LEZLI ROBYN SELLS COLLECTION TO TICONDEROGA PUBLICATIONS

Ticonderoga Publications is over the moon to announce a forthcoming collection of stories by Campbell-Award nominated and International Bright Young Thing Lezli Robyn.

The collection is scheduled for publication in 2012.

Lezli Robyn is an Aussie Lass who has very recently discovered a love for writing fiction. She has sold 9 stories since October 2008 to professional markets in America, such as Asimov’s and Analog; six of them appearing in print before the close of 2009 to qualify for the Campbell Award. She’s also recently made an audio publication sale, an e-print sale, and 11 foreign translation sales to countries such as Italy, Greece, China, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Spain and Slovakia.

Her first Campbell Award qualifying publication was the first story she ever wrote, “Idle Roomer” with Mike Resnick, for Clarkesworld magazine. And all of her sales since then have been sold to professional paying markets.

“I think that Lezli Robyn deserves a collection. She has written some great stories, scored some excellent sales — I can’t recall the last time an Aussie sold to both Asimov’s and Analog,” Ticonderoga Editor Russell B. Farr said.

“By 2012 I’m confident she’ll be more than a writer to watch out for, and given all her sales have been offshore it will be great for these gems to be available down under,” he said.

Lezli Robyn is also looking forward to being more accessible in the Antipodes.

“It feels very special to me to make my first collection sale to an Australian publisher. I’ve sold all my new fiction to professional markets in the US, and have also sold to over 10 other countries around the world, but I have never had an Aussie sale,” Lezli Robyn said.

“Chuffed doesn’t describe how I’m feeling!” She added.

While the contents are still being decided, the collection will feature at least one original story.

“Lezli has given me the synopsis of a novelette that should blow many minds,” Russell added.

The yet-to-be-titled collection is scheduled for publication in 2012, in limited edition hardcover and trade editions.

More information will be available in coming months at www.ticonderogapublications.com

Kaaron Warren’s new collection, Dead Sea Fruit, published by Ticonderoga Publications, is now available for pre-ordering from indiebooksonline.com

Dead Sea Fruit collects the following stories:

Introduction by Lucius Shepard

Dead Sea Fruit
Woman Train
Down to the Silver Spirits
Fresh Young Widow
Coalescence
Buster and Corky
Cooling the Crows
Edge of a Thing
Guarding the Mound
State of Oblivion
The Softening
The Grinding House
Green
Sins of the Ancestors
Doll Money
The Gibbet bell
In the Drawback
The Census-Taker’s Tale
His Lipstick Minx
Polish
The Coral Gatherer
Bone Dog
A Positive
The Capture Diamonds
Ghost Jail
The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall

Dead Sea Fruit is available in two editions, a tradepaperback and a limited edition hardcover, 100 copies only signed by all contributors. Cover artwork by Olga Read.

Dead Sea Fruit will be launched at AussieCon4, Melbourne, September 2010. Pre-orders will ship late August.

Ticonderoga Publications is far more than totally chuffed to announce a forthcoming collection of stories by premiere Australian Fantasy writer Sara Douglass.

The substantial collection, scheduled for publication next year, is tentatively titled The Hall of Lost Footsteps.

Sara Douglass is the bestselling, award-winning writer of the Crucible, Troy Game, Darkglass Mountain and Wayfarer Redemption series.

Her short fiction has appeared in Eidolon, Dreaming Again and the World Fantasy Award winning Dreaming Down Under.

“Sara Douglass has written a number of wonderful powerful stories in addition to her novels,” Ticonderoga Editor Russell B. Farr said.

“It will be great to be able to get all of these gems, 15 years’ worth, in one volume,” he said.

The Hall of Lost Footsteps will also feature a number of Wayfarer Redemption related tales, appearing in print for the first time.

“We’re expecting to include a story or two that will be totally original to the collection,” Russell added.

The Hall of Lost Footsteps is scheduled for publication in 2011, in limited edition hardcover and trade editions.

More information will be available in coming months at www.ticonderogapublications.com