Reactor: I had no idea what to expect when I opened to the first page of Asunder. Kerstin Hall has cemented herself as a brilliantly unpredictable writer. Her surrealist concepts are unlike any other, and she’s unafraid to go to the darkest, weirdest places. Asunder shines as a uniquely ambitious accomplishment among her stellar catalog, and I need you [...] The post Review: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall first appeared on Donald Maass Literary Agency ..read more

The shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction has been announced! We’re excited to share that three of our DMLA authors have been listed for their following works! The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed The post 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist first appeared on Donald Maass Literary Agency ..read more

Shelf Awareness: Heiress Takes All is an exciting heist novel filled with “ruthlessness, danger, and indulgence” that has sky-high stakes and captivating family dynamics. Olivia, whose multimillionaire father cheated on her mom and cut them both off financially, plans a heist to steal from her dad “the way the past few years have [been] stolen from her.” The green-eyed, no-longer-spray-tanned 17-year-old “ex-heiress” meticulously assembles a ragtag crew and crafts “The Plan”: attend her father’s “highest-of-high-society” third wedding, steal the passcode to his offshore accounts, and unlo ..read more

Congratulations to C.L. Polk whose work, EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END, made #77 on the USA Today Bestseller list! The post USA Today Bestseller: EVEN THOUGH I KNEW THE END by C.L. Polk first appeared on Donald Maass Literary Agency ..read more

School Library Journal: Hubbard’s debut is a clever, funny, coming-of-age romance where teens who are being silenced for who they are learn to fight for what they believe in, and in the process revolutionize a whole freedom movement. Ezra and his best friends Finley and Lucas are out for revenge against their ex-boyfriends for the way they were humiliated during their relationships. Their plans for revenge are full of the antics reminiscent of 1990s teen comedies. But these antics are set in today’s Alabama where a school district is enforcing their campaign of “Watch What You Say” to silence ..read more

Shelf Awareness: Eden Robins (When Franny Stands Up) has written a smashingly good second novel, an utterly imaginative, genre-defying masterpiece: Remember You Will Die. Her blunt title is an accurate barometer that the end is nigh. In fact, the dead populate most of these pages. Their stories are revealed predominantly through obituaries that range from deeply soulful to delightfully guffaw-inducing. In between are occasional newspaper articles, lists, notes, word etymologies, and other ephemera that highlight death. Loosely, cleverly bound together, the narrative that emerges spotlight ..read more

Publishers Weekly: This swashbuckling, planet-hopping riff on The Count of Monte Cristo from Palumbo (Skin Thief) follows Virika Sameroo, who, having emigrated as a child from the Exterran Antilles to Invicta, the capital planet of the Æerbot Empire, is determined to break through the poverty and prejudice that centuries of colonization have inflicted on her people. She becomes the first Exterran Antillean commissioned to an Æerbot spaceship, the Oestra—but as a woman and an Exterran, Virika is not trusted by her crew, and one officer in particular, Lieutenant Lyric, despises her for refusing ..read more

Audio rights to Robert McCammon’s LEVIATHAN to Louise Quayle at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure. Abridged/dramatic audio rights to New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher’s STORM FRONT and three additional titles in the Dresden Files series, to Anji Cornette at Graphic Audio by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry. The post June Subsidiary Rights Deals first appeared on Donald Maass Literary Agency ..read more

German rights to Ronald Malfi’s SMALL TOWN HORROR, for a limited special edition, to Buchheim Verlag, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Polish rights to LJ Andrews’s THE EVER KING and THE EVER QUEEN, to Artbooks, in a two-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier. Ukrainian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s THE DIVINE CITIES SERIES, to Apriori, in a three-book deal, by Nada Popovic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure. Ukrainian rights to No ..read more

Many congratulations to DMLA authors, Martha Wells and Vajra Chandrasekera, on their 2024 Locus Awards! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL System Collapse, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) FANTASY NOVEL Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) FIRST NOVEL The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom) The post 2024 Locus Awards Winners! first appeared on Donald Maass Literary Agency ..read more