Deal News: We are thrilled to announce that PUT IT TO BED and KILL NOTICE by bestselling author duo Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti have been sold to Shivaun Hearne and Karen Brochu at House of Anansi!
From bestselling author duo Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti, and following the success of their debut mystery BURY THE LEAD and their eagerly anticipated WIDOWS AND ORPHANS (Spring 2025), the next two instalments in the Quill & Packet mystery series, PUT IT TO BED and KILL NOTICE, in which big-city journalist Cat Conway joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets and murder, to Shivaun Hearne and Karen Brochu at House of Anansi, for publication Spring 2026 and Spring 2027, by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Agency (North American English and Canada French).
KATE HILTON is the bestselling author of three novels: The Hole in the Middle, Just like Family, and Better Luck Next Time. When not writing, Kate works with psychotherapy and life coaching clients in the area of transformational change. No stranger to reinvention herself, Kate has had prior careers in law, university administration, publishing, and major gift fundraising. She lives in Toronto in a blended family—including a husband, two sons, a stepdaughter, and a rescue dog.
ELIZABETH RENZETTI is a bestselling Canadian author and journalist. She has worked for the Globe and Mail as a reporter, editor, and columnist. In 2020 she won the Landsberg Award for her reporting on gender equality. She is the author of the essay collection Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls and the novel Based on a True Story. Her book What She Said: Conversations about Equality is forthcoming in October. She lives in Toronto with her family.
Congratulations Kate and Elizabeth!