Lithuanian rights for NAONDEL (RED ABBEY CHRONICLES #2) acquired by Aukso pieva!
We are very excited to let you know that the Lithuanian rights for Naondel, the second chapter of Maria Turtschaninoff's three-book series The Red Abbey Chronicles have been acquired by Aukso pieva. The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
There are now 30 foreign sales for The Red Abbey Chronicles, very recently also to Russian publishing company Eksmo and Korean Gimm-Young Publishers.
"Maresi will be the children's hero following Harry Potter. Feminism and fantasy are completely woven together to catch not only fun but also lessons! It's a must for children!"
– Soyeon Kim, Foreign Rights Manager, Gimm-Young Publishers
The Red Abbey Chronicles is a historically inspired feminist fantasy series with 30 foreign sales and a feature film based on the series in development by The Bureau.
The rights for the series are still available in Greece, Slovakia, Japan, the Czech Republic, Israel, Spain, etc.
Download full English PDFs for the series here
Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff
MARESI
The Red Abbey is a refuge for women and girls, where everyone pursues their own areas of interest. Maresi prefers to spend her time reading and learning. Everything changes when the frightened Jai arrives on the island. She has seen her sister get buried alive for speaking to a young man, and her father and a crew of thugs are after her. Maresi and her friends have to fight to defend both Jai and their community.
NAONDEL
An independent prequel to Maresi, Naondel tells the story of the First Sisters – founders of the Red Abbey. Imprisoned in a harem by a dangerous man, with a dark magic that grants him power over life and death, the women must overcome their mistrust of each other in order to escape. But they can only do so at a great cost, both for those who leave and those left behind.
MARESI: RED MANTLE
The third book is an epistolary novel that follows Maresi after she leaves the Red Abbey to establish a school in her oppressed home province of Rovas. The return to her Northern home, and fitting in, is not easy even with all the knowledge she's bringing with her, but she is determined to triumph over the difficulties. However, she does not need to make it alone, for life has yet another surprise in store: love.
Watch a video of the author Maria Turtschaninoff sharing her inspiration for the titles.
Maria Turtschaninoff: "I crawled into every wardrobe I could find and I was very disappointed that none of them ever lead to Narnia"
"Maresi stands out for its startling originality, and for the frightening plausibility of the dangerous world it creates" – Rebecca Hawkes, Telegraph"It's rare to find a YA fantasy with such polished writing… Utterly satisfying and completely different" – Booklist, starred review
"Dark, powerful and original… it really stands out in a very crowded YA marketplace. Thrilling, suspenseful and gloriously feminist" – The Bookseller
"It's hard not to be impressed with Turtschaninoff's magical world" – The Times
"The novel is at once contemporary and timeless. Its unwavering feminism is resolutely modern, resonating with a range of texts from Ursula Le Guin's 2001 Tales from Earthsea to Disney's Frozen. At the same time, it feels authentically ancient and mythic." – The Guardian
"The first book in a very unusual fantasy/fairytale trilogy, bristling with feminism, inner darkness and intellectual questions" – The Daily Mail
Original publisher: FINLAND, Schildts & Söderströms (Book 1)
Original publisher: FINLAND, Förlaget (Books 2-3)
ALBANIA: Dritan (Book 1-2)
AZERBAIJAN: Alatoran (Book 1-2)
BELGIUM, Clavis (Book 1-2)
BRAZIL, Morro Branco (Books 1-3)
BULGARIA, Izida (Books 1-3)
CANADA (English): Abrams (books 1-3)
CANADA (French), Editions de la Bagnole (Book 1)
CHINA (Simplified), Shanghai 99 (Books 1-3)
CROATIA, Naklada ljevak (Book 1)
DENMARK, Turbine (Book 1)
ESTONIA, Varrak (Book 1-2)
FINLAND, Tammi (Books 1-2)
FRANCE, Rageot (Books 1-2)
GERMANY, Random House/Heyne (Book 1)
HUNGARY, Scolar (Books 1-3)
ITALY, Atmosphere Libri (Books 1-3)
KOREA: Gimm-Young Publishers
LATVIA, Petergailis (Book 1-2)
LITHUANIA, Aukso pieva (Book 1-2)
NETHERLANDS, Clavis (Book 1-2)
NORWAY, Gursli Berg Forlag (Books 1-3)
POLAND, Wydawnictwo Debit (Books 1-3)
ROMANIA, Univers (Books 1-2)
RUSSIA: Eksmo (Books 1-3)
WORLD SPANISH, Penguin Random House/Alfaguara (Book 1)
SWEDEN, Berghs (Books 1-2)
TURKEY, Altın Kitaplar (Book 1)
UNITED KINGDOM, Pushkin Press (Books 1-3)
UNITED STATES, Abrams (Books 1-3)
FILM & TV Rights: The Bureau/Film4
Maria Turtschaninoff is known for crafting lyrical, historically inspired fantasy stories starring strong female protagonists. In addition to J.R.R. Tolkien, she counts Philip Pullman, Ursula K. Le Guin and C.S. Lewis among her favorite authors. She is a two-time winner of the Society of Swedish Literature Prize, a nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize. Her Red Abbey Chronicles YA trilogy has been sold into 30 languages. Maria has a Master of Arts in human ecology and works full-time as a writer.
INHERITED LAND, Maria Turtschaninoff's first adult fiction novel, has been awarded the prestigious Swedish YLE Literature Prize 2022! This award is annually given to the best Finnish-Swedish book of the year during Helsinki Bookfair and is regarded as one of the most important award for Finnish-Swedish authors.
2022, Literary Fiction
Inherited Land
2018, Young Adult (13 or 14+)
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