A buffet of books...

From Publishers Lunch Weekly:

FICTION/THRILLER:

NYT bestselling co-authors of BRIMSTONE and DANCE OF DEATH Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's two new FBI agent Pendergast novels, to Jaime Levine at Warner, by Eric Simonoff of Janklow & Nesbit (world).

Chuck Pfarrer's UNDER OTHER SKIES, in which a CIA Paramiliary operator tries to crush an insurgency launched by Che Guevara, to Bob Loomis at Random House,by Julia Lord (NA). JuliaLordLiterary@nyc.rr.com Film: jm@archmontlt.com purplenorth@torchlake.com

GENERAL/OTHER:

Jeanne Kalogridis's THE BLOODIEST QUEEN, the story of Catherine de Medici, the Italian princess who became Queen of France during an era of brutal religious wars, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin's, in a two-book deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).Foreign: barorint@aol.com russellgalen@scglit.com

CYPRESS GROVE and CRIPPLE CREEK author James Sallis's SALT RIVER, to George Gibson at Walker, by Vicky Bijur of the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency.

CHILDREN'S: MIDDLE GRADE:

Ellen Potter's OLIVIA KIDNEY AND THE SECRET BENEATH THE CITY, the third book in the series, to Michael Green at Philomel, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Alice Tasman at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.
Film rights to the first three books in the Olivia Kidney series optioned to Michael Siegel & Associates (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory), by Jennifer Weltz at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency.

CHILDREN'S: YOUNG ADULT:

Tart noir co-founder Lauren Henderson's KISS ME, KILL ME, a Veronica Mars-meets-British boarding school mystery starring a 16-year-old, who is thrust into a whirlwind of scandal when a popular boy dies minutes after he kisses her, to Claudia Gabel at Delacorte, in a very nice deal, by Deborah Schneider at Gelfman Schneider.cgabel@randomhouse.com
UK:

A LIE ABOUT MY FATHER author and Whitbread Poetry winner John Burnside's THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS, in which a man's infatuation with the 14-year-old daughter of an ex-girlfriend takes him on a journey towards facing his present and past, to Robin Robertson at Jonathan Cape, for publication in March 2007, by David Miller at Rogers, Coleridge & White.US rights: Melanie JacksonTranslation: Laurence Laluyaux at RCW davidm@rcwlitagency.co.uk
Karen Mcleod's IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING EYELASH, about a young woman searching for her missing cross-dressing brother, dealing with love, loss, family, sexuality and the meaning of home, to Dan Franklin at Jonathan Cape, in a nice deal, by Nicola Barr at The Susijn Agency. nicola@thesusijnagency.com

HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Senator Charles Schumer's THE 50 PERCENT SOLUTION: Winning Back the Middle Class One Family at a Time, about the failure by both political parties to formulate a relevant and contemporary vision of what government should be doing, including 15 goals to help the middle class, to Leigh Haber at Rodale, in a pre-empt, for publication in January 2007, by Arthur Klebanoff at the Scott Meredith Agency.

MEMOIR:

Jerramy Fine's LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND: The True Story of an American Girl's Quest for English Royalty and Romance, Meg Cabot meets Helen Fielding meets Toby Young, for anyone who has ever dreamed of wearing a tiara, taking tea with Her Majesty, or finding love with a real live handsome Prince, to Lauren Marino at Gotham, at auction, by Zoe Pagnamenta at PFD New York.UK rights: strewin@pfd.co.uk Other rights: zpagnamenta@pfdny.com

NARRATIVE:

Surgeon and medical historian Ira Rutkow's TOWARD A COMMON GOOD: The Untold History of American Medicine, looking at the sweep of American medical history using signal moments spread over three hundred years - from Zabdiel Boylston vaccinating his family against smallpox in the early 18th century to the discovery of the appendix and the subsequent appendectomy craze it spawned; the groundbreaking Flexner Report (which found no standards in place governing American medical colleges) to the building of the Grand Coulee Dam and the invention of the managed healthcare system, to Colin Harrison at Scribner, by Eric Simonoff at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).

SCIENCE:
Professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine Neil Comins' THE HAZARDS OF SPACE TRAVEL: A Tourist's Guide, a look at all of the travails one might face in a journey through space, to Nancy Miller at Villard, for publication in April 2007, by Loretta Barrett at Barrett Books (world).

Cal State mathematician James Stein's HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW, a Freakonomics-like ride through the mathematics of unknowability, demonstrating how everything from the time your car will be fixed to the will of the people can never be discerned, to T.J. Kelleher at Smithsonian Books, in a nice deal, by Jodie Rhodes at Jodie Rhodes Literary Agency (NA).kellehert@si.edu

UK:

A.J. Baime's A RACE TO THE DEATH, the story of Henry Ford Jr. and Enzo Ferrari's epic and often fatal battle for motor-racing supremacy culminating in Ford's victory at Le Mans in 1966, to Simon Thorogood at Bantam, by James Gill at PFD, on behalf of Scott Waxman.Foreign: farley@waxmanagency.com

Cartoonist Guy Delisle's PYONGYANG: A Journey in North Korea, in which the author's encounters of their secretive, mysterious country form the basis of this graphic novel, and SHENZEN: A Travelogue from China, a graphic novel about his time in a city sealed off by electric fences and armed guards from the rest of China, to Dan Franklin at Jonathan Cape, in a nice deal.sam@tla1.com

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