Heather Fawcett’s adult debut EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES, an epistolary Icelandic fairy tale set in an alternative 1900s, starring a socially inept scholar of the folk, and her academic archrival/possible love interest, pitched for fans of Susanna Clarke and TJ Klune, to Tricia Narwani at Del Rey, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in January 2023, by Brianne Johnson in her first deal at HG Literary.

Rights also to Nadia Saward at Orbit UK, in a three-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Rachel Clements at Abner Stein; to Minotauro (Brazil), in a pre-empt, by Joao Paulo Riff at Riff Agency; to Oscar Fantastica (Italy), in a three-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Mariavittoria Puccetti at The Italian Agency; to MAG (Poland), in a three-book deal, at auction by Piotr Wawrzenczyk at Book/lab Literary Agency; to Arkadia (Russia), by Julia Demchenko at The Van Lear Agency; and to Urano (Spain) in a pre-empt, by Txell Torrent at MB Agency; on behalf of Soumeya Bendimerad Roberts and Brianne Johnson at HG Literary.