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From Publishers Lunch Weekly:

GENERAL/OTHER:

John Vernon's LUCKY BILLY, a postmodern take on Billy the Kid, to Anton
Mueller at Houghton Mifflin, for publication in February 2009, by Susan
Wyler at King Hill Productions (NA).

Young-ha Kim's EMPIRE OF LIGHT, Manhae Prize-winning novel about a day
in the life of a North Korean spy who is recalled from the South and
must decide to either give up his family there or return to an uncertain
fate in the North, to Jenna Johnson at Harcourt, by Barbara Zitwer
Agency (NA).

CHILDRENS'/YOUNG ADULT:

Sarah Rees Brennan's debut urban fantasy trilogy starting with THE
DEMON'S LEXICON, about two brothers hunted throughout England by a
powerful magician's circle after their mother steals a charm and when
the eldest is marked by a demon, the younger uses swords and dark arts
in an effort to save him but unwittingly uncovers the darkest of
secrets, to Karen Wojtyla at Margaret K. McElderry Books, at auction, by
Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (world English).
knelson@nelsonagency.com
Translation: wlee@fieldingagency.com
Film: EvashevskiK@unitedtalent.com

Barry Lyga's HERO-TYPE, in which a 16-year-old boy goes from hero to
zero in his small town after he is seen removing "Support the Troops"
magnets from his new car, to Margaret Raymo at Houghton Mifflin
Children's, for two books, for publication in Fall 2008, by Kathleen
Anderson at Anderson Literary Management (NA).

MEMOIR:

Essayist, lawyer and activist Ali Eteraz's CHILDREN OF DUST: AN ISLAMIC
CHILDHOOD, a memoir in the spirit of Naipaul and Azar Nafisi that
chronicles coming of age in the fundamentalist milieu of rural Pakistan,
shedding light on the madrassa system and the abuse and violence of
religious extremism while evoking the laughter and hope prevalent among
believers, providing a reflection on the possibilities of reform in
contemporary Islam, to Eric Brandt at HarperOne, in a pre-empt, by
Andrew Stuart at The Stuart Agency (World).

Hunter College professor Lynne Greenberg's THE BODY BROKEN, detailing
the author's struggle coping with extreme chronic pain as a way of daily
life, to Susan Mercandetti at Random House, on an exclusive submission,
by Michael Carlisle of Inkwell Management (world English).

NYT Metro desk news assistant Jennifer Mascia's memoir recounting the
author's gradual discovery of her father's criminal past and her
mother's involvement in it, a story she first told in a widely-read
"Modern Love" column, to Bruce Tracy at Villard, in a pre-empt, by Alice
Martell of Alice Martell Agency (NA).

Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch, McHale's
Navy) on his sixty-year career, from the early days of live TV in the
1950s to voiceovers on Spongebob Squarepants, to Gary Goldstein at
Citadel, in a nice deal, by Mike Hamilburg at the Mike Hamilburg Agency
(world).

NARRATIVE:

NYT bestselling author Ben Mezrich's RIGGED, the true story of a Harvard
kid from the streets of Brooklyn who takes on the wild, uncharted world
of high-stakes oil, to Mauro DiPreta at William Morrow, by Michael
Harriot at Vigliano Associates (NA), and to Mike Jones at Bloomsbury UK,
at auction, by Kirsten Neuhaus at Vigliano Associates (UK).

POP CULTURE:

Vanity Fair editorial associate and writer John Ortved's THE SIMPSONS:
An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, an oral history of television's
longest-running sitcom, drawing on interviews with veterans of the show,
including Conan O'Brien, Rupert Murdoch, Barry Diller, Hank Azaria, and
Ricky Gervais, to Denise Oswald at Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus,
at auction, for publcation in 2009 (the show's 20th anniversary season),
by David Kuhn at Kuhn Projects (NA).

UK and European translation rights: Sara Fisher at A.M. Heath
sara.fisher@amheath.com
billy@kuhnprojects.com

SPORTS:

Chief Running Officer at Runner's World Magazine known as "The Mayor of
Running" Bart Yasso's MY LIFE ON THE RUN, written with journalist
Kathleen Parrish, a gathering of his reflections about the rewards and
challenges of running, filled with practical lessons, to Nancy Hancock
at Rodale, in a very nice deal, by Stephen Hanselman of LevelFiveMedia
(World).

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