News/Deals
Recent Deals
More Than He Expected by Andrea Laurence to Harlequin Desire
Four untitled books in a new Victorian-era miniseries by Charlotte Featherstone to HQN Books
The Trouble with Cowboys and two more contemporary romances by Melissa Cutler to Kensington Zebra
An untitled novel by Melissa Cutler to Harlequin Romantic Suspense
An Heiress at Heart and two more inspirational romances by Jennifer Delamere to Grand Central Forever
Three untitled mysteries in the Sewing Notions series by Cathryn Pritchard to Berkley
Birth Plans for Dummies by Sharon Perkins and Rachel Gurevich to Wiley
Three books in the Magic and Mayhem romance series by Stacey Kennedy to Entangled Publishing
Subsidiary Rights
A Killer Crop by Sheila Connolly, UK Large Print rights to AudioGo
How to Be a Mentalist by Simon Winthrop, Czech rights to Nakladatelstvi XYZ, with Whitney Lee of The Fielding Agency
How to Be a Mentalist by Simon Winthrop, French rights to Editions Tredanial, with Whitney Lee of The Fielding Agency
Awards & Honors
Congratulations to Avery Aames on her Agatha Award for Best First Novel for The Long Quiche Goodbye!
And congratulations to Mary Jane Maffini on her Agatha Award for Best Short Story for "So Much in Common"!
Congratulations to the following Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Nominees:
Career Achievement, Erotica
Kate Douglas
Paranormal Fiction
Truly Madly by Heather Webber
Amateur Sleuth
The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
First Series Romance:
Harlequin American
Kayla's Daddy by Laura Bradford
Miracle Baby by Laura Bradford
Baby in the Boardroom by Michelle Dunaway
Kimani Romance
Recipe for Temptation by Maureen Smith
Paranormal/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Erotic Romance
Dane by Elizabeth Amber
Writers' Conferences
Jessica Alvarez will be attending the 2012 Writer's Digest Writers Conference in New York City on January 21. For more information, see www.writersdigestconference.com.
Lauren will be attending the Write Stuff Conference in Allentown, Pennsylvania, March 16–17. For more information, see www.glvwg.org/conference.
Jessica Alvarez will be attending Liberty States Fiction Writers' Create Something Magical conference in Iselin, New Jersey, on March 17. For more information, see www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com.
Lauren will be attending the Portland Rose City Romance Writers Spring Intensive in Portland, Oregon, March 30–April 1. For more information, see www.rosecityromancewriters.com.
Lauren will be attending the 2012 Las Vegas Writers Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19–21. For more information, see site.hendersonwritersgroup.com/LV_Writers_Conference.html.
Lauren will be attending the Wisconsin Romance Writers of America Write Touch Conference in Wausau, Wisconsin, June 1–3. For more information, see www.wisrwa.org/conference.html.
Lauren will be attending In Your Write Mind in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, June 21–24. For more information, see alumni.setonhill.edu/Page.aspx?pid=495.