FANTASY/SCI-FI
Rebecca Fraimow’s THE IRON CHILDREN, a novella in which a young novice from an order of mechanical sisters leads a squadron of telepathically controlled, iron-carapaced soldiers across a mountain, until a rockslide reveals a traitor in their midst and forces them all to confront the dehumanizing nature of war, to Jim Killen at Solaris, with Amy Borsuk editing, for publication in summer 2023, by Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency
Kat Enright’s debut THE MISTRESS OF LIES, a romantic fantasy with a villainous, bloodthirsty heroine who finds herself plunged into the dangerous world of power, politics, and murder in the court of the Eternal King, to Priyanka Krishnan at Orbit and Nadia Saward at Orbit UK, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2023, by Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency
Author of ANCILLARY JUSTICE Ann Leckie’s TRANSLATION STATE, a standalone novel set in the celebrated world of the Imperial Radch, which follows a rogue Presger translator, a reluctant diplomat, and troubled engineer on a journey across the stars, to Priyanka Krishnan at Orbit, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company
NYT-bestselling author Anne Bishop’s THE LADY IN GLASS AND OTHER STORIES, a collection of the author’s short fiction to date, with rare early pieces and an all-new story, to Anne Sowards at Ace, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2024, by Jennifer Jackson at Donald Maass Literary Agency.