Norilana Books

A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith

The Exciting prequel to Crown Duel . . .

Coming August 1, 2008 from YA Angst.

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Cover photos taken by Sherwood Smith (sartorias), cover model is Thomas Lembke.



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Norilana Books has acquired a striking poetry collection The Memory Palace by critically acclaimed poet and author JoSelle Vanderhooft (upstart_crow), a poetic memoir dealing with the raw themes of adolescence, pain, and the challenges of growing up gay, structured around the Renaissance mnemonic device of a building with rooms populated by thoughts and objects. The title is scheduled for a trade hardcover release from the Curiosities imprint in January 2009.

JoSelle Vanderhooft is the author of poetry collections The Minotaur's Last Letter to His Mother (Ash Phoenix), the 2007 Stoker-nominated Ossuary (Sam's Dot Publishing), Desert Songs (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2008), Tales Twice Told (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2008), Fathers, Daughters, Ghosts and Monsters (VanZeno Press, forthcoming) and Death Masks (Papaveria Press, 2008), the novels The Tale of the Miller's Daughter (Papaveria Press) and Owl Skin (Papaveria Press, 2008) and a collection of short stories from Drollerie Press to be released in 2008.

Her poetry and fiction has appeared online and in print in a number of publications, including Cabinet des Fees, Star*Line, Mythic Delirium, Mythic, Jabberwocky, Helix, The Seventh Quarry and several others. An assistant editor of a newspaper by day, she lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Official website: http://www.joselle-vanderhooft.com/

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 150 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Curious, If True: Strange Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Norilana Books has acquired Leaving Fortusa, a mind-blowing dystopian novel in ten episodes of the future of humanity by award-winning author John Grant. The title is scheduled for trade hardcover release in the fall of 2008.

John Grant is author of some seventy books, of which about twenty-five are fiction, including novels such as The World, Albion, The Hundredfold Problem, The Far-Enough Window, and The Dragons Of Manhattan. His "book-length fiction" Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hugo Award in 2003; its successor was The Stardragons. His first story collection, Take No Prisoners, appeared in 2004.

He is editor of New Writings In The Fantastic and co-editor with John Clute of The Encyclopedia Of Fantasy, and wrote in their entirety all three editions of The Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters; both encyclopedias are standard reference works in their field. Among his latest nonfictions have been Discarded Science and Corrupted Science; he is currently working on their companion volume, Bogus Science, on a book about film noir, and on "a cute rhyming book for kids about a velociraptor."

As John Grant he has received two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and a number of other international literary awards. Under his real name, Paul Barnett, he has written the space operas Strider's Galaxy and Strider's Universe, and for a number of years ran the world-famous fantasy-artbook imprint Paper Tiger, for this work earning a Chesley Award and a nomination for the World Fantasy Award. He is currently Consultant Editor to the publisher AAPPL (Artists' & Photographers' Press Ltd.).

Official website: http://www.johngrantpaulbarnett.com

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Norilana Books has acquired A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith, the exciting prequel to her popular Crown Duel. The novel deals with the early king-making adventures of the young Marquis of Shevraeth when he is sent to a military academy in a faraway warrior land.

Sherwood Smith is the author of over 25 books, in particular stories for children and young adults, including A Posse Of Princesses, Inda, The Fox, The King's Shield, Senrid, the Exordium series (with Dave Trowbridge) and Wren's World series. She has been writing fantasy since age eight, and her best-known reader favorite novel Crown Duel is currently in its ninth printing.

Official website: www.sherwoodsmith.net

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith

"Smith has delightful fun playing with princesses, or at least the traditional ideas about princesses from fairy tales and fantasy, in this lively young-adult fantasy.... This charming tale ranges from fairy tale to fluffy Regency-style romance to full-on adventure, with plenty of cliches overturned to entertain readers wanting a little extra bite to their fantasy."

-- Locus (April 2008, p. 53)

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith

"Sherwood Smith's newest well-mannered fantasy is nothing short of charming...." -- Rambles.NET

(read more . . . )

More good news!

There will be a new Lace and Blade volume!

The reading period and guidelines for the anthology Lace and Blade 2 have been announced on SFF Net (until I get an official webpage up over the weekend).

To see what kind of stories the editor Deborah J. Ross is looking for, be sure to pick up the first volume.

Now, get your elegant romantic fantasy swashbuckler stories ready, and submit!

Good news!

There will be a new Sword and Sorceress volume!

The reading period and Guidelines have been announced for the next anthology
volume #23:

http://mzbworks.home.att.net/s23.htm

To see what kind of stories the MZB Literary Trust editor is looking
for, pick up the current volume or any of the previous ones.

Now, get your stories ready!

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Norilana Books has acquired East Of The Sun And West Of Fort Smith, the definitive short fiction collection by award-winning author William Sanders which combines in one volume all of his previously collected short work in addition to several previously unseen originals. The title is scheduled for publication in September 2008.

William Sanders is the critically acclaimed author of over 20 books, and numerous works of short fiction and articles, including The Ballad Of Billy Badass And The Rose Of Turkestan, A Death On 66, The Next Victim, The Wild Blue And The Gray, Are We Having Fun Yet?, the apocalyptic stunner J., and award-winning stories "The Undiscovered" and "Empire". He is as two-time winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History and a multiple finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award, the Nebula, the Hugo, the Theodore Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Award. He is the senior editor of speculative fiction magazine Helix and lives in Oklahoma. Official website: http://www.sff.net/people/sanders/

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 140 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Clockwork Phoenix edited by Mike Allen

Coming July 2008.

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Cover design by Bob Snare (rtred), Mike Allen (time_shark), and myself.

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith

"In this delightful novel... Smith's humorous narrative, colorful descriptions of palace life, and fully realized characters will appeal to romance and fantasy buffs alike." -- School Library Journal

The Journey to Kailash by Mike Allen

Coming June 2008 from the new Curiosities imprint...

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Cover design by Mike Allen (time_shark).

Warrior Wisewoman edited by Roby James

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ISBN-13: 978-1-934169-89-6
ISBN-10: 1-934169-89-7

Coming June 2008...

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Norilana Books presents a delightful romantic fantasy of courtly
intrigue and adventure for all ages.

New from YA Angst...


A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith



Rhis, princess of a small kingdom, is invited along with all the other princesses in her part of the world to the coming of age party of the Crown Prince of Vesarja, which is the central and most important kingdom. When Iardith, the prettiest and most perfect of all the princesses, is abducted, Rhis and her friends go to the rescue.

What happens to Rhis and her posse has unexpected results not only for the princesses, but for the princes who chase after them. Everyone learns a lot about friendship and hate, politics and laughter, romantic ballads and sleeping in the dirt with nothing but a sword for company. But most of all they learn about the many meanings of love.

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith
YA Angst
March 1, 2008
Retail Price:
$22.95 USD - £16.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-934648-26-1
ISBN-10: 1-934648-26-4
300 pages

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Sherwood Smith is the author of over 25 books, in particular stories
for children and young adults. She has been writing fantasy since age
eight, and her best known novel Crown Duel is currently in its ninth
printing. Visit her website at www.sherwoodsmith.net

Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned
and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 130 books in
print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover
and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy,
science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles.
For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print:
http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

A quick update...

At this point we are still waiting on some introductory materials for A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects by Catherynne M. Valente (yuki_onna), so the book will be moved back one month to be released in late May, in time for WisCon.

Meanwhile, the cover image has been updated (thanks, Mike time_shark and Anita Allen!) Click to see full-size:

A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects Catherynne M. Valente. Norilana/Curiosities (www.norilana.com), $22.95 (180p) ISBN 978-1-934648-34-6

"Structured around a series of folktale motifs, Valente's eloquent second full-length poetry collection dissects the perceived roles of women in Earth's and otherworldly fable and myth. One prevailing theme is women's subjugation by tradition and ritual in male-dominated societies, as in “How Comes This Blood Upon the Key?” wherein a wife imprisoned in her own home protests: “I did not look/ for a house to become my limbs,/ for cast iron pans to become my joints,/ for doors and keys to become/ the stuff of my blood,/ for a bed to become my face.” The young title character in “The Child Bride of the Lost City of Ubar” is ruthlessly and needlessly sacrificed, and in “Glass, Blood, and Ash,” a woman's dream of falling in love with a prince is shattered by harsh reality. Fans of Valente's Orphan's Tales duology will find this collection similarly embittered, enlightening and enthralling." (Apr.)

— Publishers Weekly