SETI Institute Senior Astronomer Dr. Seth Shostak sold two book to National Geographic Publishing: Confessions of an Alien Hunter and The Immortals. Shostak describes the books...
Dan Hooper sold Supersymmetry, a new non-fiction book "investigating supersymmetry, the theory of physics that will bring order to the unwieldy quantum zoo known as the Standard Model," to T.J. Kelleher at Smithsonian Books, in a "very nice deal."
Morgan Howell sold a new fantasy trilogy to Betsy Mitchell at Del Rey. In The Shadowed Path, "a man devoted to the goddess Karm purchases her incarnation as a slave." Agent on the deal was Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates.
British horror author Tony Richards sold two dark fantasy novels to Diana Gill at Eos. The books are "about a small New England town that has harbored witches ever since the Salem witch trials, the sorcerer who wants the town's power for his own, and the detective who wants to free the town from its curse." Agent for the deal was Leslie Gardner.
Sarah A. Hoyt sold a sequel to her Draw One in the Dark and a second novel, Darkship Thieves, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books. Agent on the deal was Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency.
Paul Melko sold The Walls of the Universe to Tor Books. The novel is based on his readers' award winning and multiply nominated novella of the same name, which appeared in Asimov's last year...
Michele Lang sold Netherworld to Christopher Keeslar at Dorchester for their Shomi line. In the book, "an intergalactic sheriff, Talia Fortune, hunts and falls for a cyber outlaw in an offworld, sentient Sherwood." Agent on the deal was Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency.
Debut novelist Jaine Fenn sold three science fiction novels to Jo Fletcher at Gollancz. The first, The Principles of Angels, will be published next summer. It is "set on a world where nothing is forbidden..."
Catherynne M. Valente sold A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects to Norilana Books, which will publish the collection of poetry and poetic prose in...
Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner will edit an anthology tentatively entitled Moonlight and Mistletoe for Ace's Ginjer Buchanan. The stories will feature "a werewolf at yuletide." Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky was the agent.
Peter V. Brett sold his first novel, a fantasy entitled The Painted Man, and two sequels to Liz Scheier at Del Rey. Agent Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky negotiated the "major five-figure deal."
Subterranean Press has moved to the production of the slipcases for its newest limited editions of Ray Bradbury and Philip José Farmer collections, and signed a deal...
Barry Cunningham, the editor who discovered Harry Potter, has now found what he thinks is the heir to that mantle: Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. Tunnels features...
Edo van Belkom sold a World War II military fantasy entitled Battle Dragon to John Helfers at Five Star/Tekno Books. Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky was the agent.
