Now available: 101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids by Christine Fonseca
4-01 ODESSA (The Seraphym Wars #1) by Rebecca Ryals Russell
4-05 CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS (Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare
4-12 IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAMP by Susanne Dunlap
4-30 MAY THE BEST DOG WIN! by Kelly Hashway
MAY NEWS
Kat Zhang's HYBRID trilogy, about a 15-year-old girl who must hide the existence of her second soul or face imprisonment by the government, was sold to Kari Sutherland at Harper Children's, in a pre-empt major deal by Emmanuelle Morgen at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management.
Congrats to Nancy Holder. SAVING GRACE: TOUGH LOVE (from Random House), based on the hit television series Saving Grace, has been nominated for a Scribe Award.
Carnegie award-nominated author Gillian Philips's REBEL ANGEL series, already published in the UK, sold to Whitney Ross at Tor in a four-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012.
Lindsay Ribar's THE FOURTH WISH, the first of a trilogy sold to Kathy Dawson at Dial by Brenda Bowen at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.
Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy's next installments in their TRADING FACES series has sold to Fiona Simpson at Aladdin in a two-book deal by Mel Berger at William Morris Endeavor and Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group.
Justina Ireland's BLOOD GUILT has sold to Courtney Bongiolatti at Simon & Schuster Children's, at auction in a two-book deal by Elana Roth at Johnson Literary.
Author of CLARITY Kim Harrington's untitled girls detective agency series has sold to Aimee Friedman at Scholastic in a three-book deal for publication in 2012 by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.
CLAIRE DE LUNE and NOCTURNE author Christine Johnson's THE GATHERING DARK has sold to Emilia Rhodes at Simon Pulse for publication in Fall 2012 by Caryn Wiseman at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Jeanne Ryan's debut NERVE has sold to Andrew Harwell at Dial by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
Book Releases:
5/1 I'M NOT HER by Janet Gurtler
5/15 INNER DEMONS by Jasmine Denton
JUNE NEWS
Morris Award and New Zealand Post Award finalist Karen Healey's WHEN WE WAKE has sold to Alvina Ling at Little, Brown Children's, for publication in Fall 2012, by Barry Goldblatt at Barry Goldblatt Literary.
Amanda Hocking's USA Today bestselling TRYLLE trilogy has sold again to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Steven Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency.
Jus Accardo's TOUCH has sold to Heather Howland at Entangled, in a three-book deal, for publication in Winter 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
R.J. Anderson's QUICKSILVER, a companion novel to the author's ULTRAVIOLET, has sold to Andrew Karre at Carolrhoda Lab, by Josh Adams at Adams Literary, and with SWIFT, to Sarah Lilly at Orchard Books in the UK, by Caroline Walsh at David Higham Associates.
Jennifer Hubbard's TRY NOT TO BREATHE, has sold to Catherine Frank at Viking, for publication in January 2012, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown.
Gretchen McNeil's TEN has sold to Kristin Daly Rens at Balzer & Bray in a two-book deal by Ginger Clark at Curtis Brown.
C. Lee McKenzie Interviewed on Bay Sunday! Our very own C Lee was recently interviewed on her book The Princess of Las Pulgas.
Book Releases:
6-01 ASHES, ASHES by Jo Treggiari
6-01 POSSUM SUMMER by Jen K. Blom
6-07 POSSESSION by Elana Johnson
6-07 EVERLASTING (The Immortal Series #6) by Alyson Noel
6-14 HOURGLASS by Myra McEntire
6-15 SOUL OF THE SEA by Jasmine Denton
6-21 DEAD RULES by Randy Russell
6-28 GRIFFIN RISING by Darby Karchut
6-30 LUMINOUS by Dawn Metcalf
JULY NEWS
Elana Johnson's FUGITIVE, a companion to POSSESSION, has sold again to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, for publication in Summer 2012, by Michelle Andelman at Regal Literary.
Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam's ELUSION and ETHERWORLD have sold to Katherine Tegen and Sarah Shumway at Katherine Tegen Books, in a significant deal, by Christy Fletcher at Fletcher & Company (for Gabel) and Esther Newberg at ICM.
Elle Jasper's FOREVERMORE has sold to Aimee Friedman at Scholastic, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency.
Gen Albin's CREWEL, the first in a trilogy has sold to Janine O'Malley at Farrar, Straus Children's, in a major three-book deal, by Mollie Glick at Foundry Literary + Media.
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's original ebook short story DREAM DARK: A BEAUTIFUL CREATURES story, created as a prequel to BEAUTIFUL CHAOS, the third book in the BEAUTIFUL CREATURES series has sold to Little, Brown, for publication on August 2.
Margaret Stohl, co-author of the bestselling YA series Beautiful Creatures, sold North American rights to two books in a new series called ICONS to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Julie Scheina acquired the novels from agent Sarah Burnes at the Gernert Company, and book one is slated for Spring 2013.
Kelly Fiore's FOOD FIGHT has sold to Mary Kate Castellani at Walker Children's, by Hannah Brown Gordon at Foundry Literary + Media.
Book Releases:
7-01 IMMORTAL EMBRACE by Charlottee Blackwell
7-01 BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN by Sherry Soule
7-05 ORIGINAL SIN (Personal Demons #2) by Lisa Desrochers
7-08 BESTEST. RAMADAN. EVER. by Medeia Sharif
7-12 FOREVER (Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater
7-12 STARSTRUCK by Cyn Balog
7-26 ALEX VAN HELSING: VOICE OF THE UNDEAD by Jason Henderson
7-26 THE WIZARD OF DARK STREET by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
AUGUST NEWS
Christie Kelley's BEWITCHING THE DUKE, the first in a Regency-set trilogy, again to Peter Senftleben at Kensington, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Nina Berry's OTHERKIN in which a girl discovers she can shift into a tiger and is introduced into a world where people and objects aren't what they seem to Alicia Condon at K Teen in a 2-book deal by Tamar Rydzinski at The Laura Dail Agency (world).
Author of GOING COWBOY CRAZY and MAKE MINE A BAD BOY Katie Lane's next two books in the Deep in the Heart of Texas series, again to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2013, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Karen Mahoney's BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS, has sold to Annie Eaton and Jessica Clarke at Random House Children's UK, in a very nice deal, by Miriam Kriss at Irene Goodman Agency.
UK & Commonwealth rights to Brenna Yovanoff's PAPER VALENTINE, again to Venetia at Simon and Schuster UK Children's, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2013, by Sarah Davies at Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Josin L. McQuein sold her first novel, ARCLIGHT, to Martha Mihalick at HarperCollins's Greenwillow Books imprint. Mihalick pre-empted North American rights to the YA novel in a two-book deal; a sequel is planned--from agent Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Debby Giusti's THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER, the third book in the Military Investigations series, sold again to Emily Rodmell at Love Inspired, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency.
Elle Jasper's BLACK FALLEN in the Dark Ink Chronicles has sold to Jhanteigh Kupihea at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency.
Dawn Metcalf's INDELIBLE INK has sold to Natashya Wilson at Harlequin Teen, in a two-book deal, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
Brette Sember's THE ORGANIZED KITCHEN has sold to Paula Munier at Adams Media, by Gina Panettieri at Talcott Notch Literary Services.
Spanish rights to Amanda Hocking's MY BLOOD APPROVES series, the TRYLLE TRILOGY, and THE WATERSONG series, has sold to Planeta, for publication in November 2011.
Helen Douglas's EDEN has sold to Ele Fountain at Bloomsbury UK Children's and Melanie Cecka at Bloomsbury Children's, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2013, by Julia Churchill at Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Katie McGarry's CRASH INTO YOU has sold again to Margo Lipschultz at Harlequin Teen, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Vonna Carter signed with agent Kristin Miller of D4EO.
Susan Quinn released limited availability anthology SUMMER BREEZE, a collection of short romances by Omnific Publishing. The anthology was available until Sept. 30th. All proceeds went to Save the TaTas Breast Cancer research.
Angela Corbett signed a 3 book deal with Pendrell Publishing for her YA paranormal romance trilogy. The first book, ETERNAL STARLING, will be released December 6, 2011.
The Knight Agency, @KnightAgency's letter to clients concerning our assisted self-pub program has been posted: http://bit.ly/p3uIJk (@deidreknight)
Book Releases:
Now available: FAMISHED by Lauren Hammond
DAEMONS IN THE MIST by Alicia Dillman
BAD TASTE IN BOYS by Carrie Harris
ZARENA: The Stardust Warriors by Rebecca Ryals Russell
I AM NUCCHU by Brenda Stanley
FAMILIAR ORIGINS: The Draca Wards Saga by B. Pine
THE PEA IN PEANUT BUTTER by Allyn M. Stotz
8-01 WANT TO GO PRIVATE? by Sarah Darer Littman
8-01 CIRCLE OF FIRE (Prophecy of the Sisters #3) by Michelle Zink
8-02 THE MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF JACK by Kelly Barnhill
8-23 DEAR BULLY: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories, edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones. The anthology features stories by YALitChat members: A.S. King, Alyson Noel, Amy Reed, Carrie Ryan, Crissa-Jean Chappell, Cyn Balog, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Dawn Metcalf, Ellen Hopkins, Holly Cupala, Linda Gerber, Lisa McMann, Marlene Perez, Michelle Zink, Nancy Holder, and Teri Brown
8-23 POSSESS by Gretchen McNeil
8-23 NOCTURNE (Claire de Lune #2) by Christine Johnson
8-23 DAMNED by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
8-23 TANTALIZE: KIEREN'S STORY by Cynthia Leitich Smith
SEPTEMBER NEWS
Author of Morris Award winner THE FREAK OBSERVER, Blythe Woolston's BLACK HELICOPTERS, about a girl raised to be a weapon who straps on a vest of explosives and sets out to kill and be killed until her plan goes wrong, to Elizabeth Bicknell at Candlewick, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two book deal, for publication in Spring 2013, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Jonathan Friesen's ALDO'S FANTASTICAL MOVIE PALACE, about a young girl whose scarred face drives her into the dark refuge of her mother's 1930s movie theater, where she discovers both a portal into another world and an enemy much more sinister than her mocking peers, to Jacque Alberta at Zondervan, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
Kate Karyus Quinn's debut ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE, about a girl who wakes up wandering the roads of Oklahoma knowing that she is occupying another girl's body -- and that she has killed the girl whose body she is in -- who then returns to the girl's parents in upstate New York to uncover who she really is, and who else she has killed, to Erica Sussman at Harper Teen, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Alexandra Machinist at Janklow & Nesbit.
Dawn Metcalf's INDELIBLE INK, featuring a heroine who is accidentally marked by a mysterious boy, which places her in the midst of a dangerous, otherworldly plot to end the Age of Man, to Natashya Wilson at Harlequin Teen, in a two-book deal, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
WE HEAR THE DEAD author Dianne Salerni's THE CAGED GRAVES, in which a 17-year-old returns to her hometown, where "the dead don't stay where you put them," to marry a young man she's met only through letters, an unpromising engagement complicated by another suitor and by her family's entanglement with a legendary treasure, and rumors about why her mother was buried in a caged grave, to Dinah Stevenson at Clarion, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger.
Kami Garcia, coauthor of the bestselling YA series BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, the first two books in a new series, called the LEGION, to Julie Scheina at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Scheina bought North American rights to UNBREAKABLE and UNBOUND from Jodi Reamer at Writers House; the series is set to launch in fall 2013. The first book, UNBREAKABLE, is also already in development in Hollywood with producer Mark Morgan (who worked on the Twilight Saga and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief).
Eric Devine's TAP OUT, in which a boy thinks nothing can save him from being poor, his mom's abusive boyfriends, and the meth gang that's decided he's their new delivery boy, except his new friends at his Mixed Martial Arts gym; but not in the way he thinks they will, to Lisa Cheng at Running Press Kids, at auction, by Kate McKean at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.
Rachele Alpine's debut CANARY, about a girl who suddenly finds herself in the popular crowd at a new school when her father is hired as the basketball coach, to Ali DeGray at Medallion Press, for publication in Fall 2013, by John Rudolph at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
Lorettajo Kapinos has a book deal for her true story about the Springfield Tornado survivors. A portion of the proceeds will go to a disaster relief fund.
Denna Holm's SOUL OF A WARRIOR has sold to Crescent Moon Press.
Rebecca Ryals Russell's ODESSA won the Books In Sync cover contest for July 2011!
Trisha Wolfe has signed with Lauren Hammond of ADA Management Group. Her novel THE CRYSTAL PENDULUM has sold to Omnific Publishing for release in early 2012.
Book Releases:
9-05 THE SHATTERING by Karen Healey
9-08 WITCH EYES by Scott Tracey
9-16 IF I COULD BE LIKE JENNIFER TAYLOR by Barbara Ehrentreu
9-16 PROPHECY (The Seraphym Wars Series) by Rebecca Ryals Russell
9-20 SACRIFICE by Laura Burns and Melinda Metz
9-20 THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS by Rae Carson
9-27 THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by Michelle Hodkin
9-27 THE MEPHISTO COVENANT: THE REDEMPTION OF AJAX by Trinity Faegen
9-27 UNFORGETTABLE by Loretta Ellsworth
OCTOBER NEWS
Jennifer Armentrout's SHADOW OF THE STARS, in which a seventeen-year-old Florida book blogger moves to Nowhere, West Virginia, expecting thick accents, outhouses, and maybe a cute farm boy or two - -only to find her new next door neighbor is a hot alien with a galaxy of enemies out to steal his abilities, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in December 2011.
Elizabeth Richards's THE BLACK CITY CHRONICLES, set in the burning ruins of the Black City, where in the aftermath of a bloody war humans and Darklings live divided by a high wall and where a half-blood Darkling and the daughter of the Sentry Emissary who hates Darklings, struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, to Stacey Barney at Putnam Children's, for publication in August 2012, in a three-book deal, by Ayesha Pande at Ayesha Pande Literary.
Alyson Noel's books #5 and 6 in the Riley Bloom book series, featuring the younger sister of the protagonist in the best selling IMMORTALS series and the fantastic and heartwarming adventures in her life after death, to Rose Hilliard and Jean Feiwel at Square Fish, for publication in 2012 and 2013, by Bill Contardi.
Author of Paranormalcy Kiersten White's next four books beginning with MIND GAMES, a dark thriller where psychics and mind-readers are the ultimate tools in corporate espionage and two teen girls try to save themselves and their future; FLOOD AND STONE, in which the teen daughter of Egyptian gods tries to escape her overly dramatic family dynamics only to find you can't escape fate; plus a sequel to MIND GAMES and another standalone, again to Erica Sussman at Harper Teen, in a major deal, for publication beginning in Winter 2013, by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary Agency.
NYT bestselling author Colleen Houck's TIGER'S DESTINY, the fourth book in the Tiger's Curse series, to Cindy Loh at Splinter, by Alex Glass at Trident Media Group.
Tiffany Truitt Bennett's THE CHOSEN ONES, in which a condemned seventeen-year-old Natural forced to serve penance at the Council of Creator's training and breeding facility falls into forbidden love with a flawed, artificially-bred Chosen One, forcing both to question what it means to be created -- or human -- and how they can stop those who would play God with humanity, to Heather Howland at Entangled, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2012.
Book Releases:
10-01 IF I TELL by Janet Gurtler
10-04 SILENCE by Becca Fitzpatrick
10-08 MERCY LILY by Lisa Albert
10-10 CONCEALED by Sang Kromah
10-13 AUDITION by Stasia Ward Kehoe
10-18 DEARLY, DEPARTED by Lia Habel
10-18 BEAUTIFUL CHAOS by Kami Garcia
10-18 THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater
10-18 DON'T BREATHE A WORD by Holly Cupala
10-25 BETWEEN THE SEA AND SKY by Jaclyn Dolamore
10-27 HUNTED by Cheryl Rainfield
NOVEMBER NEWS
Emily White's FAE, the sequel to ELEMENTAL, the story of a girl who may save the world... or destroy it, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012.
Ednah Walters's BETRAYED, in which a teenage demon-hunter must master her growing powers and figure out which world she belongs in before the people she loves are put in danger, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, in a nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in 2012, by Leticia Gomez at Savvy Literary Services.
Patricia Blount's debut SEND, about a teenage boy who tries to help a kid being terrorized by a cyber-bully because he knows what it's like--he used to be one, to Aubrey Poole at Sourcebooks Fire, in a two-book deal, by Evan Gregory at Ethan Ellenberg Agency.
Laurie Boyle Crompton's debut FANGIRL, about a comic-obsessed girl who gets into an online war after her first major crush dumps her supervillain-style, to Aubrey Poole at Sourcebooks Fire, in a two-book deal, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
Film rights to Myra McEntire's debut HOURGLASS, a YA time travel romance about a teenage girl plagued by visions of the past who meets a boy who can see into the future, to John Davis and Fox by Brandy Rivers at Magnet Management on behalf of Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency.
#1 NYT bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater's THE SCORPIO RACES, about the craggy island of Thisby, where the savage and beautiful water horses emerge from the waves, and two teens risk everything, love and life, in the violent, glorious Scorpio Races, to Warner Brothers, for David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith's KatzSmith Productions to produce, by Alicia Gordon and Ashley Fox at William Morris Endeavor, on behalf of Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Australian and New Zealand rights to Karen Mahoney's THE STONE DEMON, the third book in the Iron Witch trilogy and FALLING TO ASH, the first book in a brand new series, to Random House Australia, by Heather Baror-Shapiro at Baror International in association with Irene Goodman Agency.
Alison Cherry's debut RED, set in a small town where the redness of your hair is directly tied to your social standing, until the coolest and reddest girl in school is blackmailed on the eve of the Miss Scarlett pageant, to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency.
NYT bestselling author Jennie Bentley writing as Jenna Bennett's FORTUNE'S HERO, in which a galactic smuggler will stop at nothing to get his crew out of prison, his ship out of impound, and everyone out of orbit, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled, in a four-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012.
Jennifer Probst's THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN, in which a woman needs money to save her family home and a millionaire needs a wife to save his company but the bargain is more than either expected, to Liz Pelletier at Indulgence, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2012.
Jus Accardo's two novellas in the Denazen series, in which an adrenaline junkie and her assassin boyfriend continue to take on the evil Denazen Corporation to save the life of Kiernan, a Six that's been targeted for acquisition, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled, for publication in Winter 2012, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
Amy Sue Nathan's THE GLASS WIVES, a portrait of the effects of divorce and death on the modern family unit where a woman is compelled to live with her ex-husband's widow (who originally broke up their marriage) and her baby in order to save the home she loves, all while dealing with the scandal which erupts in their suburban paradise, to Brenda Copeland at St. Martin's, by Jason Yarn at Paradigm.
Book Releases:
11-01 TIGER'S VOYAGE (Tiger's Curse #3) by Colleen Houck
11-08 LITTLE WOMEN AND ME by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
11-17 DESTINED by Jessie Harrell
11-29 UNTRACEABLE by Shelli Johannes-Wells
DECEMBER NEWS
NYT bestseller Lisa McMann's third book in the UNWANTEDS series, again to Liesa Abrams at Aladdin, for publication in Fall 2013, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).
Allen Anderson with Linda Anderson's LEAF: How a Rescued Dog and a Man on the Edge Saved Each Other, the true story of how a troubled dog adopted on a whim from an animal shelter turned out to be the key to Allen's survival of and recovery from a brain aneurysm, to Holly Rubino at Lyons Press, by Stephanie Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World).
Jessica Martinez's untitled YA novel, about two platonic best friends who agree to tell the world a colossal lie-that they are in love-in order to save them both...but what happens next may rip their friendship apart forever, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a very nice deal, in a two book deal, for publication in Fall 2013.
Tiffany Allee's BANSHEE CHARMER, the first in a series of novellas revolving around the Otherworlder Enforcement Agency, in which a half-banshee police detective races to stop an otherworldly serial killer, but her sexy partner at the OWEA knows more than he's letting on - something that could shatter their blazing romance and add the heroine to the growing body count, to Heather Howland at Entangled, in a four-book deal, for publication in Spring 2012.
Katee Robert's THE HIGH PRIESTESS, the novella prequel to her SANCTIFY series, in which a member of Sanctify falls for the Diviner he's been ordered to imprison, to Heather Howland at Entangled, for publication in Spring 2012.
MFA graduate Caroline Carlson's MAGIC MARKS THE SPOT, pitched as Eva Ibbotson meets Lemony Snicket with a twist of 'yo ho ho', to be illustrated with maps, journals and letters, in which a girl is rejected by the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates and shipped off to a Finishing School for Delicate Ladies instead, from where she must escape and set sail with a motley crew including a governess, a budgerigar and a talkative gargoyle on a treasure hunt for the kingdom's lost magic, to Phoebe Yeh and Toni Markiet at Harper Children's, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2013, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Jennifer Arena's 100 SNOWMEN, a mathematical rhyming romp with a Where's Waldo artistic twist, to Margery Cuyler at Marshall Cavendish, by Jill Corcoran at The Herman Agency.
Ashley Elston's THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING, about a girl who, desperate to escape the Witness Protection program and discover what really happened the day that ruined her family's lives, breaks her minders' ultimate rule by falling for a boy and embarking with him on a perilous journey to outwit both cops and criminals, to Emily Meehan at Disney-Hyperion Children's, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in Winter 2013, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Martha Brockenbrough's DEVINE INTERVENTION, in which a guardian angel in a rehabilitation program for wayward souls accidentally kills the girl he's supposed to watch over, fails to get her into heaven, and may or may not cause lasting psychological damage to a squirrel, to Arthur Levine at Arthur A. Levine Books, in a pre-empt, for publication in Summer 2012, by Jill Corcoran at The Herman Agency
Sashi Kaufman's debut GO WEST, the story of a classic underachiever who hits the breaking point of parental mismanagement and runs away on a spontaneous road trip with a group of dumpster-diving street performers, to Andrew Karre at Carolrhoda Lab, by Lauren MacLeod at The Strothman Agency.
Twenty-three-year-old Betsy Cornwell's debut TIDES, about eighteen-year-old Noah who moves to New Hampshire's remote Isles of Shoals for a marine biology internship, where he learns of his grandmother's romance with a selkie woman, falls for the selkie's daughter, and must work with her to rescue her siblings from his mentor's cruel experiments, to Lynne Polvino at Clarion, in a two-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger.
CRACKED author and Sourcebooks Fire YALITCHAT Writing contest finalist K.M. Walton's untitled next novel, in which an overweight teen's life starts spiraling out of control when she is bullied and abused, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse, by Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown.
Rebekah Purdy's THE FAIRY GODMOTHER FILES: A Cinderella Complex, in which a sixteen-year-old has just become the Fairy Godmother, but what will happen to her own happy ending?, to Stephanie Taylor at Astraea Press, by Denise Barone at Barone Literary Agency.
ESPN sports business reporter Kristi Dosh's SATURDAY MILLIONAIRES: WHY COLLEGE ATHLETES WILL NEVER BE PAID AND OTHER UNTOLD TRUTHS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, a myth-busting look at the business of college football that delves beyond the popular storylines repeated in the media, to Stephen Power at Wiley, for publication in Summer 2013, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Tara Fuller's INBETWEEN, in which a young reaper who falls in love with a girl whose soul he's been sent to take not once, but twice, must sacrifice everything to protect her from the evil he unknowingly unleashed by altering her fate, to Heather Howland at Entangled, in a three-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012 (World).
Aubrie Dionne's A HERO RISING, a novella tie-in to her A New Dawn trilogy, in which a man left behind on crumbling Earth learns of an abandoned colony ship he can use to give what's left of humanity -- and the woman he loves -- new life in space, to Heather Howland at Entangled, for publication in Spring 2012, by Dawn Dowdle at Blue Ridge Literary Agency (World).
Kim Harrington's CLARITY, in which a teenage girl uses her visions to track a murderer and defend her brother's innocence, to Warner Brothers TV by Shari Smiley at CAA, on behalf of Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.
TG Ayer has signed a three book deal for THE VALKYRIE NOVELS series to be published in 2012 by Evolved Publishing.
Angela Townsend's AMAROK, set in a remote Alaskan town, when a runaway is kidnapped by an evil man and his black wolf, whom she later discovers is a boy enslaved by an ancient shaman; she must find the strength to save herself and the wolf, and in turn discover what love truly means, to Kate Kaynak at Spencer Hill Press, by Jill Corcoran at The Herman Agency.
Author of His Darkest Salvation, Juliana Stone's NEVER SAY GOODBYE, following the devastating death of a close friend, Crystal Lake's most notorious prodigal son returns to reconnect with his roots only to find all the things he never knew he wanted - including love, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency
Spanish rights to Ann Aguirre's ENCLAVE and OUTPOST, all part of the Enclave trilogy, to Hidra, in a three-book deal, by Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
