Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

Saida de Emergencia, publisher of the Black Jewels trilogy in Portugal bought the rest of Anne Bishop’s books!

As reported to Publishers Marketplace:

Portuguese rights to Anne Bishop’s Tangled Webs, Sebastian (Ephemera, Book 1), Belladonna (Ephemera, Book 2), The Pillars of the World, Shadows and Light, The House of Gaian, to Antonio Pacheco at Saida de Emergencia, by International Editors Co. in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear for her story “Tideline” (Asimov’s, June 2007) – a finalist for the Sturgeon, for best science fiction story of the year.

Congratulations to Jay Lake for his book, Mainspring – a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial, for best science fiction novel of the year (this is not the same as the Campbell-not-a-Hugo award at Worldcon).

You are both keeping some might fine company!

As reported to Publishers Marketplace:

Spanish rights to Jim Butcher’s Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, Book 4) and Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5), to Factoria de Ideas, by Isabel Monteagudo of International Editors, in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

German rights to Jim Butcher’s Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6), to Droemer, by Thomas Schlueck Literary Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

Congratulations to Anne Bishop for Tangled Webs: A Black Jewels Novel taking the #2 spot in the hardcover list!

Jim Butcher leads the mass market list with White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9) at #1.

Rob Thurman’s Madhouse (Cal Leandros, Book 3) makes a showing in mass market at #6.

Ink and Steel: A Novel of the Promethean Age
Elizabeth Bear. Roc, $14 paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-451-46209-1

Campbell-winner Bear reveals the secret war between fae and the Elizabethan court in this dramatic prequel to Blood and Iron and Whiskey and Water. Framed with the intrigues of queens and courtiers, the story focuses on the mutual respect and growing love of Kit Marley (aka Christopher Marlowe) and Will Shakespeare. As Morgan le Fey rescues Kit from assassins, various factions recruit Will to bolster their political machinations with the magic of poetry. Kit pulls Will into Faerie and both are forced to face their own deepest desires and fears, which cannot be resolved until they deal with a power even higher than mortal Queen Elizabeth or fae Queen Mab. Copious quotes and intelligent speculation about their lives and works mark this sensitive and sensual look at the two supreme playwrights of the English Renaissance. The story’s second half, Hell and Earth, is due out in August. (July) — Publishers Weekly, starred review