From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
DEBUT:
Margaret Lazarus Dean's THE TIME IT TAKES TO FALL, about a young girl coming of age in the 1980s in Florida, where her father works for NASA on the space shuttle Challenger, to Marysue Rucci at Simon & Schuster, at auction, by Julie Barer at Barer Literary (NA). jbarer@barerliterary.com
MYSTERY/CRIME:
TREASON author Don Brown's three-book Naval JAG series, combining the legal thriller with an insider's look at the military judicial process, to Karen Ball at Zondervan, in a very nice deal, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world).steve@stevelaube.com
Kaitlyn Dunnett's KILT DEAD, featuring a professional Scottish dancer who returns to her roots following a career-ending injury only to find herself suspected of murder, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Meg Ruley and Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency.
CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULTS:
TREASON author Don Brown's three-book Naval JAG series, combining the legal thriller with an insider's look at the military judicial process, to Karen Ball at Zondervan, in a very nice deal, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world).steve@stevelaube.com
Kaitlyn Dunnett's KILT DEAD, featuring a professional Scottish dancer who returns to her roots following a career-ending injury only to find herself suspected of murder, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Meg Ruley and Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency.
UK:
John Ajvide Lindqvist's (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN) and (THE HANDLING OF THE UNDEAD), to Text Publishing in Australia, by Leonhardt & Hoier (UK & Commonwealth).anneli@leonhardt-hoier.dk
PAPERBACK:
Lambda Award-winning author of Valencia and Rent Girl, Michelle Tea's ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND, a coming-of-age tale about a lonely, gender-bending fourteen year-old girl lost in the wild kingdom of mall culture, to Tina Pohlman at Harcourt, in a very nice deal, in a pre-empt, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency on behalf of MacAdam/Cage.
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Founder of the movement to restore the constitutionally-mandated separation of church and state and distinguished US Air Force Academy graduate Mikey Weinstein's HEATHEN FLIGHT: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military, about how the author brought events at the Academy to international awareness, how this situation impacts our nation, particularly in a time of war against an enemy that already sees us as invading Christian crusaders, to Thomas Dunne at St. Martin's, by William Clark at William Clark Associates(NA).
MEMOIR:
Journalist Edward Kosner's ARROWS TO TOYLAND: The Making and Unmaking of an Editor, about the author's years at Newsweek, Esquire, New York magazine, and the New York Daily News, to John Oakes at Thunder's Mouth, in a nice deal, by Amanda Urban at ICM (NA).
NARRATIVE:
Adam Gollner's THE FRUIT HUNTERS, combining food, science, business, and travel to present an in-depth approach to fruit production in this globalist age, to Sarah McGrath at Scribner, in a pre-empt, by Michelle Tessler at Tessler Literary Agency (US).michelle@tessleragency.com
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY:
The late Walter Martin, Jill Martin Rische, and Kurt Van Gorden's THE KINGDOM OF THE OCCULT, a companion volume on all things occult to KINGDOM OF THE CULTS (reported to have over 800,000 copies in print), to Wayne Kinde at Thomas Nelson, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world).steve@stevelaube.com
SPORTS:
Mike Sokolove's SUPERSTARS OF SUBURBIA, an exploration of the bizarre world of youth sports and its impact on kids and their athletic futures, to David Rosenthal at Simon and Schuster, by Heather Schroder at ICM (world).hschroder@icmtalent.com
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