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Forthcoming
BREAKING POINT by Dana Haynes (Minotaur, November 2011)
IONIAN SANCTION by Gary Corby (Minotaur, November 2011)
RAISED BY THE CHURCH by Ed Rohs and Judith Estrine (Fordham University Press, November 2011)
ZOMBIE TAG by Hannah Moskowitz (Roaring Brook, December 2011)
TEMPEST by Julie Cross (Thomas Dunne Books, January 2012)
DEEP SKY by Patrick Lee (Harper, January 2012)
THE SIMPLE DIET by Gustafson Anderson (Berkley, January 2012)
WHEN THE SEA IS RISING RED by Cat Hellisen (FSG, February 2012)
EDGE OF MIDNIGHT by Leslie Tentler (Mira, March 2012)
NICE GIRLS DON'T BITE THEIR NEIGHBORS by Molly Harper (Pocket, March 2012)
Recent Sales
Kathy Steligo's THE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION GUIDEBOOK: Issues and Answers from Research to Recovery, explaining mastectomy and clarifying the benefits and limitations of reconstructive options, to Jacqueline Wehmueller at Johns Hopkins University Press, by Diane Freed.
Josh Farrar's A SONG FOR BIJOU, a post-Haiti earthquake love story, set in Brooklyn, again to Stacy Cantor Abrams at Walker Children's, for publication in 2013, by Marissa Walsh at FinePrint Literary Management (World)
Waverly Curtis's DIAL "C" FOR CHIHUAHUA: A Sullivan and Sullivan Mystery, the first in a cozy mystery series featuring an amateur P.I. and her talking adopted dog, whose courage and derring do are matched only by his impeccable fashion sense, to Michaela Hamilton at Kensington, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management (World)
Jessica Corra's debut AFTER YOU, featuring a seventeen-year-old girl who can rewind moments in her life and change the present, but when her twin sister kills herself, she has to face that trying to rewrite the past might be risking her own future pitched as Before I Fall meets The Sky is Everywhere, to Kate Harrison at Dial, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Winner of the 2010 William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers Stephanie Evans's FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, in which a Church of Christ minister discovers that listening is not just "an act of love;" it's dangerous, to Shannon Jamieson Vazquez at Berkley, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2012, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management. (World English)
Author of BREAK and INVINCIBLE SUMMER Hannah Moskowitz's FISHBOY, featuring a sixteen-year-old boy whose family, in an effort to cure his ailing brother, relocates to a remote island where legendary magic fish are said to have healing powers, and he discovers the island has terrible secrets, including a half-teenager, half-fish, again to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Kristin Halbrook's debut WILL AND ZOE, featuring two teenagers who, in search of a better life, run away to Vegas, but realize they can't run fast enough when they end up wanted by the police, out of money, and out of options, pitched as a YA Bonnie and Clyde, to Sarah Barley at Harper Children's, in a two-book deal, in a very nice deal, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (NA).
Josin L. McQuein's debut ARCLIGHT, a science fiction/dystiopian thriller, where a parasitic race is driving humanity to the point of extinction, and no one who leaves the last safe enclave ever returns until one teenage girl, a stranger, stumbles out of the Dark, to Martha Mihalick at Greenwillow, in a two-book deal, in a major deal, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Marketing consultant, Entrepreneur columnist and blogger Erika Napoletano's THE POWER OF UNPOPULAR: How to Build Your Brand for the Audience Who Will Love You (and why no one else matters), an irreverent, counter-intuitive how-to guide for any business, explaining why a brand doesn't need to be popular to be successful, to Shannon Vargo at Wiley, for publication in April 2012, by Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary Management.
Founder and president of Gifted Journeys and former cycle director of the Egg Donor Program, Wendie Wilson-Miller's THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO EGG DONATION: A COMPASSIONATE AND COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR ALL PARENTS-TO-BE, co-authored with Erika Napoletano, the first handbook on navigating the landscape of egg donation, to Noreen Henson at Demos, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management.
Hosts of the popular UNC Basketball podcast "Tar Heel Bred, Tar Heel Dead" Reed Tucker and Andy Bagwell's DUKE SUCKS: A COMPLETELY EVEN-HANDED, UNBIASED INVESTIGATION INTO THE MOST EVIL TEAM ON PLANET EARTH, those smug, entitled, floor-slapping, fist-pumping, insufferable Blue Devils, to Marc Resnick at St. Martin's, for publication in 2012, by Marissa Walsh at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Sean Hill's VERY SHORT STORIES: 300 Bite-Size Works of Fiction, based on his humorous and macabre @VeryShortStory Twitter feed, to Kelly Reed at Ulysses Press, for publication in December 2011, by Marissa Walsh at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Elizabeth Norris's UNRAVELING, a romantic thriller about a 17-year-old girl who briefly dies after being hit by a car and is drawn into a tense relationship with the male classmate she is convinced saved her, pitched as Before I Fall meets Fringe, to Kristin Daly Rens at Balzer & Bray, in a pre-empt, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
National Journal correspondent Marc Ambinder and The Atlantic contributor D.B. Grady's SECRETS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AND WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW, a portrait of the inner workings of the most secretive levels of the federal government, to Eric Nelson at Wiley, at auction, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management (NA).
Nikki Loftin's debut novel THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY, pitched as Coraline meets Hansel and Gretel, about a young girl whose seemingly delightful new school hides frightening secrets, to Laura Arnold at Razorbill, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Sarvenaz Tash's THE MAPMAKER AND THE GHOST, about a girl who sets out to make the most accurate map of her hometown that ever existed, and discovers that there is no adventure without danger, pitched as MATILDA meets THE GOONIES, to Stacy Cantor Abrams at Walker Children's, for publication in April 2012, by Marissa Walsh at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Ben Westhoff's DIRTY SOUTH: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop, a vivid, humorous investigation into the phenomenon of southern hip-hop, to Yuval Taylor at Chicago Review Press, for publication in 2011, by Marissa Walsh (World).
Self-publishing success Samantha Hoffman's WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT, about an oft-divorced and now happily unmarried woman who receives a marriage proposal from her boyfriend on her 50th birthday - the same day she reconnects with her high school sweetheart online, to Brenda Copeland at St. Martin's, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management.
Gareth Jefferson Jones's GRIMM CITY, based on never-before-published Grimm fairy tales, pitched as SIN CITY by way of Neil Gaiman, and to be written by K.W. Jeter, to Brendan Deneen at Thomas Dunne Books, by Peter Rubie at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Director of the Animal Language Institute and biology professor Con Slobodchikoff's CHASING DR. DOLITTLE, documenting scientific research on animal communication including Slobodchikoff's own groundbreaking studies and how humans can actually learn various animal languages, to Daniela Rapp at St. Martin's, by Laura Wood at FinePrint Literary Management (World).
Karen Rivers's THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ME, about one girl's thirteenth summer, as told in a series of encyclopedia-style entries (and lots of interruptions), to Cheryl Klein at Arthur A. Levine Books, for publication in 2012, by FinePrint Literary Management (World English).
Mitchell Kriegman and Lisa Daly's BEING AUDREY HEPBURN, the story of a 19-year-old New Jersey teen from a broken home who is mistaken for a debutante when she wears an Audrey Hepburn dress (yes, THAT little black dress!) to an event at the Met; in order to fit into high society she then immerses herself in Hepburn's films so she can better pull off the charade, resulting in a journey toward finding herself, to Brendan Deneen at Thomas Dunne Books, in a two-book deal, by Ken Wright and Barbara Marcus at Writers House for Kriegman; Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary Management for Daly (NA).
Gary Corby's SACRED GAMES, the third book in the "Mean Streets of Classical Athens" series, to Keith Kahla at Minotaur, with Kathleen Conn editing, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management (World English).
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FILM RIGHTS
Film rights to Dan Krokos's YA thriller FALSE MEMORY, optioned to RKO Pictures by Pouya Shahbazian on behalf of Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Chip St. Clair's THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN, a terrifying story of a childhood spent living on the run with a vicious father who St. Clair discovered was one of America's Most Wanted escaped child killers, to Milpix Films, by book-to-film consultant Pouya Shahbazian of FP Productions on behalf of Peter Rubie of FinePrint Literary Management.
SUBRIGHTS
Rights to Sarah Wylie's debut ALL THESE LIVES, to Heyne in hardcover and Bertelsmann Juvenile in paperback, by Friederike Biesel at Thomas Schlueck Agency; Complex Chinese rights to Omnibook Press, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, both in association with Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management on behalf of Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.
Italian rights to Evan Mandery's Q: A (Timeless) Love Story, to Neri Pozza, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.
Evan Mandery's Q: A (Timeless) Love Story, a twisted love story of a successful writer who meets his future self, who advises him not to marry Q, the love of his life, to Clare Reihill at Harper UK, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.
Turkish rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS and ORIGINAL SIN, to Artemis Yayinlari.
Russian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Eksmo.
Portuguese rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Grupo Saída de Emergencia.
Italian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Newton Compton.
French rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS and ORIGINAL SIN, to Bragelonne.
Brazilian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, ORIGINAL SIN, and BOOK #3, to Lenice Bueno at Salamandra, in a very nice deal, at auction.
Hungarian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Kelly Kiado.
Turkish rights to Molly Harper's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS and NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN, to Pegasus.
German rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Katharina Dornhoefer at Rowohlt, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal.
French rights to Molly Harpers's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS and NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN (Book 1 and 2 of a trilogy), to Mathieu Saintout at Bibliotheque Interdite.
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