Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

Penguin Putnam, publisher of Anne Bishop’s popular Black Jewels books, and others, just bought audio rights to all her titles: Tangled Webs: A Black Jewels Novel (which is due to be released March 4th) and the next book to feature the Blood (due next year).

They will also release the original trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness, along with the Dreams Made Flesh collection and The Invisible Ring. Also, the Tir Alainn books: The Pillars of the World, Shadows and Light, The House of Gaian and the Ephemera duology: Sebastian and Belladonna (available in paperback March 4th).

Nightlife author Rob Thurman’s TRICK OF THE LIGHT, the first two books in a new series about a woman who is on the hunt for two things: the demon who killed her brother and the Light of Life sold to Penguin’s Roc imprint.

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The 3rd book in the Cal Leandros series: Madhouse goes on sale today!

White Night – #9 in the Dresden Files series – hits the New York Times Bestseller List at #14 in mass market reprint!

“Butcher puts the characters in a lot of danger, creates appalling moral choices for them, and spins an excellent noirish detective yarn in a well-crafted, supernaturally charged setting. The supporting cast is again fantastic, and Harry’s wit continues to fly in the face of a peril-fraught plot.” (Booklist, starred review)

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Book 1: Storm Front
Book 2: Fool Moon
Book 3: Grave Peril
Book 4: Summer Knight
Book 5: Death Masks
Book 6: Blood Rites
Book 7: Dead Beat
Book 8: Proven Guilty

And coming soon…. Book 10: Small Favor

via Publishers Marketplace:

Czech rights to Ekaterina Sedia’s The Secret History of Moscow, to Stanislav Juhanak at TRITON, by Milena Lukic of Prava I Prevodi, in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency, on behalf of Prime Books.

Small Favor by Jim Butcher

Intricate yet accessible plotting and near-Arctic winter weather mark the 10th Harry Dresden adventure from bestseller Butcher (after 2007’s White Night). A friendly snowball fight opens the Chicago-based wizard-detective’s latest tale, but it’s not long before a host of more dangerous foes are out for Harry’s blood. A missing human mobster is said to be seeking greater influence among Chicago’s extranormal population, but the true threat proves both more subtle and of much greater consequence. Butcher smoothly manages a sizable cast of allies and adversaries, doles out needed backstory with crisp efficiency and sustains just the right balance of hair’s-breadth tension and comic relief. Encounters with a series of increasingly dangerous “Billy Goats Gruff” unfold with particular cleverness, and key developments involving Sgt. Karrin Murphy, Harry’s reluctant police liaison, will intrigue seasoned fans as well as newcomers attracted by last year’s TV adaptation of the series. (The Dresden Files – The Complete First Season)

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The mass market release of the previous book – White Night – also hits #14 on the PW Bestseller list this week!