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Fiction 1 Crime, Mystery & Thriller 2 Historical 15 Women’s Fiction 17 Upmarket Commercial & Literary Fiction 26 Recent Highlights 35

Science Fiction & Fantasy 36

Non-Fiction 53 History 54 Science 60 Music 65 Sport 69 True Stories 70 Wellbeing & Lifestyle 71 Parenting 77 Mind, Body, Spirit 78 Gift & Humour 79 Cookery 82 TV Hits 85 The Orion Publishing Group

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BESTSELLER EDITOR’S PICK DEBUT

Truth or Dare The Unwanted Dead Careless M.J. Arlidge Chris Lloyd Kirsty Capes Page 3 Page 10 Page 17

TRENDSETTING DEBUT EDITOR’S PICK

New York I Love You Fault Lines The Paper Lantern Rachel Winters Emily Itami Will Burns Page 23 Page 28 Page 28 BESTSELLER EDITOR’S PICK BESTSELLER

The Trouble with Peace This Fragile Earth The World Joe Abercrombie Susannah Wise Simon Sebag Montefiore Page 37 Page 51 Page 57

BESTSELLER DON’T MISS EDITOR’S PICK

How to Argue with a Why Calories Don’t The Story of Heavy Racist Count Metal Adam Rutherford Giles Yeo John Doran Page 60 Page 62 Page 65 Fiction Crime, Mystery & Thriller

2 Fiction | Crime, Mystery & Thriller

BEN AARONOVITCH

Ben Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed series featuring PC Peter Grant has sold over 500,000 copies and has been translated into twelve languages (in Germany it is a major sensation and has sold over 1 million copies). Every title has been a Sunday Times bestseller (False Values recently hit the #1 spot) and is perfect for both the crime and genre fans alike. TV rights are optioned by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s production company Stolen Pictures (Shaun of the Dead).

Rivers of London Series

Discover the million-copy bestselling series everyone is talking about.

Rivers of London (Book 1) Lies Sleeping (Book 7) Moon Over Soho (Book 2) False Value (Book 8) Whispers Under Ground (Book 3) The Furthest Station (Novella 1) Broken Homes (Book 4) The October Man (Novella 2) Foxglove Summer (Book 5) What Abigail Did That Summer The Hanging Tree (Book 6) (Novella 3)

My name is Peter Grant and I’m a Detective Constable in London, and ever since I became the first trainee wizard the Met Police has had in fifty years, my life has got a helluva lot more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and there's something festering at the heart of the city of London, and it’s falling to me to bring order to chaos - or die trying.

The Rivers of London series is a spellbinding mashup of crime and supernatural, with wit and humour to rival the very best of Terry Pratchett.

“An incredible fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups ” - The Times

Also by Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London (2011); Moon Over Soho (2011); Whispers Under Ground (2012); Broken Homes (2013); Foxglove Summer (2014); The Hanging Tree (2016); The Furthest Station (2017 novella); Lies Sleeping (2018); The October Man (2019); False Values (2020)

MJ ARLIDGE Bestseller MJ Arlidge is a screenwriter and producer on TV shows such as Innocent and Silent Witness. Each of his D.I. Helen Grace thrillers have been Sunday Times bestsellers and international bestsellers in Europe.

Truth or Dare

From the mind of the million-copy bestseller M. J. Arlidge comes his biggest and best D. I. Helen Grace thriller.

A crimewave sweeps through society and no one is safe.

A vicious arson at the docks. A violent carjacking near the hospital. A fatal attack in a country park. Crimes without motive, without suspects, and without any leads.

Each crime is a piece of a puzzle – with many more pieces still to come. And as they all fall into place, Helen Grace will face the case that may be the end of her…

“DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone” - Daily Mail

Also by MJ Arlidge: Eeny Meeny (2014); Pop Goes the Weasel (2014); The Doll’s House (2015); Liar Liar (2015); Little Boy Blue (2016); No Way Back (2016); Hide and Seek (2016); Running Blind (2017); Love Me Not (2017); Down to the Woods (2018); All Fall Down (2019)

ISABEL ASHDOWN Isabel Ashdown joined the Trapeze launch list in 2017 with her brilliantly twisty thriller Little Sister, which has sold over 30,000 copies and has been published in seven languages. 33 Women A gripping psychological thriller set in a women's commune with a dark side. When their mother dies, two sisters, Celine and Pip, are forced to return home and confront ghosts from their past - namely, the unsolved mysterious and violent death of their sister, Vanessa. A fresh murder brings to light new information. What do the mysterious women of Two Cross Farm, the women's commune, have to do with it? What secrets are lurking behind their gates? Also by Isabel Ashdown: Little Sister (2017); Beautiful Liars (2018); Lake Child (2019)

ALISON BELSHAM Alison Belsham’s debut novel, The Tattoo Thief, was a rights sensation. Foreign rights sold in twelve territories and TV rights have been optioned at auction by Media Lab. The Tattoo Thief Series: The Tattoo Thief (2018); Her Last Breath (2019); The Embalmer (November 2020) A gripping new thriller in the Sullivan and Mullins series, which has been optioned for television. When the body of a woman is found hidden within an Egyptian mummy at the Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Mullins is called in to investigate. A serial killer is on the warpath, and the streets of Brighton are no longer safe. Francis must fight to uncover the truth about the murders, before it's too late...

SHARON BOLTON Sharon Bolton is an award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author. The Pact A dark thriller about a group of six friends and the secret that binds them. A golden summer, and six talented friends are looking forward to the brightest of futures. But after a dare-devil game goes horribly wrong, a woman and two children are killed. 18-year-old Megan takes the blame, leaving the others free to get on with their lives, in return for a ‘favor’, payable on her release from prison. Twenty years later, it’s payback time. “I'm a huge Sharon Bolton fan, and this is her best yet.” Lee Child on The Split

Also by Sharon Bolton: The Craftsman (2018), The Split (2020)

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | July 2021 | 304pp | MS available Rights: US Translation: The Ampersand Agency

ELISABETH CARPENTER Elisabeth Carpenter is an award-winning British crime writer based in Northern England. The Vacancy A dark psychological thriller about a woman trying to escape her past. Running from her past, Rachel answers an advert to be a live-in assistant to glamorous and eccentric author Dorothy Winters. However, when Dorothy's manuscript throws up striking similarities to events in Rachel's own life, she becomes convinced that the past she's tried to hide is catching up with her. Then the phone calls start. The parcel arrives. The blood shows up in the bathroom. And Dorothy's friend disappears. Terrified of being blamed for murder, Rachel has nobody left to turn to. Because who can she believe when she doesn't even trust herself...? Also by Elisabeth Carpenter (for Orion): Only A Mother (2018); The Woman Downstairs (2020)

REV COLES Richard Coles is a vicar, radio presenter and bestselling author. He is the only vicar in Britain to have had a #1 hit single. Waters of Salvation A witty cosy crime debut for fans of Agatha Christie. Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, living with his mother and two daschunds. As the annual Flower Festival approaches, one of his parishioners is discovered in his church, stabbed to death with a pair of secateurs. The local police are stumped by this apparently senseless crime, leaving Canon Clement alone to investigate the rural skulduggery.

W&N | Editor: Fede Adornino | September 2021 | 224pp | MS due March 2021 Rights: US Translation: PFD

ELLE CROFT Elle Croft is a freelance social media specialist and blogger. Her debut novel, The Guilty Wife, was a top 10 Kindle Bestseller. Buried The brilliant new thriller by Elle Croft, bestselling author of The Guilty Wife. When an earthquake traps three people underground - a successful sculptor whose artwork contains deadly secrets, a serial killer evading capture, and Alice, the victim - will anyone get out alive? And if you were trapped with a serial killer, would you protect their secrets to save your own life? Also by Elle Croft: The Guilty Wife (2017); The Other Sister (2018); Like Mother, Like Daughter (2020)

ELOISA DIAZ Eloísa Díaz Spanish is a writer and lawyer. Repentance is her debut novel. Repentance Past and present collide in this sharp and darkly funny crime novel set in Argentina. As Police Inspector Joaquín Alzada investigates the disappearance of a young woman during the economic and political crisis of 2001, he’s brought back to a previous time of crisis, when the Argentinian military dictatorship ‘disappeared’ his own brother – with long-lasting consequences.

W&N | Editor: Fede Adornino | February 2021 | 304pp | MS available Rights: US Translation: Pontas Agency

R.J. ELLORY Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six Bestseller languages, and he has won both national and international prizes for his work. Proof of Life A page-turning, suspenseful globetrotting spy thriller from a critically acclaimed author. A former war photographer, Stroud has seen things no one should have to see. He left the front line before his luck ran out. His best friend, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate. His car ran over an explosive device and that was the last time anyone saw him. Believed dead - until now. Following whispers of a sighting, Stroud is sent on a mission across borders chasing the shadow of a man. But the more Stroud looks, the harder it proves to pronounce his friend dead - or that he ever existed.

MARI HANNAH Mari Hannah is a former probation officer and full-time writer. She won the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2017. Her acclaimed Kate Daniels series is currently in development with Stephen Fry’s film and TV production company, Sprout Pictures. Without a Trace The gripping, twisty new DCI Kate Daniels thriller from acclaimed crime fiction star, Mari Hannah. A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. The love of DCI Kate Daniels' life was on that aircraft, but she has no authority to investigate, and she's ordered to walk away. Kate has to find out what happened to that plane - even if it means going off book. No one is safe, and there are some very dangerous people watching her... “Involving, sophisticated, intelligent and suspenseful - everything a great crime thriller should be” - Lee Child

Orion | Editor: Francesca Pathak | January 2021 | 416pp | MS available Rights: World

LAURA JARRATT Laura Jarratt is a Carnegie Medal and Waterstone's Children's Book Prize nominated author. Mother is her debut adult novel Mother An emotional story of one mother's impossible choice between her two daughters. When Lizzie's car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she has to deal with the impact of that tragedy as well as the police investigation into it. Just what did happen on that remote country road? A deeply emotional and beautifully realised cross between Sophie’s Choice and Daughter.

CARYS JONES Debut thriller writer, Carys Jones, is an exciting new addition to the award- winning Orion crime list. The List Five names on a list. The first two are dead. The third one is yours. When Beth finds a list with her name on it, she can’t shake off her unease. Why is she on it? And what ties her to the other four strangers? Curiosity getting the better of her, Beth looks up the first two names, only to find that they're both dead. Is she next? A rip-roaring commercial thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell.

Orion | Editor: Lucy Frederick | December 2020 | 320pp | MS available Rights: World

ALEX KNIGHT Alex Knight studied English at the University of Stirling. He works as a systems administrator by day, and writes thrillers by night. Hunted An epic US thriller with a killer hook. You're woken early by the doorbell. It's a young girl, the daughter of the love of your life. She's scared, covered in blood, she says her mother is hurt. You reach for your phone to call for help, but it lights up with a notification before you touch it. It's an Amber alert - a child has been abducted by a dangerous suspect. The child is the girl standing in front of you. The suspect? You. “I loved it… A stunning thriller.” Steve Cavanagh

CHRIS LLOYD Chris Lloyd’s debut crime novel, City of Good Death, was Editor’s published by Canelo Books in July 2015. He is also a Spanish Pick and Catalan translator. @chrislloydbcn The Unwanted Dead The first in an ambitious and thought-provoking new crime series, perfect for readers of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther. Paris, 1940. Four Polish refugees are found gassed in a railway truck. A fifth commits suicide later that day. With his own psychological scars from the Great War, Paris police detective Eddie Giral is determined to bring the killers to justice even if it means taking on the Occupier. In the next book in the series (publishing September 2021), as the first summer of the Occupation comes to an end, prisoners are inexplicably going missing from Fresnes prison, and Eddie Giral gets a visit from an old friend in search of her missing son.

Orion | Editor: Emad Akhtar | September 2020 | 368pp | MS available Rights: World Rights Sold: German: Suhrkamp

G.S. LOCKE G.S. Locke is a British crime writer. Six The follow up to Neon, a high-concept serial killer thriller. Danny Hallam served twenty-five years in prison for stabbing a defenceless woman. Throughout his sentence, he refused to name those involved on that fateful night. But someone knows and believes they should all pay. One by one the former friends begin to be picked off. With the race on to identify the determined and forensically- aware killer, criminal defence lawyer Shaw throws in his lot with a detective who has her own cross to bear.

CHRIS MCGEORGE

Chris McGeorge’s debut novel Guess Who? was published in 2018 and sold in thirteen foreign languages. He has quickly established himself as the king of the modern day locked room mystery. Guess Who One room. One body. Five suspects. Three hours to find a killer. The rules are simple. The game is not. Orion | Editor: Francesca Pathak | May 2018 | 384pp Rights: World

Now You See Me The ingenious second novel from the new king of the locked room mystery. Six students go into the Standedge canal tunnel and only one comes out. If Matthew can’t find out how they disappeared, he’ll be sentenced for murder . . . Orion | Editor: Francesca Pathak | June 2019 | 384pp Rights: World

Inside Out A twisty whodunnit with an impossible mystery at its heart. The newest inmate in a maximum-security prison wakes up to find her cellmate murdered. She sets about trying to clear her name and unravel an impossible case . . . Orion | Editor: Francesca Pathak | October 2020 | 304pp | MS available Rights: World

Half Past Tomorrow A high-concept murder mystery for fans of MJ Arlidge. When a pirate radio channel starts reporting murders 24 hours in advance of the events taking place, will 70-year old listener Shirley be able to stop them?

OSCAR DE MURIEL Oscar de Muriel has worked as a translator and plays the violin, which inspired his first gothic mystery in the Frey and McGray series, Strings of Murder. Oscar has now written six Frey and McGray titles. Dance of the Serpents A spellbinding mix of history, horror and humour - the brand new Frey & McGray mystery Edinburgh, 1889. Exiled English Inspector Ian Frey and his Scottish boss ‘Nine-Nails’ McGray are summoned to a meeting in the middle of the night with the Prime Minister himself. The message: Queen Victoria wants them dead. To be pardoned they must embark on a dangerous mission that ties together the dark history of the Pendle witches, to a conspiracy within the highest office in the land...

SARAH NAUGHTON Sarah Naughton’s 2017 adult thriller debut, Tattletale, has been translated into nine languages. The Festival First-class suspense for fans of Big Little Lies and Friend Request. Orly, Lenny, Mel and Thea have been best friends since school. It is Lenny's 40th birthday, plus Orly and Mel need to be cheered up, so Thea suggests a weekend away at a festival in their hometown. It's a chance for them all to reconnect. But their holiday soon takes a sinister turn, and not all of the friends will leave the festival alive... Also by Sarah Naughton: Tattletale (2017), The Other Couple (2018); The Mothers (2020)

A J PARK AJ Park is an English psychological suspense writer. His debut novel, The First Lie, was published in 2019. Don’t Speak A psychological thriller about a detective whose disturbing case comes too close to home. DS Amelia Davis receives a phone call from an unknown number. The voice asks: Do you really think you know your husband? Struggling to separate her past trauma from a case at work in which three teenage girls have been found murdered, and watching her husband’s every move with increasing paranoia, Amelia grapples with the fear that her husband is not the man she thought she knew at all. In fact, he might just be the man she’s been hunting…

EMMA ROWLEY Emma Rowley is a writer, ghostwriter and editor with a background in journalism, where she covered major crime stories. Her debut novel Where the Missing Go sold in 8 territories and is being adapted into a German- language TV movie. You Can Trust Me A gripping psychological thriller about a ghostwriter writing the autobiography of a woman hiding a deadly secret. Olivia is the domestic goddess who has won millions of followers by sharing her picture-perfect life online. And now she's releasing her tell-all autobiography. As Nicky, her ghostwriter, starts delving into Olivia’s past, deep cracks begin to appear in the glamorous façade. How far will Olivia go to keep Nicky from discovering the awful truth?

M.B. SHAW M.B Shaw is the pen-name of New York Times bestselling writer Tilly Bagshawe. Her first book, Adored, was a smash hit on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Murder at the Castle Book 2 in a fresh cosy-crime series, perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Agatha Christie. Iris Grey arrives at Pitfeldy Castle in the Highlands, to paint a portrait of Kathy Miller, an American socialite, ahead of her New Year wedding to the Baron Jock MacKinnon. When Kathy confides that she has received a series of threatening notes, Iris begins to investigate, and when remains are discovered in the grounds of the Castle, she fears for Kathy's safety.

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | December 2020 | 288pp | Ms available Rights: US Translation: Janklow & Nesbit

RHIANNON WARD Rhiannon Ward is the pseudonym for Sarah Ward, the bestselling and critically acclaimed crime author. The Quickening A feminist gothic mystery perfect for fans of The Familiars. England, 1925. Louisa Drew is commissioned to photograph the contents of Clewer Hall for auction. When a mysterious child appears on the grounds, Louisa finds herself compelled to investigate and becomes embroiled in the strange happenings in the house.

Trapeze | Editor: Rachel Neely | August 2020 | 320pp Rights: World Historical

15 Fiction | Historical

CHRISTIAN CAMERON

Christian Cameron is one of Orion’s most accomplished and prolific writers of historical fiction.

The Last Greek

The second in the Commander series about the last great hero of ancient Greece. 211BCE. The old order of the world begins to fall apart as Rome rises to supremacy and Greece struggles to survive. Can Philopoemen, one of the greatest warriors Greece has ever seen, turn the tide?

Orion | Editor: Lucy Frederick | April 2020 | 400pp

Hawkwood’s Sword

The fifth instalment in the Chivalry series, based loosely on the exploits of Sir William Gold. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the Chivalry series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.

Also by Christian Cameron: Tyrant series (2008–2013); The Long War series (2010–2015); God of War (2012); The Chivalry Series (2013–); The Green Count (2017); The New Achilles (2019) 16 Fiction | Historical

BEN KANE Bestseller Ben Kane is one of the most successful historical writers in the industry. Every title has been a Top 10 bestseller and garners much critical acclaim.

Crusader

The second thrilling novel in the Lionheart series from a Sunday Times bestseller.

1189. The long-awaited goal of Richard Plantagenet, the Lionheart, comes true as he is crowned King of England. Next he is to set off on crusade and retake Jerusalem from the Saracens. But his erstwhile ally and longtime bitter rival King Philippe of France seeks to thwart him at every turn. But on the dusty field of Arsuf, the Lionheart and his soldiers will face the ultimate test. Battle is inevitable, but victory is not.

Also by Ben Kane: Clash of Empires (2018), The Falling Sword (2019), Lionheart (2020)

17 Fiction | Women’s Fiction

KIRSTY CAPES Debut Kirsty Capes completed her PhD in contemporary fiction under the supervision of 2019 Booker prize-winner, Bernardine Evaristo. She works in Marketing at HarperCollins and is hugely well-connected. Careless is her debut novel.

Careless

A searing, poignant, insightful and achingly funny coming-of-age novel.

At 3.04pm on a hot, sticky day in June, fifteen-year-old Bess finds out she’s pregnant. She can’t tell her foster mother, Lisa. She should tell her social worker Henry, but he’s useless. She really should tell Boy, but she hasn’t spoken to him in weeks.

Bess knows more than anyone that love doesn’t come without conditions. But this isn’t a love story…

A stunning debut, perfect for fans of Normal People by Sally Rooney and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams.

“This is the literary equivalent of gold dust.” Benjamin Zephaniah

“I am so proud of my super-talented former student, Kirsty Capes. I’m so impressed with the cracking characters and energetic prose of her fantastic debut novel, Careless.” Bernardine Evaristo

POPPY ALEXANDER Poppy Alexander is the author of 25 Days in December which has been optioned for film/TV. The Littlest Library A charming story of how life has a way of finding you, even when you least expect it. Lizzie Jones has always been afraid of change. So when her beloved grandmother passes away, Lizzie finds every fear confirmed when she loses her librarian job the following day. Hiding out in a remote cottage, Lizzie opens a small lending library from a disused red phonebox. As the community around Lizzie begins to come together through her collection of books, can Lizzie take this chance to change her life?

Orion | Editor: Charlotte Mursell | March 2021 | 368pp | MS due September 2020 Rights: World

DAVID BARNETT David Barnett is an internationally bestselling author and journalist. The Handover A high-concept rom-com with a twist, perfect for fans of The Flatshare. Daisy does nights and Nate does days, which causes no end of hilarity at the Manchester Museum of Social History. Daisy and Nate don’t have much to do with each other except for the five minutes when their shifts overlap at handover. When Daisy notices priceless objects are going missing but then reappearing, with no explanation, no one believes her except Nate. As they work together to solve the mystery, their investigations uncover much more than just the truth. Could they have feelings for one another? Also by David Barnett: Calling Major Tom (2017); The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club (2018); Things Can Only Get Better (2019)

PAMELA BELL AND KERRY BELL Pamela Bell and Kerry Bell are the pseudonyms for Pamela Hartshorne and Kerry Barrett respectively. They are both established authors. Christmas at Emmerdale (book 1) Spring Comes to Emmerdale (book 2) Emmerdale at War (book 3) Hope Comes to Emmerdale (book 4) The Emmerdale Girls (book 5) Exploring the lives of Emmerdale’s much-loved families during World War I and World War II, the Emmerdale saga is a hopeful and nostalgic series about community, friendship and love.

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | 2018-2020 | 320pp | MS available Rights: World Rights Sold: Sweden: Lind och Co

JULIE COHEN Julie Cohen is an award-winning author whose books have been translated into 15 languages and have now sold a million copies in total. Connections An extraordinary, thought-provoking story about the power of human connections, and the mysterious nature of love. Charlie doesn't need other people. Her job takes her from one anonymous hotel room to the next, leaving no trace of herself behind. Abel has always had a gift. An ability to sense what other people were thinking, to know them inside out – from the patients he treats to the man he loves. But when Charlie and Abel cross paths, a connection is sparked that will upend their careful lives. Can we ever really know the people we care about – or is love always a leap of faith? Also by Julie Cohen: Together (2017); Louis & Louise (2018); Spirited (2020)

SAREETA DOMINGO Sareeta Domingo is an author of women’s fiction, editor of romance fiction and contributor to publications such as Gal-dem Magazine and Stylist. Who’s Loving You An anthology of love stories written by women of colour, collated by editor and author Sareeta Domingo. Who’s Loving You is a collection of short stories celebrating desire and love in all its guises, written by and reflecting the experiences of women of colour in an authentic way, authored by some of the best storytellers working in the UK today.

Trapeze | Editor: Marleigh Price | February 2021 | 272pp | MS due October 2020 Rights: World

GILLIAN HARVEY Gillian Harvey is a journalist, magazine columnist and author. Perfect on Paper A unique and hilarious novel about finding your own joy. Clare's life is perfect: steady job, loving husband, two kids and lovely townhouse. Except it seems that with middle age she's become more invisible than a grey power suit and no matter what she does no one seems to notice her. So when Clare finds herself in a situation that makes her feel seen, is this a chance for her to finally make her life more than just perfect on paper...? Even if it means leaving her family and ordinary life behind? Also by Gillian Harvey: Everything is Fine (2020)

POSY LOVELL Posy Lovell is a pseudonym for author Kerry Barrett, who has several historical fiction novels with HarperCollins. The Kew Gardens Girls at War A wartime saga that highlights the role of women at Kew Gardens during World War II. 1940. Kew Gardens is a haven away from bombs for Daisy Turner, whose parents met at Kew in the last war. Beth Sanderson, an aspiring doctor, works alongside her, as well as Louisa Armitage, who worked at Kew Gardens during the First World War. With Daisy and Beth becoming minor celebrities, the Kew Gardens Girls are the talk of the town. But when tragedy strikes for Daisy, it falls to her friends at Kew Gardens to step in and save her.

NICKY PELLEGRINO Nicky Pellegrino is a bestselling author of Italian origin. She lives in New Zealand where she works on a leading women’s magazine. The Italian Wedding (2009) The Villa Girls (2011) The Food of Love Cookery School (2013) The Escape to Italy collection is a decadent adventure of sumptuous meals overlooking beautiful vistas and the chance to fall in love, in gorgeous sun-drenched Italy. Tiny Pieces of Us Emotional, moving women’s fiction perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jodi Picoult. Born with a heart defect, Vivi was given a second chance after a transplant, but never quite dared to make the most of it. Until she comes face-to-face with her donor’s mother, Grace, who wants Vivi’s help to find all the other people who have tiny pieces of her son.

HELEN ROLFE Helen Rolfe is a bestselling author of contemporary women's Bestseller fiction. The Little Cafe at the End of the Pier (2019) The Little Village Library (2020) The Little Cottage in Lantern Square (2020) A series of warm, feel-good stories about family, friendship, secrets and community, for fans of Cathy Bramley. Helen’s books have now sold over 100,000 copies in total.

LUCY VINE Lucy Vine is a bestselling author and journalist, who regularly writes and edits for the likes of Grazia, Heat, Cosmo, Stylist and Marie Claire. Bad Choices The bestselling author of Hot Mess returns with another hilarious laugh-out-loud novel. Nat and Zoe have always shared everything. Hopeless crushes, emergency tampons, messy sex stories, work triumphs, those days where you can’t stop crying in the loos, those days where you can’t stop dancing on the bar. The struggle is real, but they’re going to make it through together. Right? But best friends forever is a hard promise to keep … Also by Lucy Vine: Hot Mess (2017); What Fresh Hell (2018); Are We Nearly There Yet (2019)

RACHEL WINTERS Rachel Winters works in publishing and Would Like to Trendsetting Meet was her debut novel. A major rights sensation, translation rights sold in 14 territories, and US rights were pre-empted by Penguin. Film rights were sold to Sony TriStar in a hugely competitive auction. Would Like to Meet A smart romantic comedy for the Netflix Generation - can you fall in love like they do in the movies? Evie, a film agency assistant, has been issued an unusual challenge in order to save the ailing firm: prove you can fall in love the way they do in the movies, and Oscar-winning writer Ezra Chester will write them a film. Cue Evie entering into one ridiculous romcom scenario after another. But can life ever be like the movies? “Winters’s charming debut combines tropes from classic romantic comedy films to hilarious effect.” Publishers Weekly

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | April 2020 | 304pp Rights: World Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: EAJ | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Anatolialit Rights Sold: US: Penguin | Bulgarian: Ibis | Czech: Host | Dutch: Luitingh | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne | Hungarian: General Press | Italian: Mondadori | Lithuanian: Tyto Alba | Polish: Albatros | Portuguese (Portugal): Saida de Emergancia | Romanian: Litera | Russia: Polyandria | Serbian: Evro | Spanish: Planeta New York, I Love You A big-hearted love story set in the Big Apple. Penelope Meadows is well on her way to fulfilling her life goals. She’s relocated to New York for her dream job, and about to get engaged to the perfect man, Lee Chase. Until she discovers mid-proposal in Times Square that her boyfriend has been sleeping with someone else. Heartbroken in the Big City, she throws herself into work. But when Penelope finds a letter addressed to Dear My Future Wife, she sets off on a journey around old New York to discover the mysterious man behind the letter and the woman he loved. Following the trail of the past, might it turn out to be a map to her future?

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | February 2022 | 304pp | Sample chapters available Rights: World Christmas

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FLORENCE MCNICOLL Florence McNicoll is the pen name for writer and editor Sophie Wilson. Home for Christmas The second in a heartwarming new fiction series set in partnership with Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Kathy Simmonds is recently widowed and desperately lonely. On Christmas Day, a chance encounter with a man called Ben and his rescue dog leads Kathy to the doors of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. A new life beckons for Kathy, if only she is brave enough.

ANNIE O’NEIL Annie O’Neil is an award-winning writer. Miracle on Christmas Street A heartwarming festive novel about the importance of kindness and community at Christmas. As soon as Jess Green arrives at her new home, 14 Christmas Street, she knows this will be no ordinary December. The residents have come together to create a living advent calendar. But when disaster strikes on Christmas Eve, the residents of Christmas Street find themselves in need of a miracle...

Orion | Editor: Olivia Barber | November 2020 | 388pp | MS available Rights: World

ANNE-MARIE RYAN Anne Marie Ryan is a children's editor and writer. The Six Tales of Christmas is her first book for adults. The Six Tales of Christmas A gorgeous, feel-good read about the power of community. Simon and Nora, the owners of a bookshop in the Cotswolds, are gearing up for the festive season - but the shop is in trouble. They come up with a plan to rouse the community spirit, sending out six books to lonely members of their village. But will it be enough to save the shop?

25 Fiction | Saga

LILY ROBBINS The Nightingales in Mersey Square A tender and powerful saga of three women brought together by war and held together by the Guernsey evacuee children.

Orion | Editor: Lucy Frederick | May 2020 | 384pp Rights: World

DONNA DOUGLAS A Sister’s Wish The second in a sweeping new saga series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas, set in World War II.

Trapeze | Editor: Rachel Neely | February 2021 | 272pp Rights: US Translation: Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency

MAGGIE CAMPBELL Nurse Kitty’s Secret War An inspiring and romantic read, inspired by the brave nurses and doctors of Trafford General, the first ever NHS hospital, after the end of World War II.

Trapeze | Editor: Sam Eades | September 2020 | 352pp Rights: World

MAUREEN LEE After the War is Over Bestseller A heart-warming tale set in Liverpool and London during the post-war years, from bestselling author Maureen Lee. ‘Queen of saga writing’ - My Weekly

Trapeze | Editor: Harriet Bourton | October 2020 | 368pp Rights: World Upmarket commercial and literary fiction

The Orion Publishing Group, under the Weidenfeld & Nicolson imprint, has long been home to a wide range of literary fiction, modern classics, prizewinning debuts and worldwide bestsellers, which include Gillian Flynn, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Jostein Gaarder, Emily Fridlund, Paul Torday, Julian Fellowes and Nathan Englander.

We are expanding our offer of literary and upmarket commercial fiction with the recent addition of two new imprints:

Lee Brackstone’s White Rabbit will publish innovative books and voices such as Alan Warner, David Keenan and Will Burns.

And the newest star in Orion’s constellation is Francesca Main and her recently launched literary commercial imprint Phoenix, which will introduce fresh and dynamic new voices in contemporary fiction and memoir. Upmarket Commercial & Literary Fiction

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ANNA BEECHER

Anna Beecher is an MFA candidate at the University of Virginia and a winner of the Henfield Prize for Fiction. Here Comes the Miracle is her first novel. Here Comes the Miracle A tear-jerking, lyrical novel about love, loss and the randomness of life. Here Comes the Miracle is a profoundly beautiful story about two young men separated by generations, not allowed to grow up as they should.

W&N | Editor: Lettice Franklin | February 2021 | 240pp | MS available Rights: Translation US: RCW

JEHNNY BETH Jehnny Beth is a French musician, vocalist, singer-songwriter and actress. C.A.L.M 12 highly-charged erotic stories from critically acclaimed musician, Jehnny Beth. C.A.L.M. presents the uncompromising vision of Jehnny Beth: writer, performer, actress, musician and provocateur. Graphic photography rubs up against erotic fiction to create a space of transgression where anything is permitting and everything is safe. “[The short stories are] boldly transgressive and startling in their vividness.” Fiona Sturgess, i magazine

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | July 2020 | 192pp Rights: World 28 Fiction | Upmarket Commercial & Literary Fiction

WILL BURNS Will Burns is a poet and writer. He won the Faber New Poets Editor’s prize in 2013. Pick The Paper Lantern A deeply English novel about class, Empire, and an existential crisis threatening to unravel the fabric of the nation. Living with his parents in their shuttered pub as the Covid-19 lockdown measures are introduced, an unnamed narrator fills his days walking and ruminating on the people and places that make up his ‘home’. The nature of such things has suddenly and profoundly changed. The building in which he lives was just a matter of days ago defined by its communal aspect: darts, local gossip, pints of ale. Now it rings empty with the absence of people. The streets are quiet, the roads deserted. The Paper Lantern is an elegantly mournful and literary reflection on a crisis within a crisis within a crisis.

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | Aug 2021 | 196pp | MS due October 2020 Rights: World

EMILY ITAMI Emily Itami has been published widely as a freelance journalist and travel writer. Fault Lines is her first novel. Debut Fault Lines A funny, sharp and moving story of modern love in contemporary Japan. Mizuki has a hardworking husband, a beautiful apartment, two adorable children, and a crushing sense of loneliness. She loves her family, but feels invisible and trapped by the confines of domestic life. Then, one rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi, and quickly finds herself falling for him. In their affair she finds passion, excitement and freedom - but how long can it last, and at what cost?

DAVID KEENAN David Keenan is the author of This Is Memorial Device and For The Good Times, both published by Faber. Xstabeth An explosive novel by the winner of the Gordon Burn Prize about Russia, Scotland, sex and singer-songwriters. Xstabeth is a magical-realist novel narrated by a young Russian girl torn between the love of her father and her father's best friend. Set between Moscow, Russia, and St Andrews, Scotland, it tackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of the classic Russian novels, and the power of art and music to rewrite reality.

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | November 2020 | 176pp | MS available Rights: World

MARCO MISSIROLI Marco Missiroli’s first novel Senza Coda (2005) won the Campiello Opera Prima. His novel Atti Osceni In Luogo Privato (2015) became a runaway bestseller in Italy, selling over 150,000 copies. Fidelity was a #1 bestseller in Italy and is currently being made into a Netflix limited series. Fidelity A powerful and thought-provoking novel by the Italian Jonathan Franzen. Carlo and Margherita are happily married in love, but also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom. The dream of a new flat, suspended between the old cobbled streets of Milan and the modern skyline cutting the horizon, might just help to pull Carlo and Margherita’s relationship back from the brink. “Missiroli cuts right through to the darkness of our inner lives” - Roberto Saviano

CATHY RENTZENBRINK Cathy Rentzenbrink is a writer, journalist and a Sunday Times bestselling author. Her memoir The Last Act of Love was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy book club. Everyone Is Still Alive A wise, witty and deeply moving debut novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink. Juliet has recently moved into her late mother’s house with her husband Liam, a writer, and their young son. Preoccupied by guilt, grief, and the struggle of working motherhood, Juliet can’t imagine ever fitting in with the clique of parents on Magnolia Road. But for Liam, the morning coffees and after-school playdates soon reveal the heartaches, fears and rivalries playing out behind closed doors - all of which are going straight into his new novel. When the rupture of a marriage sends shockwaves through the group, painful home truths are brought to light, and life on Magnolia Road may never be the same again.

Phoenix | Editor: Francesca Main | July 2021 | 352pp | MS due October 2020 Rights: US Translation: Jo Unwin Literary Agency

ISY SUTTIE Isy Suttie is a comedian, actress and writer. She has written for the Guardian, The Observer, Red and Glamour, and is a regular writer and performer on BBC Radio Four. Jane is Trying Hilarious, heart-breaking, warm and compelling – the debut novel from a much-loved comedian. Jane is bright, funny and very anxious. Jane is in her late thirties but living with her parents. Jane is back in the sticks – having left London after a traumatic breakup with a boyfriend, prompted by their struggles to conceive and his infidelity. Jane is working part- time in an eccentric local bookshop, having left a successful career behind. Jane doesn’t know what to do next – but she is really, really trying!

DAVID TRUEBA David Trueba is a Spanish writer and film director. Rolling Fields A moving and funny road trip set in Spain from one of its most beloved authors. Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died. Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village. Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving Rolling Fields is full of the grace and messiness of life - brave, exciting and completely irresistible. “Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy.” Mail on Sunday

W&N | Editor: Fede Adornino | June 2020 | 400pp Rights: US Translation: MB Agencia Literaria

ALAN WARNER Alan Warner is the author of seven previous novels. His work has been adapted for film, longlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, and was the winner of the 2013 James Tait Black Prize. Kitchenly 434 One of Britain’s most revered literary novelists returns with his first novel for 6 years and his best for 20 years. Kitchenly 434 is set in a sprawling Tudorbethan mansion, Kitchenly Mill Race, in Surrey in the late 70s. Narrated by Crofton, a half-demented butler to a famous Rockstar of the time, Marko Morrell, who bears a resemblance to Jimmy Page or perhaps, Eric Clapton. It is a novel about male fantasy and delusion, loneliness, rock dinosaurs, and ‘getting it together in the country’. It might perhaps be mischievously described as ‘Remains of the Day with cocaine and amplifiers’.

SANDRO VERONESI International Bestseller Sandro Veronesi is one of Italy's bestselling authors. Hugely well-regarded and much loved, his books have won major prizes (including the Strega Prize, twice), and have been massive bestsellers and adapted for the screen.

The Hummingbird

A sophisticated, moving, funny and wise new novel by one of the masters of European literature.

Since childhood, Marco Carrera, who had a growth disorder as a child, has been called ‘the hummingbird’. But in a sense Marco really is a hummingbird: he lives a dramatic life, full of joys, love, hope, laughter and heartbreak, but also remains in perfect balance. A beautiful novel about the pain and the agonizing power of life.

The Hummingbird won the 2020 Premio Strega, the Italian equivalent of the Booker Prize. It debuted straight into the top 5 in Italy and since October 2019 has sold over 150,000 copies. Foreign rights have sold in 8 territories and the film rights have been optioned.

“Ardent, gripping and inventive to the core, it has already been hailed a classic” Jhumpa Lahiri

“A great novel, vibrating with life and death, happiness and pain, nostalgia and hope for the future.” Vanity Fair

“Reading The Hummingbird is not just a moving experience: it's almost like a therapy session.” Huffington Post

W&N | Editor: Fede Adornino | May 2021 | 400pp | MS due September 2020 Rights: US Translation: Casanovas & Lynch Recent Highlights

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Recent acclaimed and award-winning fiction you might have missed

LEAF ARBUTHNOT Leaf Arbuthnot is a lead writer at The Times newspaper as well as a critic for the Times Literary Supplement. Looking for Eliza is her debut novel. Looking for Eliza An exquisite story of connection and loss from a brilliant new literary voice. Recently-widowed pensioner, Ada, and PhD student, Eliza, live opposite each other, both as lonely and alone as the other. If only they could find each other. This is a quietly devastating, yet joyful novel about how a person can change another person's life.

NIAMH CAMPBELL Niamh Campbell holds a PhD in English literature from King's Prize Winner College London. She has just won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her "original and touching" piece "Love Many". This Happy is her debut novel. This Happy A hugely exciting new voice in contemporary literary fiction. Set in contemporary Dublin, this is a fervid, glowing-hot novel about relationships. For readers who enjoy Rachel Cusk, Hilary Mantel and Elena Ferrante.

JOHN IRONMONGER John Ironmonger is the author of three highly acclaimed novels. His novel Not Forgetting the Whale was a German bestseller.

The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild A life-affirming adventure spanning three centuries from the bestselling John Ironmonger. This is a story that spans the history of Europe, from revolutionary France to the world wars, the Prague Spring, post Brexit Britain, and beyond. Katya's pursuit of her family's hidden memories will lead her into danger, and into the darkest places of the human soul. Also by John Ironmonger: The Notable Brain of Maximillian Ponder (2012); The Coincidence Authority (2013); Not Forgetting the Whale (2015)

W&N | Editor: Fede Adornino | August 2020 | 320pp Rights: World Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Japan Uni Rights Sold: Dutch: Recent Highlights

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PETER JAMES

Peter James’ DS Roy Grace crime series has sold 18 million copies, is published in 39 languages, and will be a major new ITV series in 2020, starring John Simm. Dreamer (1989) Denial (1990) Prophecy (1992) Host (1993) Alchemist (1996) Truth (1997) Possession (1998) Faith (2000)

Published before his DS Roy Grace series, these classic Peter James titles combine his trademark thriller plots with an unsettling sense of the uncanny. They are part of a major reissue programme and are also being released in audio for the first time. ‘Britain’s answer to Stephen King and Michael Crichton.’ Sunday Telegraph

Rights: World Rights Sold: Russia: Azbooka | Finland: Minerva | France: Bragelonne Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Korea: EYA | Turkey: Anatolialit Gollancz Science Fiction & Fantasy

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JOE ABERCROMBIE Bestseller Joe Abercrombie is the author of the First Law Trilogy and three standalone novels set in the First Law world. Joe’s novels have been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Awards, John W. Campbell Award and the David Gemmell Legend Awards. The Sunday Times bestselling First Law books have been sold across 27 languages and have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. The Age of Madness Trilogy: A gripping new epic fantasy trilogy set in the world of the First Law, from bestseller Joe Abercrombie. A Little Hatred (Book 1) War. Politics. Revolution. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. As the age of the machine dawns, the age of magic refuses to die. The Age of Madness has arrived. Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearne | September 2019 | 560pp The Trouble with Peace (Book 2) In the second installment of the Age of Madness trilogy, unrest worms into every layer of society. The old ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with them, but those who would seize the reins of power will find no alliance, no friendship, and no peace, lasts forever. Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearne | September 2020 | 560pp | MS available The Wisdom of Crowds (Book 3) Concluding the Age of Madness trilogy, The Wisdom of Crowds brings the series which is revolutionising fantasy to its stunning ending... “Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work” - George R. R. Martin Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | September 2021 | 560pp | MS due November 2020 Also by Joe Abercrombie: First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself (2006); Before They Are Hanged (2007); Last Argument of Kings (2008); Best Served Cold (2009); The Heroes (2011); Red Country (2012); Sharp Ends (2016)

JAMES BARCLAY James Barclay is the author of Gollancz’s best-selling trilogies The Chronicles of the Raven and The Legends of the Raven which have been published in nine languages. Queen’s Assassin A fantastic standalone adventure in a new world, for fans of Robin Hobb and John Gwynne. Her life has been dedicated to healing, on the battlefield and off. Her healing ability is nothing short of miraculous...because it’s magical. And that’s a problem, in a country where anyone with her powers has been hunted down and killed. And now her secret has been discovered, she has a choice: be revealed, tortured and executed. Or go to court, to be the Queen’s personal physician. The same Queen who ordered her family killed. A Queen whose life will now be in her hands... Rights: World Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | July 2021 | 320pp | Ms due January

STEPHEN BAXTER Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent science fiction writer of his generation. World Engines Series: A hard-SF series about the birth of the solar system, as well as a human story of loss and salvation. Destroyer (Book 1) Hundreds of years in the future, a space shuttle pilot from the 21st century is awoken from the cryogenic sleep he entered after a devastating accident. This new world’s history does not match what he remembers and only he may be able to stop the catastrophe destined to destroy the planet. Creator (Book 2) The follow-up to the thrilling adventure of World Engines: Destroyer. Also by Stephen Baxter (recent): Proxima (2013); Ultima (2013); Obelisk (2016); Massacre of Mankind (2017); Xeelee: Vengeance (2017); Xeelee: Redemption (2018). With Alastair Reynolds: The Medusa Chronicles (2016)

ELIZABETH BEAR Elizabeth Bear is the prize-winning author of 15 novels and numerous short stories. Ancestral Night Machine Cutting-edge ideas and amazing characters in an SF duology by multi-award winning Elizabeth Bear. Energetic and electrifying, this is a dazzling new high concept space opera. “Awesome, awe-inspiring space opera. Fittingly, it shifts from weighty themes to lighter humour with dexterity, grace and crackling dialogue.” - Daily Mail

MILES CAMERON Toronto based Miles Cameron is a hugely successful full time writer, and also writes historical fiction under the name Christian Cameron. Artifact Space Looking for a fresh new take on space opera? Look no further. It’s here in this seat of your pants ride coupled with a fully realised and diverse SF world. This is an SF adventure story, following Midshipper Nbaro, a young woman who enlists on a spaceship for the first time and has to adapt to a new way of life. She's brilliant, skilled and more than capable of standing out and rising rapidly through the ranks. But there’s an imposter on board, and Nbaro may be the one best placed to find them.

Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | June 2021 | 400pp | MS due October 2020 Rights: World Option Publishers: US: Orbit | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne | Polish: MAG | Russian: Fantastika Also by Miles Cameron: The Red Knight (2012); The Fell Sword (2012); The Dread Wyrm (2012); A Plague of Swords (2016); The Fall of Dragons (2017); Cold Iron (2018); Dark Forge (2019); Bright Steel (2019). 40 Gollancz | Science Fiction & Fantasy

LOUISE CAREY Louise Carey is the co-author of the graphic novel Confessions of a Blabbermouth and of fantasy novels The City of Silk and Steel and The House of War and Witness. Inscape A hi-tech dystopian SF thriller from a talented new female voice in SF. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where people live in city-scale corporate campuses, a young soldier, sent on her first mission, begins to question her absolute loyalty to her corporate government, as she starts to uncover a devastating conspiracy.

WALKER DRYDEN Walker Dryden is the pseudonym for writing team Mike Walker and John Scott Dryden, who co-created and wrote the hugely successful epic saga Tumanbay, a podcast aired by the BBC. It was recently the #1 podcast in America. City of a Thousand Faces (Book 1) The Poisoned Throne (Book 2) A sweeping historical epic series for those looking to cure their Game of Thrones itch. A thrilling historical fantasy series set in the richest, most powerful city on earth: Tumanbay. A city of dreams - where those who arrived as slaves now reside in the seat of power. But the wheel of fate is never still: from the gilded rooftops to the dark catacombs, there are secrets waiting to be uncovered.

JOANNE M HARRIS Joanne M. Harris is a Sunday Times bestselling author with a love of Norse history, myths and fairy tales. Orfeia A powerful story of one mother's quest for her missing daughter - dead, or stolen away by the fae. This retelling of the Orpheus myth combines music, mythology and a mother's determination in one beautifully told novella which is stunningly illustrated by Bonnie Hawkins. Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | September 2020 | 240pp | MS available Honeycomb A collection of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of Chocolat, The Strawberry Thief and the Loki series. Dark, gripping and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall. With enchanting illustrations by fantasy artist Charles Vess. Also by Joanne M Harris (in Gollancz): The Gospel of Loki (2014); A Pocketful of Crows (2017); The Testament of Loki (2018); The Blue Salt Road (2018) Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | April 2021 | 320pp | MS available Rights: World Rights Sold: US: Saga Press Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Tuttle Mori | Korea: EYA

CHRIS HUMPHREYS C.C. Humphreys is a well-known author of historical fiction. These are his first titles for Gollancz. Immortals’ Blood Series: A thrilling new dark fantasy trilogy about immortality, war and survival. Smoke in the Glass (Book 1) The Coming of the Dark (Book 2) This is a series driven by intricate, fast-paced storytelling against a backdrop of wonderful characters and great world-building. Also by C.C. Humphreys: The French Executioner (2002); Blood Ties (2003); Vlad: The Last Confession (2009); A Place Called Armageddon (2011); Shakespeare’s Rebel (2013)

TOM LLOYD Tom Lloyd is the bestselling author of the Twilight Reign series which has sold over 75,000 copies and been translated worldwide. God Fragments Series: Stranger of Tempest (2016); Princess of Blood (2017); Knight of Stars (2019); God of Night (July 2020) A fun heroic fantasy series, with shades of David Gemmell and Brandon Sanderson. A ragtag group of mercenaries and their adventures full of wild magic, powerful wizards, rare treasures and dragons. “The world that Lloyd wraps you in is just as gripping as his storytelling.” - SFX Also by Tom Lloyd: The Stormcaller (2006); The Twilight Herald (2007); The Grave Thief (2008); The Ragged Man (2010); The Dusk Watchman (2012); The God Tattoo (2013); Moon’s Artifice (2013); Old Man’s Ghosts (2015)

SCOTT LYNCH Scott Lynch is the author of the best-selling The Gentleman Bastards series, sold in 25 countries with TV rights sold to a major Hollywood studio. www.scottlynch.us @scottlynch78 The Thorn of Emberlain With a controversial twist in the tale coming, Locke and Jean find themselves sucked into the horrors of war. The Gentleman Bastard sequence continues, and now Locke Lamora, thief, con-man, pirate, political deceiver must also become a soldier as finally the war that has been brewing in the Kingdom of the Marrows flares up and threatens to capture all in its flames. Also by Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006); Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007); The Republic of Thieves (2013)

S.J. MORDEN S. J. Morden is the author of numerous SF novels. He has won the Philip K. Dick Award and been a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Gallowglass An explosive SF thriller from a Philip K Dick Award-winning author. The year is 2069. Whole nations are being wiped off the map by climate change. Desperate for new resources, the space race has exploded back into life, and every trick is used to win. Because in space, there are no prizes for coming second. It’s all or nothing: riches beyond measure, or dying alone in the dark. Also by SJ Morden: One Way (2018); No Way (2019); As Simon Morden: Down Station (2016); The White City (2016)

CHRISTOPHER PRIEST Christopher Priest's award-winning novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary literary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. The Evidence An unsettling tale of a man caught up in an inexplicable crime, from the critically acclaimed Christopher Priest. Todd Fremde is an author, a writer of police procedurals and criminal mysteries. Invited to give a talk at a conference on a remote island, he finds himself caught up in a series of mysteries which seem to be connected to a murder committed on his home island ten years before.

RICHARD MORGAN

Richard Morgan is the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke, John W. Campbell and Philip K. Dick Awards. His books are published around the world, with rights sold in 28 territories. His stunning debut novel Altered Carbon has been adapted into a major Netflix series starring Joel Kinnaman and Will Yun Lee which was released in February 2018. Series 2 was released in 2020 with Anthony Mackie taking over from Kinnaman as the resleeved Kovacs. An anime spin off film Altered Carbon: Resleeved also landed on Netflix in 2020. Thin Air An atmospheric tale of corruption and abduction set on Mars from bestseller Richard Morgan. An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe. But when Madekwe is abducted, and Hakan nearly killed, his investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected. The film/TV rights for Thin Air are now under option by Hollywood company First Look Media. Gone Machine The thrilling sequel to the best-selling novel Thin Air. Hakan is back, and he’s pissed off. He’s an Overrider by trade: gene-tweaked to cryo-sleep shipboard across interplanetary space and to wake up running hot to save the day if things go wrong. When the emergency is over, his body prepares to hibernate for a solid few months.

Only now there’s a new f*cking emergency. And he's in no mood for any of it. Also by Richard Morgan: Altered Carbon (2002); Broken Angels (2003); Market Forces (2004); Woken Furies (2005); Black Man (2007); The Steel Remains (2008); The Cold Commands (2011); The Dark Defiles (2014)

TERRY PRATCHETT

The late Sir Terry Pratchett is a global publishing phenomenon. Among his many prizes and citations are the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Carnegie Medal, the BSFA Award, eight honorary doctorates and a knighthood. He is the author of 50 bestselling books but is best known for the globally renowned Discworld series. The Discworld novels have been translated into 37 languages.

The Illustrated Guards! Guards! The terrific first novel in The City Watch Discworld sequence – soon to be a BBC television show – now illustrated by Paul Kidby! With twelve full-colour illustrations and more pencil drawings inside, this is the ultimate edition of a much-loved Pratchett classic.

Gollancz | Editor: Brendan Durkin | November 2020 | 320pp | MS available Rights: World

The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume One The Ankh-Morpork Archives: Volume Two Containing material unavailable for twenty years -- this is a comprehensive guide to the capital city of Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Gollancz | November 2019/October 2020 | 320pp | Manuscript available Rights: World

The Absolute Discworld Companion The absolute, comprehensive guide to all things Discworld, fully illustrated by Paul Kidby and fully updated by Stephen Briggs. For fans looking for the ultimate authority on probably the most heavily populated - certainly the most hilarious - setting in fantasy literature.

HANNU RAJANIEMI Hannu Rajaniemi is an SF author and scientist. Darkome Thrilling Bio-tech SF, from critically acclaimed author Hannu Rajamiemi. Darkome was a place where DIY genetics enthusiasts could communicate. But after a brutal bio-tech attack, it is deemed too dangerous to be allowed to exist. However, David Adler needs Darkome to save his dying daughter. The problem is the bioterrorists are still out there, and his quest puts him in their firing line. Also by Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief (2010); The Fractal Prince (2012); The Causal Angel (2014); Invisible Planets (2016); Summerland (2018)

Gollancz | Editor: Rachel Winterbottom | March 2022 | 320pp | MS due March 2021 Rights: World Sub Agents: China / Taiwan: Grayhawk | Japan: Japan Uni | Korea: Duran Kim | Turkey: Anatolialit Rights Sold: Finnish: Gummerus | Russian: Eksmo ADAM ROBERTS Adam Roberts is the author of numerous novels. He is Professor of 19th Century Literature at Royal Holloway, London and has also written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th Century poetry. Purgatory Mount Thought-provoking SF combining space opera with fast-paced near-future thriller. In our near future, a neurotoxin has interfered with the memory of many of the population of the US, leaving them reliant on their phones as makeshift memory. And for Ottoline Barragão, a regular kid juggling life, things are about to get very dangerous. Meanwhile, an interstellar craft is finally completing its 100- year voyage to an empty planet dominated by one gigantic megastructure, resembling Dante’s mountain of purgatory. This is a dazzling and inventive novel about memory and atonement, about exploration and passion.

ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

Alastair Reynolds is one of the world’s finest writers of far future space opera. His first novel Revelation Space has now sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and has been translated into eighteen languages. He has won the British Science Fiction Award and been shortlisted three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. www.alastairreynolds.com @AquilaRift

Inhibitor Phase

Multi award-winning and bestselling author, Alastair Reynolds, returns to the world of Revelation Space with this brilliant standalone SF thriller.

For years, a band of humans has been sheltering on a crater-pocked world, Michaelmas. Beyond their solar system lie the ruins of human interstellar civilisation, stalked by a ruthless cybernetic entity rooting out the last survivors. One man has guided the people of Michaelmas through the hardest of times: Miguel de Ruyter.

When a human ship blunders into their system, and threatens to lead the enemy to Michaelmas, de Ruyter embarks on a mission to prevent catastrophe. But an encounter with a refugee from the ship - an enigmatic woman calling herself only Glass - leads to de Ruyter's world being turned upside down.

Also by Alastair Reynolds: Revelation Space (2000); Chasm City (2001); Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003); Redemption Ark (2003); Absolution Gap (2003); Century Rain (2004); Pushing Ice (2005); Galactic North (2006); The Prefect (2007); House of Suns (2008); Blue Remembered Earth (2012); On the Steel Breeze (2013); Poseidon’s Wake (2015); Beyond the Aquila Rift (2016); Revenger (2016); Elysium Fire (2018); The Shadow Captain (2019); Bone Silence (2020)

MIKE SHACKLE Mike Shackle is an advertising director who lives in Dubai with his family. We Are The Dead was his debut novel. The Last War Series: We Are The Dead (Book 1) A Fool’s Hope (Book 2) War Calls (Book 3) A fast-paced epic fantasy trilogy for readers of Brent Weeks and Brandon Sanderson. When the mighty kingdom of Jia is overthrown by the newly rediscovered dark magic of the enemy Egril army, the fate of the kingdom falls into the hands of a motley crew of unlikely heroes. “Likely the next Game of Thrones, and the best book I've read in several years. Erikson, Martin and Rothfuss are going to have to shove over and make room at the bar.” - Glen Cook

Gollancz | Editor: Brendan Durkin | August 2019/December 2020/December 2021 | 320pp | Ms available for books 1 & 2/book 3 ms due May 2021 Rights: World

ADAM SIMCOX Adam Simcox is a London-based filmmaker. The Dying Squad is Adam’s debut novel. The Dying Squad A whip-smart and fast-paced supernatural crime series that breathes a (deceased) breath of fresh air into the genre. Inspector Joe Lazarus always believed he could solve any murder, until it came to his own. Enlisted by Daisy-May, a deceased member of the spectral police force, Joe reluctantly begins his quest to discover the identity of his killer and bring them to justice. In doing so, he faces dangers from both the living - and the dead…

JONNY SIMS

Jonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast The Magnus Archives, high octane space-cabaret The Mechanisms and some of your favourite nightmares. TV rights have been optioned in Thirteen Storeys following a major 10-way auction to an award-winning production company.

Thirteen Storeys

One apartment building, many stories. A chilling thriller that's perfect for fans of grounded horror like Get Out, Us and It Follows.

A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building.

None of them knows why they were selected to receive his invitation. Besides a postcode, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced an unsettling occurrence within the building's walls.

By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened.

His death remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now.

JEREMY SZAL Jeremy Szal was the fiction editor for the Hugo-winning StarShipSofa until 2020. Stormblood is his first novel. http://jeremyszal.com/ @JeremySzal. Stormblood (Book 1) Blindspace (Book 2) A vibrant, aggressive cyberpunk trilogy by a talented new voice in SF. Vakov Fukasawa used to be a Reaper: a bio-enhanced soldier fighting for Harmony against a brutal invading empire. To make him a perfect soldier, he was injected with the DNA of an extinct alien race, leaving him permanently addicted to adrenaline and aggression. Now the war is over, and other Reapers are dying, and Harmony needs Vakov to find out why. For fans of Richard Morgan.

Gollancz | Editor: Gillian Redfearn | June 2020/April 2021 | 320pp | MS available/due November 2021 Rights: World

ALEXANDER DAN VILHJALMSSON Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson is the founder and editor of Iceland’s first SFF magazine: Furðusögur (Weird Stories). Shadows of the Short Days was his debut novel. The Shadows of the Short Days The Storm Beneath a Midnight Sun A strikingly original Icelandic duology set in a strangely familiar alternate Reykjavik. This is a tale of revolution set in a twisted version of Reykjavik fuelled by industrialised magic and populated by humans, interdimensional exiles, otherworldly creatures, psychoactive graffiti and demonic familiars. “A pacy, racy read that blends racial and political issues with traditional urban fantasy fare.” - Starburst

SUSANNAH WISE Editor’s Pick Susannah Wise is an actor and writer living in London. The death of her father in 2015 was the catalyst for writing This Fragile Earth. His preoccupation with astronomy and the beauty of the night sky formed the jumping-off point for the story. Susannah studied at the Faber Academy. This Fragile Earth has been longlisted for the Mslexia prize.

This Fragile Earth

A remarkable SF debut with crossover potential, already praised as ‘hugely impressive’ by David Nicholls

What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?

In a near future London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only stayed together for the sake of their son, Jed. But they're coping. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this is just a momentary glitch.

But then the electricity and gas are cut off. Even the water stops running. People are going missing. Soldiers are on the streets. London is no longer safe.

Signy and Jed are on the run, desperate to flee London and escape to the small village where Signy grew up. But they have no idea what is waiting for them outside the city…

“intelligent and accessible, restrained and suspenseful; hugely impressive work from a new writer” - David Nicholls

“This Fragile Earth is utterly compelling.” - Lisa Hilton, author of Maestra

Gollancz | Editor: Marcus Gipps | April 2021 | 400pp | Ms available

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IAN MCDONALD

Ian McDonald is a BSFA and Arthur C Clarke Award-winning author. His thrilling Luna series was the subject of a six-way auction for the TV rights. Luna Series: New Moon (2015); Wolf Moon (2017); Moon Rising (2019) One of the most exciting and important SF series of the decade. Akin to the mafia families of The Godfather, the families of the five Dragons who control the rich resources of the moon are locked in an endless and vicious struggle for supremacy and now the peace that reigned while the moon was colonised is breaking down. Which of the scions of the dragons will gain supremacy? Or will the moon, with its harsh vacuum, its freezing dark and blazing, irradiated light be the final winner? Also by Ian McDonald: Chaga (1995); Sacrifice of Fools (1996); Kirinya (1998); Brasyl (2007); Cyberabad Days (2009); River of Gods (2009); The Dervish House (2010); Necroville (2011)

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SIMON GARFIELD Prize Winner Simon Garfield is the author of seventeen acclaimed books of non-fiction including A Notable Woman (as editor), To the Letter, On the Map, Just My Type and Mauve. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize.

Dog’s Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond

A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity - how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries.

Dogs and humans: in the last 200 years no inter-species relationship has developed so fast nor come so far. Dogs accompany us in every walk of life, usually three times a day. How and why did this relationship begin? How has it changed over the centuries? And who's getting the upper hand?

Dog’s Best Friend investigates this unique bond by revisiting some of the most important milestones in our shared journey. It begins with the earliest visual evidence on ancient rock art, and ends at the laboratory that sequenced the first dog genome. Dog’s Best Friend is as entertaining as it is informative, as eccentric as it is erudite, and all told with Simon Garfield's irrepressible gift for witty and insightful storytelling.

“Garfield is like the schoolteacher who made the time fly.” - The Observer

“Garfield has a genius for being sparked to life by esoteric enthusiasm and charming readers with his delight.” - The Times

ROBERT COOPER Sir Robert Cooper is a British diplomat and advisor. He is an acclaimed writer on international relations, and won the Orwell Prize for political writing. The Ambassadors Thinking about diplomacy from Richelieu to modern times Who were the great diplomats of history - and what can their achievements tell us about the most important issues of our time? Rather than a continuous diplomatic history, The Ambassadors masterfully pieces together history and considers the fragments it leaves behind.

JENNIFER HIGGIE Jennifer Higgie is one of the most well-respected – and well Editor’s loved - art critics at work in the UK and internationally today. Pick As the longstanding editor of frieze magazine, she has been at the forefront of the drive to change the story around female artists and their place in the history of art. The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women’s Self-Portraits. A dazzlingly original and ambitious work of art history. Jennifer Higgie introduces us to a cross-section of extraordinary women artists from the 16th to the 20th centuries, using their self- portraits as a springboard to examine how and why they became artists and what their self-representation reveals about the times in which they lived. Intertwining biography and cultural history, and packed with tales of rebellion, adventure, revolution, travel and tragedy enacted by women who turned their back on convention and lived lives of great resilience, creativity and bravery, The Mirror and the Palette is a dazzlingly original and ambitious book by one of the most well-respected art critics at work today. The approach is ground- breaking and the market is readers of biography and women’s history as well as art history.

BETTANY HUGHES Professor Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster, who has devoted the last 25 years to the vibrant communication of the past. Her speciality is ancient and mediaeval history and culture. Venus and Aphrodite A biography of the ancient goddess Venus/Aphrodite by bestselling historian and broadcaster, Bettany Hughes. Through ancient art, evocative myth and exciting archaeological revelations, Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans.

GREG JENNER Greg Jenner is the Historical Consultant to CBBC's Horrible Histories. www.gregjenner.com @greg_jenner Ask a Historian 57 Things You Always Wanted to Know, But Didn’t Know Who to Ask A roller coaster ride through history revealing the best facts, figures, stories and characters from ancient times to today, by the chief nerd behind a whole host of history publications and broadcasting. Also by Greg Jenner: A Million Years in a Day (2015); Dead Famous (2020)

SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Bestseller

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a prize-winning historian whose bestselling books have been published in forty-two languages.

www.simonsebagmontefiore.com

@simonmontefiore www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Sebag- Montefiore

The World

An epic account of the history of humanity, from prehistoric to modern times.

The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh new history of the world, told in the style of the author’s most recent books Jerusalem: The Biography and The Romanovs: 1613-1918. It is the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, examining power, literature, war, art, science and daily life, and features the lives of a stunningly eclectic cast of the unknown and the great, each of whom are connected in a multitude of ways. Montefiore weaves a compelling narrative introducing the reader to the exuberance, ingenuity, idiosyncrasy, cruelty and misery of human experience, the variety of characters and of culture, and presents the history of the world in all its complexity as no writer has done before.

Also by Simon Sebag Montefiore: Catherine the Great and Potemkin (2000); Stalin (2003); Young Stalin (2007); Jerusalem (2011); The Romanovs (2016); Written in History (2018); Voices of History (2019)

KATHERINE PANGONIS Katherine Pangonis is a historian specialising in the medieval world of the Mediterranean and Middle East. An exciting new voice, she joins W&N’s bestselling and prestigious list of narrative historians. Queens of Jerusalem The women who dared to rule - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine. This timely debut chronicles a major new contribution to studies of the Middle East and the under-documented yet crucial role of women in early Medieval times. This is narrative history that will also appeal to readers of Madeline Miller’s Circe and The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.

W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | February 2021 | 288pp | MS due October 2020 Rights: World

HELLA PICK Hella Pick CBE is a journalist, broadcaster, activist and political consultant, who fled her native Austria as a Jewish child refugee in 1939. Invisible Walls The dramatic memoir of a Kindertransport survivor who became a pioneering female Foreign Correspondent. To distinguish truth from fiction, and to differentiate reporting and facts from comment, is the hallmark of Invisible Walls - the dramatic story of how a Kindertransport survivor came to converse with and befriend world leaders.

VICTOR SEBESTYEN Victor Sebestyen is a world class historian and author of four acclaimed works. Budapest The dramatic story of Budapest from the bestselling Victor Sebestyen. This authoritative history is told in a series of key episodes from Ottoman occupation to the grandeur of the late nineteenth century; from its decline in the maelstrom of the twentieth century, when it was almost destroyed, to the extraordinary rebirth after the revolutions of 1989. Also by Victor Sebestyen: Twelve Days (2006); Revolution 1989 (2009); 1949 (Macmillan 2014); Lenin (2017)

MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS Michael Vatikiotis is a private diplomat and conflict mediator for the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Lives Between the Lines An intimate portrait of Middle Eastern history (1868-1945). Vatikiotis’ family story is of people who built their lives and prospered in holy lands, only to be caught up in conflict. This is both a personal and a revisionist history that chronicles the collapse of a truly cosmopolitan civilisation. Also by Michael Vatikiotis: Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree (1996); Indonesian Politics under Suharto (1998), Blood and Silk (2017)

W&N | Editor: Alan Samson | August 2021 | 368pp | MS due February 2021 Rights: World Science

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MICHAEL MARSHALL Michael Marshall is a science writer and journalist. @m_c_marshall The Genesis Quest The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth This is a compelling story about people, rich in personalities, conflicts, and surprising twists and turns, taking in some of the greatest discoveries in modern biology, from evolution and cells to DNA and life’s family tree.

ADAM RUTHERFORD Dr Adam Rutherford is a bestselling science writer and Bestseller broadcaster who has been published in 20 territories. @AdamRutherford adamrutherford.com How to Argue with a Racist A vital manifesto against the misuse of science to justify bigotry. The appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Yet, if understood correctly, science and history can be powerful allies against racism, granting the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be. “Nobody deals with challenging subjects more interestingly and compellingly than Adam Rutherford, and this may be his best book yet.” Bill Bryson Also by Adam Rutherford: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (2016); The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us (2018) W&N | Editor: Jenny Lord | February 2020 | 304pp Rights: Translation US: Janklow & Nesbit Rights Sold: Finnish: Bazar Kustannus | Italian: Bollati Boringhiere | Norwegian: Cappelen Damm | Polish: Proszynski | Romanian: SC Publica COM Sub Agents: China/Taiwan: Big Apple | Japan: Japan Uni | Korea: Duran Kim 61 Non-Fiction | Science

COLIN STEWART Colin Stuart is an astronomy writer whose books have been translated into 21 different languages. Time: 10 Things You Should Know Discover the secrets of one of the biggest puzzles in our history - Time. As a subject, it has perplexed and fascinated generations of scientists, historians and more, and continues to spark the most intriguing questions being asked in science today. Can time be stopped? Is time travel possible? Does time even exist...? In ten bite-sized essays, Colin Stuart delves into these big questions and uncovers the most awe-inspiring and revealing things we should all know about time.

Seven Dials | Editor: Ru Merritt | September 2021 | 128pp | MS available Rights: World

DR DEAN LOMAX Dr Dean Lomax is an internationally recognised multi-award-winning palaeontologist, author and science communicator. Dinosaurs: 10 Things You Should Know A short guide to the Earth’s most awe-inspiring creatures. Dr Dean Lomax brings these prehistoric creatures to life in ten bite-sized essays, written for people short on time but not curiosity. Making big ideas simple, Dean takes readers on a journey to uncover what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur, what dinosaurs ate, how they evolved, what caused them to go extinct, and more!

GILES YEO Don’t Miss Giles Yeo is a Principal Research Associate at the University of Cambridge who has over 20 years of experience studying obesity and the brain's control of food intake.

Why Calories Don’t Count: How we got the science of weight loss wrong

An engaging and easily digestible book that challenges the science behind common held beliefs about calories and dieting.

For decades we have been told that weight loss is a simple matter of calories in vs calories out. If you burn more calories than you eat then you will lose weight – it’s scientific fact. Except it isn’t. We got the science of weight loss completely wrong, and our focus on calories has led to the obesity epidemic we are currently experiencing. Dr Giles Yeo shows how all calories are not created equal, and corrects the weight loss myths that we have believed for too long,

Also by Giles Yeo: Gene Eating (2018)

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Classic Backlist Reissues

THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS SERIES

Kant Marx Socrates Turing Wittgenstein Quick comprehensive guides by experts offering the perfect introduction to philosophy.

ISAIAH BERLIN The Hedgehog and the Fox An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History A new edition of Isaiah Berlin's classic by one of the 20th-century’s greatest thinkers.

H R F KEATING H R F Keating is a crime novelist and respected reviewer of crime fiction. Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime A fascinating look at the life and work of Agatha Christie.

Essays by twelve distinguished writers giving a unique insight into Agatha Christie. Includes a new introduction by Sophie Hannah.

W&N | Editor: Juliet Ewers | October 2020 | 272pp | MS available Rights: World Rights Sold: US: Pegasus Music

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JOHN DORAN Editor’s Pick John Doran is the co-founder of The Quietus, a British online music and pop culture magazine. He also writes for publications like Vice and The Guardian.

What Is This That Stands Before Me: The Story of Heavy Metal

An extraordinary homage to the history of heavy metal by true expert and metal veteran John Doran.

Tracing its story back to its roots in the Birmingham blues scene and across the ocean to bands like Blue Cheer, Hendrix, The Stooges and even Beethoven, John Doran’s magisterial history of metal makes a case for it as truly radical modernist artform, often way ahead of its time both aurally and intellectually.

Covering a bewildering and intoxicating range of sub-genres, this vast paean to heaviness covers the stories of legendary bands, and casts a light on the darkness with new research, new interviews, and the perspective of a true expert.

JENNIFER LUCY ALLAN Jennifer Lucy Allan is a music journalist and publisher. The Foghorn is her debut. The Foghorn’s Lament: The Disappearing Music of the Coast Part memoir, part travelogue, part history of the foghorn: a uniquely ambitious new kind of nature book The story of the foghorn, told through the prism of a formidable young woman’s intense, intrepid and triumphant experiences in a predominantly male and industrial world.

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | May 2021 | 320pp | MS due December 2020 Rights: World

CARL COX Carl Cox is one of the most globally renowned djs. Oh Yes, Oh Yes The memoir of the dj legend who was instrumental in the birth of dance music culture. This is the true inside story of the man known as 'the three deck wizard' and the King of Ibiza, a dj who continues to innovate and thrill music-lovers on the world's biggest stages.

DYLAN JONES Dylan Jones is the editor of GQ, the most successful upmarket men’s magazine in Britain. The Eighties: Ten Moments of Pop Genius that Defined the Decade A narrative history of a decade defined by some of the most memorable singles ever recorded. Dylan Jones’ masterful new survey tracks the way in which the Eighties were colonised by wildly exciting and eclectic music by choosing one song from each year, and then using that as a prism and a springboard to discuss not just what happened musically that year, but also culturally and sociologically.

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | July 2021 | 340pp | MS due October Rights: World

SIMON PRICE Simon Price is an award-winning British music journalist, broadcaster and club DJ with over 30 years of experience. His 1999 Manic Street Preachers biography was the fastest-selling rock biography in British history. Curepedia A playful literary biography of The Cure in the form of an A-Z of the band: for trainspotters and casual fans alike. An encyclopaedic A-Z of arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world: The Cure. It includes miscellaneous trivia, mini biographies of band members past and present, a summary of each Cure album and selected songs, as well as mini-essays on broader topics such as their cultural influences, politics and their legacy.

HARRY SWORD Harry Sword writes about music, regularly contributing to Vice, The Quietus, Munchies, Red Bull Music Daily and Record Collector. Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion A journey to the heart of heavy music and the power of the drone. Monolithic Undertow explores the power of the drone - an audio carrier vessel capable of evoking womb like warmth or cavernous dread alike. Crossing musical, religious and subcultural frontiers, it traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, touching avant-garde eccentricity, fervent spiritualism, and the many touch points between. A future White Rabbit classic.

White Rabbit Books | Editor: Lee Brackstone | February 2021 | 400pp | MS available Rights: World