From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION/DEBUT:
Cambridge English professor and nonfiction author Rebecca Stott's GHOSTWALK, combining a contemporary story with the scientific and alchemical world of Sir Isaac Newton, in which a historian at Cambridge is found drowned, leaving her study of Isaac Newton's alchemy incomplete and a spate of mysterious deaths surrounding Newton's rise in fame unsolved, and when a friend tries to complete her work, she becomes ensnared in a dangerous conspiracy that reawakens ghosts of the seventeenth century, to Cindy Spiegel at Spiegel & Grau, in a pre-empt, for publication in May 2007, by Emma Sweeney, on behalf of Faith Evans (US).
Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish in March 2007 in the UK and rights have also been sold in Italy, Germany, and Holland.gkoss@randomhouse.com
Stanford medical professor David Kerns, M.D.'s STANDARD OF CARE, a tale of ethical crisis and redemption, one doctor's embattled journey as a senior medical executive in America's largest and most predatory hospital corporation, to Connie Shaw at Sentient Publications, in a nice deal, for publication in early 2007.dgkerns@msn.com cshaw@sentientpublications.com
Lee Vance's RESTITUTION, about a high-powered investment banker who, when his wife is found murdered, becomes the prime suspect and finds himself on an increasingly dark and dangerous journey not only to prove his innocence, but to also bring his wife's killer to justice, to Peter Gethers at Knopf, with Claudia Herr to edit, by Kathy Robbins at The Robbins Office (NA).Foreign: krizzo@robbinsoffice.com
THRILLER:
David Rollins's THE DEATH TRUST, following two Special Agents who uncover a conspiracy that links Latvian sex-slave dealers, Iraqi street fighters, Chechen rebels, and even the Vice President of the United States; A KNIFE EDGE, and BLOODBATH, to Kate Miciak at Bantam Dell, by Kathleen Anderson at Anderson Grinberg Literary Management (NA). kathy@andersongrinberg.com
Investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and, bestselling author most recently of FOOD INC., Peter Pringle's DAY OF THE DANDELION, a botanical thriller introducing a researcher at Kew Gardens who is also an intelligence sleuth for Britain's secret service called in to investigate murder, profit-hungry biotech companies and unscrupulous international grain dealers, to Alice Mayhew at Simon & Schuster, in an exclusive submission, by Michael Carlisle at Inkwell Management (NA).
GENERAL/OTHER:
New York Times bestselling memoirist (COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN) and author of the forthcoming novel BROTHERS Da Chen's second novel for adults, MY LAST EMPRESS, a colorful 19th century love story between an old-money American and a Chinese princess that takes an unexpected turn, again to Shaye Areheart at Shaye Areheart Books, by Alex Glass and Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (world). Film rights are with Angela Cheng Caplan at the Cheng Caplan Company.
Rosalind Miles's ALEXANDRA, a novel of the last Empress of Russia, in the model of Miles's I, ELIZABETH and GUENEVERE, moving from Crown with her long-time editor, Rachel Kahan at Putnam, by Flip Brophy at Sterling Lord Literistic (NA). rachel.kahan@us.penguingroup.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Nick Patoski's WILLIE, TEXAS, a biography of Willie Nelson and the story of modern Texas, to Michael Pietsch at Little, Brown, for publication in 2008, by Jim Fitzgerald at James Fitzgerald Agency.
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Former President Bill Clinton's book on citizen activism and service, examining how we can move our nation and world away from conflict and towards accomplishment, opportunity, and responsibility, including stories of some of the many private citizens who are doing public good, again to Sonny Mehta at Knopf, with Robert Gottlieb editing, for publication in late 2007 or early 2008, by Robert Barnett at Williams & Connolly (world).pbogaards@randomhouse.com
Former Marine Brian Steidle and founder of Global Grassroots Gretchen Steidle Wallace's THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK, a memoir of what he saw in Darfur, and an urgent call to action, to David Patterson at Public Affairs, for publication in spring 2007 (world).
Juliet Nicolson's THE PERFECT SUMMER: Dancing into Shadow in 1911, about the summer in which George V took the crown, to Joan Bingham at Grove/Atlantic, at auction, for publication in summer 2007, by William Clark at William Clark Associates, on behalf of Ed Victor at Ed Victor, Ltd (US). UK rights went to John Murray.
MEMOIR:
Harvard Ph.D, journalist, and daughter of the deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Ahmed Chalabi, Tamara Chalabi's LATE FOR TEA AT THE DEER PALACE, part cultural history and part memoir, providing a portrait of a lost Iraq over several generations of family, documented through the prism of three women: Gertrude Bell, the British-born, Victorian-era cultural ambassador to Iraq when it was an epicenter of power in the region; the author's grandmother, a grande dame who presided over Iraq's social and political life during its 1920s and 1930s heyday as "the Paris of the Middle East," and herself -- a young ex-pat daughter attempting to navigate her roots within an old and prominent family, establish her identity, and understand her discoveries within the context of today's war-torn nation, jointly to Tim Duggan at Harper and Arabella Pike at Harper UK, by Elizabeth Sheinkman at Curtis Brown UK (world).Rights: Natasa.Kennedy@harpercollins.co.uk Elizabeth@curtisbrown.co.uk
Aaron Cohen's BROTHERHOOD OF WARRIORS, written with Douglas Century, a memoir of his time spent in Israel as an anti-terrorist fighter and the only American in one of the Army's most elite counter-terror units, to Lee Boudreaux at Ecco, at auction, for publication in winter 2008, by Richard Abate at ICM (world).Michael.McKenzie@harpercollins.com
NARRATIVE:
Christopher McDougall's BORN TO RUN: A Hidden Tribe of Super-Athletes, The Rise of Ultrarunning, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, the story of a lost tribe of super-athletes deep in the Copper Canyons of Mexico and the American runners whose quest to challenge them to a ultramarathon provides the backdrop for an exploration into the science and psychology of extreme endurance, concluding that nearly everything we thought about it -- and our physical limits -- is wrong, to Edward Kastenmeier at Knopf, by Larry Weissman at Larry Weissman Literary (world). Film rights are with Sarah Self at The Gersh Agency.larryweissman@earthlink.net
SPORTS:
Author of When the Game Stands Tall Neil Hayes and radio show host and ESPN.com columnist Brian Murphy's untitled college golf narrative, about the 1995 NCAA college golf championship, showing golf played as a team sport versus an individual pursuit, and centering on the epic rivalry between Tiger's up-and-coming Stanford University and the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the old man of college golf, to Susan Canavan at Houghton Mifflin, by Greg Dinkin of Venturey Literary (NA).film@ventureliterary.com
TRUE CRIME:
People magazine writer Frank Swertlow's WE, THE JURY: Deciding Scott Peterson's Fate, written with seven members of the Peterson trial jury, to Michael Viner at Phoenix Books, for publication in fall 2006.
FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Canadian rights to Simon Houpt's MUSEUM OF THE MISSING: A HISTORY OF ART THEFT, the story of art theft in modern times, with over 200 full-color illustrations, a special "gallery section" of stolen artworks, and an introduction by Julian Radcliffe of the Art Loss Register, to Jordan Fenn at Key Porter Books, in a nice deal, by Martha Bucci at Madison Press Books.mbucci@madisonpressbooks.com
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