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The Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York City is a literary agency for professional novelists. http://maassagency.com/

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Review: SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison Library Journal: Petra Grady continues to develop her bond with the shadow, Pluck, as the first weaver/shadow pair in nearly a millennium. Even with the support of researcher and boyfriend, Benedict Strom, at St. Enoc, there are some who do not welcome the weaver who can use shadow magic. When Petra and Benedict discover another weaver, they find she is chased by Thoth, a shadow who set mages against weavers thousands of years ago and left betrayal in his wake.

Review: SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison

Library Journal: Petra Grady continues to develop her bond with the shadow, Pluck, as the first weaver/shadow pair in nearly a millennium. Even with the support of researcher and boyfriend, Benedict Strom, at St. Enoc, there are some who do not welcome the…

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Starred Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Ada Palmer and Jo Walton Library Journal: This collection of essays, some original and many revised and updated, represents a wide range of thought and many sterling examples of what makes science fiction and fantasy popular and so appealing for readers, along with what causes some readers not to like it. They also offer insight into where the speculative fiction conversation with itself, its past, and its readership is going in the future.

Starred Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Ada Palmer and Jo Walton

Library Journal: This collection of essays, some original and many revised and updated, represents a wide range of thought and many sterling examples of what makes science fiction and fantasy popular and so appealing for readers, along…

05.03.2026 14:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2026 finalists We are thrilled to see that Premee Mohamed's novellas, The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through The Mountain, are Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2026 finalists in the Nouvelle/Novella étrangère category!

2026 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2026 finalists

We are thrilled to see that Premee Mohamed's novellas, The Annual Migration of Clouds and We Speak Through The Mountain, are Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2026 finalists in the Nouvelle/Novella étrangère category!

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Review: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE by Nicole Maggi Kirkus: What’s the connection between a missing person, a severed foot in a sneaker, and a group of troubled kids? Emmeline Helliwell, a special agent for the National Park Service, is sent to Yellowstone to unravel the mystery of a foot blown out of a geyser in front of a group of tourists. She’d rather be anywhere else, having left Yellowstone three years earlier, when she was unable to close a missing persons case, abandoning her boyfriend, fellow park ranger Holden Thrush, with no explanation.

Review: LOST IN YELLOWSTONE by Nicole Maggi

Kirkus: What’s the connection between a missing person, a severed foot in a sneaker, and a group of troubled kids? Emmeline Helliwell, a special agent for the National Park Service, is sent to Yellowstone to unravel the mystery of a foot blown out of a…

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Review: THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF FAERIE BARGAINS by Reena McCarty Library Journal: In McCarty's debut, a human named Poppy tries to prevent diplomatic chaos but gets caught up in Fae court machinations. Three years ago, Poppy was returned to the human world after 100 years of serving on the Otherside, in the land of the Fae. She works for an organization that handles legal bargains between humans and the othersiders. After growing up in the Wild Lands of the Fae, she isn't adjusting well, and when a deal goes wrong, she seizes the chance to return to the Otherside and fix her error.

Review: THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF FAERIE BARGAINS by Reena McCarty

Library Journal: In McCarty's debut, a human named Poppy tries to prevent diplomatic chaos but gets caught up in Fae court machinations. Three years ago, Poppy was returned to the human world after 100 years of serving on the…

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February Translation Deals Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in The Murderbot Diaries, to Dobrovsky, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in The Murderbot Diaries, to Editions L’Atalante, by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

February Translation Deals

Czech rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells' PLATFORM DECAY, the eighth book in The Murderbot Diaries, to Dobrovsky, by Nada Popovic at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. French rights to New York Times bestselling…

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Deal: Premee Mohamed Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's WICKHILLS, a spy thriller pitched as Cold War-era John le Carre meets Gormenghast, to Eli Goldman at Tor, with Jonathan Strahan editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Michael Curry (World English).

Deal: Premee Mohamed

Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's WICKHILLS, a spy thriller pitched as Cold War-era John le Carre meets Gormenghast, to Eli Goldman at Tor, with Jonathan Strahan editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Michael Curry (World…

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Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss Kirkus: Two 18-year-olds get stuck in a time loop during a flight from Kona to Los Angeles that seems about to end without warning, with the plane heading into a nosedive, before the cycle abruptly restarts. Aloha Airlines Flight 1333 was supposed to take Evelyn Werth back home across the Pacific Ocean along with her father’s ashes. But something went wrong, and just as the plane drops, apparently about to crash, time rewinds and Evelyn ends up back where she was 28 minutes earlier.

Review: SECONDS TO SPARE by Rachel Reiss

Kirkus: Two 18-year-olds get stuck in a time loop during a flight from Kona to Los Angeles that seems about to end without warning, with the plane heading into a nosedive, before the cycle abruptly restarts. Aloha Airlines Flight 1333 was supposed to take…

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Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher Kirkus: This is wizard Harry Dresden’s yearlong mourning period for Karrin Murphy, the woman he loved. If you keep upping your protagonist’s powers throughout a series, then you must balance the scales by increasing the number and strength of their enemies—as well as seriously messing with their personal life. Over the course of the Dresden Files, Harry Dresden, Chicago PI and now one of the most powerful wizards in the world, thought his first love was dead (she wasn’t), sacrificed his half-vampire girlfriend on an altar to save their child, lost another girlfriend when they learned she’d been mind-controlled into their relationship, bound himself into servitude as the Fae Queen Mab’s Winter Knight, and, for the length of an entire book, thought he himself was dead (he wasn’t).

Starred Review: TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher

Kirkus: This is wizard Harry Dresden’s yearlong mourning period for Karrin Murphy, the woman he loved. If you keep upping your protagonist’s powers throughout a series, then you must balance the scales by increasing the number and strength of their…

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Nicole Glover talks THE STARSEEKERS on All Things Considered! Check out this amazing interview Nicole Glover gives on NPR'S All Things Considered about her new book, THE STARSEEKERS!

Nicole Glover talks THE STARSEEKERS on All Things Considered!

Check out this amazing interview Nicole Glover gives on NPR'S All Things Considered about her new book, THE STARSEEKERS!

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Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer Booklist: This collaboration between two prominent sf authors blends historical research, anecdotal narratives, and even a few poems. Sf fans might already be familiar with authors Walton (Or What You Will, 2020) and Palmer (Perhaps the Stars, 2021), but this collection of both authors’ nonfiction is an extensive plunge into sf’s deep end. While not having an overarching theme, these articles cover a broad range of topics, including the contract between author and reader, the histories of various genres and mediums that evolved alongside sf, and the writers' own experiences with writing and living as disabled authors and  instructors, with each piece showcasing a massive amount of depth.

Review: TRACE ELEMENTS by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer

Booklist: This collaboration between two prominent sf authors blends historical research, anecdotal narratives, and even a few poems. Sf fans might already be familiar with authors Walton (Or What You Will, 2020) and Palmer (Perhaps the Stars,…

18.02.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP is an NYT bestseller! Congratulations to DMLA author, Jo Ann Brown, as THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP rings in at #13 on the New York Times Mass Market bestseller list!

THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP is an NYT bestseller!

Congratulations to DMLA author, Jo Ann Brown, as THEIR AMISH SECRET COURTSHIP rings in at #13 on the New York Times Mass Market bestseller list!

16.02.2026 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List It's an incredible honor to see so many DMLA authors on the Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List! Congratulations all around! SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) FANTASY NOVELS The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK) Angel Maker, Elizabeth Bear (Sobbing Squonk) A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor)

Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List

It's an incredible honor to see so many DMLA authors on the Locus 2025 Recommended Reading List! Congratulations all around! SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS The Folded Sky, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz) FANTASY NOVELS The Tomb of Dragons, Katherine Addison (Tor;…

13.02.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Read the First Chapter of A.J. Hackwith's Goblin Market - Reactor A heartfelt fantasy arriving October 2026

This morning I bring you feral offerings of the GOBLIN MARKET, only a little bit cursed.

Pre-order it as a gift for the future chaos goblins we all must become. 🍄✨ @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

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Starred Review: DEATH TIMES SEVEN by Anne Perry Library Journal: Cementing her place in a long line of legendary British crime novelists such as Sayers, Christie, and Conan Doyle, prolific bestseller Perry (author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt books) puts her usual skillful historical spin on the genre in this compelling yarn, begun before she died in 2023 and later seamlessly finished by her friend and fellow author Zackheim (The Bone Weaver).

Starred Review: DEATH TIMES SEVEN by Anne Perry

Library Journal: Cementing her place in a long line of legendary British crime novelists such as Sayers, Christie, and Conan Doyle, prolific bestseller Perry (author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt books) puts her usual skillful historical spin on…

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ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE wins William C. Morris Award! So excited to announce that ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis was named the 2026 William C. Morris YA Debut Award winner!

ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE wins William C. Morris Award!

So excited to announce that ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis was named the 2026 William C. Morris YA Debut Award winner!

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SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison It’s been months since Petra Grady bonded with the shadow Pluck. With the help of researcher Benedict Strom, she has made a place for herself at St. Unoc University as the first weaver to use shadow magic in a thousand years. But some are not happy to acknowledge the new shadow/weaver pair, and Petra and Pluck aren’t surprised when they’re blamed for every recent trouble.

SECONDHAND LUCK by Kim Harrison

It’s been months since Petra Grady bonded with the shadow Pluck. With the help of researcher Benedict Strom, she has made a place for herself at St. Unoc University as the first weaver to use shadow magic in a thousand years. But some are not happy to acknowledge…

10.02.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jim Butcher’s TWELVE MONTHS is an audio bestseller! Excited to announce that Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS is #2 on the New York Times Audio Bestseller list! Congratulations, Jim!! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?

Jim Butcher’s TWELVE MONTHS is an audio bestseller!

Excited to announce that Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS is #2 on the New York Times Audio Bestseller list! Congratulations, Jim!! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in…

09.02.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher hits USA Today Bestseller List! We are so proud to announce that Jim Butcher's new book, TWELVE MONTHS, rang in at #2 on the USA Today Bestseller List! Congrats, Jim!

TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher hits USA Today Bestseller List!

We are so proud to announce that Jim Butcher's new book, TWELVE MONTHS, rang in at #2 on the USA Today Bestseller List! Congrats, Jim!

06.02.2026 14:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Review: INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Laksminarayan Publishers Weekly: Lakshminarayan once again indulges readers with a zany sci-fi plot and delicious descriptions of food.... Lakshminarayan’s meditations on food and culture and the different ways of experiencing both mix smoothly with the politics and intrigue that the main characters find themselves caught up in. Fans of the first book will not want to miss this.

Review: INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Laksminarayan

Publishers Weekly: Lakshminarayan once again indulges readers with a zany sci-fi plot and delicious descriptions of food.... Lakshminarayan’s meditations on food and culture and the different ways of experiencing both mix smoothly with the…

05.02.2026 14:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sheine Linde is a 2026 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book! We're thrilled to share that Sheine Linde by Darcie Little Badger is one of the AIYLA Honor Books!

Sheine Linde is a 2026 American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book!

We're thrilled to share that Sheine Linde by Darcie Little Badger is one of the AIYLA Honor Books!

04.02.2026 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS by Alex Bledsoe When a notorious crime lord’s top lawyer is beheaded by hired killers, it’s clear someone’s sending a message. But Stavros Kefali didn’t get to be top dog by scaring easily, so he sends his go-to guy, Darren Flaxstone, to learn who’s behind it. Two cops, Slade and Slaughter, are also on the case, and one of them has a secret source for street info: the Lightning Girl, a vigilante fighting crime her way in the city’s poorest section.

WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS by Alex Bledsoe

When a notorious crime lord’s top lawyer is beheaded by hired killers, it’s clear someone’s sending a message. But Stavros Kefali didn’t get to be top dog by scaring easily, so he sends his go-to guy, Darren Flaxstone, to learn who’s behind it. Two cops, Slade…

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Matthew Hubbard’s A REBEL’S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes Rainbow List! Congratulations to Matthew Hubbard as A REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes the ALA Rainbow List! 🌈

Matthew Hubbard’s A REBEL’S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes Rainbow List!

Congratulations to Matthew Hubbard as A REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE makes the ALA Rainbow List! 🌈

03.02.2026 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher is a New York Times bestseller! Major congratulations and celebrations are in order as Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS hits #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?

TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher is a New York Times bestseller!

Major congratulations and celebrations are in order as Jim Butcher's TWELVE MONTHS hits #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful…

02.02.2026 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
January Subsidiary Deals Audio rights to Alex Bledsoe's WHILE THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS, about a pair of honest cops investigating a mob hit while a ruthless gangland fixer, a crusading journalist, a crime lord, and a vigilante all complicate matters, before they come together for a mysterious festival where all questions may be answered—if anyone survives  to Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Anne Tibbets (world English).

January Subsidiary Deals

Audio rights to Alex Bledsoe's WHILE THE CITY NEVER SLEEPS, about a pair of honest cops investigating a mob hit while a ruthless gangland fixer, a crusading journalist, a crime lord, and a vigilante all complicate matters, before they come together for a mysterious…

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January Translation Deals Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's FURIES OF CALDERON, the first book in the Codex Alera series, to Aser Al-Kotob, by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Arabic rights to Robert McCammon's STINGER, to Aser Al-Kotob by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor Literary Agency, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

January Translation Deals

Arabic rights to New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's FURIES OF CALDERON, the first book in the Codex Alera series, to Aser Al-Kotob, by Ruqaya Tareq at Bears Factor in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson. Arabic rights to Robert McCammon's…

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2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Congratulations to Thomas Ha! The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced, and they include Thomas Ha's excellent collection: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories (Undertow)!

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees

Congratulations to Thomas Ha! The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced, and they include Thomas Ha's excellent collection: Uncertain Sons and Other Stories (Undertow)!

29.01.2026 14:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
S.B. Divya’s LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award in India! Congratulations to DMLA author, S.B. Divya, as LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award!

S.B. Divya’s LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award in India!

Congratulations to DMLA author, S.B. Divya, as LOKA wins the Sushila Devia Award!

28.01.2026 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE by Ronald Malfi A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, a young boy learns the truth of the world from the strange and unsettling Mr Trueheart. From London to Baltimore and many places in between, these stories claw through reality to find the horror deep within.

WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE by Ronald Malfi

A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, a young boy learns the truth of the…

27.01.2026 16:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE by Rebekah Faubion Eight were lost. Five were found. None will ever be free. For Evie Williams, life is about to get a lot more complicated. Haunted by the events of a school trip to Hollow Lake National Park that went disastrously wrong, Evie and her friends returned changed, their lives forever marked by the mysterious Island they encountered—and the three girls they left behind.

LOST GIRLS OF HOLLOW LAKE by Rebekah Faubion

Eight were lost. Five were found. None will ever be free. For Evie Williams, life is about to get a lot more complicated. Haunted by the events of a school trip to Hollow Lake National Park that went disastrously wrong, Evie and her friends returned…

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