUNNER’s first novel Wanted: Dead or in Love sold to Jacquelyn Mitchard of Merit Press via Eric Myers of the Spieler Agency.

  GARDNER DOZOIS sold The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, and delivered The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection to Marc Resnick at St. Martin’s via Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

  S.M. STIRLING will edit an anthology of stories set in the Change series, with Stirling contributing an original novella, to Ginjer Buchanan at Roc via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. Stirling delivered Shadowspawn novel Shadows of Falling Night and Change novel The Given Sacrifice to Buchanan.

  CASSANDRA CLARE & JOHN NEY REIBER sold graphic novel duology The Secret Treasons, a prequel to Clare’s Shadowhunters series, to Kurt Hassler at Yen Press via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. The film adaptation of Clare’s City of Ashes has been officially greenlit, with Harald Zwart (director of first film City of Bones, due to hit theaters in August) returning to direct the second installment.

  PAUL FLORES sold The Hunger Gays, a ‘‘gay retelling’’ of the Hunger Games series, to Don Weise at Riverdale Avenue Books.

  WILLIAM TODD ROSE’s previously self-published novella Apocalyptic Organ Grinder sold to Sarah Peed at Hydra.

  BRYAN THOMAS SCHMIDT & JENNIFER BROZEK will edit military fantasy anthology Shattered Shields for Toni Weisskopf at Baen. Schmidt will edit Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age for Camille Gooderham-Campbell at Every Day Publishing.

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  BOOKS RESOLD

  CHRISTOPHER PRIEST’s new literary SF novel The Adjacent and The Islanders resold to Cath Trechman at Titan for US publica
tion. Gollancz is his UK publisher.

  STEPHEN BAXTER sold US rights to Proxima and Ultima to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace via Christopher Schelling on behalf of UK publisher Orion.

  CHARLES DE LINT resold Seven Wild Sisters, illustrated by CHARLES VESS, to Andrea Spooner at Little, Brown Children’s via Joe Monti of Barry Goldblatt Literary.

  JAY LAKE resold Trial of Flowers and Madness of Flowers to Sean Wallace at Prime via Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

  MARIANNE PLUMRIDGE EGGLETON & BOB EGGLETON resold If Dinosaurs Lived in My Town to Skypony/Skyhorse Books.

  ALAN AVERILL resold The Beautiful Land to Titan in the UK via Ace.

  MARK LAWRENCE resold The Red Queen’s War trilogy to HarperCollins UK via Ace and delivered the first book in the series to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace.

  ELIZA GRANVILLE resold Gretel and the Dark, inspired by Grimm’s fairy tales, to Megan Lynch at Riverhead via Sarah Hunt Cooke of Penguin UK.

  The late JOHN CHRISTOPHER’s estate sold 16 SF/fantasy books, including the Tripods trilogy, to Jon Anderson at Simon & Schuster Children’s via Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.

  SUSAN GATES resold middle grade fantasy/mystery THE Monster in the Mudball to Stacy Whitman at Lee & Low Books for the Tu Books imprint via Random House UK.

  ERIKA McGANN sold The Demon Notebook and sequel The Broken Spell to Steve Geck at Sourcebooks via Alexandra Devlin of Rights People on behalf of Irish publisher O’Brien Press.

  M.K. WREN resold A Gift Upon the Shore and the Phoenix Legacy series – Sword of the Lamb, Shadow of the Swan, and House of the Wolf – to Mary Cummings at Diversion Books via Tara Hart of the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.

  BOOKS DELIVERED

  GENE WOLFE delivered The Land Across to David Hartwell at Tor.