Tag: Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris’s CEMETERY GIRL: THE PRETENDERS Trailer

Posted on Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

THE PRETENDERS, the first part in Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden‘s Cemetery Girl trilogy of graphic novels, has a trailer! Published in the US by Penguin, and in the UK by Jo Fletcher Books, we think it’s a great introduction to a new character and a new medium for the author. Here are the trailer and synopsis…

Calexa Rose Dunhill was just fourteen when she woke in a cemetery. Bruised, bloody and left for dead, with no memory of her previous life, she took a new name from the headstones that surrounded her.

Now, three years on, Calexa still lives in Dunhill Cemetery, struggling with the desire to know her true identity – and the all-consuming fear of what she might discover when she does.

Then, when she witnesses a gang of teenagers staging a stunt that goes horribly, fatally wrong, Calexa Rose Dunhill discovers she has a unique ability. One she cannot control…

A little while back, we shared a preview from the book. CEMETERY GIRL: THE PRETENDERS is published in the UK on January 2nd 2014.

Zeno represents Charlaine Harris in the UK and Commonwealth on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

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A Preview of Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden’s CEMETERY GIRL

Posted on Wednesday, November 27th, 2013

Harris&Golden-CG1-PretendersUKCharlaine Harris, NY Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood novels (and many more) has teamed up with Christopher Golden (himself a NY Times bestselling author) to write her first graphic novel series: Cemetery Girl. The first in the proposed trilogy, THE PRETENDERS, is due to be published by Jo Fletcher Books at the beginning of January – which, frankly, we think will be a great way to ring in the new year. The other week, Jo Fletcher released the first taste of the interior artwork on their blog, and we thought we’d share it on here, too.

First, though, here is the book’s synopsis:

Calexa Rose Dunhill was just fourteen when she woke in a cemetery. Bruised, bloody and left for dead, with no memory of her previous life, she took a new name from the headstones that surrounded her.

Now, three years on, Calexa still lives in Dunhill Cemetery, struggling with the desire to know her true identity – and the all-consuming fear of what she might discover when she does.

Then, when she witnesses a gang of teenagers staging a stunt that goes horribly, fatally wrong, Calexa Rose Dunhill discovers she has a unique ability. One she cannot control…

The graphic novel is drawn by Don Kramer, who has previously worked on Batman, Detective Comics and Justice Society of America (for DC Comics). Here’s the teaser page from THE PRETENDERS (click to – hopefully – enbiggen)…

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Zeno represents Charlaine Harris on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Charlaine Harris & Chris Golden’s CEMETERY GIRL Coming Soon in the UK!

Posted on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Harris&Golden-CG1-PretendersUKCharlaine Harris, author of the wildly popular Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series of novels, has teamed up with horror and comics author Christopher Golden to bring us a new series of original graphic novels: Cemetery Girl. Don Kramer is handling art duties.

The first book of the planned trilogy, THE PRETENDERS, is due to be published in the UK by Jo Fletcher Books in January 2014. Here’s the synopsis…

Calexa Rose Dunhill was just fourteen when she woke in a cemetery. Bruised, bloody and left for dead, with no memory of her previous life, she took a new name from the headstones that surrounded her.

Now, three years on, Calexa still lives in Dunhill Cemetery, struggling with the desire to know her true identity – and the all-consuming fear of what she might discover when she does.

Then, when she witnesses a gang of teenagers staging a stunt that goes horribly, fatally wrong, Calexa Rose Dunhill discovers she has a unique ability. One she cannot control…

The series combines fantasy and paranormal mystery to tell the story of a teenage girl with amnesia who has grown up living alone amid the gravestones. As the trilogy progresses, the truth of who the girl is, and how she came to be there will gradually be revealed. Cemetery Girl is Harris’s first venture into the world of graphic novels.

Here is what Charlaine had to say on the project, when it was first announced: ‘I’d had the bones of the plot for Cemetery Girl in my head for a year when Chris suggested I re-imagine it as a graphic novel. Suddenly, the project made a lot more sense. Since Chris has more experience in the graphic novel field that I do, we agreed to team up for my first-ever collaboration. This is an exciting venture for both of us.’

Zeno Agency represents Charlaine Harris in the UK/Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Announcing Charlaine Harris’s UK Book Tour…

Posted on Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

ch-headshotWe are pleased to share with you the details of Charlaine Harris‘s upcoming UK book tour! Celebrating the release of her final Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) novel, DEAD EVER AFTER, and the previously announced re-issues for her other mystery series, this is sure to be very popular. Here are the details…

Monday 15th July

– 6.30pm: Signing at Waterstones Gower Street, London

Tuesday 16th July

– 1pm: Signing at Waterstones Manchester Arndale Centre

– 7pm: Talk/Q&A and signing at Waterstones Liverpool One

Wednesday 17th July

– 1pm: Signing at Glasgow Sauchiehall Street – 1pm signing

– 7pm: Talk/Q&A and signing at Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, Edinburgh EH1 2AD, Supported by Waterstones Edinburgh West End

Thursday 18th July

– 12.30pm: signing at WHSmith, Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield

– 7.30pm: Talk/Q&A and signing at Waterstones Birmingham New Street

Friday 19th July

– 12:30pm: Signing at WHSmith, 124/126 Victoria Centre, Nottingham

Sunday 21st July

– 11.30am: Charlaine’s event at the  Harrogate Crime Festival

As we mentioned above, this is sure to be very popular, so be sure to arrive early!

The author’s novels are published in the UK by Gollancz (Sookie) and Orion (the mysteries). Charlaine Harris is is represented by Zeno in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Jabberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Cover Reveal (New Editions): Charlaine Harris’s Three Mystery Series…

Posted on Monday, July 8th, 2013

So you’ve read all of Charlaine Harris‘s Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) series, which has just come to an end. But you want more books by Charlaine? Well, never fear! A new wave of re-issues are on their way from Gollancz, Charlaine’s UK publisher! Over the course of this year, the Harper Connolly, Lily Bird, and Aurora Teagarden novels are being released with new covers.

First up, we have the Harper Connelly series: GRAVE SIGHT, GRAVE SURPRISE, AN ICE COLD GRAVE, and GRAVE SECRET

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The five Lily Bird novels – SHAKESPEARE’S LANDLORD, SHAKESPEARE’S CHAMPION, SHAKESPEARE’S CHRISTMAS, SHAKESPEARE’S TROLLOP, and SHAKESPEARE’S COUNSELOR

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And finally, the eight Aurora Teagarden Mysteries – REAL MURDERS, A BONE TO PICK, THREE BEDROOMS ONE CORPSE, THE JULIUS HOUSE, DEAD OVER HEELS, A FOOL AND HIS HONEY, LAST SCENE ALIVE, and POPPY DONE TO DEATH

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Charlaine Harris is represented by Zeno in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Jabberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

DEAD EVER AFTER …

Posted on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

The Wait Is Over…!

Happy Publication Day to the wonderful Charlaine Harris, author of the blockbuster Sookie Stackhouse series.

The hotly anticipated thirteenth, and final, novel in the series, DEAD EVER AFTER, published by Gollancz here in the UK and British Commonwealth, hits bookstore shelves today.

Harris-DeadEverAfter-BlogSookie Stackhouse has one last adventure in store.

Life has taken her from a waitress in Merlotte’s Bar, Bon Temps, to part owner; from social outcast to the heart of her community; from a vampire’s girlfriend to the wife of one of the most powerful vampires in the state.

She has survived explosions, revolutions and attempts on her life. Sookie has endured betrayal, heartbreak and grief…and she has emerged a little stronger, and little wiser, every time.

But with life comes new trials…

The question is, in the end: who will love, who will live, and who will be dead ever after?

To celebrate the completion of the series, Gollancz has posted a series of interview-clips on their blog, featuring Charlaine looking back over the entire series.

Charlaine Harris is represented by Zeno in United Kingdom and British Commonwealth only, on behalf ofthe  Jabberwocky Literary Agency.

Zeno Deals Round-Up…

Posted on Monday, September 5th, 2011

It’s been a busy time here at Zeno Towers, what with the recent Worldcon in Reno, the upcoming Fantasycon and World Fantasy Convention, plus one or two personal bits and bobs that JP and I have been catching up on… life, I think some people call it!

That notwithstanding, we’ve been beavering away and are delighted to announce a few deals that we’ve recently concluded…

  • James P. Blaylock‘s first novel length Steampunk story in twenty years has sold to Titan in a world English deal negotiated by John Berlyne. THE AYLESFORD SKULL, which features further  gaslight adventures of Langdon St. Ives and his nemesis Ignatio Narbondo will be published by Titan late next year or early 2013. A limited edition is also planned. In addition to THE AYLESFORD SKULL, Titan will also be re-issueing two Blaylock steampunk classics, the 1988 Philip K Dick Award winning HOMUNCULUS and also LORD KELVIN’S MACHINE. Audio rights for all three novels went to Stacy Patton Anderson at Audible.
  • Titan have also acquired world English rights (excluding India) to TURBULENCE and an UNTITLED sequel by Samit Basu. Publication is set for Feb 2012.
  • Audible will release an audiobook edition of Ian R. MacLeod‘s WAKE UP AND DREAM along with two earlier MacLeod novels THE SUMMER ISLES and THE GREAT WHEEL.
  • Audible also picked up audio rights to the third novel in Michael Cobley‘s HUMANITY’S FIRE series, THE ASCENDANT STARS. German rights for this title went to Heyne via Thomas Schluck.
  • Sheila Gilbert at DAW Books has acquired World English rights to  Kari Sperring‘s THE GRASS KING’S CONCUBINE and an UNTITLED sequel in a nice  deal negotiated by John Parker.
  • German rights to Freda Warrington’s ELFLAND sold to Carl Ueberreuter Verlag GMBH via Paul & Peter Fritz AG.
  • French rights to the first three novels in Ben Aaronovitch‘s best selling RIVERS OF LONDON series went to J’ai lu via Lora Fountain. Orion have sold rights to the series in Poland, Hungary and Italy.
  • Also via Lora Fountain, French rights to Ian McDonald‘s PLANESRUNNER sold to Gallimard Jeunesse.
  • The Library of America will publish the Algis Budrys‘ classic SF work WHO? as part of a reissue series to be edited by Gary K. Wolfe.
  • UK / British Commonwealth rights to a new graphic novel series by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden entitled CEMETERY GIRL went to Jo Fletcher at Jo Fletcher Books. Jo has also acquired three anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni P. Kelner.
  • US rights to Iain Sinclair‘s GHOST MILK and AMERICAN SMOKE went to Mitzi Angel at Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.
  • UK /British  Commonwealth rights to two brand new titles in Elizabeth Moon‘s PALADIN’S LEGACY series sold to Orbit.

And there are plenty more things in the pipeline! More in due course.

October News Round-Up…

Posted on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Posting to the agency web site has been sporadic of late, entirely down to time constraints. Aside from the aftermath of Worldcon, there has been the Frankfurt Book Fair, the processing of the bi-annual royalties (a tough job, but the one of the reasons we’re here, I guess!) prep for this year’s World Fantasy Convention (in Columbus, OH) and a subsequent week of meetings in NYC and the fact that we’ve been to a number of rather nice parties! That said, here’s a little news…

  • Angry Robot have revealed this gorgeous David Frankland cover for Lavie Tidhar’s forthcoming novel, CAMERA OBSCURA, the follow-up to his Steampunk romp, THE BOOKMAN, due for release next May, and about which they say ‘… In this one we meet Milady de Winter, investigating some murders in, of all places, the Rue Morgue. (Why yes, that does sound strangely familiar…) As she dives deeper into Parisian society, it seems everyone knows who did it except her… and the real question is not who, but why? Her search for answers will take her to the far side of the world, and beyond.’
  • And THE BOOKMAN has just sold to Rani Graff at Graff Publishing in Israel.
  • Lavie’s CLOUD PERMUTATIONS, published by PS Publishing has been receiving some nice coverage and we’ve just done a deal with Peter Crowther at PS for a new Tidhar collection – more news on this anon.
  • And whilst we’re patting him on the back, congrats to Lavie for being winning the Last Drink Bird Head award for International Activism… follow that link to find out more.

And we’ve a couple of other Angry Robot covers to show off here – on the left is Colin Harvey‘s DAMAGE TIME, a seat of the pants, SF thriller from the author of WINTER’S SONG. This new one by Colin has just been released by AR and in a recent Guardian review was described thus by Eric Brown ‘The strength of the novel lies not only in the depiction of a detailed future of hardship and privation, but in the expert characterisation of [protagonist] Shah: a lone figure whose origins leave him open to prejudice within the police department, and whose problematic relationship with an intersexual courtesan reveals his own deep-seated prejudices.‘

And to the right, we’ve the cover for POINT by Thomas Blackthorn (a.k.a John Meaney), not due out until Feb 2011 and which looks rather splendid when placed next to EDGE, the first Blackthorn novel. Swapping identities and publishers for a moment, John reports he has just completed the second Ragnarok novel for Simon Spanton at Gollancz… more on that in due course.

Rivers of London Proofs…

Posted on Thursday, September 16th, 2010

… by Ben Aaronovitch have arrived at Zeno towers, hot-foot from the Gollancz offices, books so fresh that the ink is almost wet!

There’s a very nice Diana Gabaldon quote on the front and a very nice Charliane Harris quote on the back and check out the cover copy below. RIVERS OF LONDON will be published next January by Gollancz.

“My name is Peter Grant and until recently I was just a probationary constable  in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). Now I’m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddesses of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden.

But there’s something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. It’s falling to me to bring order out of the chaos – or die trying.“