From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION/DEBUT:
Pushcart Prize winner and philosopher Clancy Martin's HOW TO SELL, about two brothers embroiled in the shockingly fraudulent luxury jewelry business in Texas, and an untitled philosophy book, to Lorin Stein at Farrar, Straus, in a pre-empt, by Susan Golomb at the Susan Golomb Agency (NA).
John Niven's first novel KILL YOUR FRIENDS, set in the world of A&R in the late nineties, the story of a Machiavellian executive who will stop at nothing to pursue his ambitions and to get ahead, to Carrie Kania of Harper, in a nice deal, by Clare Conville of Conville & Walsh.
UK rights sold previously to Heinemann, and German rights to Heyne.
THRILLER:
Patrick Lee's two untitled Travis Chase thrillers, starring an ex-convict who's a combination of Jack Bauer and Jack Reacher, with supernatural suspense reminiscent of Dean Koontz and James Rollins, to Sarah Durand at William Morrow, in a pre-empt, by Janet Reid of FinePrint Literary Management (world).
WOMEN'S/ROMANCE:
Kayla Perrin's SINGLE MAMA DRAMA, in which a single mother in Miami tries to keep it together and real while working at an agency representing motivational speakers, to Susan Pezzack at Mira,in a two-book deal, for publication in January 2008, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World).
GENERAL/OTHER:
Doug Crandell's HAIRDOS OF THE MILDLY DEPRESSED, the story of two brothers, one trying desperately to stop his balding and another with a significant disability, who find love and forgiveness in the New South, to Ken Siman at Virgin, by Robert Guinsler at Sterling Lord Literistic (NA).
CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT:
Gitty Daneshvari's SCHOOL OF FEAR, to Little, Brown Children's, for six figures, in a two-book deal, by Sarah Burnes at The Gernert Company (NA). Film rights to Graham King at GK Films and Warner Bros., by CAA.
UK:
Tama Janowitz's THEY IS US, a humorous vision of a future America, one family spirals into breakdown while the world around them fares even worse, to Scott Pack at The Friday Project, for publication in June 2008, by Betsy Lerner at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner (World).
Debra Adelaide's third novel, THE HOUSEHOLD GUIDE TO DYING, charting the final months in the life of a woman, diagnosed with terminal cancer, who decides to reclaim her past, right previous wrongs and finally, hopefully, ensure a future for her family, to Lynne Drew at Harper UK, in a pre-empt, for six figures, and Italian rights to Salani in a pre-empt. Auctions are currently ongoing in Holland and Germany, by Ania Corless at David Higham Associates. The US submission is underway through Phyllis Westberg at Harold Ober Associates.
NON-FICTION: ADVICE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Sidney Poitier's LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter, heartwarming stories and life lessons in the form of letters to his granddaughter, to Jane Friedman for Harper One, for publication in Mary 2008, by Mort Janklow at Janklow & Nesbit (world).
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Henry Hudson: Dreams and Obsession author Corey Sandler's GREASY LUCK: The Republic of Nantucket, exploring the many parts of the world where Nantucketers traveled in their search for the 19th-century's most precious commodity and portraying the farflung business empire once ruled by a small group of wealthy Nantucket Quakers, to Peter Wolverton at Thomas Dunne Books, by Ed Claflin at Edward B. Claflin Literary Agency (NA). edclaflin@aol.com
MEMOIR:
Jerry Hall's "explosive" memoir, promising a candid look at her experiences as a young model from Gonzalez, Texas; her marriage to Mick Jagger and her life in the rock 'n roll fast lane, to Jonathan Burnham at Harper, and Belinda Budge at Harper UK, by Ed Victor at Ed Victor Ltd. (world English).
Benjamin Mee's WE BOUGHT A ZOO, the quirky story of buying and restoring a struggling private zoo in the west of England in the midst of a family crisis, to Rob Weisbach at Weinstein Books, in a pre-empt, by Patrick Walsh at Conville & Walsh (US).
Journalist William Lobdell's LOSING MY RELIGION: How Covering Faith in America Shattered a Journalist's Beliefs, written after spending 8 years covering religion for the Los Angeles Times, to Steve Ross at Collins, by Tricia Davey at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (world English).
Children's author and illustrator (and multiple Caldecott winner) David Small's first work for adults, STITCHES, a graphic memoir about his 1950s childhood in a family where free expression was forbidden and where abuse was both emotional and physical in the most unusual of ways (the son of a radiologist, his exposure to x-radiation at the hands of his father gave him cancer at age 14; supposedly minor surgery left one of his vocal cords severed, leaving him virtually voiceless for ten years), to Robert Weil at Norton, at auction, for publication in fall 2009, by Holly McGhee at Pippin Properties (world, excl. Canada; already on offer at Frankfurt).
NARRATIVE:
Author of AMERICAN SHAOLIN, Matthew Polly's THE GOOD FIGHT, spending a year in the world of mixed martial arts, tracing the rise of the sport, profiling its biggest personalities, and training and competing in gyms from Brazil to St. Petersburg, to Patrick Mulligan at Gotham, by Joe Veltre at Artists Literary Group (world English).
jv@algmedia.com
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