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Giveaway time! Weโre giving one lucky reader the chance to win this limited edition proof of THE WINTER SPIRITS, featuring a story by our very own Stuart Turton.
RT & follow by Friday 10th Nov to win (open worldwide ๐)
#win
#giveaway
#freebooks
#comp
#bookcomp
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! We've just found our *very last proof* of
@stu_turton
's
#SevenDeaths
. These proofs are super rare and we're giving you the chance to win it - all you have to do is follow & RT by Friday 12/01 at 5pm. Go go go!
It's
#WinItWednesday
here at DHH and we're feeling generous...
RT & follow us by Friday 23 August for a chance to win one of two signed copies of
@PaulBurston
's twisty psychological thriller
#TheCloserIGet
!
Authors! We have Very Exciting News.
Usually weโd be planning our next on-the-road Pitch DHH sesh, which is slightly trickier this year because, well, Covid.
BUT! Weโre going forward with a different kind of
#PitchDHH
- subs open Monday.
More details ๐
We are absolutely delighted to welcome the inimitable
@Diana_Beaumont
to the DHH Literary Agency.
Bringing with her a list of incredibly talented and exciting authors, Diana will join officially on 3rd June.
Weโre exceptionally pleased to welcome Sunyi Dean to the Agency.
The author of The Sunday Times bestselling THE BOOK EATERS, Sunyi will be joining
@harryillers
โ list.
Whoโs up for a lovely little
#giveaway
?? Weโve got 7 copies of
@jo_thomas01
โs brand new adventure abroad, CHASING THE ITALIAN DREAM, to give away.
To be in with a chance, RT & comment below with your dream holiday destination...
#win
#bookgiveaway
#freebooks
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We could not be happier for
@MWCravenUK
who has just scooped the
@HarrogateFest
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 for THE BOTANIST, the 5th in his Washington Poe series.
Congratulations, Mike! ๐ป
Weโre very happy to be welcoming
@cmacwritescrime
to the Agency.
Chris, who joins
@DavidHHeadley
โs list, is the author of the Erika Piper & Stonebridge crime series.
To celebrate
@Ajes74
HWA Debut Crown shortlisting, weโre giving away a proof copy of her book,
#TheLostOnes
, a haunting and emotional historical novel with a touch of the gothic - perfect for this time of year. To win, RT & also follow Anita by Fri 09/10
#win
#bookcomp
It's
#FreebieFriday
! Today we're giving a copy of
@Hardisty_Paul
's
#Absolution
, part of the fantastically thrilling Claymore Striker series, to three lucky winners.
RT & follow by Monday 17th June to be in with your chance to win...!
A very warm welcome to
@BrianMcGilloway
who joins the DHH Literary Agency on
@DavidHHeadley
's list. We're thrilled to have Brian be a part of the DHH stable. Brian is the
@nytimes
bestselling author of the Inspector Benedict Devlin & DS Lucy Black series.
We are so proud of โฆ
@harryillers
โฉ who has been rightfully shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the
#Nibbies
. Congratulations, Harry! ๐ซ
We are so excited to welcome award winning writer
@will_carver
to the agency!
Will is joining team
@DavidHHeadley
and we canโt wait to see what he comes up with nextโฆ
We are here in Frankfurt fighting the good fight for our authors working hard to try and sell foreign rights. Look at just a small selection of some of our beautiful books.
#fbf18
A very warm welcome to new client
@BCopperthwait
, who joins
@emily_glenister
โs list.
Barbara is the author of psychological thrillers as well as the recently released gothic novel, ESTELLAโS REVENGE, under the pen-name Barbara Havelocke.
Happy Publication Day to
@DavyFennell
for the paperback of THE ART OF DEATH, the first in the DI Grace Archer series.
โA truly extraordinary crime novel.โ Lynda La Plante
โUnsettling, fast-paced, suspenseful and gripping. EXCELLENT!โ Will Dean
He did it! The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle has only gone and won best novel at the
@booksaremybag
Reader awards! Congratulations
@stu_turton
on an incredible achievement.
Today sees the kick-off for the new crime event of the year:
#CapitalCrime
(
@CapitalCrime1
)
We are so looking forward to the next few days, and seeing a number of our fab clients on various spectacular panels. ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
Whoโs coming?!
The insanely talented โฆ
@AJWestAuthor
โฉโs next historical thriller book, THE BETRAYAL OF THOMAS TRUE, will be published by โฆ
@OrendaBooks
โฉ in June 2024.
1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secretโฆ
If you heard a high-pitched squeal noise in central London right now, that was the DHH offices on hearing that
@MWCravenUK
has hit the Sunday Times Top 10 with his new book, FEARLESS! Congratulations, Mike!
*BREAKING NEWS*
Japanese rights for
@MWCravenUK
โs
#ThePuppetShow
&
#BlackSummer
have just been sold to Hayakawa for a considerable five-figure sum.
Perfect start to the weekend for the author behind the
#WashingtonPoe
series ๐๐
A very warm welcome to new client
@AshaHick
.
Asha, who joins
@DavidHHeadley
โs list, will be working with him on her debut novel, and modern gothic thriller, LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD.
Congratulations to our colleague
@emily_glenister
who is now an Associate Literary Agent here at DHH ๐๐๐
Please visit our website for details on how to submit your work to Emily.
Hi! I am now an Associate Literary Agent - by which I mean, please send me your brilliant work. Yay for career progression ๐ฅณ Thank you to
@DavidHHeadley
& the entire
@DHHlitagency
for having faith in me. Am so frickinโ excited to get started!
.
@emily_glenister
is back open for submissions. If youโve got a fantastic commercial or book club read you think could be up Emilyโs street, thereโs no time like the present. Swipe through to see what sheโs looking for & how to submit.
Stunning proofs of
@jo_thomas01
's new book, A Winter Beneath the Stars, have just landed at DHH. We are so excited for this beautiful (both inside and out) book to hit shelves on 13th December (ebook: 4th October).
#WinterStars
โจ
Well, we've just woken up to some BRILLIANT NEWS and it concerns a certain
@stu_turton
... A no.1 Bestseller in the Kindle Science Fiction charts. Champagne for everyone (it's noon somewhere right?)!!
#SevenDeaths
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for
@DavyFennell
โs forthcoming book:
#TheArtOfDeath
.
For fans of Chris Carter, this is a seriously creepy serial killer thriller introducing DI Grace Archer.
โHe is creating a masterpiece. And she will be the star of his show.โ
A hearty congratulations to our clients on a fantastic week. Weโve got an acquisition announcement, cover reveals, endorsements & more!
#DHHNewsRoundup
A big, warm welcome to new client
@ErickaWaller1
, who joins
@emily_glenister
โs list.
Ericka is the author of the critically acclaimed DOG DAYS, and her next book, GOODBYE BIRDIE GREENWING will be published in April 2024.
Morning all โ๏ธ
While this weekendโs news has not been the best news weโve ever received collectively, our clients smashing it does make it a little easier. Congratulations to all, thank you for being generally brilliant!
To celebrate the publication of The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Vol.2, weโre giving away a copy of Wild and Crazy, as well as a matching 2019 calendar.
RT & follow to win. Closes at 5pm on a Friday 02/11. UK only.
#competition
#giveaway
#win
Right! That's us signing off for Christmas, thank you to all our amazing authors, colleagues, and readers who have picked up one of our clients' books! Here's to a great 2018 ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ
The cover for the first in
@MWCravenUK
โs explosive new series, has been revealed!
FEARLESS follows Ben Koenig, a man with five million reasons to disappear โฆ but only one to bring him back.
29.06.23
And just like that, weโve come to the final
#DHHNewsRoundup
of 2021.
Congratulations to all our clients on an incredible 12 months. Hereโs to the next 12! Happy Christmas everyone ๐
Oh
@stu_turton
, we could not be more thrilled for you. Number One! First week on sale! All the congratulations to you, you absolute superstar ๐ฅ๐ฅ
The BIGGEST congratulations to
@stu_turton
and The Last Murder at the End of the World!
Straight in at NUMBER ONE on the Sunday Times hardback fiction bestseller chart this week! Thank you to all of the booksellers, readers and champions of this very special book ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ
Omg keeping this a secret was
T O U G H...
Over the moon for
@DarrenRCharlton
, who has only gone & flippinโ WON the
@Waterstones
#WCBP21
in the Older Readers category, for his debut novel, WRANGLESTONE. All the congratulations, Darren!! ๐พ๐พ
Winner of the Older Readers category is the incredible Wranglestone by
@DarrenRCharlton
published by
@LittleTigerUK
which manages to be tender gay love story and terrifying zombie epic at the same time:
#WCBP21
Thank you as ever to
@GoldsboroBooks
for hosting the launch for
@MWCravenUK
โs THE BOTANIST this evening.
Out in exactly a week, you can preorder this gorgeous yellow sprayed edge edition now:
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Happy Paperback Publication Day to
@whitfield_riley
for her astonishing & dark debut, PEOPLE OF ABANDONED CHARACTER.
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What would you do if you thought you might be married to Jack the Ripper?
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We are officially open to submissions for Pitch DHH: York! If you would like the chance to pitch your novel to one of our agents with a view to one-on-one feedback and possible representation, please have a read of this before submitting:
#pitchdhh
Thank you so much to
@thebookseller
for covering our very special 10th anniversary.
We couldnโt be prouder to have completed our first decade (๐ฑ) - we love what we do, and our clients really do make it such a joy.
Hereโs to the next decade ๐พ
The
@DHHlitagency
is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month with an expansion accompanied by a string of major debut writer deals signed through lockdown Zoom sessions! Find out more here:
HUGE congratulations to the brilliant
@MWCravenUK
- his new Washington Poe book, THE BOTANIST, has soared straight into the Sunday Times bestseller top 10!
Thoroughly deserved and we couldnโt be more delighted ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Time for our weekly roundup! This week, we've got some fab chart news, an exciting addition to the DHH client list and much more...
Click here to find out more ๐
๐AMAZING GIVEAWAY๐
As we near the release of
@MWCravenUK
's
#BlackSummer
on 20/06/19, we're giving away a copy of the book to one lucky winner! ๐ฑ
RT & follow by Monday 3rd June to win!
How weโve reached Easter week of 2024 already, weโll never know. Where is 2024 going??
Fear not, with our latest
#DHHNewsRoundup
, weโve got some excellent reads to take you in to the long weekendโฆ
๐ฃ
When the weather is this unpredictable, thereโs only one thing for it: reading!
And weโve got just the inspiration you need โฆ our
#DHHNewsRoundup
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Twitter isn't the only one that can change its branding... We're thrilled to unveil our fantastic new logo, which heralds the start of exciting change here at DHH. New website incoming ๐
Thank you to
@Ascensor
for creating the design.
The happiest of Publication Days to
@MWCravenUK
- Poe & Tilly are back in the sensational DEAD GROUND.
โHis best yetโ Stuart Turton
โHeart-poundingโ Chris Whitaker
โEntertaining & engagingโ BA Paris
We are over the moon that
@MWCravenUK
won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger at last nightโs
@The_CWA
Dagger Awards! ๐ฅ
DEAD GROUND is the fourth instalment of the Washington Poe series and a Sunday Times bestseller.
#PitchDHH
We are extending the deadline for this to:
MONDAY 29 OCTOBER AT 10AM
Due to the (hideous) technical difficulties over the last 36 hours, we are afraid we may have missed some submissions and we can't have that!
Details on how to submit here๐
๐ชCongratulations to clients
@MWCravenUK
@
@BrianMcGilloway
, who have both been longlisted for the CWA Dagger Awards 2023!
๐ชCravenโs THE BOTANIST is up for the Ian Fleming Dagger, while McGilloway is up for the Dagger in the Library
We do hope that youโve managed to stay firmly on the ground this past weekend ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ
Itโs time for our
#DHHNewsRoundup
, congratulations to all our clients!
๐ CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT ๐
Thrilled to be welcoming
@bethklewis
to the Agency this week.
Beth, who is the author of books including THE WOLF ROAD and most recently, CHILDREN OF THE SUN, joins
@DavidHHeadley
โs list.
โจHuge congratulations to clients
@MWCravenUK
&
@gbpoliceadvisor
, who have been shortlisted for the
@CrimeFest
Awards, sponsored by
@Specsavers
.
โจCraven is nominated for the eDunnit Award for THE BOTANIST, while Bartlettโs BAD FOR GOOD is up for the Debut Crime Novel Award!
One of the most exciting crime novels of 2021, THE RUSSIAN DOLL by Marina Palmer (otherwise known as
@RobertsonImogen
) is out today in eBook and hardback.
Stay tuned for even more exciting news about this book, coming soon!
We are so delighted to welcome the incredible
@AbiRFellows
to the DHH Literary Agency!
Abi, who is Nibbies-shortlisted for Agent of the Year, brings with her an impressive roster of clients, and we couldn't be happier to have her on board.
Some news from my end... End of an era moving on from
@GoldsboroBooks
, but looking forward to further growing my already banging list of authors at
@DHHlitagency
. As ever, authors, please do send me your books!
Weโre only just managing to come down off the high of the weekend that was the Capital Crime festival, and what better way, than to celebrate with a host of excellent news? Itโs our
#DHHNewsRoundup
feat
@aadhand
@StephenMoss_TV
@lucyfulford
& more!
Huge congratulations to
@VictoriaSelman
! Her incredible thriller TRULY, DARKLY, DEEPLY, has been pre-empted by
@QuercusBooks
.
Trust us: add this one to your calendar - you will not want to miss it.
Delighted that this news is out and what a book it is! Congratulations,
@VictoriaSelman
'Truly, Darkly, Deeply, is one of those thrillers that are very hard not to finish in one sitting.'
@BookBrunch