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  • News

    1/28/2026

    Apple TV is Adapting Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and Stormlight Archive Series
    We have BIG news to share: Apple TV have landed the film & tv rights to the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, the two internationally bestselling series by Brandon Sanderson! More specifically, Apple TV is looking to adapt Mistborn into feature films while The Stormlight Archive is being eyed for television. This news follows on
  • Awards

    1/26/2026

    ONE OF THE BOYS Wins the 2026 Stonewall Book Award
    The JABberwocky team is absolutely thrilled to celebrate ONE OF THE BOYS by Victoria Zeller, which has just won the 2026 Stonewall Book Award! The American Library Association announced the 2026 Youth Media Awards, honoring the outstanding children’s and young adult titles from the previous year. The ceremony feature many prestigious awards including the Caldecott
  • Awards

    1/22/2026

    FAGIN THE THIEF is a 2026 Edgar Award Finalist
    1/27/26 update: Allison Epstein has won the 2026 Sophie Brody Medal! That makes four honors for FAGIN THE THIEF — congratulations! We’re thrilled to see Allison Epstein‘s latest novel making the 2026 award circuit — FAGIN THE THIEF has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel, shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Award
  • News

    1/20/2026

    SABER-TOOTH is a Kids’ Indie Next Pick
    We’re so excited to share that SABER-TOOTH by Robin Gow is a January/February Kids’ Indie Next Pick! The Kids’ Indie Next list is a bimonthly list that features the top nominations from independent booksellers across the country, highlighting the stand-out children’s books across genre and ages. We’re pleased to see that SABER-TOOTH is included among
  • Bestsellers

    12/18/2025

    TAILORED REALITIES is an Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller
    Since its publication earlier this week, TAILORED REALITIES by Brandon Sanderson has hit #10 on the New York Times bestseller list and #9 on the USA Today list! A deviation from the usual doorstopper novels that Brandon is known to write, his latest book is a collection of short fiction. It blends science fiction and
  • News

    12/16/2025

    BADASSTRONAUTS Film to Launch with Paramount Pictures
    Let the countdown to takeoff begin — BADASSTRONAUTS by Grady Hendrix is being developed into a movie! Deadline announced the exciting news in an exclusive, revealing that Paramount Pictures is developing the project with Grady to exec produce as well as Todd Garner and Adam Goldworm to produce. This makes BADASSTRONAUTS the seventh Grady Hendrix
  • Bestsellers News Awards

    12/10/2025

    JABberwocky Wrapped: 2025 in Review
    What a year 2025 has been! To say the least. But here at JABberwocky Literary Agency, we’ve had a few major changes for the better and a lot of client books that we’re excited and proud to have worked on. Consider this our annual formal bragging rights post! Our team grows ever bigger — JABberwocky
  • News

    12/8/2025

    Brandon Sanderson Has Officially Sold 50 Million Books Worldwide!
    The JABberwocky team extends a HUGE congratulations to longtime client, Brandon Sanderson — he has officially sold over 50 million copies of his books across the world! Over the past weekend, during Dragonsteel Nexus, a lucky fan was showered in confetti after they purchased the symbolic 50 millionth copy of a Brandon Sanderson book. That
  • Awards

    12/4/2025

    WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS is a Goodreads Choice Awards Winner
    We’re excited to see that WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix has been voted as Readers’ Favorite Horror Book in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2025! The Goodreads Choice Awards are annual, reader-voted awards across a variety of fiction and nonfiction categories. In addition to Grady, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s spellbinding novel, THE BEWITCHING, was also a
  • Awards News

    8/18/2025

    Our 2025 Hugo Award Winners
    It was a whirlwind weekend at Seattle WorldCon, and we’re thrilled to celebrate four JABberwocky clients who were announced winners at the 2025 Hugo Awards! Best Poem: “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan, originally published in Strange Horizons, won for Best Poem! Best known for her Memoirs of Lady Trent historical fantasy series (starting with A