Sara Johnson’s MOLTEN MUD MURDER, about a body found submerged in a molten mud pot in New Zealand by a bus of tourists, identifiable only by his teeth—the first in a new forensic mystery series featuring a forensic odontologist, as she is called in across New Zealand to investigate the most gruesome of deaths, to Diane DiBiase at Poisoned Pen Press, for publication in fall 2019, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (NA).
Romanian rights to Jenn Bennett’s STARRY EYES, to RAO, by Jill Hughes Foreign Rights on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
Rights to Christina Dalcher’s VOX, to Dasan in South Korea, by Eric Yang Agency, to Hayakawa in Japan, by The English Agency, and to Eksmo in Russia, by Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
Jacqueline Firkins’s GIRL, UNDEFINED, pitched as a modern take on Jane Austen’s MANSFIELD PARK, in which a 17-year-old girl wrestles with her unrequited crush on the boy next door while growing interested in the untrustworthy guy who is helping her stir up a little jealousy, to Emilia Rhodes at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s, for publication in fall 2019, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
Lydia Sharp’s THE NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, pitched as Groundhog Day meets prom, following a boy who gets stuck in a time loop reliving his prom night, trying to have the best night ever with the girl of his dreams; to stop it, he might have to let go of his ideas of perfection, to Emily Seife at Scholastic, for publication in 2020, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Spanish rights to Jenn Bennett’s THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEART, STARRY EYES, and SERIOUS MOONLIGHT, to Urano, in a four-book deal, Sandra Bruna Literary Agency on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.
NYT bestselling author Alexa Riley’s KINGPIN, MECHANIC, THIEF, SHIELDING LILY, HER TOUCH, VIRGIN DUET, LASSOING THE MAIL-ORDER VIRGIN BRIDE and PRINCESS, to Dan Harmon at Brilliance Audio, in a multi-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Maggie Robinson’s NOBODY’S SWEETHEART NOW, the first Lady Adelaide 1920s-era cozy mystery, where a widowed marquess’ daughter must solve a death at her dinner party with the help of an Anglo-Indian police inspector…and the ghost of her late and unlamented husband, to Barbara Peters at Poisoned Pen Press, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
Rita Award-winning author of THE ANATOMICAL SHAPE OF A HEART Jenn Bennett’s untitled romantic adventure, pitched as THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE meets THE LAST MAGICIAN, in which a teen heiress’s treasure-hunting father is kidnapped and she travels across 1930s Transylvania with her streetwise rival to secure the ransom: a cursed medieval ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler, again to Nicole Ellul at Simon Pulse, for publication Fall 2019, by Laura Bradford of the Bradford Literary Agency(NA).
Author of YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE Rachel Lynn Solomon’s TODAY, TONIGHT, and TOMORROW, in which rival overachievers realize they may actually love each other over 24 hours on the last day of senior year, pitched as The Hating Game meets Dazed & Confused, again to Jennifer Ung at Simon Pulse, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Laura Bradfordat Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
French rights to HelenKay Dimon’s THE NEGOTIATOR, to J’ai Lu, by La Nouvelle Agence, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.