Nathan's Books

The cherry blossoms are blooming in Prospect Park, I’m going to be doing a bit of traveling, and the blog is going to go on a bit of a spring hiatus as I rest and recharge. BUT! I’ll still be booking editing slots for May/June/July and will be checking emails, so please feel free to […]

Yesterday marked quite a milestone. Fifteen years ago, I signed up for nathanbransford.blogspot.com and moved over from MySpace (!) to put up this post where, among other things, I begged smokers to not smoke around their paper queries because of the hideous stale smell when you opened them… (a smell I can still conjure vividly). […]

I’m really excited to announce some changes that have been in the works for a long time to make this site more useful for you. New homepage! Check it out! And if things look a little wonky when you first visit, you may need to do a hard refresh (Command + Shift + R). If […]

I’m very psyched to announce that another quarantine task has been accomplished. You can now receive blog updates via email once a week! Or daily! Whichever you prefer! If you’re not currently subscribed, well, why not? Select your preference and you’re good to go. If you’re currently a daily email subscriber and want to receive […]

These are strange and difficult times, and we need each other in the book world more than ever. I’ve been brainstorming ways of helping out the book community and I’d really appreciate your feedback on what you need. I’d be deeply grateful if you took this survey for a chance to win a $50 gift […]

When the clock struck midnight to ring in January 1, 2010, I was a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd. in San Francisco, I was married, and the ink was barely dry on my first book deal for the Jacob Wonderbar series. Little did I know that nearly everything in my life was about to […]