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TARYN FAGERNESS AGENCY
Spring 2020 ADULT Catalog
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FICTION
The Guest Book meets Everything I Never Told You in this
gripping novel of a small town caught up in a shocking
disappearance, and the lengths we will go
to protect the ones we love
LOST AT SEA
by Erica Boyce
When beloved fisherman John Staybrook vanishes in the night, his loss
stirs up more than grief. His daughter Ella is convinced he’s still alive
and vows to bring him home. But as she searches the small Massachu-
setts town, secrets throughout the community begin to bubble to the
surface. As the pieces fall into place of what really happened, everyone
from the babysitter to the local librarian are swept into a more urgent
question: Why would someone go out in the middle of a deadly storm?
Erica Boyce weaves a tense yet hopeful tale of family secrets whispering
across the rocky shores and the unshakeable strength that love leaves
behind. Sourcebooks Landmark
March 2020
“Lost at Sea is a gripping novel about a fishing community and the daily Trade paperback
dangers which await them, and the complex relationships surfacing 79k words
when one of their own disappear. Set in the small New England town of
Devil’s Purse, Boyce has weaved a spellbinding and atmospheric tale of Genre: Fiction
community, family bonds, love and loss, and the fortitude needed to
Rights available:
survive in an unforgiving landscape.” – Kim Michele Richardson, author
Translation (US publisher has world
of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek English rights)
“Erica Boyce has crafted a heartfelt, deeply moving novel about identi- Primary agent:
Eric Smith
ty, friendship and family. Thought-provoking and propulsive, with a P.S. Literary Agency
strong sense of place and a set of intriguing, complex characters, Lost at
Sea is impossible to put down.” – Daniela Petrova, author of Her Material: Available
Daughter’s Mother
“With beautiful, tender prose and a captivating web of characters, Lost
at Sea is a masterful portrait of a fishing village marked by tragedy—
and all the secrets therein. Boyce has crafted a poignant and thought-
provoking narrative that stuck with me long after I read the final page.”
– Andrea Bartz, author of The Lost Night
Erica Boyce is currently a member of the Massachu-
setts Bar, an Associate Fiction Editor at Pangyrus,
and a participant in her home state’s lovely writing
communities, The Writer’s Loft and Grub Street.
She is also the Fishing Community Coordinator at
Catch Invest, where she works with fishermen and
community organizers across the country to help
keep small-boat fishing fleets in business. She lives
outside Boston with her husband and dog. In her
spare time she enjoys traveling, crafting, reading (of
course), and adjectives. www.ericaboyce.com
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A woman ahead of her time,
searching for her true calling in life and love
SALT THE SNOW
by Carrie Callaghan
American journalist Milly Bennett has covered murders in San Francis-
co, fires in Hawaii, and a civil war in China, but 1930s Moscow presents
her greatest challenge yet. When her young Russian husband is sudden-
ly arrested by the secret police, Milly tries to get him released. But his
arrest reveals both painful secrets about her marriage and hard truths
about the Soviet state she has been working to serve. Disillusioned and
pulled toward the front lines of a captivating new conflict, Milly must
find a way to do the right thing for her husband, her conscience, and
her heart. Salt the Snow is a vivid and impeccably researched tale of a
woman ahead of her time, searching for her true calling in life and love.
“The vivid prose of Salt the Snow sets the reader in the middle of socio-
Chicago Review Press
economic upheavals and political unrest with the best possible tour
guide, wisecracking American journalist Milly Bennett. Callaghan excels February 2020
at bringing little-known real-life women out of the darkness of historical Hardcover
obscurity and into the light of recognition. From the first scene, the 86k words
reader is plunged into a world of suspense and intrigue, led by an unfor-
gettable protagonist. Milly is not so much a character as a fully realized, Genre: Historical fiction
complex human being: her brilliance and self-sufficiency are admirable, Rights available:
and her loneliness and feelings of unworthiness are heartbreaking. A Translation (US publisher has world
fascinating novel!” – Clarissa Harwood, author of Impossible Saints and English rights)
Bear No Malice
Previous foreign publishers: Germany
(HarperCollins Germany)
“A vivid, well-researched story of a complex and ahead-of-her-time
woman, an American journalist, who finds herself—head and heart— Primary agent:
Shannon Hassan
while living and working in an equally complex Russia.” – Jenni L. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Walsh, author of Becoming Bonnie
Material: Available
“Salt the Snow is a vivid journey through the kaleidoscope of 1930s Eu-
rope with an irrepressible and all too human guide in Milly Bennett.
Don’t miss this book and its unforgettable heroine!” – Linnea Hartsuy-
ker, author of The Half-Drowned King and The Golden Wolf
Carrie Callaghan’s short fiction has appeared
in Silk Road, Weave Magazine, and The Mac-
Guffin, among others. She is a senior analyst
at the State Department, as well as a senior
contributing editor at the Washington Inde-
pendent Review of Books. Her debut novel
was A Light of Her Own.
www.carriecallaghan.com
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From the internationally bestselling author of Vox comes a
suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing new reality
where the government controls
more than the future of our children
MASTER CLASS
by Christina Dalcher
The future of every child is determined by one standardized measure-
ment: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and they attend a top tier
school with a golden future ahead of them. Score low, and they are sent
to a federally run boarding school with limited prospects for future em-
ployment. The purpose? Education costs are cut, teachers focus on the
best students, and parents are happy.
Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s elite schools. When her
nine-year-old daughter fails her monthly test, her Q score drops to a
disastrously low level and she is immediately forced to leave her top
school for a federal school hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena
knows intimately the dangers of failure in their tiered educational sys- Berkley
tem, but as a mother who just lost her child, all Elena wants is to be April 2020
near her daughter again. And she will do the unthinkable to make it Hardcover
happen.
81k words
Genre: Dystopian thriller
“One thing you’ll understand while you’re working
for me,” Mrs. Underwood says, leading me away from Rights available:
Translation
Freddie and steering me toward the serving counter.
Her words are slow and deliberate and horrible as she Foreign sales: Brazil (Sextante), British
(HQ), France (NiL), German (Fischer),
slides a tray from the stack and sets it down much too Hungary (Művelt Nép), Italy (Nord), Ro-
firmly on the metal surface. “And you will mania (RAO), Spain (Roca)
understand it, Dr. Fairchild. No one is special here. Previous foreign publishers: Brazil
No one.” In her hand is the package of cookies meant (Sextante), British (HQ), Bulgaria (Locus),
Czech (Host), Estonia (Postimees),
for Freddie. France (NiL), Germany (Fischer), Greece
(Brainfood), Hungary (Művelt Nép), Isra-
el (Dani Books), Italy (Nord), Japan
(Hayakawa), Korea (Dasan Books), The
Netherlands (Meulenhoff Boekerij), Po-
land (Muza), Portugal (20/20 Editora),
Christina Dalcher is the internationally bestsel- Romania (RAO), Russia (Exmo), Slovakia
ling author of Vox. She earned her doctorate in (IKAR), Spain (Roca), Turkey (Panama),
theoretical linguistics from Georgetown Univer- Ukraine (BookChef)
sity. Her short stories and flash fiction appear in Highlights:
over one hundred journals worldwide. Her * Vox:
recognitions include the Bath Flash Award’s — Indiebound, National, Speigel, and
Sunday Times UK bestseller.
Short List; nominations for The Pushcart Prize, — BookExpo 2018, Booksellers Share
Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions; and Their Hot Picks.
multiple other awards. She teaches flash fiction — Entertainment Weekly, Books to
as a member of the faculty at The Muse Writers Read After The Handmaid’s Tale.
— Goodreads, The 20 Hottest Debuts of
Center in Norfolk, Virginia. After spending sev- the Season.
eral years abroad, most recently in Sri Lanka, Dalcher and her husband
now split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. Primary agent:
http://christinadalcher.com Laura Bradford
Bradford Literary Agency
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Thirteen stories—beginning after the clock strikes 12 and
ending before dawn—from some of the top thriller
writers in the world
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT:
A Suspense Anthology
edited by Jeffery Deaver
Suspense Magazine and New York Times bestselling author Jeffery
Deaver present the short story anthology, Nothing Good Happens After
Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original tales, with each
chilling read beginning after midnight arrives and ending before dawn
awakens.
Favorites exploring this mysterious window of time are: Joseph Badal,
Linwood Barclay, Rhys Bowen, Heather Graham, Alan Jacobson, Paul
Kemprecos, Shannon Kirk, Jon Land, John Lescroart, D.P. Lyle, Kevin
O’Brien, and Hank Phillippi Ryan.
This incredible gathering of authors will delight fans of all genres as they Suspense Publishing
answer that age-old question of why...“Nothing Good Happens After October 2020
Midnight.” Trade paperback
85k words
Genre: Anthology
Rights available:
British and translation
Primary agent:
Liza Fleissig
Liza Royce Agency
Material: Available March 2020
A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney,
Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 bestselling
author. His novels have appeared on bestseller
lists around the world, including the New York
Times, the Times of London, Italy’s Corriere del-
la Sera, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Los
Angeles Times, and his books have been trans-
lated into over 25 languages. The author of
over 35 novels, three collections of short sto-
ries, and a non-fiction law book, and a lyricist of
a country-western album, he’s received or been
shortlisted for dozens of awards around the world, and he has sold 50
million books worldwide. www.jefferydeaver.com
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A high stakes wager pits an aspiring entrepreneur against a
ruthless CEO in this sexy romantic comedy
THE MARRIAGE GAME
by Sara Desai
After her life falls apart, recruitment consultant Layla Patel returns
home to her family in San Francisco. But in the eyes of her father, who
runs a Michelin starred restaurant, she can do no wrong. He would do
anything to see her smile again. With the best intentions in mind, he
offers her the office upstairs to start her new business and creates a
profile on an online dating site to find her a man. She doesn’t know he’s
arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on
her door….
As CEO of a corporate downsizing company Sam Mehta is more used to
conflict than calm. In search of a quiet new office, he finds the perfect
space above a cozy Indian restaurant that smells like home. But when
communication goes awry, he’s forced to share his space with the own-
er’s beautiful yet infuriating daughter Layla, her crazy family, and a pa- Berkley
rade of hopeful suitors, all of whom threaten to disrupt his carefully June 2020
ordered life.
Trade paperback
97k words
As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when
the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, Sam and Layla
Genre: Romantic comedy
have to decide if this is love or just a game.
Rights available:
Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
Highlights:
* Sold at auction in a six-figure deal.
* New York Times and USA Today best-
selling author.
Sara Desai is the penname for romance
author Sarah Castille. A New York Times
Primary agent:
and USA Today bestselling author of over Laura Bradford
20 novels, Sarah is known for contempo- Bradford Literary Agency
rary romance that is edgy, sexy and
Material: Available
scorching hot. A recovering lawyer, she
lives in British Columbia with her hus-
band, three children, and a family of
owls. Sarah’s books have been published
by Samhain Publishing, Macmillan, and
Sourcebooks Casablanca, and have re-
ceived starred reviews from Publishers Weekly as well as being included
in their Top Ten Picks and Best Summer Reads. Her books have been
named Amazon’s Best Romance Books of the Year, RT Book Reviews Top
Picks, and have won the Holt Medallion for Excellence in Literary Fiction
as well as numerous reader’s choice and romance writers’ awards. Sarah
is a member of the Romance Writers of America, the Vancouver Island
Romance Association, International Thriller Writers Inc., and the Writer’s
Union of Canada. The Marriage Game is her first romantic comedy.
sarahcastille.com
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An emotional novel about family love, friendship, the
expectations of a child, and exactly who our mothers are
THE OTHER MOTHER
by Matthew Dicks
Michael Perkins, a 13-year-old awkward teenager, is dealing with a lot.
After his father’s sudden death, his mom married Asshole Glenn. His
two younger siblings drive him crazy, yet he’s had to become a de facto
parent as his mother works double-shifts to keep the family afloat. And
he struggles with anger issues. He’s the kid who pushed the bus driver.
He’s the kid who threw the cash register on the floor in the school cafe-
teria in a fit of rage. And then one day, Michael wakes up and his moth-
er is gone. She’s been replaced by an exact duplicate mother, the
“other mother.” His brother, sister, and Asshole Glenn act normal, but
Michael knows in his bones that this mother is not his. And he beings to
freak out.
What follows is the coming-of-age story of a boy forced to be a man too
early, a boy struggling with an unusual disorder, a boy who has the
unique opportunity to see his mother as someone other than his moth- St. Martin’s
er. He’s a kid facing extraordinary circumstances and unparalleled chal- November 2020
lenges, but, as he discovers secrets about his father’s passing, his feel- Hardcover
ings for the girl next door, and realities about his mother, he also finds 81k words
strength.
Genre: Fiction
As in Matthew Dicks’ beloved Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend,
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Matthew writes a character with a foot in two worlds—child and Translation
adult—who has a unique voice and is able to reveal truths about family
love, friendship, anger, the expectations of a child, and exactly who our Foreign sales: British (Little, Brown UK)
mothers are.
Previous foreign publishers: British
(Little, Brown UK), Czech (Argo), France
“Green’s gripping and cleverly paced narrative never loses faith with its (Editions Lattes), Hungary (Libri), Italy
troubled hero….” – Financial Times UK (Sperling), Russia (AST), Serbia (Laguna),
Taiwan (Spring International)
Along with his award-winning and internation- Highlights:
* Internationally bestselling author.
ally bestselling novel, Memoirs of an Imaginary * Twenty-One Truths About Love:
Friend (which has been translated into 20 lan- — Washington Post, 18 Books to Read
guages and optioned for film), Matthew Dicks this Fall.
is the author of the critically acclaimed novels — Indie Next List, December 2019.
— LibraryReads Pick, November 2019.
Something Missing (Broadway 2009), and Unex-
pectedly, Milo (Broadway 2010). In the last few
years, Matt has become a multi-time Moth Sto- Primary agent:
Taryn Fagerness
rySLAM champion and GrandSLAM champion; Taryn Fagerness Agency
he started his own highly successful storytelling
organization called Speak Up; several of his sto- Material: Available
ries have appeared on The Moth’s podcast and Radio Hour; he’s told a
story on This American Life; he’s spoken at TEDx multiple times, and the
list goes on (and on). His first non-fiction book, Storyworthy, was pub-
lished June 2018 by New World Library. He’s also an elementary school
teacher, podcaster, wedding DJ, daily blogger, minister, life coach, father
of two, and avid (bad) golfer. www.matthewdicks.com
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Three women. Three daughters.
And a promise that they’ll each get what they deserve
DO NOT ADMIT Sourcebooks
by Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman Early 2021
Trade paperback
College application season at Seattle’s Elliot Bay Academy is marked by 98k words
Ivy League admissions and ivory-trimmed acceptance envelopes. But
when Stanford informs the school they’re only accepting one more EBA Genre: Women’s fiction
senior for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition
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is more cut-throat than they could have imagined. Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
Tech giant Alicia turns to her fortune and status to fight for her daugh-
Primary agent:
ter’s place at the top. Kelly, a Stanford legacy, has primed her PTA influ-
Carly Watters
ence to undercut the other applicants. And Maren makes three: single, P.S. Literary Agency
broke, and ill-equipped to handle the elite rat-race threatening to bring
her daughter down. Material: Available
That’s when one of the girls suffers a near-fatal accident, one that
doesn’t appear to be an accident at all.
As the community spirals out of control, three women will have to de-
cide where the line is…and how far they’re willing to cross it to secure
what’s rightfully theirs.
“That night when Krissie was crying about being able
to compete with all of these people lying to get into
Stanford, I told our daughter to hold her head up
high. That we weren’t cheating and cutting corners
like those other families. And you just sat there eating
your ice cream. You didn’t say a goddamn word.”
Co-authors Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy
Katzman are long-time Seattle friends. Do Not
Admit is informed by their personal experi-
ences with life-altering family health crises
during the college admissions process. Be-
tween the two of them, they have undergrad-
uate degrees from Princeton University and
the University of Michigan, a law degree from
UC Berkeley, careers in marketing, non-profit
leadership and biotechnology law, two hus-
bands (one with heart disease revealed by a
heart attack at 48, one with lymphoma since the age of 40), and four
kids (two already in college—wouldn’t you love to know where?). Do Not
Admit is their debut novel. www.katzndobs.com
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The Amazing Race meets Around the World in 80 Days as a
woman desperate to save her family bookstore
falls for her competition
EIGHTY DAYS TO ELSEWHERE
by KC Dyer
Born and raised in New York City, Ramona Keene dreams of attending
photography school and traveling to Paris, but her reality never quite
catches up with her imagination. Instead, she works at her uncles’
quaint bookstore, where the tea is plentiful and all the adventures are
between the covers of secondhand books. But when the new landlord
arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy’s quiet life comes crashing
down. He plans to triple the rent, something her uncles can’t afford.
In order to earn the money to help save the bookstore, Romy applies
for a job at ExLibris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary jour-
neys. Romy snags the oddest internship ever: retrace Phileas Fogg’s
journey from Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days and plan a suit-
able, contemporary adventure for a client. The task is close to impossi- Berkley
ble—sticking to the original route means no commercial aircraft per- August 2020
mitted, and she’s got a lot less than 80 days to work with. Shaking off
Trade paperback
her fear of leaving home, Romy takes on the challenge, only to discover
124k words
she’s got competition. Worse, Dominic Madison turns out to be the—
unfortunately hot—nephew of her family’s worst enemy.
Genre: Women’s fiction
Can Romy win the race and circle the globe in time to save the Rights available:
bookstore? And what happens when she starts to fall for the very per- Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
son who may just be the death of her dreams?
Foreign sales: Czech (Grada), Russia
(AST)
Highlights:
* First book in a series featuring the
company ExLibris Expeditions.
KC Dyer resides in the wilds of British Co- Primary agent:
lumbia in the company of an assortment of Laura Bradford
Bradford Literary Agency
mammals, some of them human. She likes
to walk in the woods and write books. KC Material: Available
has spoken with thousands of kids in
schools across Canada from British Colum-
bia to Prince Edward Island, across the US
and in Europe and Asia. She is a director
and long-time participant at the Surrey
International Writers’ Conference. She is
the author of the romantic comedy Finding
Fraser. For teens, KC’s most recent work is Facing Fire, a sequel to the
acclaimed novel, A Walk Through a Window (Doubleday). She has been
writer-in-residence at New Westminster Secondary School, and a fea-
tured presenter at conferences across Canada and the US such as the
National Council of English Teachers in both Philadelphia and Chicago;
YouthWrite in Penticton, British Colombia; and many others. kcdyer.com
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Sometimes you have to take a leap, and change your life...
WAKING SARAH ANN
by Christy English
A middle manager in a small southern bank, Sarah Ann moves from one
day to the next in a sort of mindless fog. After the death of her mother
and the loss of the love of her life, her existence is lackluster and pas-
sionless. Until the day she is diagnosed with early onset dementia, and
she finds out that her personality as she knows it has less than a year to
live.
Electrified and energized for the first time in years, Sarah Ann ignores
her doctors’ advice, refusing to lock herself away in the prison of an
assisted living facility. Instead, she transforms her life, selling her grand-
mother’s house and cashing in her 401-K, leaving her soulless job be-
hind. After a brief, passionate fling with a gentleman mechanic who has
been her friend since high school, Sarah Ann and her tabby cat Sebas-
tian set out from her home in Savannah, Georgia on a spiritual odyssey.
She drives across the country on a quest to discover if she might learn
to live with joy before it is too late. Independently published
March 2020
As she comes closer to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal, Sarah Trade paperback
Ann faces the ultimate choice: should she allow her body to live on 102k words
once her mind is gone, or should she end her life while she is still her-
self? Genre: Women’s fiction
Rights available:
Translation (British rights not available)
I sat in silence then, listening to the whirl of the air
conditioner just outside the window. “How long does Primary agent:
Kevan Lyon
it take for dementia to show up?” I asked. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
“I’m not a specialist,” she said. “But from the reading
Material: Available
I’ve done since I saw your scan, it looks like six to
eight months.”
“Six to eight months until what?”
“Until symptoms start manifesting.”
“Until I start to lose my mind,” I said.
A graduate of Duke University, Christy English
is the author of the historical fiction novels The
Queen’s Pawn (Berkley 2010) and To Be Queen:
A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aqui-
taine (Berkley 2011). She has also written two
historical romance series for Sourcebooks Casa-
blanca: Shakespeare in Love (2012-2013)
and Broadswords and Ballrooms (2015-2016).
When she is not writing, she loves to walk the
mountain trails near her home in western
North Carolina. www.christyenglish.com
10As far as Ami’s concerned, invisibility is good for three things:
bank vaults, men’s locker rooms, and saving the world
THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS
by Meradeth Houston
For Ami and her partner, Luke, becoming invisible is part of their job.
Their mysterious employer assigns them to make “coincidences” hap-
pen, from reuniting long lost lovers to toppling empires. For their next
job, they must stop a bio-terrorism attack on San Francisco. To pull it
off, they’ll have to break into illegal labs and federal buildings that make
bank vaults seem easy.
Working side by side to arrange the coincidence, Ami hopes for a
chance to finally push their relationship past the friend-zone. Her tele-
pathic link with Luke has made it hard to keep her feelings secret for so
many years. But just when things start to heat up between them, they
accidentally alert the FBI to their existence. Now agents are chasing
them down hilly streets and invading their homes in the middle of the
night.
Bleeding Ink Publishing
With three days until the attack, Ami and Luke must escape their FBI tail November 2019
while keeping their own emotions from getting in the way. That’s not an Trade paperback
easy task when their telepathy goes on the fritz and their only lead for 80k words
who’s behind the plague just might be the one who releases it. With
millions of lives hanging in the balance, they’re going to need more than Genre: Supernatural thriller
a coincidence to pull it all off.
Rights available:
Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
But I hung back. I didn’t have an explanation for
why. A hunch, maybe? A feeling this job wasn’t over Primary agent:
Cristi Marchetti
yet. That there was something bigger at play. There Fire Brand Literary
had to be a reason why all four of us had been called
Material: Available
in, more than just to avoid the massive loss of lives. I
never spent too much time wondering about what
guided us around, because there was no explanation
and no one to ask, and, it kinda hurt my brain after a
while. But this, this had something bigger stamped all
over it.
Meradeth Houston lives in Montana where she’s
an anthropology professor and scientist. If you let
her, she’ll tell you more than you ever wanted to
know about getting DNA out of dead stuff. She en-
joys escaping the snow by imagining herself back in
her favorite places in her home state of California,
with a little drama or supernatural flare added in.
Her debut novel was Someone Else’s Soul (Bleeding
Ink, May 2019). http://meradethhouston.com
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AND NOW SHE’S GONE Forge Books/Tor
by Rachel Howzell Hall September 2020
Hardcover
Isabel Lincoln is gone. 100k words
But is she missing?
Genre: Suspense
It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track Rights available:
down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Translation (US publisher has world
Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new rev- English rights)
elation about the woman’s secrets and the truth she’s hidden from her
Previous foreign publishers: Korea
friends and family. (Book Plaza)
Featuring two complicated women in a dangerous cat and mouse
Highlights:
game, And Now She’s Gone explores the nature of secrets—and how * Trail of Echoes:
violence and fear can lead you to abandon everything in order to sur- — Kirkus starred review.
vive. * Land of Shadows:
— Publishers Weekly starred review.
— The Telegraph, Top Ten Crime Books
for Summer.
Unlike the men who disappeared, women left their
egos behind along with their keys, photo Primary agent:
identification, and unpaid electric bills. These women Jill Marsal
Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
may have wondered about their past lives—What are
they doing back home? How are they living without Material: Available
me? Did somebody finally wash those damned dishes?
—but they rarely did more than wonder. They never
visited old haunts. They never searched their names
on Google or checked their Facebook pages. Unlike
most men who vanished, women rarely got caught.
They just wanted a new beginning.
Rachel Howzell Hall published her first book A Qui-
et Storm (Scribner 2002) to great notice, including
reviews from O Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and
a starred review from Library Journal. She’s also
the author of the acclaimed Lou Norton Mystery
series, which has received starred reviews from
Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Rachel is also a sci-
ence writer at City of Hope, a national cancer re-
search and treatment institution in Southern Cali-
fornia. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband
and daughter. www.rachelhowzell.com
12A beautiful novel of the West, of a deep love for the land, of
faith in the face of evil, and of the terrible choices we make
for the ones we love
EDEN MINE
by S.M. Hulse
Jo Faber is packing up the home she and her brother Samuel inherited.
For generations, the Fabers have lived near Eden Mine, but Jo and Sam-
uel will be the last. Their family home has been seized by the state
through eminent domain.
At the moment she hears the news of the bombing on the radio, Jo
knows nothing, but she also knows that something isn’t right. The arri-
val of their friend and unofficial guardian, Sheriff Hawkins, confirms her
suspicions. Samuel said he was going to find work. But soon it’s clear
that he’s not gone, but missing―last seen by a security camera near the
district courthouse at Elk Fork. And a nine-year-old girl, the daughter of
a pastor of a storefront church, is in critical condition.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
This isn’t the first time Jo and Samuel have seen the ravages of violence
February 2020
visit their family. Last time, they lost their mother and Jo lost her ability
Hardcover
to walk. Samuel took care of her, outfitted their barn with special rig-
ging so she could keep riding their mule. But he was never the same, 84k words
falling in with a separatist group, getting a tattoo he’d flaunt, then
Genre: Fiction
spending years hiding. She thought he had finished with all that. But
now he’s missing, and she can’t talk to the one person she trusts. A Rights available:
timely story of the anger and disaffection tearing apart many communi- Translation (US publisher has world
ties in the US, S.M. Hulse’s Eden Mine is also a beautiful novel of the English rights)
West, of a deep love for the land, of faith in the face of evil, and of the Previous foreign publishers: Japan
terrible choices we make for the ones we love. (Tokyo Sogensha)
“Hulse follows up her strong debut (Black River, 2015) with an even Highlights:
stronger novel about the fallout from an act of domestic terrorism….[A] * Amazon pick for February 2020.
dense yet lucid narrative. The nail-biting denouement is...an additional * Black River:
sign of this young writer’s mature artistic powers. Reflective, evocative, — PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fic-
tion finalist
and quietly moving.” – Kirkus, starred review — An Amazon Best Book of the Month,
January 2015.
"Stunning….There is a toughness of spirit, a bleakness of light and cir- — Amazon pick for Best Books of the
Year So Far (June 2015).
cumstance, which twists thrillingly with every page.” – Al Woodworth, — An ALA Notable Book.
Amazon Pick February — An ABA Indies Introduce title.
— Winner, Reading the West Book
Award.
S.M. Hulse’s debut novel, Black River, was a — Publishers Weekly, Library Journal,
PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction finalist, Booklist starred reviews.
an Amazon Best Book of the Month, an ALA No-
table Book, an ABA Indies Introduce title, an Primary agent:
Indie Next pick, and winner of the Reading the Lorin Rees
West Book Award. She received her MFA from Rees Literary Agency
the University of Oregon and was a fiction fel-
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low at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An
avid horsewoman, she has lived throughout the
American West. www.smhulse.com
13The blossom of first love meets the golden ember of last love
in this heartwarming novel of hope and second chances
SUMMER OF SECOND CHANCES
by Andrea Hurst
At sweet 16 Shelby finds herself without friends or a place to call home,
and still waiting for her first kiss. At the mercy of yet another move,
Shelby is left to spend the summer with her widowed grandmother at
Moonwater Lake. When Theo, a reclusive elderly man in town suggests
she start a dog-walking business, Shelby begins to realize that dreams
can come true.
Recently widowed, Theo grieves the precious memories of a 50-year
marriage. If not for his aging beagle, Wally, he wouldn’t have a reason
to get out of bed in the morning, much less go for walks. Theo is pleas-
antly surprised by his awakened feelings of hope, after crossing paths
with Shelby and her grandmother.
As these two unlikely souls bond over their mutual love of canine com-
panions, it becomes a summer of friendship and unconditional love, Independently published
inspiring Shelby, Theo, and the community of Moonwater Lake to be- June 2020
lieve it’s never too late for second chances. Trade paperback
90k words
Logan put his arm around her and pulled her close. Genre: Women’s fiction
She could barely breathe. Her body tingled with
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let her eyes drift shut. If she never moved, the night
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might never end. She could hear the water lapping Andrea Hurst
over the legs of the dock. Andrea Hurst & Associates
Material: Available March 2020
Andrea Hurst is the Amazon bestselling author of
The Guestbook and the Madrona Island series. Her
standalone novels include Always with You and
the upcoming Summer of Second Chances. Her
books take readers on a journey of the heart,
to charming settings with memorable characters.
She lives with her rescue poodle, Ellie, near a
beautiful lake in North Carolina.
www.andreahurst-author.com
14Alexa Glock’s forensic skills are needed when a man is found
dead in a Rotorua mud pot
MOLTEN MUD MURDER:
An Alexa Glock mystery
by Sara E. Johnson
When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of
Rotorua’s famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa
Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has
been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation
needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have...melted
away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa dis-
covers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an
island sacred to the Maori. The ancient punishment for such a trans-
gression is disaster, demonic possession, or death...and when she visits
the island to investigate, the same outcome is promised for her. Alexa
doesn’t believe in ancient spirits returning to exact revenge, and when
another victim turns up dead she begins to wonder whether the real
threat is something—or someone—much closer to home.
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“The mystery combines forensic investigation with the rich details of a March 2020
fascinating culture. Fans of Kathy Reichs’s mysteries will appreciate the Trade paperback
forensics, while Jane Harper’s readers will enjoy the rich culture.” – Li- 80k words
brary Journal, starred review and Debut of the Month
Genre: Mystery
“Move over Kay Scarpetta and Temperance Brennan. There’s a new fo-
rensics expert in town, even though ‘town’ is 8500 miles away. Alexa Rights available:
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Glock is a forensic odontologist and qualified crime-scene investigator English rights)
who debuts in Sara E. Johnson’s engrossing first novel, set in New Zea-
land. Fleeing a relationship gone bad in North Carolina, and fresh from a
Highlights:
visiting professorship in Auckland, Alexa impulsively offers her services * First book in a series.
to a police department at the tip of North Island where an unidentified * Read by multiple local Maori for cul-
body has been pulled from a pool of molten mud. Johnson gives us a tural accuracy and fact-checked by a
compelling picture of modern New Zealand overlaid by Maori culture forensic expert.
with its strict taboos and amazing artifacts. Alexa hopes to stay in New
Zealand and if this leads to a full series, my fingers are crossed that she Primary agent:
gets her wish.” – Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author Natalie Lakosil
Bradford Literary Agency
Material: Available
Sara E. Johnson spent a year exploring New Zea-
land, which inspired her debut novel, Molten
Mud Murder. She is currently an educator in
Durham, North Carolina and program chair of
Triangle Sisters in Crime.
www.sarajohnsonauthor.com
15Some women make headlines; an icon defies them
THE GIRL IN THE WHITE GLOVES:
A Novel of Grace Kelly
by Kerri Maher
Grace knows what people see. She’s the Cinderella story. An icon of
glamor and elegance. The girl in white gloves. But behind the lens, be-
yond the panoramic views of glistening Mediterranean azure, she
knows the truth. The sacrifices it takes for an unappreciated girl from
Philadelphia to defy her family and become the reigning queen of the
screen. The heartbreaking reasons she trades Hollywood for a crown.
The loneliness of being a princess in a fairy tale kingdom. Hardest of all
for her adoring fans and loyal subjects to comprehend, is the harsh real-
ity that to be the most envied woman in the world does not mean she is
the happiest. Starved for affection and purpose, facing a labyrinth of
romantic and social expectations, Grace must find her own way to ful-
fillment. But what she risks—her art, her family, her marriage—she may
never get back.
Berkley
“The stunning and very human story of a beloved icon....Full of nuance February 2020
and poignancy—this novel is gorgeous.” – Allison Pataki, New York
Hardcover
Times bestselling author of The Queen’s Fortune
126k words
“[A] fascinating, deeply researched novel of the extraordinary Grace
Genre: Women’s fiction
Kelly...establishes Maher as a true force in biographical fiction.”
– Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Rights available:
Hour Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
“A captivating look behind the scenes at the life of the iconic Grace Foreign sales: Estonia (ERSEN), Germa-
Kelly...as she searches for authenticity in a world clamoring instead for a ny (Insel Verlag), Hungary (Nouvion
picture-perfect princess.”– Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling Trade Sociedad Anonima)
author of The Only Woman in the Room Previous foreign publishers: Czech
(Mlada fronta)
“Daring and deep. Maher successfully lifts the curtain of mystery that
surrounded a princess and a movie star, revealing a headstrong, com- Primary agent:
Kevan Lyon
plex woman with a riveting story to tell.” – Fiona Davis, national best- Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
selling author of The Chelsea Girls
Material: Available
Kerri Maher is the author of The Kennedy Debu-
tante and This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for
the Young Writer in the Real World under the
name Kerri Majors. She holds an MFA from Co-
lumbia University and founded YARN, an award-
winning literary journal of short-form YA writing.
A writing professor for many years, she now
writes full-time and lives with her daughter in
Massachusetts, where apple picking and long
walks in the woods are especially fine.
www.kerrimaher.com
16Sweeping across an epic alternate China, this debut is
Mulan meets The Song of Achilles—a bold reimagining of the
rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty as the story
of a female monk who will stop at nothing to gain the
Mandate of Heaven and achieve greatness
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN Tor
by Shelley Parker-Chan July 2021
Hardcover
In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants 132k words
of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in sto-
ries. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a Genre: Epic fantasy
fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. Rights available:
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ond daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.
Foreign sales: British (Pan Macmillan)
When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chong-
ba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own Highlights:
fated death, the girl uses her brother’s identity to enter a monastery as * Sold on pre-empt, six-figure deal.
a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, * First book in a duology.
Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how cal-
lous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for Primary agent:
supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu is flung back onto a Laura Rennert
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
collision course with her lethal fate. Her one chance of escape is to
claim another future altogether: her brother’s abandoned greatness. Material: Available
Searching for a path to power, Zhu joins the rebellion—only to find it
under existential threat from the Mongols’ most feared general: an en-
slaved eunuch whose beautiful female face conceals a heart as merci-
less as jade and ice. For a monk with no martial skills, the front line of a
war’s losing side is a bad place to be. And worse yet, Heaven is watching
for any sign that Zhu might not be the true owner of the fate she has
been audacious enough to claim….
“A cinematic tour de force that feels classic and yet utterly fresh.” – CS
Pacat, USA Today bestselling author of the Captive Prince trilogy
Shelley Parker-Chan is an Australian by way of
Malaysia and New Zealand. She is a 2017
Tiptree Fellow. As a former diplomat and inter-
national development adviser, Parker-Chan
spent nearly a decade living and working in
Southeast Asia. When she became addicted to
epic East Asian historical TV dramas, but failed
to find any English-language book versions of
these stories, she decided to write her own.
Her decision to focus on the Chinese rebellion
that led to the founding of the Ming Dynasty
was inspired by her posting to one of the world’s newest countries—
Timor-Leste—where she witnessed some of the uglier realities behind a
successful struggle for independence. After having lived in eight different
places (in three countries) in the past ten years, Parker-Chan now lives in
Melbourne, Australia, where her peculiar assortment of survival skills is
completely useless. https://shelleyparkerchan.com
17As Hugo Marsten attempts to understand the strange and
sinister Lambourd dynasty, he lands face-to-face with the most
cunning killer he’s ever hunted
THE FRENCH WIDOW: Seventh Street Books
A Hugo Marsten novel September 2020
by Mark Pryor Trade paperback
78k words
Hugo Marston is walking through the gardens of the Louvre museum in
Paris when a young man pulls out a gun and starts shooting. Hugo Genre: Thriller
draws his own weapon and kills the man, instantly becoming a national Rights available:
hero for stopping a mass shooting. Translation (US publisher has world
English rights)
That same night, an American girl is strangled while working at Chateau
Previous foreign publishers: Brazil
Lambourd, an historic mansion beside Parc Monceau, and Hugo is sent (Rocco), Bulgaria (Sluntse), Czech
to investigate. To solve this mystery he must first understand, and un- (Euromedia), Hungary (Maxim), Italy
ravel, the strange and sinister Lambourd dynasty. But all too quickly his (Fanucci), Japan (Hayakawa), Portugal
(Club do Autor), Slovakia (IKAR)
heroic act in the Louvre gardens is being painted by some as a staged
American act, which means Hugo has to to go behind the official investi-
gation and unearth for himself the real, and unexpected, reason the Highlights:
young man went in there with a gun. * The Bookseller:
— Oprah.com., Fall Reads, Unputdown-
able Mysteries.
Meanwhile, one of the Lambourds has gone missing from the chateau — Library Journal starred review.
and, when Hugo gets close to finding out why, his probe into the the
family history lands him face-to-face with the coldest and most cunning
Primary agent:
killer he’s ever hunted. Ann Collette
Rees Literary Agency
Material: Available
Also by Mark Pryor
“Pryor’s steady and engrossing debut combines Sherlockian
puzzle-solving with Eric Ambler-like spy intrigue. With a cast
of characters you want to know better and a storyline cloaked
in World War II betrayals (think Nazi collaborators), the au-
thor winningly blends contemporary crime with historical
topics.” – Library Journal, starred review and Mystery Debut
of the Month
Mark Pryor, a journalist-turned-prosecutor, writes a
singular blog, http://daconfidential.blogspot.com,
which gets about 3,000 hits a month. He was also
asked to blog for The Crime Report, put out by the
John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York. The
Bookseller, the first Hugo Marston novel, was his
debut book and he’s written several more Hugo
Marston novels, plus the stand-alone thriller Hollow
Man. www.markpryorbooks.com
18A house party. A murder. A cast of improbable villains
JUST MAKE BELIEVE:
A Lady Adelaide mystery book 3
by Maggie Robinson
1925 Gloucestershire. A week-long house party in the country at fabled
Elizabethan Fernald Hall—why not? Lady Adelaide Compton has noth-
ing else to do, now that her year of mourning for her unfaithful hus-
band is up and her plans to rekindle her romantic life have backfired.
But when her hostess is found dead on the conservatory floor, Addie
knows just who to call—Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter of Scot-
land Yard.
Dev may not want to kiss Addie again, but he’s anxious to solve the
crime. Who would want to kill Pamela, the beautiful wife of one of Brit-
ain’s greatest Great War heroes? All the guests appear to be improba-
ble villains. But despite all appearances of innocence, something is very
wrong at Fernald Hall.
Addie and Dev must work together to find the culprit, and they have
Poisoned Pen Press
some help thanks to Rupert, Addie’s late and unlamented husband. Ru-
pert needs to make amends for his louche life on earth, and what better
July 2020
way to earn his celestial wings than catch a killer? Trade paperback
70k words
Genre: Historical mystery
Rights available:
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English rights)
Highlights:
* Amazon bestselling author.
Also by Maggie Robinson
“A lively debut….” – Kirkus Primary agent:
Laura Bradford
“[F]rothy fun.” – Publishers Weekly
Bradford Literary Agency
“[A] clever, charming mystery that perfect-
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ly captures 1920s society...sure to appeal
to fans of Ashley Weaver or Rhys Bowen.”
– Self Awareness
Maggie Robinson is a former teacher,
library clerk and mother of four. She’s a
two-time Romantic Times Reviewers’
Choice nominee and the author several
historical romances including the Ladies
Unlaced series. A transplanted New York-
er, she lives with her husband in Maine.
www.maggierobinson.net
19For fans of Station Eleven, a novel about escaping poverty,
toxic family relationships, and trauma at the end of the world
ROAD OUT OF WINTER (previously titled The Grower) Mira
by Alison Stine September 2020
Trade paperback
In a West Virginia ravaged by climate change, Wylodine has been left 85k words
behind. Her mother and stepfather abandon her in favor of trying for a
new life in California, leaving her to a town that’s always shunned her Genre: Fiction
due to her family’s criminal activities. She continues as a pariah, running
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the family farm and tending to her violent stepfather’s marijuana crop. Translation (US publisher has world
Until it’s all too clear that the world is ending. English rights)
Primary agent:
With neighbors in her town turning against one another, fighting over
Eric Smith
food, water, and gas as snowfall increases to nearly arctic proportions, P.S. Literary Agency
she loads up her tiny house with the supplies she’s kept stocked up all
these years being alone. No matter the weather or the danger, Wylod- Material: Available
ine is going to head west, and save her mother from the man who tor-
mented her for most of her life.
But the road to family is more treacherous than she could have possibly
imagined. Along the way, she rescues a single teenager mother and her
toddler from a violent cult of skateboarders, as well as two boys from
her hometown. And with her grow lights stashed in the tiny house, and
a leather sachet of seeds around her neck, she’s determined to start
over and escape the circle of poverty and abuse she’s been trapped in.
Wylodine has been fighting all her life. Getting to California, and saving
that little girl, is going to be her biggest battle of all. Especially with the
fierce weather, and a mad leader of a cult, bearing down on her.
Alison Stine is an author and poet living in
the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. Her
work has appeared in The Kenyon Review,
The Atlantic, Poetry, The Guardian, The
Paris Review, Tin House, The Toast, Virgin-
ia Quarterly Review, Jezebel, Lenny Letter,
The Awl, and many others. Her visual art
appears regularly in The Rumpus, and she
has been a storyteller on The Moth. Her
previous books include The Protec-
tors (Little A), and Supervision, which won
the digital submissions contest from Harper Voyager UK. Her poetry col-
lections include Wait (University of Wisconsin Press), winner of the
Brittingham Prize, and Ohio Violence (University of North Texas Press),
winner of the Vassar Miller, as well as a chapbook Lot of My Sister (The
Kent State University Press). www.alisonstine.com
20Two sisters. Completely different yet as close as they can be.
Then one disappears...
THE LAST TO SEE HER Mira
by Courtney Evan Tate December 2020
Trade paperback
Meg and Gen are two sisters who are completely different, yet as close 65k words
as they can be. When Gen accompanies Meg to a convention in New
York for the weekend, they were expecting two days of bonding, shop- Genre: Domestic thriller
ping, and relaxation. But then...on their first night in the city, Gen disap-
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a divorce, Gen’s soon-to-be ex-husband is obviously a suspect, but so is English rights)
Meg herself...since she was the last to see her sister.
Highlights:
In a heart-stopping thriller filled with twists and turns, The Last to See * New York Times and USA Today best-
Her shines a light on who falls under suspicion when someone vanishes, selling author.
and who might really be to blame.
Primary agent:
Kevan Lyon
She held her arms open wide and twirled drunkenly Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
around. Spinning, spinning, spinning, she laughed at Material: Available March 2020
the sensation in her belly, the drunken blurriness, the
moment of complete lightness. It was short-lived.
As she turned, someone grabbed her in the night,
sharp fingers biting in her soft flesh.
There was a flash of pain in her temple.
Then nothing more.
Courtney Evan Tate is a New York Times and
USA Today bestselling novelist. She holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Business, but no amount of
working in the corporate world could quell her
urge to write. Courtney was born and raised in
Kansas, but now lives in Florida where she writes
beneath palm trees. She’s the author of Such
Dark Things and I’ll Be Watching Him (Mira). Un-
der the name Courtney Cole she writes the
Nocte series, the Beautifully Broken series, and
more. www.courtneycolewrites.com
21Do we ever really know the ones we love?
HER PERFECT LIFE
by Rebecca Taylor
Reclusive Clare Collins crafts her novels like she crafts her life: perfectly.
So the world is stunned when the famous author is found dead on the
beach from a self-inflicted gunshot—the morning after her latest book
hits the shelves. Her sister Eileen is at a loss. Clare led a charmed life:
success, mansions, money…why would she throw it all away? But while
reading through her sister’s latest—and greatest—novel, Eileen discov-
ers a clue that unravels the fiction and reveals the painful truth. Sud-
denly, the life that Eileen had envied doesn’t seem so sparkling….Her
Perfect Life is a page-turning debut that reminds us that no matter the
success, everyone has secrets. And some are more devastating than
others. It will appeal to fans of emotional, dramatic page-turners like
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell or Everything We Give by Kerry Lons-
dale.
“A beautifully written and intricate novel that delves into the complexi- Sourcebooks Landmark
ties of sisterhood, relationships, love, and the ties that bind. Through June 2020
her vivid characters, Taylor doesn’t shy away from exploring challenging Trade paperback
issues such as grief, shame, and infidelity with great honesty, insight, 86k words
and sympathy. A very satisfying and emotional journey from an expert
storyteller.” – Anita Kushwaha, IPPY award-winning author of Side by Genre: Women’s fiction
Side and Secret Lives of Mothers and Daughters
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“A compelling debut novel of two sisters and how their ties to each oth- English rights)
er irrevocably change the lives of those they love. I couldn’t put it
down!” – Shelley Noble, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky’s Primary agent:
Kevan Lyon
Beach and Tell Me No Lies. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
“In this stunning debut, Rebecca Taylor rivets with a story that unfolds Material: Available
bit by bit, revealing layers that heralds a much more experienced au-
thor. I was captivated until the very end!” – Courtney Cole, New York
Times bestselling author
“Compulsively readable from the first page. Rebecca Taylor weaves an
expertly layered story of family secrets and builds the suspense to an
almost unbearable pace in this modern story of two sisters.” – Kelly
Simmons, author of One More Day and Where She Went
Rebecca Taylor is the author of the YA Ascend-
ant trilogy, winner of the 2014 Colorado Book
Award and a Library Journal National Self-e Se-
lect title, and Affective Needs, which was a RITA
finalist. Rebecca lives in sunny Colorado with
her husband, two teens, and two tragically
spoiled dogs. http://rebeccataylorbooks.com
22In this stunning sequel to Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh once
again invites readers to lose themselves in the story of Henry
and Tobias, and the magic of a myth they’ve always known
DROWNED COUNTRY:
The Greenhollow duology, book 2
by Emily Tesh
Two years have passed since the events of Silver in the Wood, and Hen-
ry Silver’s life has not gone the way he wanted it to. Alone in the ruins
of his manor house—now possessed by the magical Wood he belongs
to—alienated from everyone he cares about, he broods on his mis-
takes—until his mother the monster hunter arrives to request his assis-
tance with a tricky and dangerous case.
Hunting the vampire of Rothling Abbey brings Silver back into contact
with his former lover Tobias Finch, and the host of buried feelings rising
out of their shared past. It also entangles him in the mysterious busi-
ness of the Lindhurst siblings, a peculiar pair united by their shared ob-
session—an archaeological expedition to Fairyland….
Tor
June 2020
“Tobias—Mr Finch—Tobias,” Silver said, panicking. E-book
Somehow he was at Tobias’s side, he was taking hold 40k words
of him. The hand that he pulled frantically away from
Genre: Fantasy
the ground was chilled through. Silver clung to it,
pressing it between his palms as if he might force Rights available:
Translation (US publisher has world
warmth through his fingers. The soil around Tobias’s English rights)
boots was trying to harden into black stone like the
Previous foreign publishers: Turkey
monoliths. (Ithaki)
Also by Emily Tesh Highlights:
“Tesh’s characters and mythology are exquisitely crafted, in- * Silver in the Wood:
cluding Henry’s assertive mother, a “practical folklor- — B&N SFF Blog, The Best Science Fic-
tion & Fantasy Books of June 2019.
ist” (monster hunter) who bucks the gender conventions of — Den of Geeks, Best New Fantasy
the time period. This fresh, evocative short novel heralds a Books in June 2019.
welcome new voice in fantasy.” – Publishers Weekly — Bustle, 30 LGBTQIA+ Sci-Fi And Fan-
tasy Books You Should Read This Pride
“For lovers of fairy tales, this short novel is a treat.” – The Month.
Novel Approach
Primary agent:
Emily Tesh grew up in London, studied in Cam- Kurestin Armada
bridge and Chicago, lives in England in a house P.S. Literary Agency
with two apple trees and a cat, and spends her Material: Available
summers with her family in Ireland. By day she
teaches Latin and Greek to defenseless teen-
agers; at night she reads books and plays vid-
eo games. She listens mostly to the Mountain
Goats and Taylor Swift, but not usually both at
once. https://emilytesh.net
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