Recent Deals
N.K. Jemisin's THE OBELISK GATE and THE STONE SKY, to Natalja Schmidt at Droemer Knaur (Germany) in a nice two-book deal, by Sarah Knofius at Thomas Schlueck Agency on behalf of Lucienne Diver
Scott Rubin's NAMING YOUR SUPERHERO: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GEEK BABY NAMES, an up-to-date baby name guide including over 1,000 names sourced from popular science fiction and fantasy culture, to Christopher Robbins at Familius in a nice deal for publication in fall 2019, by Elaine Spencer
Dakota Cassidy's HOUSE OF THE RISING NUN, Book Three in the Nun of Your Business cozy mystery series, to Daniel Totten at Tantor Media, by Elaine Spencer
Karen Chance's DRAGON'S CLAW and SIREN'S SONG, urban fantasy novellas, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media in a nice two-book deal, by Lucienne Diver
Cathryn Fox's UNDER HER TOUCH, featuring a wedding planner tasked not only with planning the wedding of the century but also with setting up a millionaire magnate in need of a wife (who happens to be the all-grown-up guy who broke her heart in high school), to
Debbie Mason's three books in the Highland Falls series, to Alex Logan at Forever, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty
Reese Ryan's latest in the Texas Cattleman's Club continuity series, to Charles Griemsman at Harlequin Desire, by Pamela Harty
N.K. Jemisin's HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH? to J'ai Lu (France), in a nice deal, by Pierre Lenclud at Lenclud Literary Agency, on behalf of Lucienne Diver
Hailey Edwards's books four and five in the urban fantasy The Foundling series, to Anna Boatman at Piatkus in a nice, two-book deal by Lucienne Diver
Lisa King's VANISHING HOUR, in which an old man with a debilitating case of "not normal" and a little girl with cancer brave the apocalypse, to Lou Aronica at The Story Plant, in a nice deal, by Travis Pennington
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- Walt Disney
Film Options
Film rights to Marley Gibson’s GHOST HUNTRESS series, about a sixteen-year-old girl who moves from Chicago to an historic Southern town and begins to discover her latent psychic powers (the third in the series THE REASON, will be published in May) to Shoulderhill Entertainment, by Sean Daily at
Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates sold dramatic rights to Sara Lunsford’s memoir SWEET HELL ON FIRE to CBS Television Studios. The subtitle of the book (which Sourcebooks published in paperback in November) is “A Memoir of the Prison I Worked In and the Prison I Lived In”; it chronicles
Ramez Naam’s NEXUS, about a drug that links minds and the resulting conflict to control it and define humanity, to Paramount with Disruption Entertainment by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates on behalf of Lucienne Diver.
90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey, which recounts Don’s death experience, is being made into a film by Family Christian Entertainment, the new sister company of the nation’s largest Christian retailer, Family Christian Stores. Kate Bosworth (SUPERMAN RETURNS) and Hayden Christensen (STAR WARS) will star. Michael
Every act of communication is a miracle of translation.
- Ken Liu
Foreign Rights
Rights for publication of works by Knight Agency authors overseas are handled by a network of foreign rights sub-agents and in some cases by The Knight Agency itself. Working on its own and in conjunction with skilled subsidiary rights agents, The Knight Agency has licensed rights on behalf of its clients in over 50 countries throughout the world.
All inquiries regarding the availability of foreign rights pertaining to Knight Agency titles should be directed at foreign.rights@knightagency.net
The Knight Agency is proud to be in partnership with the following talented group of foreign sub-agents.
Whitney Lee of the Fielding Agency, handling select titles in Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Taiwan, United Kingdom
Maura Solinas
PNLA & Associati Srl / Piergiorgio Nicolazzini Literary Agency
Italy
The Lennart Sane Agency
Brazil, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain*, and Spanish-Speaking Countries*
Kristin Olson Literary Agency s.r.o.
Czech Republic
Julio F-Yanez, Agencia Literaria, S.L.
Spain
Thomas Schlück Literary Agency
Germany
Agence Litteraire Lenclud
France
Read N Right Agency
Greece
Kayi Literary Agency Ltd.
Turkey
Katai & Bolza Literary Agents
Hungary
GRAAL Ltd
Poland, Albania, Slovenia
Nova Littera Ltd
Russia
ANA Sophia Ltd
Bulgaria
*except titles represented by Lucienne Diver, which are handled by the Julio F-Yáñez, Agencia Literaria, S.L.