NLA in the News

Announcements

• Scott Reintgen's The Last Dragon on Mars is a New York Times bestseller.
• Scott Reintgen's The Last Dragon on Mars is a USA Today bestseller.
• Richard Chizmar's Memorials is a USA Today bestseller.
• Oneworld's Rock the Boat has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to The Dragonship series, a middle-grade sci-fi/fantasy mashup by Scott Reintgen about dragons in space starting with The Last Dragon on Mars.
• Karen Boss at Charlesbridge bought world rights to author-illustrator Karen Koh's A Space for Nina, a picture book about a budding Korean American artist looking for space to create in her crowded house. Publication fall 2026.
• A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush, aka Mary Oliver's Drunk Cousin, hit #1 on Amazon's bestseller list of American Poetry a week ahead of its Sept 17, 2024, release. Of note is that Devotions by Mary Oliver appeared at #2.
• Sally Field in talks to star in the Netflix adaptation of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Sheby Van Pelt. Olivia Newman (Where the Crawdads Sing) is set to direct and co-write the script with John Whittington.
• Augusta Harris at Disney Hyperion has acquired world rights to Maya in Multicolor by Swati Teerdhala.
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt made #93 on the Reader Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, a list compiled July 2024 by the New York Times.
• In a two-book, six-figure deal, Sarah Barley (Simon & Schuster) has acquired historical gothic mystery The Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee for publication in 2026.