Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

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

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear for her story “Tideline” (Asimov’s April/May 2007) – a finalist in the short story category.

Chalcedony wasn’t built for crying. She didn’t have it in her, not unless her tears were cold tapered glass droplets annealed by the inferno heat that had crippled her.

Such tears as that might slide down her skin over melted sensors to plink unfeeling on the sand. And if they had, she would have scooped them up, with all the other battered pretties, and added them to the wealth of trash jewels that swung from the nets reinforcing her battered carapace.

You can see the rest of the finalists here.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette for winning the 2007 Reviewers’ Choice Award in the fantasy category for A Companion to Wolves.

Patricia Rosemoor collected both the Reviewers’ Choice Award for the series intrigue category – for Wolf Moon – as well as a Career Achievement Award for her contribution to romantic adventure.

To top it off, Jim Butcher scored a Career Achievement Award in the contemporary category for his urban fantasy work with the Dresden Files Series. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)

See all the winners here.

Congratulations to Jim Butcher, with Captain’s Fury (Codex Alera, Book 4) remaining on the list a second month, now at #4 in the hardcover category.

And kudos to Elizabeth Bear. Her novel, Dust, is at #4 in the mass market category!

The Hugo nominees are listed on Denvention’s website: http://www.denvention.org/hugos/08hugonomlist.php

Many congratulations to Elizabeth Bear in the short story category for “Tidelines” (Asimov’s June 2007) and to all the other talented writers represented on this list.