Out today: CEMETERY GIRL – INHERITANCE by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden


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Today, Jo Fletcher Books publishes Charlaine Harris‘s and Christopher Golden‘s second graphic novel, CEMETERY GIRL: INHERITANCE. The sequel to THE PRETENDERS, here’s the synopsis…

Calexa begins to understand her forgotten past

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill. She has been living — hiding out — in Dunhill Cemetery ever since someone left her there to die. She has no idea who wants her dead or why, but she isn’t about to hand around for her would-be-killer to finish the job.

Despite her self-imposed isolation among the deceased, Calexa’s ability to see spirits and the memories she receives from them guarantees she’ll never be alone. The only living people she interacts with are Kelner, the cemetery’s cantankerous caretaker, and Lucinda Cameron, an elderly woman who lives in an old Victorian house across the street. With their friendship, Calexa has regained a link to the world beyond tombstones and mausoleums.

Until the night she witnesses a murder that shatters her life: a life now under a police microscope, as their investigation threatens to uncover Calexa’s true identity…

The book is illustrated by Don Kramer.

Charlaine Harris’s most recent novel is DAY SHIFT, published in the UK by Gollancz.

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

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Cover Reveal: CEMETERY GIRL – INHERITANCE by Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden


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Above is the cover for INHERITANCE, which is the second instalment in the CEMETERY GIRL graphic novel series written by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden. Published in the UK by Jo Fletcher Books on October 15th, here’s the synopsis…

In this sequel to Cemetery Girl, Calexa begins to understand her forgotten past

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill. She has been living – hiding out – in Dunhill Cemetery ever since someone left her there to die. She has no idea who wants her dead or why, but she isn’t about to hand around for her would-be-killer to finish the job.

Despite her self-imposed isolation among the deceased, Calexa’s ability to see spirits and the memories she receives from them guarantees she’ll never be alone. The only living people she interacts with are Kelner, the cemetery’s cantankerous caretaker, and Lucinda Cameron, an elderly woman who lives in an old Victorian house across the street. With their friendship, Calexa has regained a link to the world beyond tombstones and mausoleums.

Until the night she witnesses a murder that shatters her life: a life now under a police microscope, as their investigation threatens to uncover Calexa’s true identity…

Jo Fletcher Books also published the first book in the series, PRETENDERS. The series is illustrated by Don Kramer.

Charlaine Harris is the author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series and also, most recently, the Midnight Texas series, which is published in the UK by Gollancz.

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

Coming Soon: RIVERS OF LONDON – BODY WORK!


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Ben Aaronovitch‘s Peter Grant series has been a huge success, and only becomes more popular with the release of each new novel. FOXGLOVE SUMMER, the fifth book, was released last month in the UK by Gollancz, and will be published in the US by DAW Books in January. The series has also been optioned for television.

Today, we share with you the cover for the first graphic novel set in the RIVERS OF LONDON universe, BODY WORK! Adapted for the medium by Ben himself and Andrew Cartmel, the book will be published by Titan Comics in 2015. Details are still a little thin on the ground, but we’ll be sure to share them with you as soon as we have them.

The Peter Grant series includes: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES and FOXGLOVE SUMMER. Ben is currently at work on the next book in the series.

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Read the Prequel to Lavie Tidhar’s A MAN LIES DREAMING Free!


Tidhar-AManNamedWolfGN-BlogAs we mentioned yesterday, today sees the release of Lavie Tidhar‘s critically-acclaimed new masterpiece, A MAN LIES DREAMING! Published by Hodder Books, we’re very happy to report that the publisher has also made the graphic novel prequel to the novel, A MAN NAMED WOLF, available online for free via its Hodderscape website!

The comic is also available on Lavie’s website, along with a piece Lavie wrote about how the project came about.

The graphic novel was written by Lavie Tidhar, with artwork by Neil Struthers and lettering by Terry Martin. Here’s the synopsis…

London 1939. A disgraced former dictator ekes out a miserable existence as a low-rent PI in Soho. He’s known only by the name of Wolf. In A Man Named Wolf, Wolf takes on a case that will call into question his very identity.

Wolf’s investigation continues in Lavie Tidhar’s darkest novel yet, A MAN LIES DREAMING. An extraordinary story of revenge and redemption, told by a prisoner in history’s most infamous concentration camp. His name is Shomer, and before the war he was a pulp fiction author. Now, to escape the brutal reality of life in Auschwitz, Shomer spends his nights imagining another world…

A MAN LIES DREAMING is out now.

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Charlaine Harris’s CEMETERY GIRL: THE PRETENDERS Trailer


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


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 BatmanDetective 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!


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.