WordServe Literary Agency (2024)

22/07/2024

Congratulations to Kelsey Scism and Bethany House Publishers for the July 31, 2024 release of One Year with Jesus: A Weekly Devotional Journal for Middle School Girls.

Every girl's guide to discovering who you truly are in Jesus

Being a middle school girl is . . . a lot. It seems like every day presents a new challenge as you navigate friendship, crushes, girl drama, stress, school, and confusing emotions.

One Year with Jesus is your guide for dealing with the stuff that life is throwing at you right now. Think of this devotional journal as a safe space where you can get real with God--and where God can bring you the peace and comfort you need.

Inside this book you'll find:

· 52 devotions to help you apply God's Word when life gets messy--one for every week of the year
· Reflection questions to help you grow closer to Jesus
· Journaling space so you can be honest with God about how you feel

These early teen years can be really hard--but they can also be really beautiful. Because it's here that God shapes the girl you once were into the woman he created you to be.

02/07/2024

Congratulations to Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee. Their WWII novel, The Long March Home, wins International Book Award. https://rushtopress.org/14394-2/

19/06/2024

Congratulations to John A Dailey and Knox Press for the August 13, 2024 release of Tough Rugged Bastards: A Memoir of a Life in Marine Special Operations.

19/06/2024

Congratulations to Elizabeth Felicetti and Samantha Vicent-Alexander and Eerdmans Publishing for the July 2, 2024 release of Irreverent Prayers: Talking to God When You’re Seriously Sick.

19/06/2024

Congratulations to Susan Cleland. Her book "Mission Vigilant: A Mother's Crusade to Stem the Tide of Veteran Su***de " was honored in the 2024 International Book Awards, by the American Book Fest.

11/06/2024

Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou and Katie Powner. Their books – Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou and The Wind Blows in the Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner won Selah Awards under the categories of "Middle Grade Novels" and "General Fiction"

11/06/2024

Congratulations to Jennifer Strickland and Regnery Faith Publishing for the June 11, 2024 release of I Am a Woman: Taking Back Our Name.

05/06/2024

Congratulations to Russell W. Joyce. His book, His Face Like Mine: Finding God's Love in Our Wounds received a positive review by Publishers Weekly.

05/06/2024

Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou and Linda MacKillop. Their books – Beneath the Swirling Sky by Carolyn Leiloglou and Hotel, Oscar, Mike, Echo by Linda MacKillop were finalists for the category Young People's Literature by The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).

20/05/2024

Congratulations to Rick Lawrence and Moody Publishers for the June 4, 2024 release of Editing Jesus: Confronting the Distorted Faith of the American Church.

08/04/2024

I think we have just been eclipsed in Mesa, Arizona. It was hard to tell except the birds suddenly stopped singing. Earily quiet. Now the doves and quail are chirping up a storm - taking off the teeny-tiny dark paper glasses I gave out earlier, strutting around the yard, bragging about being Eclipse2024 Birds! They think they are so cool.

01/04/2024

Congratulations to Jim Putman and Faith-Happenings Publishing the March 20, 2024 release of Church is a Team Sport: A Championship Strategy for Doing Ministry Together.

01/04/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Amen and Tyndale Refresh for the March 26, 2024 release of Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience with Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults.

22/03/2024

Congratulations to Jamie Sumner and Atheneum Books for the April 9, 2024 release of Deep Water.

Six hours.
One marathon swim.

That’s all Tully Birch needs to get her life straightened out. With the help of her best friend, Arch, Tully braves the waters of Lake Tahoe to break the record for the youngest person ever to complete the famous “Godfather swim.” She wants to achieve something no one in the world has done, because if she does, maybe, just maybe, her mom will come back.

The swim starts off well—heart steady, body loose, Arch in charge of snacks as needed. But for Tully, all that time alone with her thoughts allows memories to surface. And in the silence of deep waters, sadness can sink you. When the swim turns dangerous, Tully fights for her survival. Does she keep going and risk her own safety and Arch’s? Or does she quit to save them both, even if it means giving up hope that her mother will return?

16/02/2024

Congratulations to Thomas Quinn with Paige Kaner for the January 28, 2024 release of Game Changer: Al Ross: The Man Who Transformed the NBA.

In 1971 one man fought the ABA and the NBA all the way to the US Supreme Court--and won!

Determined and principled, rookie lawyer Al Ross fought for players who had been underpaid and badly treated by team owners. Against the odds, his victory transformed the game of basketball as we know it, and its impact is still felt today.

Al Ross is a sports and entertainment attorney turned real estate mogul. He fought hard for all his athletes and entertainers, especially against the racially charged ABA and some of its franchise owners, most of whom were very wealthy, powerful white men. He did so to ensure his athletes (mainly young, black athletes) got the best deals imaginable and a fair shake.

Set against the backdrop of The Civil Rights Movement, perhaps, his biggest fight was against racism in all the world of professional sports. Al, then a young sports agent and newly admitted lawyer to the California Bar went to war on behalf of the then very young, very talented, Spencer Haywood, who was being horribly mistreated and racially discriminated against by the ABA, specifically, the Denver Rockets owner and franchise. Al assembled a team of legal experts and took Spencer’s case all the way to the US Supreme Court where Al and his team won the verdict. This win would not only benefit his client, the young Haywood, but would forever change the lives of so many young players who came after Spencer and benefitted greatly from the verdict. It changed the NBA and the world of professional sports forever by instituting The Al Ross “Hardship Rule”.

The ABA/NBA connection was only the beginning of his illustrious career. He dealt with some of the best players, talent and most powerful men in basketball, football, baseball and entertainment. He negotiated in basketball against Jack Kent Cook, then owner of the L.A. Lakers. Sam Shuman, owner of the Seattle Supersonics, Abe Pollen with Bullets, Jerry Colangelo with the Suns, and in football against Al Davis of the Raiders and Don Shula then of the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins, and many others.

16/02/2024

Congratulations to Robert L Wise and FaithHappenings Publishing for the November 28, 2023 release of The Conspiracy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Stopping Hi**er.

The time has come to tell the story again. Westerners tend to forget that evil dictators don’t disappear. The West must remember the story of a man who laid down his life to stop tyranny in order to bring peace in his time.

The almost unknown account of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s full involvement in the attempts to assassinate Adolph Hi**er remains one of the extraordinary stories of World War II. A towering theologian and patriot, Bonhoeffer did not retreat from joining the fight to stop the N***s. In these pages you will discover an explosive adventure that remains an ultimate witness to the truth.

After his capture, his finance Maria von Wedemeyer, never gave up attempting to find him and stand with him. In later years, Maria was to become the leading scientist with the Re*****on Rand Corporation, pioneering the way for the modern computer.

The author’s interview with Bonhoeffer’s godson, Christop Von Dohnanyi, sheds more light on who Bonhoeffer was and what he accomplished. You will find this thoroughly researched though novelized story of Bonhoeffer’s involvement in WWII to be gripping and compelling.

16/02/2024

Congratulations to Glenn Allen with Richard Kaufman for January 19, 2024 release of Played: The Games of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

American Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage, unmoved by the new N**i regime's anti-Jewish doctrines, leads the fight to participate in the 1936 Berlin Games after much debate of a U.S. boycott. Brundage desperately wants to be on the International Olympic Committee. If he doesn't get the Americans to Berlin, he can kiss that dream goodbye.

When the vote is decided in Brundage’s favor, AP Sports Editor, Alan J. Gould, friend and champion of the athletes, travels to Berlin to cover all of the “games” being played. Through his eyes we see the machinations of Brundage’s complicity with the N***s, the tenacity of the proud American athletes, and the extreme pressure from the N***s on their German athletes. Their stories, heartbreaking and tragic, give rise to feats of heroism that go beyond the playing field.

PLAYED is a cauldron of politics, sports, espionage and courage. Along the way we meet some of the most famous people of the time; Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Goebbels, Leni Riefenstahl, Eva Braun and the madman himself, who vowed to “make Germany great again,” Adolf Hi**er.

29/01/2024

Congratulations to Angela J. Herrington and Eerdmans Press for February 20, 2024 release of Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.

11/01/2024

Congratulations to Jessica Hooten Wilson with Steve Prince and Brazos Press for the January 23, 2004 release of Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage?: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress .

When celebrated American novelist and short story writer Flannery O'Connor died at the age of thirty-nine in 1964, she left behind an unfinished third novel titled Why Do the Heathen Rage? Scholarly experts uncovered and studied the material, deeming it unpublishable. It stayed that way for more than fifty years.

Until now.

For the past ten-plus years, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson has explored the 378 pages of typed and handwritten material of the novel--transcribing pages, organizing them into scenes, and compiling everything to provide a glimpse into what O'Connor might have planned to publish.

This book is the result of Hooten Wilson's work. In it, she introduces O'Connor's novel to the public for the first time and imagines themes and directions O'Connor's work might have taken. Including illustrations and an afterword from noted artist Steve Prince (One Fish Studio), the book unveils scenes that are both funny and thought-provoking, ultimately revealing that we have much to learn from what O'Connor left behind.

02/01/2024

A Final Word for 2023

Another year in publishing has come and gone and for WordServe, it was another solid year. We celebrated our 20th year as an agency and are hugely grateful to be able to continue the work we love.

We were able to place more than 60 new titles, about 20% of which were by new authors and 25% to general market houses. We secured 15 new collaboration projects, 4 movie options, and several audio/video deals.

We said goodbye to long-time agent Sarah Freese and said hello to our new agent, Emma Fulenwider, who’s working near her Sacramento home. Nick Harrison continues to contribute to WordServe with a few deals, some writing projects under his name, and attending many writer conferences a year, scouting new talent. And our indispensable Julie Gabrisch keeps the website updated, and everything else organized. It’s a great team and I’m honored to lead it.

Have a Happy New Year!

Greg Johnson

President

P.S. We moved out of our office so everyone is working remote. Our new mailing address is 700 Colorado Blvd., #318, Denver, CO 80206.

15/12/2023

Once in a while, someone else gets a gift that becomes the most special of them all. John Homan, 99 and 11/12ths years old, the man below, has a book coming out in the Spring about his time as a co-pilot on a B-24 during WWII. At his age, he knows that just waking up is a good day. But he wanted to hold his book before he passed on. The author Jared Frederick, publisher (Regnery History) and I (the lowly agent) put the pedal to the metal, and created this ONE book for him to hold (just in case). Merry Christmas, John, and thank you for your service, so many years ago. (INTO THE COLD BLUE will be out in May and is up on Amazon if you wanted to pre-order!) I don't know for sure, but this may be the last memoir published by a LIVING veteran of that war that helped save the world. https://www.amazon.com/Into.../dp/1684515157/ref=sr_1_1...

12/12/2023

Congrats to Patricia Raybon for earning Tyndale's Christianity Today’s Fiction 2024 Book Award. https://rushtopress.org/13522-2/

11/12/2023

Congratulations to Kris Tarantino on the starred review from School Library Journal on her new book release of Be My Valenslime.
Read it here: https://www.slj.com/review/be-my-valenslime

14/07/2023

Congratulation Natalie! Raised to Stay is a Publisher’s Weekly bestseller. You are #23 in trade paperback frontlist category - https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/tradepaper.html

19/04/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Amen for making the ECPA Best seller's list. His book "Change Your Brain Every Day" is #5 on the Christian bestseller list.

11/01/2023

Congratulations to Jamie Sumner. Her sequel to "Roll With It", Time To Roll, is featured in Motherly's Best Kids Books for 2023. Read about all of the suggested books at Motherly.

13/12/2022

Christianity Today announced their 2023 Book Awards. We are honored to announce that under the category “Culture & the Arts”, Jessica Hooten Wilson received the Award of Merit for her book “The Scandal of Holiness”. Under the category “Politics & Public Life”, Bonnie Kristan received the Award of Merit for her book “Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community”. Be sure and read about all of the books awarded at Christianity Today. https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/december-web-only/christianity-today-2023-book-awards.html

03/10/2022

Wordserve Literary is proud to announce the promotion of Keely Boeving to Senior Agent. Keely has been a member of the Wordserve Staff since 2015 and has the respect of both authors and publishers. Please help us celebrate this well deserved promotion.

14/07/2022

Publisher's Weekly announced that Kevin Nye’s upcoming book GRACE CAN LEAD US HOME is listed as one of the Top 10 books for Religion & Spirituality. Read the entire article at Publisher's Weekly https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/89807-fall-2022-announcements-religion-spirituality.html

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