Dana Elmendorf

ICYMI: Publisher's Weekly Book Announcement

In case you missed it, I sold a book! Publisher's Weekly announced the sale of my book IN THE HOUR OF CROWS this week, and I couldn't be more excited! I haven't stopped celebrating since. Stay tuned here for more news and updates.

Elmendorf’s ‘Crows’ Circle Mira

Dana Elmendorf’s adult debut, In the Hour of Crows, was acquired at auction by Mira’s Meredith Clark. The world rights agreement was brokered by Jill Marr at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. Mira compared the Appalachia-set novel to Where the Crawdads Sing and Practical Magic, describing it as an “atmospheric story that follows young Weatherly Wilder as she uses her unique gift to solve her cousin’s mysterious murder and prove her own innocence.” In the Hour of Crows is slated for summer 2024. Elmendorf is the author of the contemporary YA novel South of Sunshine.

READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/92208-book-deals-week-of-may-8-2023.html

Announcing: IN THE HOUR OF CROWS Coming Summer 2024

I'm so excited to announce my next book IN THE HOUR OF CROWS, projected to publisher Summer 2024. My new agent, Jill Marr with Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, is incredible! She has been amazing to work with, and I could not be more grateful to her for putting my book in the right publisher’s hands. I’m so thrilled to be working with my new editor Meredith Clark at MIRA (a Harper Collins Imprint.) She has incredible vision for my book and will make it ✨SHINE✨.

IN THE HOUR OF CROWS is projected to come out summer 2024. (Title and publishing date could change.) Here’s a brief description:

Dana Elmendorf’s adult debut IN THE HOUR OF CROWS, for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and Practical Magic, an engrossing and atmospheric story that follows young Weatherly Wilder as she uses her unique gift to solve her cousin’s mysterious murder and prove her own innocence, set in the beautiful wilds of Appalachia and imbued with magic realism.