Jennifer Jackson – Literary Agent

Congratulations to Jim Butcher!

Small Favor, the 10th novel in the Dresden Files, debuts at #2 on the New York Times List and #3 on the USA Today List.

Intricate yet accessible plotting and near-Arctic winter weather mark the 10th Harry Dresden adventure from bestseller Butcher (after 2007’s White Night)… 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. — Publishers Weekly

Now that there is confirmation that the television show will air in Japan, Jim Butcher’s Japanese publisher Hayakawa has picked up Book 2 and 3.

As per Publishers Marketplace:
Jim Butcher’s Fool Moon and Grave Peril, to Hayakawa, by Mario Tauchi of Owl’s Agency, in association with Jennifer Jackson of Donald Maass Literary Agency.

As reported on Publishers Marketplace:

Anne Bishop’s untitled sequel to the forthcoming Shadow Queen, in the same setting as the author’s Black Jewels trilogy, plus an untitled collection of Black Jewels stories and a fantasy novel, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a good deal, for publication in March 2010, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

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The Shadow Queen will be released in March 2009, and will be about the descendants of the characters in The Invisible Ring.

Currently available: Tangled Webs.

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!

Author Laura Anne Gilman scores a Starred Review for the newest book in the Retrievers series: Pre-Order Free Fall today!

“Picking up shortly after the devastating battle between humans and fey atop the Brooklyn Bridge in 2007’s Burning Bridges, Gilman’s compelling fifth foray into the fantastic netherworld of modern-day Manhattan takes an even darker turn. Most of the surviving members of the Cosa Nostradamus, an informal collective of demon Fatae and magic-using human Talents, have retreated into hiding, while the Silence, a violently anti-fey covert organization, has regrouped under the leadership of a dangerous fanatic. When Wren Valere, a professional thief and Talent, takes on a simple smash-and-grab job that turns out to be a setup, she swears to stop the Silence and their fey-hunting vigilantes once and for all. With streamlined prose, Gilman deftly weaves intricate plot threads and complex relationships into an almost painful buildup of violent suspense. The result is an intelligent and utterly gripping fantasy thriller, by far the best of the Retrievers series to date.” (May) –Publishers Weekly