Janklow & Nesbit Associates is pleased to announce that Allison Hunter will be joining the firm starting July 11th as an agent.

SMOOTH OPERATOR, the first collaboration between bestselling author Stuart Woods and author Parnell Hall, received a positive review from Publisher’s Weekly. The review says “Fans are sure to welcome this action-packed start to a separate series within the larger Stone Barrington story arc.” G.P. Putnam & Sons will publish the book on August 2, 2016.

THE WAKING FIRE, the first book in a new fantasy trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan, received a positive review from Publishers Weekly. The review says “Ryan handily juggles draconic fantasy, espionage, and steampunk naval fiction with realism and effortless skill.” Ace will publish the book on July 5, 2016.

Ramona Ausubel’s SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF EASE AND PLENTY has featured in two more Best Summer Books of 2016 lists, Travel & Leisure and PureWow, bringing her to twelve inclusions total. The book also garnered a favorable review from KQED, whose Leilani Clark was moved to write: Like all great fiction, Ausubel’s story of a once-wealthy couple’s plunge into poverty has gifted me with empathy toward characters I would likely disdain in real life…The whole story is written in beautiful, sometimes poetic prose.” Riverhead publishes the book on June 14, 2016....

The third bestselling cookbook by Gwyneth Paltrow was the lead review in a cookbook roundup in Sunday’s New York Times Book Review. The review says that “A good percentage of the recipes deliver on the fast part of the fast-and-fresh promise, and what makes them so appealing is the way Paltrow and Baumann elevate a simple dish without scaring anyone off.” Grand Central published the book on April 12, 2016.

Ramona Ausubel’s latest novel has been named one of the Best Summer Books of 2016 by The BBC, Fodor’s, The Chicago Tribune, Hello Giggles, and Newsday. The book was also named an Amazon Best Book for June 2016. In the Amazon Book Review, Sara Nelson writes: “Thanks to Ausubel’s dreamlike prose and her careful parsing of the magical realism...the novel opens into a magical force field that even doubters somehow can’t manage to escape.”

Award-winning science writer Ed Yong’s first book, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, received a starred review in Publisher’s Weekly. “Yong makes a superb case for his position… [he] reveals ‘how ubiquitous and vital microbes are’ on scales large and small.” Ecco publishes the book on August 9, 2016...