News from John Jarrold: "James Frenkel, Senior Editor at Tor Books in New York, has concluded a two-book world rights deal for Australian SF author Rjurik Davidson, for a good five-figure sum in US dollars. The agent was John Jarrold. The first of these books will be Davidson’s debut novel. It is presently titled Caeli-Amur after the city in which it and its sequel take place.
James Frenkel said of Rjurik Davidson, 'He's a unique talent, with a fabulously imagined world that is both enticing and strange, the sort of place that makes one at the same time afraid and excited, thrilling to discover as its many secrets are revealed. Peopled with engaging characters who seem entirely real, it's a world with a rich, deep history and a strange, compelling destiny.'
'Rjurik’s writing is wonderful,' said John Jarrold. 'I’m very happy that this marks my first direct deal with a major US publisher. I know that Jim has admired his short fiction for several years.'
Rjurik Davidson is a freelance writer and Associate Editor of Overland magazine. He has written short stories, essays, screenplays and reviews. His short collection, The Library of Forgotten Books, was recently released by PS Publishing. His work has been published in Postscripts, Years Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Volumes One, Two and Four, Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006, SciFiction, Aurealis, Borderlands and elsewhere. He has been short-listed for the Ditmar Award for Best Short Story three times, the Aurealis Award once and won the Ditmar award for Best New Talent in 2005."
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Stephen Deas: new three-book deal
John Jarrold has has announed a four-book World Rights deal with Simon Spanton of Gollancz, for fantasy novels by Stephen Deas, for a high five-figure figure. Deas’ debut novel, The Adamantine Palace, was published by Gollancz in March 2009; it was followed by King of the Crags this past April. The third volume in this series, Order of the Scales, will follow early in 2011.
The first book in this new deal is a one-off, The Black Mausoleum, related to his dragon fantasies, which will be followed by three further adult titles that entwine that series with Deas’ YA fantasies. The Black Mausoleum will be delivered in the summer of 2011, with the other books following at yearly intervals.
"Simon and I did our first three-book deal for Steve at the end of 2007," said John Jarrold. "With the immediate success of The Adamantine Palace in early 2009, we were able to follow that up with another three-book deal that May. And now Steve’s third multi-book deal in two-and-a-half years – which is remarkable testimony to his writing and story-telling, and to the fact that Simon and Gollancz know a good thing when they see one!"
The first book in this new deal is a one-off, The Black Mausoleum, related to his dragon fantasies, which will be followed by three further adult titles that entwine that series with Deas’ YA fantasies. The Black Mausoleum will be delivered in the summer of 2011, with the other books following at yearly intervals.
"Simon and I did our first three-book deal for Steve at the end of 2007," said John Jarrold. "With the immediate success of The Adamantine Palace in early 2009, we were able to follow that up with another three-book deal that May. And now Steve’s third multi-book deal in two-and-a-half years – which is remarkable testimony to his writing and story-telling, and to the fact that Simon and Gollancz know a good thing when they see one!"
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Three book deal for Rowena Cory Daniells
John Jarrold has announced: "Jonathan Oliver, commissioning editor of Solaris Books, has concluded a three-book deal with Australian fantasy writer Rowena Cory Daniells. The agent is John Jarrold, and the deal is for world Wnglish language rights. The books are due for publication in 2012.
Solaris have just published the first volume of Daniells’ King Rolen’s Kin trilogy, The King’s Bastard successfully in July 2010, with the second and third volumes following in August and September this year. The new series is called The First T’en and follows the fate of a tribe of dispossessed mystics, the T’Enatuath.
Rowena Cory Daniells first became involved in speculative fiction in 1976. Since then she has run a bookshop, then a graphic art studio where she illustrated children's books, had six children in ten years, sold nearly 30 children's books and an earlier fantasy trilogy internationally, established R&D Studios and served on the management committees of state and national arts organisations. She lives by the bay in Brisbane with her husband and children, and has a Masters in Arts."
Solaris have just published the first volume of Daniells’ King Rolen’s Kin trilogy, The King’s Bastard successfully in July 2010, with the second and third volumes following in August and September this year. The new series is called The First T’en and follows the fate of a tribe of dispossessed mystics, the T’Enatuath.
Rowena Cory Daniells first became involved in speculative fiction in 1976. Since then she has run a bookshop, then a graphic art studio where she illustrated children's books, had six children in ten years, sold nearly 30 children's books and an earlier fantasy trilogy internationally, established R&D Studios and served on the management committees of state and national arts organisations. She lives by the bay in Brisbane with her husband and children, and has a Masters in Arts."
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