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Recent Deals


Southern Sewing Mystery Series (3 books) by Laura Bradford writing as Elizabeth Lynn Casey to Berkley

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Persuasion by Steve Booth-Butterfield to Alpha

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Reluctant CEO and Baby on Board by Michele Dunaway to Harlequin

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Murder She Rolled and 2 Bunco Mysteries by Gail Oust to NAL

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The Vanishing Constitution by Lewis Maltby to Portfolio

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The Everything Family Guide to Las Vegas by Kim Kavin to Adams Media

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3 Romantic Suspense Novels by Christie Craig to Dorchester

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Humongous Book of Geometry Problems and Humongous Book of Statistics Problems by W. Michael Kelley to Alpha

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The Everything TV Word Search, The Everything Word Search for the Beach Book, The Everything Giant Book of Easy Crosswords, The Everything Large Print Movie Crosswords Book, and The Everything All-New Crossword and Puzzle Book by Charles Timmerman to Adams Media

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Estelle's House Book #1 and #2 by Karen Sandler to Harlequin

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At Your Fingertips World Religions by Nathan Brown and Dr. McDowell to Alpha

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Happily Ever After: Tips for Living and Loving Like You're in a Romance Novel by Christie Craig and Faye Hughes to Adams Media

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Homicide Miami and Bones on the Beach by Peter Davidson to Berkley

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Tell Me What to Eat During Chemotherapy by JoAnn Whipple to Career Press

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Practical Vampire Slayer by Claudia Cunningham to Llewellyn

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Subsidiary Rights


Complex Chinese Rights to What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? by Cynthia Shapiro to Taiwan Mansion Books Group with MJ Agency

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Korean Rights to What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? by Cynthia Shapiro to Sedole with Imprima Korea Agency

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Japanese Rights to One Moment Master by Martin Boroson to Sunmark Shuppan by The Fielding Agency

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Japanese Rights to What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? by Cynthia Shapiro to The English Agency (Japan) Ltd. and Toyo Keizai Inc.

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Simplified Chinese Rights to Corporate Confidential by Cynthia Shapiro with the M.J. Agency to Taiwan Mansion Books Group

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Awards & Honors

Congratulations goes to Shelley Coriell for her Golden Heart finalist book The Lost in the contemporary single title category. Good luck, Shelley!

Congratulations to a number of our authors—all recent contest finalists:

Sharon Page for Blood Red, which has finaled in the Wisconsin RWA contest for Erotic Romance, and Blood Red and Blood Rose, which have finaled in the Passionate Ink Passionate Plume contest—for Paranormal.

Elizabeth Amber for Nicholas, which has finaled in the Passionate Plume Passionate Ink best historical, the Colorado Romance Writers (RWA) Award of Excellence contest, and the Wisconsin RWA's Write Touch Readers' Award Contest

Elizabeth Amber's Nicholas also won the single title category in the Judge A Book By Its Cover contest

Congratulations to Pam Dennison for her DWAA nomination for Best Training Book for How to Right a Dog Gone Wrong.

Congratulations to Bill Crider on his Anthony nomination for "Cranked" (appearing in Damn Near Dead) as Best Short Story.

Cynthia Shapiro's Corporate Confidential is a bestseller in Korea.

The Naked Earl by Sally MacKenzie is a USA Today bestseller.

Congratulations to Wendy Warren on her RITA Award nomination for Best Short Contemporary Romance for The Boss and Miss Baxter.

Congratulations to Sandra Parshall for her Agatha Award for Best First Novel for The Heat of the Moon!

Congratulations to Jolie Mathis on her Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award nomination for The Sea King as Best First Historical Romance.

Congratulations to Bill Crider on his Edgar nomination for "Cranked" (appearing in Damn Near Dead) as Best Short Story.

Congratulations to Sue Owens Wright for her DWAA Maxwell Award for Best Newspaper Column: "Pets & Their People" (Inside Publications)




Writers' Conferences


May 16–18, Kim will be taking appointments at the Pennwriters Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More information can be found at www.pennwriters.org

On May 20, Jessica will be speaking at the Greater Detroit Romance Writers chapter meeting.

On July 9–12, Jessica will be taking appointments at Thrillerfest in NYC. For more information go to www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/

July 30–August 3, Jessica and Kim will be attending RWA National in San Francisco.

October 3, 2009, Jessica will be speaking in Calgary at the CARWA chapter. More information can be found at www.calgaryrwa.com/about.html