April 4, 2018
This horror-Western is an insanely fun, dark and gritty, feminist, page-turning genre-bender that makes for some seriously great summer reading.
March 5, 2018
Starred Review
Exploring the bonds of loyalty, friendship, and bravery in the face of impossible odds, Berquist cleverly riffs on the work of Cormac McCarthy, blending the excitement and harsh beauty of the frontier with a straight shot of zombie terror. This wild western will delight horror and adventure fans alike.
November 20, 2017
Emma Berquist’s debut novel Devils Unto Dust, which HarperCollins will publish under its Greenwillow imprint in April 2018, has been pre-emptively acquired by New Regency to make into a feature. Big Talk Pictures’ Nira Park will produce along with New Regency’s Arnon Milchan. Big Talk’s Rachael Prior will executive produce.
New Regency has picked up film rights for the upcoming young adult book Devils Unto Dust, which is described as True Grit meets 28 Days Later.
June 23, 2017
Week of March 20, 2017
Martha Mihalick at Greenwillow has acquired Emma Berquist's debut YA alternative history of the West, Devils Unto Dust, the story of a girl who overcomes incredible obstacles and a deadly virus that has infected thousands, for the survival of her family, and maybe the world. Publication is scheduled for spring 2018; Heather Flaherty at the Bent Agency did the two-book deal for world English rights.