Gen. Wesley Clark has signed on to serve as series editor for Palgrave Macmillan's Great Generals biography series. The line launches in February 2006 with Alan Axelrod's PATTON.
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FICTION
General/OtherTwo more novels by bestselling author Michael Crichton, for planned publication beginning in fall 2006, to Brian Murray at Harper, with Marjorie Braman editing, by Lynn Nesbit at Janklow & Nesbit (world English).
The Royal Shakespeare Company's new complete edition of the works of William Shakespeare, edited by scholar Jonathan Bate, with textual editing by Eric Rasmussen, presenting a modernized and editorially corrected version of the First Folio (without drawing on the Quarto texts), "modernized because actors, directors and students habitually work with modernized spelling and punctuation," and correcting "manifest printers' errors" from the Folio, to Jane von Mehren for the Modern Library, for pubication in fall 2006, by Andrew Wylie of The Wylie Agency (NA). Palgrave Macmillan will publish inEnglish everywhere except North America.
Recent Columbia MFA grad Elisa Albert's WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE A JEW, a short story collection that details with black humor the modern-day dilemmas of disaffected Jewish women, for publication in summer 2006, and an untitled novel, for publication in 2007, to Maris Kreizman at Free Press, in a pre-empt, by Jennifer Lyons at Writers House (NA).
Women's/Romance
Lora Leigh's sexy Navy SEAL trilogy, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency.broagent@aol.com
Young AdultYA
suspense writer Gail Giles' WHAT HAPPENED TO CASS MCBRIDE?, a psychological thriller about a young man who exacts terrifying revenge on the school's most popular girl, whom he believes is at fault for the suicide of his younger brother, to Andrea Spooner at Little, Brown Children's, at auction, for two books, by Scott Treimel at Scott Treimel NY (US; UK).
Canadian rights to Harper Canada, by Scott Treimel.Elizabeth.Eulberg@twbg.com
Film
Film rights to Maureen Johnson's THE KEY TO THE GOLDEN FIREBIRD, a YA novel about three sisters, baseball, an old Pontiac Firebird, and the memory of their father, to Fox 2000, by Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy, producing on behalf of Alloy Entertainment.lrounds@alloyentertainment.com
NON-FICTION
Brothers Tim Burke and Michael Burke's CHECK IT OFF: Everything Every Guy Must Do While He Still Can, by a personable and useful lifestyle guide about the places guys should visit (swimming with sharks in Belize); the jobs they must try (being a DJ); parties to throw, women to date, and much more -- all before settling down, to Ben Sevier at St. Martin's, in a pre-empt, by Daniel Lazar at Writers House (world).dlazar@writershouse.com
History/Politics/Current Affairs
Former Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security Clark Kent Ervin's untitled expose on homeland security, framing American and international vulnerability in a new way and measuring the success of our defensive efforts, in a behind-the-scenes look at the struggles, shortcomings, and future of DHS, to Airie Stuart at Palgrave, for publication in spring 2006, by Eric Lupfer at the William Morris Agency.
Reference
Writing teacher for several Academy Award winners, writers and producers (including people behind such movies as Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, Scream, Star Wars, Sleepless in Seattle and Beetlejuice) John Truby's ANATOMY OF A STORY: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, sharing his secrets for writing a great screenplay, drawing on a broad range of philosophy and mythology to present techniques, approaches, examples and anecdotes, to Denise Oswald at Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus, Noah Lukeman at Lukeman Literary Management (world English).noah@lukeman.com
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