NPR recently released their Best Books of 2014 list, and two of our clients make an appearance! Included on this year’s list is THE TROPIC OF SERPENTS by Marie Brennan, the second novel in the Memoirs of Lady Trent series. Book critic K. Tempest Bradford says of SERPENTS: “Marie Brennan expertly weaves together fantasy and

The anthology Dead But Not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, is available from Audible at a special Black Friday/Cyber Monday price! Beginning on Black Friday (the 28th), you can pick up your copy for only $4.95, a fantastic price for 15 stories set

We are thrilled to share that WORDS OF RADIANCE, the second installment in Brandon Sanderson’s #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive series, is #42 on the Der Spiegel Bestseller List in Germany! Last week it debuted at #48 and this week moved up six spots on the list. Der Spiegel is a weekly German

We are thrilled to share Brandon Sanderson‘s most recent recognition: YALSA has chosen not one, but two of Brandon’s titles for their Teens’ Top Ten List! THE RITHMATIST was selected for the #3 spot and STEELHEART was chosen as #8. YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association, is a national group of librarians and advocates

Lisa will be attending the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart in a Book Conference in Iselin, New Jersey, this weekend! She’ll be taking pitches Saturday morning and participating in the Editor/Agent Panel in the afternoon. She’ll also be making an appearance at the Literacy Book Fair and Author Signing, hosted by NJRW, which

This is a very special weekend in JABberwockyland! Not only is it the 20th anniversary of JABberwocky being in business, but we’ve just made available the very first print edition of any JABberwocky ebook! That honor goes to AD ASTRA by Jack Campbell (AKA John G. Hemry), a collection that gathers together 11 short stories

We’re honored to include in our ebook program two standalone mystery novels by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris! Best known for her Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine made her debut with these first-rate small town Southern mysteries. SWEET AND DEADLY features newspaper reporter Catherine Linton, who’s returned to her hometown Lowfield, Mississippi, certain

Exciting news for those with Apple™ addictions, there is a new version of iOS for those with the latest versions of the gadgets pioneered by Steve Jobs. According to the news sources the iOS8 update will also include a bundle of updates for their app suite include a new version of Apple’s e-reader: iBooks. For

It’s been two weeks since Sylvia Izzo-Hunter’s debut novel THE MIDNIGHT QUEEN hit shelves, and the incredible reviews have been pouring in! Sylvia was even chosen for an author spotlight by Romantic Times, who called the book “creative and suspenseful — and never predictable…a novel that readers will be unable to put down.” THE MIDNIGHT

We are excited to announce our new partnership with Tachyon Publications! Tachyon is an award-winning publisher of smart science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Tachyon’s critically acclaimed authors and editors include Peter S. Beagle, Joe R. Lansdale, Patricia McKillip, Tim Powers, Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Ellen Datlow, Michael Moorcock, Kage Baker, James Morrow, Cory

Huge congratulations to Todd Lockwood, who won the Chesley Award for his brilliant cover art for Marie Brennan’s World Fantasy Award-nominated A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS! The Chesley was handed out at LonCon 3, and we think it was richly deserved. Here, for your admiration, is the cover:

It is our great pleasure to announce that Simon R. Green’s novel DRINKING MIDNIGHT WINE is once again available as an ebook! It’s one of his few standalone titles, and he packs in a whole series worth of adventure, action, and wise-cracking fun. Complete with angels, gods, and monsters, it’s been compared to Neil Gaiman’s

It’s now just a few short weeks — i.e., Pretty Darn Quick — before thousands of sf/f writers, fans, publishers, editors, etc. will be heading out on the Docklands Light Railway to Loncon 3 at London’s Excel. Here’s Joshua’s schedule: Kaffeeklatsch Thursday 13:00 – 14:00, London Suite 5 (ExCeL) Joshua Bilmes (not sure if writer

While Sam is living it up at NAFiC in Detroit, Lisa Rodgers (@_LisaRodgers) will be attending Cascade Writers Workshop in Kent, WA! That’s just south of Seattle, for those not familiar with the Pacific Northwest. Cascade Writers is a weekend-long workshop that brings together writers from a variety of genres and in various stages of

We’re pleased to announce that the first book in Marie Brennan’s Lady Trent series, A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS, is a finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel! She’s in good company on the shortlist with titles like Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It’s been a stellar year

With True Blood’s last season coming to a close, we are thrilled to finally announce that another of Charlaine Harris’s series is making its way to the small screen! The rights for her eight-book Aurora Teagarden series have been picked up by Hallmark and the books are now being adapted into a movie series as part of

Just past the halfway point of 2014, our authors are beginning to receive recognition for their newest releases! Myke Cole‘s BREACH ZONE has been listed on “Best Books From The First Half of 2014” by The Founding Fields, “Provisional Speculative Fiction Top 5 of 2014” by Pat’s Fantasy Hot List and “Books I Enjoyed Most

Our congratulations go out to Mark Hodder today, in this timeline and hopefully many others, as his book, THE SECRET OF ABDU EL-YEZDI (buy from an indie), has been named a finalist for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History! The winners will be announced in London at Loncon 3, the 72nd Annual World Science Fiction Convention,

This Memorial Day weekend is going to be a busy one for JABberwocky. Both Joshua Bilmes and Sam Morgan (on Twitter @SamRoebuck) will be attending Balticon 48 in Balitmore, MD this weekend, where Brandon Sanderson will be the guest of honor. Also at attending the convention will be Myke Cole, who was 2013’s Compton Crook Award-winner and

We’ve been drumming up some new business on the children’s side of things, and JABberwocky is delighted to welcome Mike Grosso! Mike’s debut, I AM DRUMS, recently sold to Jordan Hamessley at Egmont USA. It’s a contemporary middle grade, and tells the story of 12-year-old Samantha, whose dreams of playing the drums run up against

  We’re excited to announce that Charlaine Harris’s newest novel, MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD, debuts at #12 on the New York Times hardcover bestsellers list! It is also #19 for the ebook list, and #17 for the combined fiction list. In addition to the New York Times, MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD is also #12 on the Barnes and Noble fiction bestsellers list!

In the first of three new non-fiction deals for the agency this spring (stay tuned for other announcements to come), we’re thrilled to finally, formally welcome the multitalented, NYT-bestselling author/artist Alison Wilgus! Her forthcoming book, THE MARS CHALLENGE, is a non-fiction graphic novel that explores the technical and political obstacles that stand between us and

Here at JABberwocky we are proud to represent a range of very talented authors who create literature that tops bestseller lists, wins critical and professional acclaim, and that pushes the boundaries of the imagination. Yet our clients also have many talents outside of the written word. Marjorie Kellogg is one such person, having written eight

In case you missed our earlier tweets, emails, and posts: JABberwocky has officially moved its offices from Long Island City to Manhattan! Below is all of our new information, including our new phone and fax numbers: JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. 49 W. 45th St., 12th Floor New York, NY 10036-4603 Phone: 917-388-3010 Fax: 917-388-2998 In

We recently noticed that there are still some vestiges of www.awfulagent.com Version 1.0 still lurking on the internet. Fortunately, these were easy to hunt down and re-code in order to make them redirect to the fantastic WordPress layout that you see before you now; A.K.A. www.awfulagent.com Version 2.0. While we do appreciate the older website

Available this week only, the first title in Jack Campbell’s New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series, DAUNTLESS, can be purchased as an ebook for the low, low price of $1.99 via Amazon and Kobo. This military science-fiction novel is the first in a six-book series that has continued to grow in popularity among readers with each

In less than three weeks, MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD, the first installment in Charlaine’s big new series, will be on sale! It’s already gotten great buzz, with reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and most recently, Library Journal, who gave it a starred review: “As intimate and deep as the Stackhouse novels, but with a lighter load of gore and death,

The awards keep rolling in for Brandon Sanderson’s THE RITHMATIST! The latest trophy this NYT Bestselling young adult book has taken home is the AML for a YA Novel – Speculative Award. The AML (Association of Mormon Letters) promotes the production and study of Mormon literature, film, and drama, and their enjoyment by all. Brandon

Cozy mystery and audiobook fans, rejoice! Audible has selected DOWN HOME MURDER by New York Times bestseller Toni L. P. Kelner as today’s Daily Deal! It’s the first in Toni’s sharp, witty mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Laura Fleming and her large — and extremely Southern — family. And what family gathering isn’t complete without

We have some amazing news to share this morning: WORDS OF RADIANCE debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list! And we don’t just mean the hardcover list: it’s also #1 on the e-book bestseller list and the combined print and e-book bestseller list. Across the pond, it also debuted at #2 on the