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Sherrilyn Kenyon sells six more to St. Martin's
SFScope — ... publisher Matthew Shear and senior editor Monique Patterson, via her agent Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House . Under the new deal, Kenyon will write three new ...

PRESS RELEASES: William Morrow to Publish New Nonfiction Books by Neil Gaiman + Solaris Books’ New SF Anthology!
Fantasy Book Critic — ... , who lived in the 16th century. Gaiman’s longtime editor, Senior Vice President and Director of Editorial Development Jennifer Brehl, acquired global world English and Chinese language rights from Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House. The books will be published simultaneously by ...

Neil Gaiman sells three non-fiction books to William Morrow
SFScope — ... ; agent Merrilee Heiftez of Writers House handled the deal. The first book, Monkey and Me: China and the Journey to the West , is inspired by ...

Octavia E. Butler's Kindred to be graphic novel
SFScope — [image] Beacon Press , a "publisher of serious fiction and non-fiction owned by the Unitarian Universalist Organization ," has bought graphic novel adaptation rights to Octavia E. Butler 's Kindred (Beacon published a new hardcover edition of the book in December 2008, following their trade paperback in 2004). Writers House 's Merrilee Heifetz managed the deal on behalf of the Butler estate with Beacon Press Executive Director Helen Atwan. Publishers Weekly goes into more depth on Beacon's plans for a nonfiction comics line , and notes that Assistant Editor Alison ...

Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake to be telefilm on IFC
SFScope — [image] IFC tv (the Independent Film Channel) yesterday greenlit production of its first "original event telefilm", Laurell K.Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter . The movie will be based on Hamilton's series of paranormal fantasy novels, and will be produced by Lionsgate and After Dark Films . Glen Morgan ( The X-Files , Final Destination ) will adapt the story, and will executive produce the film with Courtney Solomon ( Captivity , Dungeons and Dragons ). Hamilton's agent, Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House handled the deal. IFC says the film will mix ...

Douglas Clegg sells new horror novel to Vanguard
SFScope — ... via agent Simon Lipskar of Writers House . The book is scheduled to be published in September. In the story, a woman who loses her brother in a tragic accident desperately tries to reach him on the "other side", but instead discovers a dark power within herself. ...

Gaiman & Vess's "Instructions" sells to Harper Children's
SFScope — ... bought the project for publication in May 2010. Agents on the deal were Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House representing Gaiman, and Joe Monti at ...