From Publishers' Lunch: Here's a few of the books and films that will appear sometime in the next year...or maybe even sooner! I must say, Publishers' Lunch has highlighted some winners, so this is advance notice. More, you can get on their email list and get these advances two or three times a week. A good outfit...and good information for readers and writers. I will star * the titles I find particularly interesting. Here we go:
Mystery/Crime
Noreen Wald writing as Nora Charles's fourth and fifth books in the Kate Kennedy senior mystery series, to Tom Colgan at Berkley, by Peter Rubie at Peter Rubie Literary Agency (NA).peterrubie@prlit.com
ThrillerJonathan Stone's PRIME TIME, about a television reporter covering a sniper's rampage who becomes trapped in situations beyond his control, and begins to see a way out as he becomes more intimate with the sniper's work, to John Parsley at Thomas Dunne Books, in a nice deal, by William Clark at William Clark Associates. Andrew Nurnberg Associates handle translation rights; Joel Gotler handles film rights (NA).john.parsley@stmartins.com
Women's/Romance
C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp's TOUCH OF EVIL, the first in a new vampire/shapeshifter world, plus two more in their award-winning Sazi shapeshifter series, again to Anna Genoese at Tor Romance, in a very nice three book deal, by Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House. Mheifetz@WritersHouse.com
Young Adult
Suzanne Phillips' debut novel CHLOE DOE, in which a 17-year-old girl making a living as a prostitute recounts the tragedies in her past that led her to life on the streets and then to a treatment program, where a battle of wits between her and a psychiatrist turns into a life changing experience, to Andrea Spooner and Sangeeta Mehta at Little, Brown, in a pre-empt, and to Harriet Wilson at Macmillan in the UK, in a pre-empt, by Jodie Rhodes.jrhodes1@san.rr.com
*Film rights to Will Beall's LA REX, to Scott Rudin Productions, by Shari Smiley at CAA, on behalf of Marc Gerald at The Agency Group.marcgerald@theagencygroup.com
NON-FICTIONGeneral/Other
National Book Award-winner Jonathan Kozol's LETTERS TO A YOUNG TEACHER, to Ellen Garrison at Basic, for its Art of Mentoring Series, for publication in fall 2006, by Lynn Nesbit at Janklow & Nesbit (world).rights: isabelle.bleecker@perseusbooks.com
*Secret Service trained graphologist and professor at Duquesne Michelle Dresbold's THE HANDWRITING DETECTIVE, about her own and other famous cases where handwriting profiling solved the crime -- a true-life CSI at work -- plus tips for readers on how handwriting can catch culprits in their lives, to Liz Stein at the Free Press, by Agnes Birnbaum at Bleecker Street Associates (world English).bleeckerst@hotmail.com
Health
Founding member of the UCLA Center for Brain, Culture, and Development Daniel J. Siegel's MINDSIGHT: A New Vision of the Brain that Can Transform the Way You Think, Feel, and Live, to Toni Burbank at Bantam Dell, by Douglas Carlton Abrams of Idea Architects (world).bburg@randomhouse.com
History/Politics/Current Affairs
Senior editor at The New Republic Jonathan Chait's HOW WASHINGTON LOST ITS MIND: The Strange Triumph of Right-Wing Economic Hucksters, about how a small group of economic extremists assumed control of the Republican party and now dictate the country's policies, from corporate welfare to tax cuts for the rich, to Webster Younce at Houghton Mifflin, for publication in 2007, by Gail Ross at Gail Ross Literary Agency (NA).lori_glazer@hmco.com
*True crime
Journalist and TV producer John Huddy's STORMING LAS VEGAS, a true crime account of a string of violent casino heists, centering on a Soviet-trained Cuban who used his military expertise and the experienced detective who took him down, to Mark Tavani at Ballantine, at auction, by Simon Green at POM (world).
Film rights are represented by CAA, and Brett Ratner (Red Dragon) is attached to direct.Rights: ctisne@randomhouse.com
Enjoy! Wrap...
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