From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION:
Brian Leung's LOST MEN, a first novel by the author of the story collection World Famous Love Acts, about a young, half-Chinese son who, after two decades of estrangement, receives an invitation from his father to travel with him to China where they reveal to each other their wounded histories, to Sally Kim at Shaye Areheart Books, by PJ Mark at McCormick & Williams (world, excl. France).pm@mccormickwilliams.com
DEBUT:
Tyler Knox's KOCKROACH, turning Kafka's THE METAMORPHOSIS on its head to tell the story of a cockroach in a fleabag Times Square hotel that wakes up and finds himself transformed into an alien body -- a human one, to Carolyn Marino and David Roth-Ey at Morrow/Harper Perennial, in a joint acquisition pre-empt, for publication in winter 2007, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman Associates (NA).wendy@wsherman.com .Foreign (excluding Asia): jenny@meyerlit.com Film rights: joel@jpglm.com
SI-FI/FANTASY:
Gena Showalter's two adult and two YA books, for her alien huntress series, AWAKEN ME DARKLY, including SAVOR ME SLOWLY, about a woman whose DNA has been spliced and honed by scientists, making her an empath and gifting her with superhuman strength, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket and MTV Books, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).
WOMEN'S/ROMANCE:
Gena Showalter's two adult and two YA books, for her alien huntress series, AWAKEN ME DARKLY, including SAVOR ME SLOWLY, about a woman whose DNA has been spliced and honed by scientists, making her an empath and gifting her with superhuman strength, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket and MTV Books, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).
UK:
The next three novels by Edgar-nominated Allan Guthrie, beginning with HARD MAN, a hard-boiled and humorous novel set on the mean streets of Edinburgh, to Hugh Andrew at Polygon, for publication beginning in spring 2007, by Mark Stanton at Jenny Brown Associates (world).Rights: maria@birlinn.co.uk
Dave Zeltserman's SMALL CRIMES, a neo-noir tale of an ex-cop/ex-con who just wants his old life and his family back -- but he owes money and blood and if he ever wants to see his kids again, he can't run and he can't hide, to Pete Aryton at Serpent's Tail, by Bob Mecoy at Creative Book Services (world).mecoy@aol.com
FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Foreign rights to Kate Morton's debut novel, THE SHIFTING FOG and THE AUTHORESS, to Frauke Brodd at Wilhelm Heyne Verlag in Germany, in a very nice deal, by Annelie Geissler at Mohrbooks Literary Agency; and to Renaud Bombard in France at Presses de la Cité in a very nice deal, by Vincent Vichit-Vadakan at Agence VVV; and THE SHIFTING FOG to Viveca Peterson at Forum in Sweden, in a nice deal, by Ia Atterholm Agency, all on behalf of Allen & Unwin.Translation: christenc@allenandunwin.com English language: julial@allenandunwin.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Adrian Goldsworthy's CAESAR: LIFE OF A COLOSSUS, the life of Caesar modelled on the lives of modern statesmen, to Ileene Smith at Yale University Press, by Orion (NA).i.smith@yale.edu
BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE:
Fast Company staff writer Lucas Conley's OBSESSIVE BRANDING DISORDER, blending analysis and reportage in a look at the business disorder so run amok that it has affected the entire culture, to David Patterson and Susan Weinberg at Public Affairs, in a very nice deal by Stephen Hanselman at LevelFiveMedia (world).hanselman@l5m.net
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Rome-based American historian Elizabeth Lev's CATERINA'S SWORD: The Untold Story of One Woman's War in Renaissance Italy, the story of Caterina Sforza, perhaps the most prominent woman of Renaissance Italy, who battled the Borgia pope, led armies in defense of her family's territories, and secured her Medici son'sinheritance, to Andrea Schulz at Harcourt, by Cathy Hemming at LevelFiveMedia (world English).hemming@l5m.net
Novelist Jim DeFelice's first military nonfiction book THE RANGERS OF DIEPPE, telling the story of America's first combat in World War II Europe, in which a band of the newly formed Army Rangers joined British and Canadian forces in a bloody raid on the Normandy coast just months after Pearl Harbor, to Natalee Rosenstein at Berkley for Caliber, by Jake Elwell at Wieser & Wieser.jelwell8@earthlink.net
Humberto Fontova's EXPOSING THE REAL CHE: THE LIBERAL MEDIA'S FAVORITE EXECUTIONER, documenting the much-romanticized guerilla's career as a ruthless murderer and hapless military bungler before, during and after the Cuban revolution, to Bernadette Malone at Sentinel, for publication in fall 2006, by Ed Knappman of New England Publishing Associates.ed@nepa.com Will.Weisser@us.penguingroup.com
HUMOR:
Celia Rivenbark's next two collections of Southern-style humor, covering everything from Rowling envy to slacker moms who use Vacation Bible School for free babysitting, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world).jbent@tridentmediagroup.com
ILLUSTRATED/ART:
NYT journalist Jess Bruder's BURNING BOOK: Celebrating Twenty Years of Burning Man, a full-color-throughout book with hundreds of photos and a textual account of everything to do with the desert art party, to Tricia Boczkowski at Simon Spotlight Entertainment, with Ryan Fischer-Harbage editing, in a pre-empt, by Paul Bresnick at Paul Bresnick Agency (world).
NARRATIVE:
New York Times and Slate columnist Brendan Koerner's NAGALAND: Murder, Love & Headhunters on WWII's Forgotten Frontier, about African-American Private Herman Perry, who became addicted to opium while serving in Burma, murdered a white officer, and escaped into Nagaland -- populated by a man-eating tribe -- where he married a local princess, and was captured by the Army, and eventually executed, to Vanessa Mobley at Holt, at auction, by Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York (NA).UK rights: strewin@pfd.co.uk Translation: ajump@pfdny.com
SCIENCE:
BLACK BODIES AND QUANTUM CATS author Jennifer Ouellette's THE PHYSICS OF THE BUFFYVERSE, using analogies culled from the characters and plot lines of two popular television series -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its successful spinoff, Angel -- to illustrate a broad range of physics concepts: everything from sound, electricity, materials science, and thermodynamics, to concepts of time, wormholes, and string theory, to Caroline White and Karen Anderson at Viking Penguin, for publication in winter 2007, by Mildred Marmur Associates (NA).
SPORTS:
2005 Indy Racing League Rookie of the Year Danica Patrick with Laura Morton's DANICA: Crossing the Line, the author's inspiring personal story about breaking barriers, setting records, and beating the good ol' boys, with four-color photos including never-before-seen family photographs, to Nancy Hancock at Fireside, for publication in May 2006, by Dan Strone at Trident Media Group, in conjunction with Lynn Roach at Players Group (world).
GENERAL/OTHER:
Melissa de la Cruz and Tom Dolby's GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS, an anthology of personal essays about the ups and downs of friendships and relationships between straight women and gay men, with contributions from Simon Doonan, Cindy Chupack, Andrew Solomon, Ayelet Waldman, Carson Kressley, and Elizabeth Spiers, and others, to Trena Keating at Dutton and Plume, at auction, for publication in June 2007, by Richard Abate at ICM (world).
A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, the nationwide suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning teens.
FOREIGN:
One-time teen prostitute/blogger turned bestselling memoirist in Brazil (now 22 and retired from her previous profession) Raquel Pacheco's THE SCORPION'S SWEET VENOM, to Unieboek in Holland at auction; Sonzogno/Rizzoli in Italy at auction; Planeta Argentina for Latin American Spanish rights; Edicoes ASA for European Portugese rights; Tramvay in Turkey; Tammerraamat in Estonia; and Vinabook in Viet Nam; with an auction underway in Germany; all sold within the past week, by Patrick Walsh at Conville & Walsh, on behalf of Marcelo Duarte at Panda Books in Brazil.
Christy Fletcher at Fletcher & Parry will be selling US rights.patrick@convilleandwalsh.com Christy@fletcherparry.com Duarte: curioso@attglobal.net
French rights to compilations of "e-musings" HE TYPED, SHE TYPED, YOU'VE GOT MEAL, and HE-MAIL, to Marabout, for publication in 2007, in a very nice deal, on behalf of Sharlene Martin at Martin Literary Management. US rights are on offer now.Rights: sharlene@martinliterarymanagement.commarc@globallit.com
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