January Chronicle - Book Deals As the main Chronicle was beginning to get a little large this new page will report all new book deals we hear of relating to sf/f/h. If you have any news of books sold (or re-sold or foreign language sales) please email the information to mailto:methos@eternalnight.co.uk and it will included in the next Chronicle. Jay Caselberg Jay Caselberg has signed a two sf book deal with Roc/NAL. The first of these is entitled Wyrmhole and tells the story of a psychic detective who uses visions to solve crimes. . Nancy A. Collins White Wolf Publishing are to release a trade paperback version of Nancy A. Collins's short story collection Dead Roses for a Blue Lady. Based on her vampire-hunter Sonja Blue character this book has previously seen publication as a limited edition hardback from Crossroads Press. . Jennifer Fallon Jennifer Fallon has signed a three-book deal with Bantam. The first book in this trilogy (The Second Sons Trilogy) is entitled Lion of Senet has recently seen release in Australia from HarperCollins Australia. . Eric Flint Eric Flint has just signed a two book deal with Del Rey. The first of these will be Trail of Glory, an alternate history novel focusing of the history of the American West, with a second book to follow. . Diana Pharoah Francis Fantasy author, Diana Pharoah Francis, has signed a three book deal with Roc/NAL. The first of these is entitled PATH OF FATE and concerns a young woman who discovers she has an unwanted bond with a goddess-blessed goshawk. . Elizabeth Haydon Children's Fantasy Series Elizabeth Haydon has sold VEN POLYPHEME, a series of children's fantasy books to Tor's Starscape YA line. The Japanese editions will be released by Shogakukan. . Eva Hoffman North American paperback rights for Eva Hoffman's novel The Secret have been sold to Del Rey. The book concerns a young woman who discovers she is her mother's clone. . Robert E. Howard Del Rey have signed a deal to release a five book "Best Of" Robert E. Howard. Three of the books will concentrate on his Conan stories, with the other two covering Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn. . Greg Keyes UK rights to Greg Keys's Briar King went to Pan MacMillan at auction, German rights to Bertelsmann. . Christopher Paolini 19 year old Christopher Paolini has sold a young adult fantasy trilogy entitled Inheritance to Knopf Books. The first book ERAGON was previously self-published and will be released in September 2003 with Eldesst (book two) to follow in 2004. . Laura J. Underwood Laura J. Underwood has just signed a two book deal with Meisha Merlin. The two books (entitled The Dragon’s Tongue and The Wandering Lark) will be released in May 2004 and 2005, and ill be the first two books in The Demon-Bound series. . James Valentine UK rights to James Valentine's YA time-travel book Jumpman have gone to Random House. . L. Marie Wood L. Marie Wood's debut novel Crescendo, a novel about fate and what we will do to avoid the inevitable, has been picked up be PublishAmerica. .