{"id":40,"date":"2011-11-15T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/angry-robot-announces-new-authors\/"},"modified":"2011-11-15T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T15:04:00","slug":"angry-robot-announces-new-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventuresfantastic.com\/futurespastandpresent\/angry-robot-announces-new-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Robot Announces New Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following is a press release from Angry Robot Books<\/a>:<\/p>\n

** ANGRY ROBOT SIGNS TWO NEW “OPEN DOOR MONTH” AUTHORS **<\/p>\n

Like most successful publishers, Angry Robot generally only accepts submissions through literary agencies. Earlier this year, however, the company ran a pilot programme to see how many unpublished – but talented – authors there were without representation. During March, Angry Robot invited all un-agented authors to submit completed manuscripts as part of an “Open Door Month”. Over 990 novels were submitted during that period.<\/p>\n

Today, Angry Robot are delighted to announce the first acquisitions from the first Open Door Month. Two new authors, each with a minimum two book deal, have now joined the Angry Robot family.<\/p>\n

Cassandra Rose Clarke was the first signing to come through this process. Her two novels for Angry Robot show the versatility of this important new talent.<\/p>\n

‘The Mad Scientist’s Daughter’ is the heartbreaking story of the journey from childhood to adulthood, with an intriguing science fictional twist. And ‘The Assassin’s Curse’ is a fantastical romp, starring Ananna, a no-nonsense lady pirate, born into pirate royalty.<\/p>\n

Clarke said: “I’m beyond excited to have Angry Robot publishing my first-ever novel, and not only because of the delightful coincidence that my novel involves a robot who is, on occasion, angry. Angry Robot’s reputation is stellar and their author list incredibly impressive – I’m humbled to be included amongst their ranks!”<\/p>\n

We take a somewhat darker turn with a pair of books from Lee Collins – ‘The Dead of Winter’ and ‘She Returns From War’. Both novels follow Cora Oglesby, a bounty hunter with a reputation for working supernatural cases.<\/p>\n

Collins said: “As excited as I am at the prospect of rubbing shoulders with Angry Robot’s outstanding authors, publication was really a secondary goal of my submitting to them. My primary reason was the hope, however slim, of cybernetic augmentation.”<\/p>\n

Both deals were negotiated by Angry Robot’s editor, Lee Harris, who stated: “There is an enormous amount of talent out there, waiting to be discovered, and I am thrilled we have found two great new talents as part of our search.”<\/p>\n

Both authors’ debut novels will be published by Angry Robot in autumn 2012, with their second books scheduled for spring 2013.<\/p>\n

Following the success of the project, Angry Robot expects to run a similar Open Door period in spring 2013, details of which are to be confirmed at a later date.<\/p>\n

Ok, that’s the end of the press release.\u00a0 Further details and author photos can be found on the Angry Robot website<\/a>.\u00a0 Advanced reading copies of\u00a0 The Mad Scientist’s Daughter<\/i> and The Dead of Winter<\/i> will be available at some point.\u00a0 I’ll download them and post the reviews, here for the former and at Adventures Fantastic<\/i><\/a> for the latter.\u00a0 Angry Robot is one of the more innovative publishers out there.\u00a0 I’m eager to see what new authors they’ve discovered.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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