From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION/DEBUT:
Chris Ver Wiel's STARBUCKS NATION, a satire of coffee-swilling, celebrity-obsessed Southern California pop culture, to Richard Seaver at Arcade, to be edited by James Jayo, in a nice deal, for publication in July 2008, by Paul Mayersohn at Surpin, Mayersohn, & Edelstone (World).
Rodes Fishburne's GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, following the picaresque adventures of a young man in San Francisco seeking to be the greatest writer of his generation and unwittingly igniting forces larger than he could have ever imagined, to Kerri Buckley at Bantam Dell, by Fredrica Friedman at Fredrica S. Friedman and Company.
fsf10@yahoo.com
MYSTERY/CRIME:
Tom Coffey's BLOOD ALLEY, pitched as a New York CHINATOWN, set in 1947, weaving through a dark urban landscape from the Park Avenue palaces of corrupt real estate tycoons to the mobbed up fleshpots and slaughterhouses of Turtle Bay, before gentrification, to Matthew Miller at Toby Press, by Bill Contardi at Brandt & Hochman (world).
THRILLER:
3:10 TO YUMA screenwriter Derek Haas's THE SILVER BEAR, an intense psychological portrait of a hitman, to Claiborne Hancock and Jessica Case at Pegasus, by Mel Berger of William Morris Agency (World).
GENERAL/OTHER:
James Boice's NOVA, a semi-autobiographical dissection of death and suburbia, and JUNIOR, a dystopian mob epic set in the future, to Brant Rumble of Scribner, for publication in Summer 2008 and Summer 2009, by Kelly Skillen of PMA Literary & Film Management (NA).
kelly@pmalitfilm.com
NON-FICTION:
BUSINESS, INVESTING, FINANCE:
How to Work A Room author Susan RoAne's FACE TO FACE, vital social and business skills in the age of BlackBerry, MySpace, and Bluetooth, to Zach Schisgal at Touchstone Fireside, in a nice deal, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (NA).
Australian consultant Peter Sheahan's FL!P: How Counter-Intuitive Thinking is Changing Everything - From Branding and Strategy To Technology and Talent, about how to survive and thrive in business and as an individual in a marketplace that no longer follows received wisdom, to Henry Ferris at William Morrow, in a pre-empt, for publication in Spring 2008, by Markus Hoffmann at Regal Literary, on behalf of The Mary Cunnane Agency (world English, excl. ANZ).
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
John Siceloff and Jason Maloney's YOUR AMERICA, a companion book to the PBS series NOW with David Brancaccio, with stories about ordinary people who are bypassing politics as usual and coming up with creative solutions to problems in their communities, reinventing democracy in the process, to Jake Klisivitch at Palgrave, by Sam Stoloff at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency (World English).
ss@goldinlit.com
MEMOIR:
Keith Richards' autobiography, presenting "his story, in his own words -- the band, the songs, the tours, the life," written with author of White Mischief James Fox, to Michael Pietsch at Little, Brown and Alan Samson at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, in a major deal, reportedly for $7.3 million, for publication in fall 2010, by manager Jane Rose and Ed Victor at Ed Victor Ltd. (world English).
UK:
Duran Duran lead guitarist Andy Taylor's autobiography WILD BOY, to Ian Marshall at Orion, at auction, for publication in August 2008, by Diane Banks at Diane Banks Associates (UK/Commonwealth). US rights are on offer now.
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