MILESTONES

VIDA CRUZ-BORJA is now represented by Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency Ltd.

BOOKS SOLD

SCOTT WESTERFELD & JUSTINE LARBALESTIER sold adult novel The Mortons – The Secret History meets The Sopranos meets Saltburn, – and a second book to Jeramie Orton at Pamela Dorman Books at auction via Jill Grinberg of Jill Grinberg Literary Management. UK rights sold to Rosa Schierenberg at Viking UK in a pre-empt, and …Read More

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REBECCA YARROS‘s Fourth Wing (Red Tower) won in the International Book of the Year category at the TikTok Book Awards, held July 25, 2024 in London. Winners were voted on by the #BookTok community.

‘PEMI AGUDA‘s Breastmilk (One Story 5/27/21) is a finalist for the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges and announced September 17, 2024.

KATHRYN GOSSOW won …Read More

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JOSEPH COELHO won the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing for The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by KATE MILNER (Otter-Barry). The award was presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

CLARE WINGER HARRIS (1891-1968) is the winner of the 2024 Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to bring attention to lesser-known SF and fantasy authors, announced at Readercon 33, held July 11-14, 2024, in Quincy …Read More

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EUGEN BACON is the 2024 Hedberg Writer-In-Residence at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, and will spend three months writing, teaching, and taking part in community conversations.

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TED CHIANG is the winner of the 2024 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, which recognizes writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form. Chiang will be honored at the annual PEN/Malamud Award Ceremony …Read More

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SARAH GAILEY will be toastmaster at the 59th Annual Nebula Awards, to be presented June 8, 2024 in Pasadena CA.

ALI TROTTA is now represented by Eric Smith of P.S. Literary.

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YIYUN LI‘s Wednesday’s Child (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) and ED PARK‘s Same Bed, Different Dreams (Random House) were finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in the Fiction category, given for distinguished fiction published in book form during …Read More

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MAGGIE SEKELLA is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.

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DAVID LANGFORD won the Doc Weir Award, given to ”someone in fandom who helps make things happen, contributing time, effort, ideas and support – often behind the scenes,” at Eastercon, held March 24 – April 1, 2024 in Telford, UK.

ZAIN KHALID, author of Brother Alive, is one of the National Book Foundation’s ”5 Under 35” …Read More

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F.J. BERGMANN has been named Grand Master by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. The award is given to an individual living at the time of selection whose body of work reflects the highest artistic goals of the SFPA, who has been actively publishing within the target genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a period of no fewer than 20 years, and whose poetry has been noted …Read More

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DAVID-CHRISTOPHER GALHEA is now represented via Ginger Clark Literary.

DANI RAANAN is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.

J. FEDERLE is now a client of Ginger Clark Literary.

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SUSAN COOPER is the 40th recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, presented via the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. She will be honored June 6-9, 2024, at the 59th Nebula Awards Ceremony in …Read More

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LESLYE PENELOPE is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.

MEG ELISON is now represented by Arley Sorg of kt literary.

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R.L. STINE and KATHERINE HALL PAGE have been named the 2024 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters. MICHAELA HAMILTON of Kensington Publishing will receive the Ellery Queen Award. The recipients will be honored at the annual Edgar Awards ceremony on May 1, 2024 in New York …Read More

MILESTONES

JESMYN WARD‘s Let Us Descend (Scribner) has been chosen by Oprah Winfrey as the next title for her Book Club. Winfrey said, I have read all of Jesmyn Ward’s books and have been a fan of her writing for years. Let Us Descend is a vital work for our culture and I’m so excited to have her newest offering as part of our Book Club.

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CHARLES E. GANNON is now represented by Vaughne Hansen & Christine Cohen of the Virginia Kidd Agency.

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NICOLA GRIFFITH‘s Spear (Tordotcom) was longlisted for the 2023 Crown Awards, presented by the Historical Writers Association. The shortlist was announced October 18, 2023, and winners will be revealed on November 22, 2023.

NAOMI KRITZER‘s ”The Dragon Project” (Clarkesworld 3/22) won the Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for …Read More

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Sibling author duo ELIZABETH & KATHARINE CORR are now represented by Pérez Literary & Entertainment.

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Writer, producer, and puppeteer MARTY KROFFT, 86, won the Julie Award for lifetime achievement in multiple genres, presented at Dragon Con.

RICH LARSON‘s ”Quandary Aminu vs The Butterfly Man” (Tor.com 9/21/22) won the 2023 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, and Larson received $1,000 and a plaque. The award, announced at Dragon …Read More

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RICHARD BLEILER won the 2023 Munsey Award, given at Pulpfest to an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community. Nominees were selected by the general pulp community, with the winner selected by a vote of past Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Awards winners.

CARYL LEWIS‘s Drift (Doubleday UK) was the Overall Winner at the Wales Book of the Year Award for English-language works, and also won the Rhys …Read More

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ROBERT SILVERBERG has written a story, his first since retiring over a decade ago, set to appear in Analog: It is all of three sentences long, a takeoff on Fredric Brown’s classic story ‘Knock’…. I first sold a story to Analog in 1955, 68 years ago. That doesn’t quite equal Jack Williamson’s record of longevity – he sold a serial to them when he was in his nineties, 74 …Read More

MILESTONES

Author CHARLES YU has joined the Board of Directors for the National Book Foundation.

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CATRIONA WARD‘s Sundial (Macmillan) won Best Hardcover Novel in the Thriller Awards, presented by the International Thriller Writers and announced June 3, 2023 at ThrillerFest XVIII in New York City.

AYANNA LLOYD BANWO‘s When We Were Birds (Hamish Hamilton) won the £2,500 Best First Novel Award from the Authors’ Club, open to any debut …Read More

MILESTONES

OGHENECHOVWE DONALD EKPEKI has been appointed virtual conference coordinator for the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts.

EUGEN BACON is now represented by Jennie Goloboy of Donald Maass Literary Agency.

JONNY NEXUS is now represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.

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DEBORAH P KOLODJI has been awarded the President’s Lifetime Service Award, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association for service throughout the years, …Read More

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SALMAN RUSHDIE will receive a Hay Festival Medal for Prose for exceptional work as one of four groundbreaking storytellers during the Hay Festival event in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, to be held May 25 – June 4, 2023.

ARLEY SORG received the fourth annual Space Cowboy Award, for someone whose work has helped to enhance and support our ever growing and changing field, administered by Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree …Read More

MILESTONES

BONNIE JO STUFFLEBEAM is now represented by Scribe Agency.

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LING MA‘s Bliss Montage (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) won the Story Prize, honoring the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction, presented March 15, 2023. The prize includes $20,000 and an engraved silver bowl.

BOOKS SOLD

The late TERRY PRATCHETT‘s estate sold collection A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories to Transworld for six figures. The …Read More

MILESTONES

GREGORY BENFORD, 82, had a stroke on December 22, 2022. While his condition is serious, he has moved from the hospital to a rehabilitation center, and is reportedly recovering well.

AWARDS

WALTER MOSLEY, 71, won the 2023 Diamond Dagger Award, presented by the Crime Writers’ Association. The award is the highest honor offered by the group, and ”recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by sustained …Read More

MILESTONES

LAIRD BARRON was hospitalized in early January 2023 with respiratory problems and other medical issues. Mike Davis has organized a crowdfunding campaign as the author lacks health insurance. Davis says, ”Laird is a private person and I’m trying to convey just how serious this is without revealing too much personal information. Make no mistake: This is very serious, and potentially life-threatening. For more: <www.gofundme.com/f/laird-barron-hospital-costs-medication-costs>.

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