We are delighted to announce that Randa Abdel-Fattah has been nominated for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren award ! Randa, a former litigation lawyer, is an award winning author of nine books for children and young adults. Her best-selling DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? has sold into 12 territories and is currently optioned for…
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THE HAZEL WOOD Takes Off Big!
Melissa Albert’s debut novel, THE HAZEL WOOD, is creating big waves! During the Frankfurt Book Fair last week, it was a hot topic among international YA publishers. On Monday, the German rights were pre-empted by Oetinger, and on Tuesday night, before the fair had officially opened, we closed a deal for Portuguese Brazilian rights, with Ana Bergins…
A VERY BIG NEW TITLE!!!
Here’s a last-minute announcement before Lora leaves for Frankfurt: In the final hours before the fair begins, Faye Bender of the Book Group has accepted a huge pre-emptive offer for North American rights to a brilliant new book from Sarah Barley at Flatiron Books! In THE HAZEL WOOD, Melissa Albert has crossed contemporary fantasy with the worst nightmares from all those…
The National Post Loves JERUSALEM!
Here is yet another wonderful review for a book that is already a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic just two weeks after publication: “Using the word “staggering” to describe Jerusalem, the new novel from English writer Alan Moore, might actually seem like an understatement… “But “staggering” is in fact most apt as a description…
Praise for JERUSALEM from the Irish Times
The Irish Times has just published an interview with Alan Moore and given a great review to JERUSALEM! “Written in what Moore self-deprecatingly calls a ‘sub-Joycean’ style, the Finnegans Wake-style prose of the Lucia Joyce chapter is a stunning tour de force.” Read the full article here.
Primates Features in Ecole des Loisirs Autumn Catalogue
We are very pleased with this beautiful spread for the French edition of PRIMATES in Ecole des Loisirs’ 2016 Autumn Catalogue:
Gene Luen Yang awarded MacArthur Genius Grant!
We are thrilled to announce that Gene Luen Yang, author of SECRET CODERS, is the recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Genius Grant! The hugely prestigious fellowship is awarded to “individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future,” and you can read more about it in Publishers’…
Primates !
We are excited to announce the imminent release of the French edition of PRIMATES from Ecole des Loisirs – here’s a look at the new cover :
Delilah Dirk in France, Italy…and on the big screen!
Very exciting times for Tony Cliff’s DELILAH DIRK series, whose first volume, DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT is making its debut in Italy published by ReNoir Comics. In France, Akileos have just released the French edition of the second volume, DELILAH DIRK AND THE KING’S SHILLING. Even more exciting is the news that Disney…
Nobody likes a Goblin!
Here’s a peek at the cover for the French edition of Ben Hatke’s NOBODY LIKES A GOBLIN which is just being released by Dargaud. We are also excited to announce that the film rights to Ben’s ZITA THE SPACEGIRL trilogy have been sold to Fox Animation!
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 