Latest People News
| Promotions at HarperCollins UK, including Voyager | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 20, 2010 |
| HarperCollins UK has promoted several editors, including Voyager's Emma Coode... | |
| Foreign Sales for Charlaine Harris | |
| People > Foreign Rights | January 20, 2010 |
| Many more Sookie Stackhouse sales, as well as other Charlaine Harris series. Purchasing countries include UK, South Korea, France, Indonesia, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Spain, China, Hungary, and Germany... | |
| Japanese author/translator/fan Takumi Shibano dies | |
| People > Obituaries | January 20, 2010 |
| Takumi Shibano (1926-2010) was one of the founders of Japanese fandom, an author, and a translator, who was twice a Guest of Honor at the World Science Fiction Convention... | |
| Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer engaged | |
| People > Activities | January 20, 2010 |
| Author Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer have announced, quite succinctly, that they are engaged to be married. | |
| Kage Baker battling metastasized cancer | |
| People > Activities | January 20, 2010 |
| Sturgeon Award-winning author Kage Baker is battling metastasized cancer in her brain and lungs... | |
| Tim Akers sells sequel to Heart of Veridon | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | January 20, 2010 |
| Tim Akers sold Dead of Veridon to Jon Oliver at Solaris via agent Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky. The book is a sequel to Heart of Veridon, which was published in October. | |
| Dozois and Martin's Songs of Love and Death now populated | |
| People > Short Fiction Sales | January 14, 2010 |
| Co-editors Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin have finalized the contents of their forthcoming anthology, Songs of Love Death. Contributors include Peter S. Beagle, Jim Butcher, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Marjorie M. Liu, Melinda M. Snodgrass... | |
| Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy | |
| People > Short Fiction Sales | January 14, 2010 |
| Fiction Editor Shawna McCarthy announces a purchase outside of her normal schedule, to accommodate Bruce Holland Rogers impending voyage overseas... | |
| Editor and agent Knox Burger dies | |
| People > Obituaries | January 13, 2010 |
| Editor and agent Knox Burger (1922-2010) bought Kurt Vonnegut's first published fiction for Collier's, then moved to book publishing, and then agenting... | |
| Liz Scheier coming back to publishing | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 12, 2010 |
| Former Del Rey editor Liz Scheier, who most recently worked for iPhone app creator ScrollMotion, is joining Barnes & Noble.com as editorial director... | |
Jay Lake has his hair removed; wonderful photos accompany
Artist Cheyenne Wright hospitalized with unknown ailment
Samit Basu now represented by Zeno Literary Agency
Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark
James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel
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Artist Cheyenne Wright hospitalized with unknown ailment
Samit Basu now represented by Zeno Literary Agency
Cat Rambo now represented by Ginger Clark
James Cameron wants to write Avatar prequel novel
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Lewis Carroll's complete Alice available as audiobook, and free download, from Tantor
Simon R. Green's Blood and Honor to be audiobook through Graphic Audio
Faith Hunter sells five books to Audible.com
Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion coming to Brilliance Audio
Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
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Simon R. Green's Blood and Honor to be audiobook through Graphic Audio
Faith Hunter sells five books to Audible.com
Elizabeth Moon's Paksenarrion coming to Brilliance Audio
Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
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Tim Akers and Tanya Huff turn in new novels
Huff and Malan turn in newest installments in their series
ATCastro, SGreen, and KRichardson all turn in manuscripts
Jon Sprunk's forthcoming fantasy trilogy sells in Germany
DLEdelman, JCHines, and BSanderson all turn in manuscripts
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Huff and Malan turn in newest installments in their series
ATCastro, SGreen, and KRichardson all turn in manuscripts
Jon Sprunk's forthcoming fantasy trilogy sells in Germany
DLEdelman, JCHines, and BSanderson all turn in manuscripts
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Lauren Oliver sells middle-grade trilogy to Harper
Harry Turtledove sells epic disaster trilogy to Roc
Karen Miller sells new series to Orbit, and continues a pseudonymous series
Josephine Angelini sells "Percy Jackson for girls" YA series to Harper
Kevin D. Anderson sells zombie/trekkie mash-up to Quirk
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Harry Turtledove sells epic disaster trilogy to Roc
Karen Miller sells new series to Orbit, and continues a pseudonymous series
Josephine Angelini sells "Percy Jackson for girls" YA series to Harper
Kevin D. Anderson sells zombie/trekkie mash-up to Quirk
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Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker to be SFBC Main Selection
John Moore's Slay and Rescue back in print
SFBC to republish John Moore's Slay and Rescue
Sales of Del Rey books by Gunn, Keyes, Novik, and Turtledove
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Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker to be SFBC Main Selection
John Moore's Slay and Rescue back in print
SFBC to republish John Moore's Slay and Rescue
Sales of Del Rey books by Gunn, Keyes, Novik, and Turtledove
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JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Bilmes, Brett, Campbell, Castro, Hines, and Huff
Jeff Carlson's Plague Year invades France
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
The Knight Agency reports foreign rights sales for Caine, Francis, and Jemisin
JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Akers, Campbell, Green, Harris, Richardson, and Sanderson
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Jeff Carlson's Plague Year invades France
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
The Knight Agency reports foreign rights sales for Caine, Francis, and Jemisin
JABberwocky reports foreign rights sales for Akers, Campbell, Green, Harris, Richardson, and Sanderson
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Interview with James Enge, conducted by Sara M. Harvey
Interview with SFWA President Russell Davis about the changes to the Nebula Award rules
Interview with James Patrick Kelly, featuring his new collection The Wreck of the Godspeed
Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson and remembers Tom Disch
Interview with Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix
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Interview with SFWA President Russell Davis about the changes to the Nebula Award rules
Interview with James Patrick Kelly, featuring his new collection The Wreck of the Godspeed
Barnes & Noble Review interviews Neal Stephenson and remembers Tom Disch
Interview with Mike Allen, editor of Clockwork Phoenix
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New production firm options Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy
Studio 407 sells film option on Night and Fog
Sam Worthington options The Last Days of American Crime
Mandalay Pictures options Unthinkable
Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson sells Robopocalypse to Doubleday and DreamWorks
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Studio 407 sells film option on Night and Fog
Sam Worthington options The Last Days of American Crime
Mandalay Pictures options Unthinkable
Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson sells Robopocalypse to Doubleday and DreamWorks
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Actor Fess Parker Dies
Actor Peter Graves Dies
Actor Corey Haim Dies
Actress Nan Martin Dies
British author David Storr Unwin, aka David Severn, dies
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Actor Peter Graves Dies
Actor Corey Haim Dies
Actress Nan Martin Dies
British author David Storr Unwin, aka David Severn, dies
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Jennifer Bresser to be new publisher of Putnam's BfYR
Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio now copublishers of DC Comics
Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant
BenBella hires Debbie Harmsen as editor-in-chief
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Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central
Jim Lee and Dan DiDio now copublishers of DC Comics
Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant
BenBella hires Debbie Harmsen as editor-in-chief
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Pequod offers second edition of John F. Carr's Kalvan Kingmaker
Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
Fred Lerner's The Story of Libraries has a new edition
Del Rey reissuing first three Temeraires as a hardcover with a new story
Bluewater Productions will turn S.E. Hinton's novels into graphic novels
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Clark Ashton Smith's weird poetry coming back into print
Fred Lerner's The Story of Libraries has a new edition
Del Rey reissuing first three Temeraires as a hardcover with a new story
Bluewater Productions will turn S.E. Hinton's novels into graphic novels
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Dozois and Martin's Songs of Love and Death now populated
Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy
Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy's latest purchases; inventory announcement
Albedo One's International Aeon Award 2009 updates: quarterly shortlists and more
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Bruce Holland Rogers sells more than 1,000 words to Realms of Fantasy
Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy
Realms of Fantasy's latest purchases; inventory announcement
Albedo One's International Aeon Award 2009 updates: quarterly shortlists and more
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Charlaine Harris subsidiary rights: Sookie and Harper
Del Rey to serialize Stephen King & Peter Straub's The Talisman as a comic book
Tor.com buys web-only serialization rights to two graphic novels
Del Rey to graphically adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Patricia Briggs's Alpha and Omega to be comic book series
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Del Rey to serialize Stephen King & Peter Straub's The Talisman as a comic book
Tor.com buys web-only serialization rights to two graphic novels
Del Rey to graphically adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Patricia Briggs's Alpha and Omega to be comic book series
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