National Family Literacy Month is celebrated during the month of November. National Family Literacy Month is an opportunity for families to learn and read together. It also celebrates the work literacy programs do to empower families. Here are our in new books, authors and news . . . our highlights below include new releases, contracts signed, notable reviews and PR events, new authors to the agency and other news of note by clients and agents.
New Releases
Congratulations to Sarah Varland and Love Inspired Suspense for the January 23, 2024 release of Alaskan Wilderness Rescue (K-9 Search and Rescue, 11),
A missing person rescue is now a K-9 manhunt for a killer…
A missing person case sends search and rescue worker Elsie Montgomery and her K-9 to a remote Alaskan island…only to discover she’s got a target on her back. Now she must partner with pilot Wyatt Chandler, the one man she doesn’t trust, to stay alive while confronting her shadowy past. But can they capture a killer before their time together runs out for good?
Contracts
Patricia Raybon signed with Tyndale for the September 2025 release of a new book yet to be titled.
Grace Hamman signed with Zondervan for the August 2025 release of Ask of Old Paths.
New Clients
Cameron Bellm recently signed with WordServe. Welcome!
What We’re Celebrating
Congratulations to us! It was November 1, 2003, that WordServe Literary was birthed by founder and president Greg Johnson.
“It’s been a huge honor and privilege to shepherd authors and books to greater levels of success these last 20 years. The industry has gone through monumental changes during these past two decades, and as it continues to evolve, myself and our agents: Keely, Nick and Emma will continue to do what is needed to get great reads and important books to market.”
Congratulations Walt Larimore for winning the The Page Turner Non- Fiction Book Award for At First Light.
Congratulations, Linda MacKillop! The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon won the 2023 Christy Award Finalist under the category of “First Novel“.
Congratulations Katie Powner! Where the Blue Sky Begins won the 2023 Christy Award under the category of “General Fiction“.
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