Knight Agency Clients Make the Grade -- RITA Nominations Announced!

Several of TKA's clients received RITA calls today from RWA, and we are happy to announce the following superstar authors received nods from the "Oscars" of the romance world:

Paranormal Romance: Laurie Brown, WHAT WOULD JANE AUSTEN DO? and Marjorie M. Liu, THE FIRE KING

Contemporary Series Romance - Suspense/Adventure: Jessica Andersen, MOUNTAIN INVESTIGATION and Beth Cornelison, THE CHRISTMAS STRANGER

Romance Novella: Marjorie M. Liu, "The Robber Bride" in HUNTRESS

Young Adult Romance: Tina Ferraro, THE ABC'S OF KISSING BOYS

Golden Heart, Novel with Strong Romantic Elements: Maureen McGowan, SWITCHING SIDES

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!

TKA Clients Nominated for 12 PEARL Awards!

Knight Agency clients garnered a hefty twelve nominations for the 2009 Paranormal Excellence Awards for Romantic Literature (PEARL). Congrats to all of the authors who were recognized for their amazing titles!

Futuristic Romance -

HEART CHANGE by Robin D. Owens

BLAZE OF MEMORY by Nalini Singh

Magical/Fantasy Romance -

ANGELS' BLOOD by Nalini Singh

POSSESS ME AT MIDNIGHT by Shayla Black

BURNING ALIVE by Shannon K. Butcher

Shapeshifters -

BRANDED BY FIRE by Nalini Singh

Time Travel -

WHAT WOULD JANE AUSTEN DO? by Laurie Brown

Anthology -

STRANGE BREW editied by Knight Agency client P.N. Elrod with stories by TKA authors Rachel Caine and Faith Hunter, along with Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs and Karen Chance, Caitlin Kitteredge and Jenna Maclaine

MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS by Knight Agency client Nalini Singh, along with Ilona Andrews, Charlaine Harris and Meljean Brook

New Author -

Chloe Neill

Overall Best Paranormal Romance -

BLAZE OF MEMORY by Nalini Singh

DARKNESS CALLS by Marjorie M. Liu

TKA Rita & Golden Heart Nominations Announced Today!

We are sitting on the edge of our seats today with fingers crossed! At 3pm ET, RWA will "officially" announce the RITA and Golden Heart nominations, but in the meantime the good news is trickling out from all the nominated authors. So, as soon as we hear that one of our clients is a finalist, we will update it this blog post! Keep checking back throughout the day to get the latest updates!

RITA FINALISTS--

Paranormal Category

1. Gena Showalter, THE DARKEST NIGHT

2. Nalini Singh, MINE TO POSSESS

Contemporary Series Category

1. Crystal Green, FALLING FOR THE LONE WOLF

Young Adult Category

1. Rosemary Clement-Moore, HELL WEEK

Series Adventure/Suspense Category

1. Jessica Andersen, TWIN TARGETS

GOLDEN HEART FINALISTS--

1. Novel with Strong Romantic Elements: Elizabeth McIntyre w/a Elizabeth Devlin, HOME WATERS