NLA in the News
2019
Deals
- SOLD!! Print & ebook rights to NYT bestseller Hugh Howey’s indie-published novel HALF WAY HOME, when an abort order to terminate a colony ship fails, the remaining colonists don't know if their new home or their fellow survivors are the greater threat, for print and ebook publication in Fall 2019, to John Joseph Adams at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, by Kristin Nelson.
- SOLD!! Journalist and cofounder of podcast production company Gen-Z Kids Jonathan Messinger's THE ALIEN ADVENTURES OF FINN CASPIAN, about a group of four eight-year-old space adventurers and their robot sidekicks, dealing with themes of friendship, teamwork, family, and science, to Maria Barbo at Harper Children's, by Joanna MacKenzie.
- SOLD!! NYT bestselling author and current publisher of Cemetery Dance, Richard Chizmar's graphic novel SEASONS OF TERROR, featuring the adaptations of four classic stories by legendary authors Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, and Robert McCammon, to Ed Schlesinger at Gallery 13, by Kristin Nelson.
Announcements
- Doing a happy dance for Marie Lu! WILDCARD is a 2019 Teen Choice Book Award Finalist.
- Throwing confetti for Stacey Lee! Her latest literary novel THE DOWNSTAIRS GIRL is a Publishers Marketplace 2019 Spring/Summer YA Buzz Book!
- In a terrific interview, Rolling Stone features Josh Malerman in "Bird Box: The Indie-Rock Lifer behind the Netflix hit."
- The UK deal for Brittney Morris's debut novel, SLAY, is featured in Bookseller. The UK edition will be out this fall!
- BNBuzz Says Valerie Valdes's Chilling Effect Is One of 25 Science Fiction and Fantasy Debuts That Will Transform 2019.
- AMightygirl.com names Miranda Asebedo's THE DEEPEST ROOTS a 2018 Best Book of the Year!
- Huge congrats to Josh Malerman as BIRD BOX moves up to #4 on the New York Times Bestseller list!
- Colleen Oakley calls Lisa Duffy's forthcoming THIS IS HOME “A beautifully drawn portrait of a motherless girl and a rudderless woman both trying to find their place in the world— but find each other instead. Lisa Duffy nails the complexities of modern relationships, and proves that she’s a storyteller that’s here to stay.”
- We're cheering because Ausma Zehanat Khan's A DANGEROUS CROSSING was named one of the best mysteries of 2018 by Bookriot!
- Huge congratulations to Florence Gonsalves for making the Booklist Best of 2018 list for her debut novel, LOVE AND OTHER CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.
- Congratulations to Ausma Zehanat Khan for a starred PW review of A DANGEROUS CROSSING, her new Khattak/Getty mystery!
- NPR names Sherry Thomas's THE HOLLOW OF FEAR a 2018 Great Reads Best Book of the year in mysteries and thrillers!
- Five years after publication, Josh Malerman's BIRD BOX lands for the first time at #7 on the New York Times Bestseller List. Throwing confetti!
- Netflix announces that 45,037,125 accounts watched the Sandra Bullock movie of Josh Malerman's BIRD BOX — best first 7 days ever for a Netflix film!