News/Deals
Recent Deals
Introduction to the Everything Giant Book of Brain-Boosting Puzzles by Charles Timmerman to Adams Media
Three books in the new PTO Mystery Series featuring sleuth Molly Travis by Janet Koch to NAL
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Direct Stock Investing by Lita Epstein and Douglas Gerlach to Alpha Books
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ventriloquism by Taylor Mason to Alpha Books
Two Untitled Erotic Romances by Sharon Page to Aphrodisia
Under Doctor's Orders by Michele Dunaway to Harlequin American
Subsidiary Rights
Norwegian rights for One Moment Master
Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman, UK large print
Awards & Honors
Congratulations to Krista Davis and Sarah Atwell for their Agatha Nominations for 2008 for Best First Novel!
Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell (Berkley Prime Crime)
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis (Berkley Prime Crime)
Congratulations to the authors whose covers won awards in the RWA Houston Bay Area Chapter's Judge a Book by Its Cover contest (JABBIC):
Elizabeth Amber for Lyon, taking First Place, and Raine, taking Second Place. Both are from The Lords of Satyr series, both in the Sexiest Cover category.
Sheila Connolly for One Bad Apple, taking Fifth Place in the Single Title/Mainstream category.
Christie Craig for Weddings Can Be Murder, taking First Place, and Divorced, Desperate and Dating, taking Fourth Place, both in the Single Title/Mainstream category.
Angie Fox for The Accidental Demon Slayer, taking First Place in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal category.
Stacey Kayne for Maverick Wild, taking Fifth Place in the Historical category.
Congratulations to Dave Hall and Tim Burkey, whose Into the Devil's Den with Katherine Ramsland won Best Biography and Best Book of 2008 from the New Mexico Book Awards.
Congratulations to the following National Reader's Choice Finalists:
Elizabeth Amber's Nicholas for best first book; Elizabeth Amber's Nicholas, and Sharon Page's Blood Red and Blood Rose, all for best erotic romance.
Congratulations to a number of our authors—all recent contest finalists:
Sharon Page for Blood Red, which has finaled in the Wisconsin RWA contest for Erotic Romance, and Blood Red and Blood Rose, which have finaled in the Passionate Ink Passionate Plume contest—for Paranormal.
Elizabeth Amber for Nicholas, which has finaled in the Passionate Plume Passionate Ink best historical, the Colorado Romance Writers (RWA) Award of Excellence contest, and the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award Contest
Elizabeth Amber's Nicholas also won the single title category in the Judge A Book By Its Cover contest
Writers' Conferences
Jessica will be teaching "How to Get Your Book Published" as an adjunct professor in New York University's Continuing Education Program for the spring semester. www.scps.nyu.edu/areas-of-study/publishing/continuing-education/
July 15–18, Jessica and Kim will be attending the RWA National conference in Washington, D.C. www.rwanational.org/cs/conferences_and_events
April 16–18, 2010, Jessica will be speaking at the Desert Dreams Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.