Kate Meltzer at Roaring Brook has bought world English rights in a two-book, six-figure preempt to Where There Be Monsters, first in the Outersphere series, a middle-grade fantasy by debut author Alby C. Williams.
Anna Roberto at Feiwel and Friends has acquired Aimee Lim’s debut middle-grade, The Spindle of Fate.
Dhonielle Clayton, the NYT bestselling author and founder of the packager Cake Creative, has launched a new intellectual property venture, Electric Postcard Entertainment, which will produce a range of projects encompassing darker themes and more ambitious narratives for adult and young adult audience, while continuing the blockbuster commerciality epitomized by Cake Creative projects, which have sold regularly at auction in major deals.
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, has acquired World English rights to Promise Boys, by award-winning filmmaker Nick Brooks, for seven figures in a highly competitive pre-empt from Cake Creative.
Usborne has picked up Love Radio, a debut novel by PRH US marketing director Ebony LaDelle that recently went in America to Simon & Schuster following an 11-way auction.
Cake Creative, helmed by Dhonielle Clayton, and formerly known as Cake Literary, has relaunched with a striking new aesthetic story, major new deal announcements, and an expanded menu of offerings for creators and IP buyers alike.
