Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews have published their Awards for 2009. The UK edition of Jasper Kent’s Twelve, which we’ll be releasing in 2010, comes in #4 in their Top Ten Reads. Meanwhile, Stephan Martiniere’s illustration for Ian McDonald’s Desolation Road
While over at Book Chick City, they list their Top Ten Most Anticipated Reads 2010, and George Mann’s Ghosts of Manhattan
Rock on.
Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist has posted their 2009 Year-End Awards. Ian McDonald’s Cyberabad Days
The heart and soul behind the Pyr imprint, this man is pretty damn close to being a genius. Though he’s the head of a smaller publishing house and hence cannot compete financially with the genre powerhouses, Lou Anders always managed to put out a wide array of quality speculative fiction titles every year. He’s like the general manager of a small-market team who always finds a way to get the players he needs for the team to make the playoffs. And with what he and the Pyr crew has in store for 2009 as they celebrate the imprint’s 5th anniversary, this could be Pyr’s biggest year yet! Long live!=)
Probably not a genius. But smart enough not to argue with this.
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From the press release:
Helen Edwards, Rights Director at Transworld UK, has sold US rights in two historical vampire novels by UK novelist Jasper Kent for a good five-figure sum in US dollars.
World rights in the novels, which open with Jasper’s debut TWELVE, published very successfully in the UK by Transworld in January 2009 (it is the second-highest-selling trade paperback debut novel right across UK publishing in 2009), were acquired by Simon Taylor from John Jarrold in 2008. The sequel, THIRTEEN YEARS LATER, will appear in the UK in March 2010.
‘I’m thrilled to be welcoming Jasper Kent into the Pyr fold,’ says editorial director Lou Anders. ‘TWELVE is a magnificent blend of a historical novel and a dark fantasy novel, that could appeal equally to readers both in and out of genre. Jasper is a skilled storyteller, whose compelling prose had me hooked from his opening chapter. The book is “un-put-downable,” and I love that he has brought back a real sense of threat and danger to the classic monsters, something that has been lacking with too many vampires lately. I cannot wait to spring this on US readers.’
‘Jasper and I are delighted with this deal, and looking forward to working with Lou and his colleagues,’ said John Jarrold. ‘Pyr is a terrific company, who publish many of my favourite authors, and Lou’s enthusiasm has to be seen to be believed!’
Contact Helen Edwards or John Jarrold for further information:
Helen Edwards: e-mail: H.Edwards@transworld-publishers.co.uk phone: 020 8579 3652
John Jarrold: e-mail: j.jarrold@btinternet.com phone: 01522 510544.
29th October 2009
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