John Jarrold: Two Major US & UK Rights Deals

THREE-BOOK US RIGHTS DEAL FOR BRITISH URBAN FANTASY WRITER

Susan Howe, Rights Director at Orion, has sold US rights in three dragon fantasies by UK novelist Stephen Deas to Ginjer Buchanan of Berkley Ace in a very good deal. The first book will be published in hardback in 2009.

World rights in the series, which opens with Deas’s debut THE ADAMANTINE PALACE (to be published in hardback and trade paperback in the UK in March 2009), were acquired by Simon Spanton at Gollancz from John Jarrold earlier this year.

‘Ginjer and the people at Berkley Ace will do a terrific job with Steve,’ said John Jarrold. ‘Can’t wait to see their editions!’ Contact Susan Howe or John Jarrold for further information: Susan Howe by e-mail: susan.howe@orionbooks.co.uk or by phone: 020 7240 3444. John Jarrold by e-mail: j.jarrold@btinternet.com or by phone: 01522 510544.

Simon Spanton was kind enough to send me a copy of The Adamantine Palace, which I'll be getting properly stuck into soon. There's been a slight lag in reviews and those promised contests, you'll have noticed. I'm parched of time of late, but I will have more of it soon :)

TWO-BOOK DEAL FOR DEBUT BRITISH SF NOVELIST

John Jarrold has concluded a two-book deal for British SF writer Ian Whates with Christian Dunn of Solaris, the mainstream genre imprint of Games Workshop’s publishing division, BL Publishing. The first book, titled THE NOISE WITHIN, is due for delivery in October 2009 and publication in 2010, with the sequel coming a year later. The deal is for UK and US rights.

The two books are wide-screen SF featuring war in space, AIs, and a mysterious ship that combines them both…

‘This is a terrific deal for Ian,’ said John Jarrold. ‘Having read the synopsis and opening section of THE NOISE WITHIN I can’t wait to read the finished article.’

Whates has had short fiction published in a number of magazines. He has been nominated twice and shortlisted once for the BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction. THE NOISE WITHIN will be his debut novel. Multi-award-winning SF novelist Ian Watson has already had this to say about Ian Whates: ‘A bright new star rapidly in the ascendant, Ian Whates' fluent and engaging stories range from witty humane SF reminiscent of a latterday Bob Shaw, through inventive fantasy, even unto vampiric horror. Ian here turns his highly versatile hand to galaxy-shaking space opera.’

Contact John Jarrold for further information: e-mail: j.jarrold@btinternet.com phone: 01522 510544.

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