This past week we received the thrilling news that two TED clients have been offered agent representation. Georgia McBride, author of the YA thriller PRAEFATIO, has signed with Mark McVeigh of The McVeigh Agency , and suspense novelist Nick Daniels, author of THE JIHAD'S MESSIAH, is now represented by Nicholas Croce of The Croce Agency after successful placement via our agent matchmaking program.

We previously featured Georgia McBride in our Building Your Author's Platform series, and she is proof that a great story and a strong online presence make an author irresistible to an agent. PRAEFATIO is the story of Grace Ann Miller, a girl found on a rock star's front lawn with no memory of how she got there. While the media has a field day with the rock star's arrest, "Grace has a much more shocking tale for the police than kidnapping. A secret existence steeped in ancient Biblical myth and guarded by the highest order of Angels-resulting in blood, death and more grief than Grace could ever imagine." Georgia is sharing the first chapter of PRAEFATIO on her web site, and you can view a book trailer there as well.

THE JIHAD'S MESSIAH also revolves around biblical themes, but takes them in a very different direction. Editor Renni Browne has this to say about the book: "One of the things that's interesting about the story is that it pits two young Muslim men against each other in the midst of extremist warfare against everybody else in the world. The Muslim hero's closest friends turn out to be a Jew and a Christian, his deadliest enemy throughout the story is a Muslim. Personal enmity in the context of (intended) global conquest is really interesting." THE JIHAD'S MESSIAH examines Islamic terrorism in the light of biblical prophecy, while giving a human face to the so-called “enemy of America”—the Muslim world.

Hearty congratulations to both Nick and Georgia, and we can't wait to see your books in print at the local bookstore!