JUST SOLD: Roni Loren's debut contemporary erotic romance Exposure Therapy, about a therapist who chooses to overcome her own past to help herself and her missing sister while trusting her former lover with her safety and her heart, and a second book, in a nice deal, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, by Sara Megibow at Nelson Literary Agency.

JUST SOLD: TV rights to Helen Stringer’s MG debut novel Spellbinder, about a girl who lives with the ghosts of her parents in the north of England and when they disappear, along with all the ghosts in the world, it’s up to her, an always-in-trouble classmate named Steve, and the one remaining ghost (from 1912) to find out why, to Jennifer Gwartz at Fishbowl Worldwide Media with author attached, by Wayne Alexander of Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz, LLP and Candace Lake and Ryan Lewis of Stone Canyon Media, on behalf of Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency.

JUST SOLD: Winner of the Colorado Book Award for her memoir No Place Safe, Kim Reid’s debut YA detective series starting with CHANTI GETS THE 411, about a girl who is accused of running a theft ring at her posh private school and must prove her innocence by using her street savvy, crime-solving skills learned from her cop mom, to Selena James at Kensington, in a nice deal by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (NA).

JUST SOLD: Flash media and online game artist Marie Lu's debut dystopian YA trilogy starting with Legend, set in the flooded Republic of Los Angeles 2130 A.D., about a boy who is the Republic’s most wanted criminal and a girl who is the Republic’s most beloved government prodigy whose paths cross when her brother is murdered and she is hired to hunt down the boy responsible—but the truth they uncover will become legend, to Jen Besser at Putnam Children’s for fall 2011 publication, at auction in a very major deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency.

JUST SOLD: Tiffany Reisz's The Siren about an infamous erotica author who juggles her heartbroken editor, a virginal 19 year old intern, her very dangerous former lover and a secret career, and a second book, in a nice deal, to Susan Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, by Sara Megibow at Nelson Literary Agency.

JUST SOLD: RITA-award winning author of Not Quite a Husband Sherry Thomas’s next three Victorian/Edwardian historical romances, moving to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a good deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency.

JUST SOLD: Graphic novel rights to the first three books in NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger’s Alexia Tarabotti series: Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless, to Kurt Hassler at Yen Press by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency.

Upcoming Conferences

MileHi Con Denver, CO October 22-24, 2010 (Sara Megibow)

Colorado Romance Writers Brighton, CO Saturday Jan 8, 2011 (Sara Megibow)

San Miguel Int'l Writers' Conference San Miguel de Allende, Mexico February 18-20, 2011

Missouri Writers Guild Conference St Louis, MO April 8-10, 2011

Houston SCBWI Houston, TX April 9, 2011 (Sara Megibow)

Book Expo America New York, NY May 23-26, 2011

RWA National New York, NY June 28-July 1, 2011

Romance Writers of Australia Conference Melbourne, Australia August 2011