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Adrienne Gelbart's Blog – November 2011 Archive (3)
YA Deals of the Week November 14th, 2011
Agee Signs with Dial
In what’s rumored to be a six-figure deal, Jon Agee has signed a world rights, three-book contract with Dial Books for Young Readers. The author/illustrator’s Little Santa, and two other books were acquired by Lauri Hornik, president and publisher at the imprint, from agent Holly McGhee at Pippin Properties. Little Santa is scheduled for fall 2013. Agee is the author of a number of iconic and…
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YA Deals of the Week November 7th, 2011
RH Children’s Buys New Gratton Series
Tessa Gratton has signed a three-book, six-figure deal with Suzy Capozzi at Random House Children’s Books for a new YA trilogy. Laura Rennert at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency handled the world rights deal for Gratton; the series is called the Songs of New Asgard. The series presents an alternate history of the U.S. in which…
Added by Adrienne Gelbart on November 9, 2011 at 10:18pm — No Comments
YA Deals of the Week October 31st, 2011
In a high six-figure deal, Darren Shan has signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to do a 12-part series called Zom-B. Cindy Eagan bought U.S. rights to the novellas from agent Christopher Little, of the Christopher Little Agency. The series—the first title is scheduled to drop in fall 2012, with another book following every three months—will be illustrated and follows a “rampant zombie outbreak,” according to LBYR. Shan, who’s Irish (his real… Continue
Added by Adrienne Gelbart on November 5, 2011 at 1:08pm — No Comments
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