Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

Congratulations to Ken Scholes for his story “Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky” making the preliminary ballot for this year’s Nebula Award!

“The many fans of Butcher’s Chicago-based Dresden Files series (most recently Small Favor) will enjoy this spin-off novella featuring Thomas Raith, Harry Dresden’s incubus half-brother. After reluctantly attending a rendezvous arranged by his untrustworthy older sister, Lara, Raith learns that Dresden is being set up by the evil Stygian Sisterhood, but he can’t go directly to Dresden’s aid without revealing his part in the secret Oblivion War. Raith’s resulting plan has something of a slapstick air, and the high cosmic stakes are generally played for laughs. Given Dresden’s limited appearance and the significant backstory underlying the series, this is an unlikely entry point for newcomers, but Butcher clearly demonstrates that Raith, usually seen more as Dresden’s sidekick, is more than capable of sustaining a story on his own.” – Publishers Weekly

The lettered and limited editions are sold out. Buy the trade edition of Backup (forthcoming October 31st, 2008).

Congratulations to Elizabeth Bear for winning the Hugo in the short story category for Tideline (Asimov’s, June 2007), and to Mary Robinette Kowal for being awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer!

And here’s to the winners in other categories and all the fine and talented finalists too!

Congratulations to client Cherie Priest! Her novel, Not Flesh Nor Feathers, is a finalist for the Endeavour Award, for a distinguished SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY BOOK written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year. The award is announced annually at OryCon, held in Portland, Oregon.

Jim Butcher is at #2 on the hardcover list with Small Favor (The Dresden Files, Book 10). His second month on the list!

C.E. Murphy’s The Queen’s Bastard (The Inheritors’ Cycle, Book 1) is at #1 on the trade list.

And Jay Lake ties for the #9 spot on the mass market list with the paperback edition of Mainspring.

Congratulations to everyone!