Agent Savant

The musings of literary agent Laurie McLean

Archive for February, 2013

Iron King Comic/Graphic Novel series to debut!

Yes, this is Julie Kagawa’s year so far. A seven-figure publishing deal. An even larger seven-figure movie deal. And now her first blockbuster novel, The Iron King, is going to be made into a comic book series and graphic novel by Bluewater Productions. Julie and Bluewater have decided to take a novel approach to funding […]

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Berkley Buys Olivia Mayfield Mystery at Auction!

A big WHOOP-WHOOP goes out to my client Olivia Mayfield (aka writer/editor Rhonda Helms) for her new Berkley/Penguin contemporary romantic mystery THE INHERITANCE in serial format. We sold it at auction to Leis Pederson of Berkley, an imprint of Penguin, for release later this year. Here’s the Publishers Marketplace listing: THE INHERITANCE by Olivia Mayfield […]

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