Lit Bits: A. E. Rought Gets Two-Book Deal w/ Strange Chemistry
From Strange Chemistry: Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, is delighted to announce the signing of another wonderful author. A. E. Rought has been signed to Strange Chemistry in a two book deal with worldwide English rights negotiated between Amanda Rutter and Gina Panettieri, of the Talcott Notch Literary Agency. The first of these two books will be called Broken and will be published by Strange Chemistry in early 2013. About Broken Imagine a modern spin on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where a young couple’s undying love and the grief of a father pushed beyond sanity could spell the destruction of them all. A string of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town ends with a fall that claims the life of Emma Gentry’s boyfriend, Daniel. Emma is broken, a hollow shell mechanically moving through her days. She and Daniel had been made for each other, complete only when they were together. Now she restlessly wanders the town in the late Fall gloom, haunting the cemetery and its white-marbled tombs, feeling Daniel everywhere, his spectre in the moonlight and the fog. When she encounters newcomer Alex Franks, only son of a renowned widowed surgeon, she’s intrigued despite herself. He’s an enigma, melting into shadows, preferring to keep to himself. But he is as drawn to her as she is to him. He is strangely… familiar. From the way he knows how to open her locker when it sticks, to the nickname she shared only with Daniel, even his hazel eyes with brown flecks are just like Daniel’s. The closer they become, though, the more something inside her screams there’s something very wrong with Alex Franks. And when Emma stumbles across a grotesque and terrifying menagerie of mangled but living animals within the walls of the Franks’ estate, creatures she surely knows must have died from their injuries, she knows. About A. E. Rought Self-proclaimed nerd A.E. Rought spent most of her early life in libraries and bookstores. It’s no surprise that she turned to writing shortly after creative arts college. She has novels of varying genres, and different pennames, published since 2006. You can visit her at http://www.aerought.com and http://aerought.blogspot.com and follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/AERought [@AERought]. Rought says: “When my agent told me Strange Chemistry was interested, I think I squealed out loud. Angry Robot has an amazing reputation, and to be welcomed into their YA imprint? Bliss. Nerdvana. I’m absolutely thrilled to be with Strange Chemistry and working with Amanda.” Amanda Rutter says: “As soon as I received the email from Gina detailing the premise of Broken, I knew that I had to read this book. I was thrilled to discover that the writing was just as good as promised and I have no doubt Broken will prove to be a massive hit!” That’s pretty awesome news, no? Congrats to A. E. Rought!
Dear Authors: Looking For Guests with New Books
We’re looking for guests. Not just any guests, mind you, but guests with new books coming out this year! As of right now, we have a number of slots open in April and May, and practically everything from July on is empty. That won’t be true for long, of course, but we do want to put out a call for particular kinds of works, as much of our interview requests happen to be for urban fantasy and traditional epic fantasy. Here’s what we’d really like to see: Science fiction (we don’t get nearly enough and we would really like our two-episode interview arc for each month to split 50/50 along the genre line) Books by women, and, in particular, science fiction books by women (we’ve had a lot of wonderful ladies on the show, and will have a few more this year, but we would really like to see some women authors with SF novels approach us) Books by people who aren’t American, and following that, by people who are not America, Canadian, or British. In other words: we’d like to have some World SF folks on this show (we have a few potentials thanks to Lavie Tidhar). Basically, we are interested in diversity of nationality, race/ethnicity, and gender. LGBT (or GUILTBAG) SF/F, whether written by LGBT people or containing themes and/or protagonists relevant to the LGBT community Beyond that, we want requests for books which vaguely fit within the SF/F genres, or are related to them in some way (such as cool science stuff or non-fiction which is related in some way to the SF/F world). When we say SF/F, we do not mean a very rigid set of conditions for what is and is not SF/F. Anything vaguely fantastic is of interest to us; see our guidelines for the kinds of authors we love who might not be considered SF/F writers by certain circles (we want to interview writers like that too). To be clear about one thing: We are not saying you should not contact us if you do not fit into any of the above groups. Rather, we are simply saying that we would like to see more requests for the above things. Our only limitations are the following: Traditionally published novels, whether from the big six or small presses (with some exceptions, though not many) No erotica. We don’t mind sex in a story, regardless of the form. But we’re not interested in stories whose purpose is to serve as an aphrodisiac (hopefully that makes sense) Please note that we try to schedule interviews near the release date; likewise, we cannot take everyone who wants to be on the show for an interview, though we are certainly happy to include authors in our discussion episodes. If you’d like to be a part of that, let us know. Our previous discussion guests: Jason Sanford, Tobias Buckell, Liz Bourke, Paul Genesse, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Kay Kenyon, John Ottinger, Adam Callaway, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Mike Brotherton, and James Knapp. You can check our our interview list here. Our email: skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com ———————————————————————— P.S.: We will start putting out requests of our own in the near future. Generally speaking, we like authors to contact us.
