DHH News Roundup 9th - 23rd June 2024
Andrea Mara
Congratulations to Andrea Mara, who saw her latest gripping page-turner, Someone in the Attic**, shoot straight into the no.2 position in the Irish charts during its first partial week on sale.
Stuart Turton
We were so pleased to see the following review from the Seattle Times for Stuart Turton’s latest turnout, The Last Murder at the End of the World (SourceBooks):
“Turton crafts a compelling whodunit within a dystopian, post-apocalyptic backdrop … Turton proves he’s at the top of his game.”
Jon Ransom
The Polari Prize-winning Jon Ransom’s second novel, The Gallopers* (Muswell Press, January 2024), has been sold to Pontoedita in Brazil.
Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
The newest in Eva Björg Ægisdóttir’s ‘Forbidden Iceland’ series, Boys Who Hurt (Orenda Books), was published last week.
Tense, twisty and shocking, we guarantee you won’t be able to put this down!
Joanna Toye
The cover for the second in Joanna Toye’s ‘Little Penguin Bookshop’ series, A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop (Century, January 2025) was revealed.
Ed Crocker
Congratulations to Ed Crocker; ‘The Everlands’, his epic fantasy series, featuring an enticing cast of vampires, werewolves and sorcerers, has been sold to St. Martin’s Press in the US, in a deal negotiated by Helen Edwards on behalf of Harry Illingworth.
The first, Lightfall, will publish in January 2025.
Amélie Skoda
Manilla Press, part of Bonnier, has acquired a “vibrant” and “essential” novel by debut author, Amélie Skoda, in a deal negotiated by Abi Fellows. Entitled Bethnal Green*, an earlier draft was shortlisted for the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize.
Chris & Jen Sugden
The debut Sunday Times bestselling High Vaultage (Gollancz, March 2024) by husband-and-wife duo, Chris & Jen Sugden, has been selected as a Financial Times SFF pick for the summer.
Paul Waters
A warm welcome to new client, Paul Waters.
Paul, who is the author of Blackwatertown and is an award-winning BBC producer, joins Broo Doherty’s list.
David Fennell
Finally, congratulations to David Fennell, who has seen the third in his ‘Grace Archer’ series, The Silent Man (Zaffre Books, August 2023), longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2024.
The award celebrates "compelling storytelling with brilliant characterisation and a distinct voice that is confidently written and assuredly realised in all genres".
The winner will be announced on 26th September, at Goldsboro’s 25th anniversary party, and will receive £2,000 and a handmade, engraved glass bell.
*deal done by Abi Fellows at The Good Literary Agency
**deal done by Diana Beaumont at Marjacq Scripts