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FinePrint Literary Management
FinePrint Literary Management
240 West 35th Street, Suite 500, New York, NY 10001
(212) 279-0927 (fax)
http://www.fineprintlit.com
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FinePrint Literary Management is a full service literary agency based in New York City. FinePrint launched in September 2007 as the merger of the Peter Rubie Literary Agency and the Imprint Agency. We represent both fiction and nonfiction for adults and young adults. Our agency maintains active memberships with AAR, RWA, MWA, SFWA, WNBA, and SCBWI.

The principle fulltime agents are Peter Rubie - CEO, Stephany Evans - President, Ward Calhoun, Diane Freed, Meredith Hays, Janet Reid, Suzie Townsend, Marissa Walsh, and Laura Wood.

Working in subrights, Jacqueline Murphy is the Director of Subrights, specializing in translation and audio, and Pouya Shahbazian is the Literary Manager/Producer, specializing in all book to film and TV deals.

The executive assistant/agents are Heather Evans and Meredith Barnes.

You can also learn more about FinePrint at our website and at our new agency blog.


years experience: 20 plus
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
General fiction, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Reference, Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Children's books, Sports, African-American, Science, Thrillers, YA Fiction & Non-Fiction, Middle-Grade Fiction, Music, Pop Culture, LGBT, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Graphic Novels, Narrative Non-Fiction
MOST RECENT SALES/ FORTHCOMING BOOKS
Forthcoming

PERSONAL DEMONS by Lisa Desrochers (Tor, September 2010)
LONG MAY YOU RUN by Chris Cooper (Touchstone Fireside, October 2010)
HIGHBORN by Yvonne Navarro (Juno, October 2010)
THE UNBREAKABLE CHILD by Kim Richardson (Behler, October 2010)
THE ELITE ENTREPRENEUR by Ephren Taylor (BenBella Books, November 2011)
UNDERGROUND DANCE MASTERS by Thomas Guzman Sanchez (Praeger, November 2010)
GAMES THAT SING: 50 ACTIVITIES TO KEEP KIDS ON THEIR TOES by Loyan Beausoleil & Leah Wells (Heritage, November 2010)
JANE AND THE RAVEN KING by Stephen Chambers (Sourcebooks, December 2010)
A BRUSH OF DARKNESS by Allison Pang (Pocket Books, January 2011)
MIDNIGHT CALLER by Leslie Tentler (Mira, February 2011)
SAMMY IN THE SKY by Barbara Walsh and illustrated by Jamie Wyeth (Candlewick, Spring 2011)
POPSICLE CRAZE by Anni Daulter (Sellers, Spring 2011)
INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Hannah Moskowitz (Simon Pulse, April 2011)
PURGATORY CHASM by Steve Ulfelder (St. Martin's Press, May 2011)
BELL JAR SUMMER by Arlaina Tibensky (Simon Pulse, Summer 2011)
THE NEAR WITCH by Victoria Schwab (Hyperion*Disney, Summer 2011)
EVOLVING ROBOTS by John Long (Basic Books, Fall 2011)
ZOMBIE TAG by Hannah Moskowitz (Roaring Brook, Fall 2011)

Recent Sales

POISONED LOVE author Caitlin Rother's THE MAKINGS OF A MONSTER, about sexual predator, John Albert Gardner III and the two beloved San Diego County teenagers he raped and murdered, to Michaela Hamilton at Kensington, with Richard Ember editing, by Peter Rubie at FinePrint Literary Management (World).

Nineteen-year-old author of BREAK Hannah Moskowitz's ZOMBIE TAG, about a boy who copes with his brother's death by playing Zombie Tag (a capture-the-flag game but with fake zombies and spatulas) until he brings his brother - and everyone else buried in a five-mile radius - back from the dead, to Nancy Mercado at Roaring Brook Press, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (NA).

Julie Cross's TEMPEST, the first in a trilogy about a 19-year-old time traveler who witnesses his girlfriend's murder and inadvertently jumps back two years; stuck there, he's recruited by a shadowy government agency run by the man he thought was his father and vows to save his girlfriend no matter the cost, pitched as "Twilight" meets "The Time Traveler's Wife," to Brendan Deneen at Thomas Dunne Books, in a pre-empt, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (World).

Cat Hellisen's debut fantasy SEA ROSE RED, about a girl who fakes her own suicide to escape from the strict confines of her aristocratic family and a likely arranged marriage only to be confronted with the harsh realities of living in the slums with the working class and the ultimate discovery that the boy she's fallen in love with is plotting a rebellion to destroy her family, to Beth Potter at Farrar, Straus Children's, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.

Author of Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs series, Molly Harper's HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF and HOW TO TALK TO A NAKED WEREWOLF, again to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management.

Evan Mandery's Q: AN UNLIVED MEMOIR, 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 Carl Lennertz at Harper, in a nice deal, for publication in 2011, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management.

Founder of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) Sue Friedman, professor of pediatrics and oncologic sciences in the College of Medicine, University of South Florida Rebecca Sutphen, MD, and Kathy Steligo's CONFRONTING HEREDITARY BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER: IDENTIFY YOUR RISK, UNDERSTAND YOUR OPTIONS, CHANGE YOUR DESTINY, offering practical information and real solutions that will inspire and empower individuals and families at high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, to Jacqueline Wehmueller at the Johns Hopkins University Press, by Diane Freed at FinePrint Literary Management (World).

Sharon Naylor's KNACK SERIES CELEBRATION CAKES, delicious recipes and DIY design tips for a range of cake styles and flavors, from birthday cakes to special occasion cakes to multi-tiered wedding cakes, including advanced skills and inspiration from top cake designers, to Katie Benoit at Globe Pequot, by Meredith Hays at FinePrint Literary Management (World).

Debut author Sarah Wylie’s ALL THESE LIVES, pitched as a literary YA My Sister's Keeper, about a girl who believes she has nine lives and copes with her fraternal twin sister's leukemia by setting out to rid herself of all her extra lives, only to discover that she might have only the one life after all, to Margaret Ferguson at Margaret Ferguson Books (FSG), in a two-book deal, at auction, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (NA).

CONQUEROR'S SHADOW author Ari Marmell’s first YA novel, HOUSEHOLD GODS, a Renaissance-style fantasy adventure about a brilliant but reckless teenage thief who happens to have an invisible god living inside her head, to Lou Anders at Pyr Books, by Colleen Lindsay at FinePrint Literary Management. (World English) jacqueline@fineprintlit.com

Irish writer Ruth F. Long’s contemporary YA fantasy MAY QUEEN, a darkly engaging mix of romance, adventure, fairytale, and folklore, about a teenage girl thrust into a faerie world where nothing is what it seems, no one is who they say, trust is a variable commodity, love can be used against her, and where the veil slowly lifts until she finds herself faced with a choice between salvation or sacrifice—and not just her own, to Jessica Garrison at Dial Books for Young Readers, in a preempt, by Colleen Lindsay at FinePrint Literary Management (World). donne.forrest@us.penguingroup.com

Gary Kriss's THE ZODIAC DECEPTION, about a con artist who having learned the art of illusion from Houdini is recruited by the OSS to use his skills for the ultimate deception: infiltrate the Nazi Occult Bureau and persuade Himmler to plot the assassination of Hitler, and its prequel, THE HOUDINI KILLER, to Jim Frenkel at Forge, for publication in 2011 and 2012, respectively, by June Clark and Peter Rubie at FinePrint Literary Management.

Shonna Milliken Humphrey's SHOW ME GOOD LAND, set in rural northern Maine, a portrait of a fictional town struggling with decay after decades of prosperity, seen through the returning eyes of native Rhetta Ballou who struggles with family connections and relationships with old friends after twenty years away, to Michael Steere at Down East Books, by Diane Freed at FinePrint Literary Management.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh's AUGUST GALE: A FATHER AND DAUGHTER'S JOURNEY INTO THE STORM, a memoir about a father and daughter's journey into two powerful storms: one into the lives of schooner fisherman during a deadly 1935 Newfoundland hurricane and the other into a squall stirred by a grandfather with many secrets, to Erin Turner at Globe Pequot, by Diane Freed at FinePrint Literary Management.

Ed Rohs and Judith Estrine's RAISED BY THE CHURCH, how religious institutions cared for the illegitimate Baby Boom and the true story of Rohs' experience growing up in Catholic Homes in the New York area from age six months to 19 years old, to Fred Nachbaur at Fordham University Press, for publication Fall 2011, by Laura Wood of FinePrint Literary Management.

Randall Silvis's THE BOY WHO SHOOTS CROWS, about a lonely woman in the woods of Pennsylvania who is eaten away by guilt as she questions whether or not she has murdered a child, to Emily Beth Rapoport at Berkley Prime Crime, by Peter Rubie at FinePrint Literary Management.

Ari Marmell's THE GOBLIN CORPS, the story of an elite squad of goblins in a Dark Lord's army and their battle against the assembled forces of good -- who may themselves not be quite as "good" as they're cracked up to be -- pitched as INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS meets THE LORD OF THE RINGS, to Lou Anders at Pyr, in a pre-empt, by Brendan Deneen at FinePrint Literary Management.

MOST RECENT RIGHTS SALES
FILM RIGHTS

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.

Seventeen-year-old debut author Kody Keplinger's THE DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend), pitched as reminiscent of Juno and She's Come Undone, in which a cynical and witty "DUFF" decides the intrigue of casual sex with a gorgeous-but-jerkoff player is more alluring than facing her own issues with self-esteem...until it all goes wrong when they realize they're falling in love, to Vast Entertainment, in a pre-empt, with McG (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, TERMINATOR: SALVATION) attached to direct, by Brendan Deneen at Fineprint Literary Management on behalf of Joanna Stampfel-Volpe at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation.

Andrew Grant's EVEN, the debut adventure of an undercover Royal Navy intelligence operative who goes on the run after he's framed for murder, to Warner Bros.-based Unique Features, by Brendan Deneen at FinePrint Literary Management on behalf of Janet Reid at FinePrint.

Barry Nugent's FALLEN HEROES, the story of a group of strangers who are pursued across the globe by enemies both human and supernatural, and who must overcome their mistrust of each other and decipher an ancient mystery before a malevolent force is unleashed upon an unsuspecting world, to Celtic Films Entertainment in the UK, by Brendan Deneen at FinePrint Literary Management. US publishing rights are still available.

Judith Pearson's THE WOLVES AT THE DOOR: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy, the riveting story of socialite Virginia Hall who worked as a secret agent in German-occupied France directing resistance activities for the OSS disguised as an old woman, to Sid and Nancy Ganis' Out of the Blue Productions for feature, by Susan Schulman of Susan Schulman Literary Agency on behalf of Peter Rubie of FinePrint Literary Management.

SUBRIGHTS

Brazilian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Lenice Bueno at Salamandra, in a very nice deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management, in association with Joao Paulo Riff of Riff Agency, on behalf of Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.

Hungarian rights to debut author Lisa Desrochers's PERSONAL DEMONS, to Kelly Kiado, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management, in association with Norbert Uzseka of the Lex Copyright, on behalf of Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.

Turkish rights to Molly Harper's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS and NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN, to Pegasus, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management, in association with Özgürr Emir at Akcali Copyright Agency.

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, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management, in association with Bastian Schlueck of the Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management.

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, by Donatella d'Ormesson Literary on behalf of Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.

French rights to Kelly Gay's THE BETTER PART OF DARKNESS, to Mathieu Saintout at Bibliotheque Interdite, by Donatella Donatella d'Ormesson Literary on behalf of Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.

Sherri Browning-Erwin and Charlotte Bronte's JANE SLAYRE, a paranormal retelling of "Jane Eyre," in which Jane is a vampyre slayer and Rochester's wife is a werewolf, to Lysa Williams at Blackstone Audiobooks, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management (World English).

German rights to Molly Harper's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS, NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN and NICE GIRLS DON'T LIVE FOREVER, to Volker Busch at Egmont Germany, by Thomas Schlueck at the Thomas Schlueck Agency, on behalf of Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.

Molly Harper's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS, NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN and NICE GIRLS DON'T LIVE FOREVER, to Maria Olson at Audible, by Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management.

SUB-AGENTS/ RIGHTS CONTACTS
Jacqueline Murphy, Director of Subrights
Pouya Shahbazian, Film/TV
KEY PERSONNEL
Peter Rubie, CEO
Stephany Evans, President
Janet Reid, Senior Associate
Jacqueline Murphy, Director of Subrights
Pouya Shahbazian, Literary Manager, Film/TV
Meredith Hays, Senior Associate
Diane Freed, Associate
Suzie Townsend, Associate
Marissa Walsh, Associate
Laura Wood, Associate
Ward Calhoun, Associate
Heather Evans, Executive Assistant/Agent
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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