We are enormously proud to announce that Brandon Sanderson’s epic THE WAY OF KINGS, the first volume in THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE, will debut at #7 on the New York Times bestseller list on September 19th. This success is richly deserved–congratulations, Brandon! UPDATE: THE WAY OF KINGS will hold strong at #11 the week of September

JABberwocky President Joshua Bilmes is guest blogging for the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop! Check out his post on the e-book revolution here. And if you like what you see, don’t forget to check out Joshua’s own Brillig blog for his insights on agenting, sf&f, movies, and more.

UPDATE: THE DESERT SPEAR is officially on sale in Germany, and debuted at #16 on the Der Spiegel bestseller list. Way to go, Peat! We are enormously pleased to announce that Peter V. Brett’s THE DESERT SPEAR, book #2 in the Demon Trilogy, reached #40 on the Der Spiegel bestseller list when Amazon.de pre-orders shipped–before

DEATH’S EXCELLENT VACATION, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner, was the #8 bestselling hardcover fiction title this week. DEATH’S EXCELLENT VACATION (get it here!) will appear on the New York Times bestseller list the week of August 22. Congratulations, Charlaine and Toni! This is wonderful news, and we’re delighted to hear it!

Charlaine’s been awarded the ComicCon Inkpot Award for achievement in Science Fiction and Fantasy. A photo of the winner with her trophy: Congratulations, Charlaine! A shout-out to all our Jabberwocky clients who are out in San Diego right now. Hope you’re all enjoying yourselves!

Congratulations are in order for Brandon Sanderson!  Brandon’s middle grade novel, ALCATRAZ VS. THE EVIL LIBRARIANS (reviews | buy) , has been nominated for the Golden Sower Award for 2010-11. The Golden Sower Award is Nebraska’s children’s choice book award; young readers will be reading and voting on the nominees over the course of the

Congratulations are in order for Alan Ball and the cast and crew of True Blood!  The series has been nominated for a primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series (link), and will be up against Lost, Mad Men, and others.  The winner will be named Aug. 29 , so if you’re looking to vamp at the

It’s official: True Blood has been renewed for a fourth season! The TV series, based off Charlaine Harris‘ #1 NYT bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, began its third season recently, to wonderful reviews and a huge viewing audience. Congratulations to Alan Ball, the cast and crew of True Blood, and to Charlaine!

Charlaine’s latest Sookie Stackhouse book, DEAD IN THE FAMILY (get it here!), has been listed as the #1 bestselling book for adults on the Sunday Times of London hardcover fiction list. DEAD IN THE FAMILY also topped bestseller lists across Australia and is going on six weeks in the top 6 on the New York

Season 3 of True Blood, based off of Charlaine Harris’ chart-topping Sookie Stackhouse series (whose celebrity admirers include Snoop, above), debuted in a big fashion June 14th.  HBO had a wonderful premiere (which Joshua and Charlaine attended), that by all accounts was even bigger and better than last year’s premiere. So, if you haven’t tuned

Charlaine Harris‘ DEAD IN THE FAMILY (buy it here!) is a chart-topper in Australia! The tenth book in the #1 NYT bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series was the #1 bestselling novel for adults on every major newspaper bestseller list in the country. Congratulations, Charlaine!

Congratulations are in order for Jeri Westerson! SERPENT IN THE THORNS (reviews | buy), the second novel in her Crispin Guest medieval noir mystery series, has been named a finalist for the Macavity Award, to be awarded at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in October. This is fantastic news, and it’s worth noting that this

Charlaine Harris’ DEAD IN THE FAMILY, book #10 in the wildly popular Sookie Stackhouse series, is #1 on the New York Times bestseller list this week. This is the book’s second week on the bestseller list. DEAD IN THE FAMILY (buy it here!) sold more copies in its first day than the last book, DEAD

Jabberwocky and Booklist agree: Tanya Huff is one of the best sf/f writers writing today. Booklist has named her latest standalone fantasy novel, the ENCHANTMENT EMPORIUM (get it here!), one of the 10 Best SF/F of the last year. Congrats, Tanya!

Jack Campbell has once again hit the NYTimes bestseller list–this week, his latest LOST FLEET novel reached #10! VICTORIOUS (get it here!) is the sixth and final novel in his phenomenally successful Lost Fleet series. First week sales were up by 20% from the release of book #5, which were themselves up 20% from the

Congratulations are in order for Charlaine Harris! Romantic Times has just announced that Charlaine is the winner of the Romantic Times Award for Career Achievement, Urban Fantasy, at this week’s Romantic Times convention. Three different JABberwocky authors are up for 2009 Romantic Times Awards in five different categories: Charlaine Harris — Career Achievement, Urban Fantasy

We at JABberwocky would like to officially welcome author Janci Patterson aboard! Janci’s debut, the YA novel SKIPPED, sold in a pre-empt to Christy Ottaviano for her eponymous imprint at Henry Holt, just before the London Book Fair. Congratulations, Janci!

Great news! We’ve just learned that Brandon Sanderson has been named a finalist, not once, but twice for the David Gemmell Legend Award! Brandon has been nominated, both for his NYT-bestselling standalone WARBREAKER (reviews | buy), and the #1 bestselling THE GATHERING STORM, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. Congratulations, Brandon! This is wonderful recognition

Peter V. Brett is officially a Sunday Times bestseller! Peter’s second novel, The Desert Spear (buy: US | UK) debuted at #9 on the Sunday Times hardcover list last Sunday, a tremendous feat for a genre novel. Plus, we’ve just learned that the novel has earned a place on next Sunday’s list as well. Congratulations,

Great news for Tanya Huff fans! Kaleidoscope Entertainment and The Fremantle Corporation today announced that vampire Henry Fitzroy is returning to action in an all-new series based on the ‘Smoke’ books by Tanya Huff whose ‘Blood’ novels were turned into the series Blood Ties. We at JABberwocky are excited at the news, and greatly look

More big news abroad for Charlaine Harris! Last week, she hit the charts in the UK, and this week the French edition of DEAD AND GONE has debuted at #13 on the bestseller list of Livres Hebdo, the French version of Publisher’s Weekly. Big congratulations, Charlaine! And back at the ranch, we’re getting ready for

Charlaine Harris is officially a Sunday Times bestseller! After conquering the NY Times list in 2009 with DEAD AND GONE (reviews | buy) , Charlaine and her smash Sookie Stackhouse series have now crossed over into the UK, with spectacular results. DEAD AND GONE (reviews | buy) is now the #10 selling hardback novel in

We have just learned that Peter V. Brett and Brandon Sanderson have been nominated for the Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire! The Grand Prix de L’Imaginaire is the French-language equivalent of the Hugo or Nebula, and both have been nominated in the category for Roman etranger (foreign novels translated into French). The books nominated were Brett’s

Locus loves Tobias Buckell! His new short story collection, TIDES FROM THE NEW WORLDS, is on the Locus Recommended Reading list for 2009. Congratulations, Toby!

We at JABberwocky are thrilled to announce that the debut novel of one of our newest clients, Jon Sprunk, has now sold in more than five countries! Jon’s debut novel, the dark fantasy SHADOW’S SON, sold to Pyr in a three-book deal for English-language rights, and subsequently tied for JABberwocky’s largest-ever deal in Germany, to

We at JABberwocky have gotten even more great year-end news! Peter V. Brett‘s THE WARDED MAN (aka THE PAINTED MAN) has been named the Best Book of 2009 by Fantasy Book Critic’s Mihir Wanchoo, and the ALA named it one of the Top Five Fantasy novels of 2009! Way to go, Peter! The Onion/AV Club

We have just learned that Dene Low has been named a finalist for the Edgar Award! Her debut, PETRONELLA SAVES NEARLY EVERYONE (reviews | buy), is up for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel (press release). The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners April 29th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in

Paloppa Pictures LLC and Brandon Sanderson are pleased to announce that Paloppa has taken an option on film rights to Sanderson’s NY Times bestselling Mistborn fantasy trilogy! Here’s more, excerpted from the official announcement: The principals in Paloppa Pictures LLC are Christopher Geary, Rob Micai and Marc Bryant. Micai is a co-producer of the forthcoming

Charlaine Harris is (drumroll please!), according to Publishers Weekly, the best selling female author of 2009! Publishers Weekly just released its list of the Bestselling Books of 2009, and Charlaine has three of the ten spots on the Mass Market Paperback list! This is more than any other author of adult fiction; John Grisham and

Congratulations are in order for Del Howison and Jeff Gelb! DARK DELICACIES III: HAUNTED (reviews | buy), the third of their star-studded anthologies, might just get another jewel in its crown: it has been named a finalist for the Black Quill Award for Best Anthology! UPDATE: DARK DELICACIES III: HAUNTED has also been selected as