It has been really hard to keep quiet for the last two weeks. Major excitement has been percolating behind the scenes, but now, at last, I have clearance to announce the uber-exciting news.
NEW DEALS
HORDE, the final book in the dystopian Razorland trilogy, again to Liz Szabla of Feiwel & Friends, in a nice deal. By Laura Bradford, World English
MORTAL BEAUTY, Doctor Faustus meets Mean Girls in this edgy paranormal revenge trilogy set in a dark world of secret societies, twisted bargains, and forbidden love. Three books, in a good deal, to Liz Szabla of Feiwel & Friends. By Laura Bradford, North American.
Those are my guesstimates of what the PM announcements will say. How close I am, who knows? But the important bits are, I have sold FOUR more YA titles to Feiwel & Friends. Squee! Uber squee!
The schedule will tentatively look like this:
Fall 2013 Horde
2014 Mortal Beauty
2015 Dire Charm
2016 Dead Lovely
Title and projected dates may change. (Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.)
It’s so awesome to be able the share the news at last. Feel free to post comments, questions, and squees.
CONGRATS! That’s awesome! :)
Glee! I think I’m going to join the monkey in his happy dance.
His dance is pretty freakin’ infectious — and it’s simple enough that I could do it. (The irony being that “I” replaces monkey, which is an actual monkey, in this instance.)
Dang, congrats! You’re gonna be one busy little bee!
So dang excited!!!! Excited!!! Excited!!! YAY!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing with us :D I have been so excited to read Endgame, and yet so depressed that it’s coming to an end. This makes me so super happy that there will be much more Ann Aguirre books in my future. All the way up to 2016!
PS: You’re my favorite author :P
Yes, I have two series ending soonish, but there are many more incoming! And I’m so glad I’m your favorite. *twinkles*
Congratz, Ann! Great news. ^_^
However, that monkey needs more caffeine. If you watch him for long enough he starts to slow down… ;)
I’ve been using that monkey since 2007 to announce deals. He’s been dancing for five years! You’d be slowing down too.
Uber squeeeeeee!
Best. News. Ever.
Major, major congrats!! :D
I feel the same way!
Congratulations!
It’s a little sad to say good bye to two of my favorite series but YIPEE!! bring on the “Doctor Faustus meets Mean Girls” goodness!
I have no doubt it will be as full of awesome as your other books!
And Horde…. OMG – dying…..just dying to read that.
*spins, twirls, throws confetti*
Jax is hard for me. She was my first heroine, first sale, first series. So it’s bittersweet, but she deserves to rest, and I’m happy where I’m leaving her. It feels right.
However, to be honest it’s very surreal how far I’ve come. I signed with Laura Bradford on March 31, 2007. We pitched Grimspace on April 11, my husband’s birthday. Within a few weeks we had a nibble, and by May, we had an offer.
Since May 2007, this is what I’ve sold:
Adult / SFF
Jax: Grimspace, Wanderlust, Doubleblind, Killbox, Aftermath, Endgame (6 books)
Corine: Blue Diablo, Hell Fire, Shady Lady, Devil’s Punch, Agave Kiss (5 books)
Dread Queen: Damnation, Obliteration, Liberation (3 books)
Apparatus Infernum: Bronze Gods, Silver Mirrors (2 books)
Adult / Romance
Ava Gray: Skin Game, Skin Tight, Skin Heat, Skin Dive (4 books)
Ellen Connor: Nightfall, Midnight, Daybreak (3 books)
YA / SFF
Razorland: Enclave, Outpost, Horde (3 books)
The Beauty trilogy: Mortal Beauty, Dire Charm, Dead Lovely (3 books)
That puts me at 29 titles sold. (Feel free to check my math.) That doesn’t count novellas and short stories. Just… wow.
And it’s all thanks to my amazing readers. I heart you guys!
29 titles. That’s impressive! And in so short a time period!
Congrats on the new deals, Ann!
WOOHOOO!!! WTG, Ann! Congrats!
Squee! And congrats :-) Can’t wait to add these to my keeper shelf.
Congrats Ann! This is amazing news. :) And love the dancing monkey. :)
SQUEEEE!!! Congratulations!!!!!! How crazy excitIng!!!! :)
Thanks. It’s physiologically impossible for me to be more excited. My heart couldn’t take it.
YAY!!! That is so wonderful! Congrats!!!!
If you heard a really high pitched, vaguely hysterical sound just now…yeah, that was me. So absolutely happy for you, Ann!!!
I told you it would sell, remember? *hug* Congratulations, Ann!
Yay!!!!! So excited!
Congrats and may the monkey continue to dance for you. I love your books and doing the happy dance for you.
Congrats on the new sales!
[...] This news has made me a happy bunny! I reported a few weeks ago that Ann Aguirre has a new spinoff series based on her Grimspace books. Well there is more books sold! She has recently signed up for a new YA series called The Beauty Trilogy, which is described as a Faustus meets Mean Girls. Ann has also sold the final Razorland book, Horde and its slated to come out next year! She also has another series which is a Steampunk Fantasy duology, Apparatus Infernum out too. For more info check out the full deets here! [...]
Jeesh, Ann, when I see that list, I have to wonder: when do you ever sleep?
Anyway, congrats! They sound even better than I expected, though I’m really not surprised – you always manage to exceed my expectations, no matter how high they may be.
Hugs and heaps of good wishes!
I have to agree with Maja, when do you sleep? Or plan/do home remodels and spend time with your family and everything else you do? Big congrats to you on all you’ve done. I always eagerly await your next titles and though I too will be very sad to see the end of Jax I agree she deserves to rest and I trust you to craft an ending I will not be angry with (unlike Bioware and Mass Effect…?). And I’m super excited to know the final book of the Razorland trilogy sold, I know I’d be super disappointed not to see that conclusion. I can’t wait for Outpost. Big congrats! And I can’t wait to see what you come up with next…