From Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION/DEBUT:
Matthew Dicks's SOMETHING MISSING, about a charming, obsessive and anti-social thief who has for years only stolen things his "clients" won't notice missing (salad dressing, toilet paper, rarely worn earrings) and who decides to break his own careful rules of thievery -- playing the part of a rather odd guardian angel -- to humorous and heartwarming results, to Melissa Danaczko at Broadway, in a pre-empt, by Taryn Fagerness of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world). Foreign: rgardner@randomhouse.com
Glenn Cooper's LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, about an FBI agent's struggle to crack an unsolvable link of serial killings which sets him on a historical trail of dark secrets from a medieval monastery, to clandestine British security efforts during World War II, to the shrouded workings of the U.S. government's top-secret Area 51 military installation, to Lyssa Keusch at Harper, in a two-book deal, by Steve Kasdin of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
[NOTE: Looks like Sandy has hit the jackpot once again. Very good agency]
MYSTERY/CRIME:
Associate concertamaster of the Utah Symphony Gerald Elias's DEVIL'S TRILL, a classical music world mystery series featuring a blind, vulgar, reclusive, miserable violin master, who stands accused of theft (of a three-quarter-sized violin) and murder (of a rival) and must clear his name by journeying through the halls of wealth and across continents, to Michael Homler at Minotaur, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Josh Getzler, in his first deal at Writers House, on behalf of Simon Lipskar (World).jgetzler@writershouse.com
THRILLER:
NYT bestselling author David Morrell's THE SPY WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication in November 2008, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (NA).
GENERAL/OTHER:
Internationally bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón's El Juego del Angel (The Angel's Game), a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind set in 1920s Barcelona, combining a love story, a mystery, a fantasy and an exploration of literature, moving to Stephen Rubin at Doubleday, with Bill Thomas editing, for publication in summer 2009, by Thomas Colchie at The Colchie Agency, on behalf of Antonia Kerrigan (NA).
Margaret Mascarenhas's PASSION FRUIT, set in Venezuela against the background of the worship of a folk goddess, a novel about a long-missing teenager who appears ghostlike in her friend's dream, prompting a search to discover what really happened to her, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, by Ellen Levine at Trident Media Group (NA).
CHILDREN'S:
International bestselling author and American abroad Francesca Simon's HORRID HENRY series starring the world's most mischievous child, his perfect little brother and a humorous cast of other characters with sales of 12 million copies in the UK, a TV show and translations in 25 languages, to Lyron Bennett at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, for publication in 2009, by Orion.
NON-FICTION/BIOGRAPHY:
Associate Professor of English Linda Leavell's POSSESSED TO WRITE: The Biography of Marianne Moore, the first biography to be written with the full cooperation of the Moore Estate, and the first to relate Moore's unusual private life to her poetry, to Jonathan Galassi at Farrar, Straus, by Susan Rabiner.
BUSINESS/INVESTING/FINANCE:
THE COMING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE author Stephen Leeb's GAME OVER: How the Collapsing Economy Will Shrink Your Wealth by 50% or More Unless You Know What to Do, providing key financial steps that Americans need to follow now as the confluence of growing inflation, the weakening American dollar, the constantly rising price of oil, our multi-trillion-dollar debt, and increasing industrial competition from China and India are making for a "perfect economic storm," to Rick Wolff at Business Plus, by Al Zuckerman at Writers House (NA).
Author of King of The Club: Richard Grasso and the Survival of the New York Stock Exchange Charles Gasparino's THE SELLOUT: How Wall Street Greed and Stupidity Destroyed America's Dominance of the Global Financial System, about how the leaders of numerous major US banks -- including Bear Stearns' Jimmy Cayne -- caused their firms to lose billions of dollars by going into the ill-advised business of packaging and underwriting bonds containing sub-prime mortgages that they then sold off to investors, to Ethan Friedman at Collins Business, for publication in 2009, by Todd Shuster at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency.
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick's book telling his life story while offering a series of lessons and insights on life and leadership, including such topics as self-truth, grace, faith, courage, and compassion, as well as the importance of forgiveness, and embracing optimism and hope to make good outcomes possible, providing "a whole new sense of what is possible in both personal and civic lives," to Bill Thomas at Broadway, with Stacy Creamer editing, at auction, for publication in 2010, by Todd Shuster and Lane Zachary of Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency.
HUMOR:
Editors of Slate's THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BARACKTANNICA, from the website that brought us Bushisms, dozens of definitions from the new lexicon in the world of Obama from your Obalma mater where you first learned about Barack to the nonstop state of being Barackupied, to Zachary Schisgal at Touchstone Fireside, in a nice deal, for publication in July 2008, by Jeff Posternak at The Wylie Agency (NA).
MEMOIR:
Recent college grad Adam Shepard's SCRATCH BEGINNINGS, originally self-published and said to have sold 10,000 copies, in which the author, in a sort of "anti-NICKEL AND DIMED" experiment to see if the American Dream is still alive, with no concrete plan and nothing but $25 and a backpack, gets off a train in Charleston, SC, and spends 70 days in a homeless shelter, with the goal of having $2,500 and a place to live by the end of a year, to Serena Jones at Collins, by Dan Strone at Trident Media Group (NA).
POP CULTURE:
Rock journalist and cultural historian David Dalton's BOB'S BRAIN, a biographical oral history of Bob Dylan in the tradition of Stein and Plimpton's Edie, weaving together a tapestry of voices that will include Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Suze Rotolo and Dylan himself, to Will Balliett and Bob Miller at Hyperion, by Eileen Cope at Trident Media Group (world).
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