GENA SHOWALTER'S THE VAMPIRE'S BRIDE DEBUTS ON NYT LIST
Posted March 12th, 2009Gena Showalter's ATLANTIS series re-released in January 2009 and so far has struck a major chord with her fans.
Book 3 in the series, THE VAMPIRE'S BRIDE,
debuted at #11 on The New York Times bestseller list. |
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KNIGHT AND CORNELISON RECEIVE BEAN POT AWARD NOMS
Posted March 12th, 2009Beth Cornelison's UNDER FIRE and Deidre Knight's RED FIRE are finalists for the RWA New England Chapter's Bean Pot Readers Choice Award. |
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PATTI O'SHEA NOMINATED FOR HUGHIE AWARD
Posted March 12th, 2009Patti O'Shea's IN TWILIGHT'S SHADOW has been nominated for a Hughie Award
for "Favorite Unique Paranormal." |
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TKA CLIENTS MAKE STRONG SHOWING FOR 2008 PEARL AWARDS
Posted March
12th, 2009Several TKA authors are
finalists in the 2008 PEARL awards. The nominees
include: THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT by Nalini
Singh, et al. and HOTTER THAN HELL by Marjorie
M. Liu, Susan Krinard, et
al., in the Paranormal category; THE DARKEST
PLEASURE by Gena Showalter and NIGHTKEEPERS by
Jessica Andersen in the Fantasy or Magical
Realism category; HEART FATE by Robin D. Owens,
in the Futuristic category; GALE FORCE by Rachel
Caine in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category;
and HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE and MINE TO POSSESS by
Nalini Singh in the Shapeshifter category. |
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ANGELS' BLOOD ON ROMANTIC TIMES COVER
Posted February
15th, 2009
Nalini Singh's upcoming release, ANGELS' BLOOD,
the first installment in the GUILD HUNTER
series, was recently reviewed by Romantic
Times and made the cover of their February
issue. A special introduction to the new series,
ANGELS’ PAWN, is available in all e-formats, including
Kindle.
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SHANNON
GREENLAND AND CHANDRA SPARKS TAYLOR RECOGNIZED
BY ALA
Posted February 15th, 2009
Shannon Greenland's THE SPECIALISTS: MODEL SPY
and Chandra Sparks Taylor's SPIN IT LIKE THAT
were chosen by ALA as 2009 Popular Paperbacks
for Young Adults.
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JONATHAN FRIESEN RECEIVES ALA AWARD
Posted January 26th, 2009
Jonathan Friesen's debut young adult novel,
JERK, CALIFORNIA is the recipient of the
American Library Association's Schneider Book
Award. The Schneider Award is designed
specifically for books that embody the artistic
expression of the disability experience for
child and adolescent audiences. Past honorees
include Louis Sachar and Andrew Clements.
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DAVID CRISTOFANO RECEIVES STARRED PW REVIEW
Posted January 26th, 2009
First-time author David Cristofano's THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is already garnering praise from reviewers.
Publishers Weekly recently gave it a starred review, hailing the book an, "...intense, romantic debut...[whose] mad love scenario sizzles like garlic in hot olive oil." The book is set to release in March 2009.
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THE KNIGHT AGENCY IS ALL "A-TWITTER"
Posted January 26th, 2009Twitter fever has taken cyberspace by storm, and The Knight Agency has finally heeded its call. Our agents will be chiming in with the
answer to that eternal question, "What are you doing?" Make sure to check us out at:
www.Twitter.com/KnightAgency. Also, you can check out
Deidre Knight's personal Twitter at
www.Twitter.com/DeidreKnight. |
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DAVID CRISTOFANO RECEIVES STARRED PW REVIEW
Posted January 26th, 2009
First-time author David Cristofano's THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is already garnering praise from reviewers.
Publishers Weekly recently gave it a starred review, hailing the book an, "...intense, romantic debut...[whose] mad love scenario sizzles like garlic in hot olive oil." The book is set to release in March 2009.
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RACHEL CAINE DOMINATES
NYT AND BARNES AND NOBLE BESTSELLER LISTS
Posted January 26th, 2009LORD OF MISRULE, the fifth book in Rachel Caine's addictive MORGANVILLE VAMPIRES series premiered #7 on
The New York Times YA series list and in the #2 spot on Barnes
& Noble's young adult mass market bestseller list. |
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GENA SHOWALTER BRINGS ATLANTIS SERIES BACK WITH A BANG
Posted January, 26th, 2008Gena Showalter's re-released novel, HEART OF THE DRAGON, entered
The New York Times bestseller list at #31 and the
USA Today list at #94.
Her revived ATLANTIS series will re-release its second title, JEWEL OF ATLANTIS in February.
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TKA AUTHORS ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH FOR ROMANTIC TIMES BOOKCLUB NOMINATIONS
January 26th, 2009The list of the Annual Romantic Times Bookclub nominees reads like a virtual who's who of TKA's client list. The nominees
for Career Achievement include Jessica Andersen and Jacquelin Thomas. Reviewer's Choice nominess are: HOT PURSUIT by Wendy Etherington,
TEAMING UP by Abby Gaines, LAST WOLF HUNTING and LAST WOLF WATCHING by Rhyannon Byrd, COME THE NIGHT by Susan Krinard, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
WEDDING by Debra Mullins, THE MARK OF THE VAMPIRE QUEEN by Joey W. Hill, MIRAGE by Monica Burns, SHADOWS RETURN by Lynn Flewelling, THE IRON
HUNT by Marjorie M. Liu, GALE FORCE by Rachel Caine, THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF by Dakota Cassidy, THE LAST TWILIGHT by Marjorie Liu, HOSTAGE
TO PLEASURE by Nalini Singh and NO CONTROL by Shannon Butcher. This is an amazing show of force from our client list, and we are so thankful
to represent such talented authors.
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TOMMY NEWBERRY'S THE 4:8 PRINCIPLE REACHES FOR AMAZON GOLD
Posted January 26th, 2009New York Times and
Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Tommy Newberry’s THE 4:8 PRINCIPLE recently topped Amazon’s Religion and Spirituality List at #2 and the Amazon “Success” category at #1. The book has sold approximately 65,000 copies since its release in September 2007. A recent surge, resultant of a mega marketing campaign that benefitted ministries and other non-profits, created 10,000 sales in
the six week period of October thru November 2008.
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ROMANCE B(U)Y THE BOOKS SELECTS UNLACED AS BEST ANTHOLOGY OF 2008
Posted January 26th, 2009UNLACED, an anthology co-authored by Joey Hill and Jasmine Haynes, et al, was selected by Michelle Buonfiglio
at Lifetime's Romance B(u)y
the Book as this year's Best Erotic Anthology.
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PATTI O'SHEA WINS BARCLAY GOLD AWARD
Posted January 26th, 2009Patti O'Shea's IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR won the Barclay Gold Award for Best Paranormal and the Laurel Wreath Award for Best Paranormal.
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THE ROOK CLIMBS TO THE TOP OF THE CBA BESTSELLER LIST
Posted January 26th, 2009THE ROOK, Book 2 in The Bowers File series by Steven James, reached #1 on the CBA Bestseller List.
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90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN MARKS THE END OF SECOND YEAR ON NYT BESTSELLER LIST AND RECEIVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM USA TODAY
Posted November
10th, 200890 MINUTES IN HEAVEN marked an incredible milestone on November 2, 2008 – the passage of more than two years on the
New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List. The book has spent a total of 104 weeks on the
NYT list, and 96 of those weeks were spent at or above #10.
A recent article from USA Today also recognized the book’s phenomenal success, tapping it as #124 on its list of the bestselling titles of the last 15 years. Penned by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey, 90 MINUTES has undeniably earned its place in the annals of publishing history with over 3.5 million books in print. Other well-known titles spotlighted by
USA Today include the entire Harry Potter series, THE DAVINCI CODE, THE ALCHEMIST and LORD OF THE FLIES. |
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THREE TKA
CLIENTS SPOTLIGHTED IN ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE'S
NOVEMBER ISSUE
Posted November 10th, 2008
The November issue of
Romantic
Times Magazine was chock full of TKA
clients! Linda Gerber and Rachel Caine, authors
of the Death By and Morganville Vampire series,
respectively, were highlighted in the article,
“Like Totally Teen-Tastic,” as young adult
authors to watch. Also, Marjorie Liu,
bestselling author of The Dirk and Steele
series, weighed in on writers tackling the comic
books arena in the article “Comic Belief.” |
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HEART FATE BY ROBIN OWENS RECEIVES BEST OF 2008 HONOR FROM AMAZON
Posted November
10th, 2008HEART FATE, Book 7 in the
CELTA'S HEARTMATES series, was named #6 on
Amazon’s “Best of 2008” top 10 romance novels.
Written by award-winning author Robin Owens, the
futuristic novel chronicles the story of Lashin
D’Yew, a woman who must overcome her troubled
past and forgive her Heart Mate’s deception in
order to realize her true destiny. When asked
how she felt after learning of the Amazon honor,
Robin says, “The news hasn’t quite sunk in. [I
feel] very, very lucky. Hopeful. Dizzy. All of
the above.” |
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THE MAGICAL
CHRISTMAS CAT DEBUTS AT #21 ON THE NYT
BESTSELLER LIST
Posted October
23rd, 2008Nalini Singh is on a roll!
The author now boasts three bestselling titles
for 2008. THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT, a holiday-themed anthology co-authored by Singh, Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy and Linda Winstead
Jones, debuted at #21 on the New York Times
bestseller list and is currently holding steady
at #31. |
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THE TYRA SHOW
DECLARES DEATH BY BIKINI A MUST READ FOR TEENS
Posted October
23rd, 2008Linda Gerber’s DEATH BY
BIKINI was chosen as one of the “Seven Must,
Must, Must Reads for Teens,” by The Tyra Show.
The young adult mystery series also includes the
recently released DEATH BY LATTE, and will
continue with DEATH BY DENIM in February. |
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90 MINUTES
APPROACHING 100 WEEK MILESTONE ON NYT BESTSELLER
LIST
Posted September
30th, 200890 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
recently celebrated 99 weeks on the NYT
bestseller list. Admirably, The book has spent
more than half its lifetime at or above the #10
spot.
Written by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey, the
original trade paper edition has more than 3.5
million copies in print and has been translated
into over 30 languages.
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THE KNIGHT
AGENCY WELCOMES MELISSA JEGLINSKI TO TEAM
Posted September
30th, 2008The Knight Agency is pleased
to announce the addition of Melissa Jeglinski to
its dynamic team. In her new role, Melissa will
act as associate agent/submissions coordinator.
She previously served as senior editor of
Harlequin Enterprise’s Silhouette Desire line,
one of the company’s most prestigious and
successful series.
Melissa began her 17-year career at Harlequin as
an editorial assistant and has discovered more
than two dozen authors, many of whom have become
National bestsellers. A graduate of Clarion
University of Pennsylvania, Melissa majored in
English with a concentration in writing. She is
extremely excited about her move to “The Peach
State” and looks forward to utilizing her
editorial experience at TKA by continuing to
foster talented writers to national prominence.
Becoming part of the TKA family will allow me
to continue what I love doing best – discovering
talent and working with writers,” she says.
“Being able to build a relationship with the
author, molding their talent, providing feedback
and finding them just the right home for their
work…it’s a dream job!”
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DEIDRE KNIGHT
AWARDED AGENT OF THE YEAR HONOR BY RWA NYC
Posted September
30th, 2008Deidre Knight is the
recipient of the New York City chapter of
Romance Writers of America’s Golden Apple Award
for Agent of the Year.
The 18th annual awards ceremony will take
place on September 18th at the Havana Room in
Manhattan. |
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NALINI SINGH'S
HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE DEBUTS AT #20 ON THE NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST
Posted September
30th, 2008Nalini Singh's HOSTAGE TO
PLEASURE is #20 on the New York Times Bestseller
List. This is the fifth book in her Psy/Changeling
series.
No stranger to success, this spring Singh's
MINE TO POSSESS debuted on the New York Times
Extended Bestseller list at #32, then went on to
climb to # 29 in its second week. It also hit
the USA Today Best-seller list at # 101.
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COVER GIRLS
Posted September
30rd, 2008
TKA's very own Nalini Singh's HOSTAGE TO
PLEASURE is on the cover of Publisher's Weekly's
June issue.
In the article, "Love Keeps Winning," Nalini,
and fellow TKA clients Gena Showalter and
Jessica Andersen, were declared as the hottest
authors around in the romance genre! |
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