Inspirational
Mary Hayes Grieco's THE NEW KITCHEN MYSTIC, a perennial
inspirational"companion" book for those who are on a journey of hope,
self-healing, personal illumination, and purposeful world service, to Cynthia
Black at Beyond Words for publication in Summer 2013.
Mystery/Crime
Jeanne Dams's next two books in the Dorothy Martin mystery
series, where two mysteries deaths lead Dorothy and Alan to murder in Wales, to
Edwin Buckhalter at Severn House, for publication in 2013, by Kimberley Cameron
at Kimberley Cameron & Associates.
John Florio's SUGAR POP MOON, the first in the Jersey Leo
series, in which a bi-racial albino bartender at a Hell's Kitchen speakeasy is
out to settle scores and save his skin after a rum runner tricks him into
purchasing counterfeit moonshine with money belonging to his boss, one of New
York's most notorious gangsters, to Dan Mayer at Seventh Street Books, for
publication in Spring 2013, by Elizabeth Evans at the Jean V.Naggar Literary
Agency.
Edgar and Anthony and Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee and
winner of the Macavity Award for her ten mystery novels, Sujata Massey's THE
SLEEPINGDICTIONARY, set in late Raj India, about a young Bengali woman torn
between her love for an Englishman and the Indian independence movement, to
Kathy Sagan at Gallery, by Vicky Bijur of the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
C.T. Adams's THE EXILE and sequels, a new urban fantasy
series featuring a half-fae, half-human, who becomes embroiled in a war for
control of the Faerie kingdom, not knowing that this struggle hides far worse
dangers that threaten both the fae and human worlds, to Melissa Singer of Tor,
by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
Ann VanderMeer's STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION, an anthology
including stories by Lev Grossman, Cherie Priest, Cat Valente, Bruce Sterling
and Vandana Singh that goes beyond corsets and goggles, and looks to
Steampunk's next direction, to Tachyon Publications, by Sally Harding at The
Cooke Agency.
Thriller
No. 1 NYT bestselling author Brad Thor's next three
thrillers featuring former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath, again to Emily Bestler at
Emily Bestler Books, by Heide Lange at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.
Alafair Burke's untitled suspense novel, featuring a woman
who suspects that her husband has been hiding his past from her, and the fifth
book in the Ellie Hatcher series, again to Jennifer Barth at Harper, for
publication in 2013, by Philip Spitzer at Philip Spitzer Literary Agency.
Holder of a certificate in private investigation, Ingrid
Thoft's debut LOYALTY, about a private investigator working with her three
attorney brothers for her father's maybe-shady Boston law firm when her
sister-in-law disappears, to Christine Pepe at Putnam (with paperbacks to Berkley),
in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2013, by Helen Brann at the Helen
Brann Agency.
General/Other
Author of Hemingway's Girl, Erika Robuck's THE POET AND THE
SEAMSTRESS, set in Depression-era upstate New York, where a young seamstress
who dreams of designing costumes for the New York theater finds herself bound
by family duty to a small, judgmental town and its famed resident poet, Edna
St. Vincent Millay, in a story of betrayal and redemption, again to Ellen
Edwards at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary
Agency.
Author of Até o dia em que o cão morreu (Until the Day the
Dog Died),Cordilheira, and the forthcoming Barba Ensopada de Sangue
(Blood-Soaked Beard), recently selected by Granta magazine as one of their Best
Young Brazilian Novelists, Daniel Galera's HORSE HANDS, which follows the life
of one man over three defining moments, from a spectacular childhood bicycle
accident to an unwise detour en route to climb an unconquered mountain peak, to
Scott Moyers at Penguin Press and Simon Prosser at Hamish Hamilton, by Laurence
Laluyaux at Rogers, Coleridge &White, representing Companhia das Letras, in
which Penguin now owns a minority stake.
Analyst and the author of A Private Sorcery Lisa Gornick's
TINDER BOX, about a therapist who opens her brownstone to her son's family as
they struggle through a rough patch; the immigrant woman she hires to help with
her grandchild adds an element to the mix that becomes combustible, and LOUISA
MEETS BEAR, a collection of interconnected stories tracking
a"perfect" college couple through meeting and breakup, their eventual
marriages to others, and their chance encounter later in life, to Sarah
Crichton at Sarah Crichton Books, for publication in 2014, by Geri Thoma at Markson
Thoma.
Author of The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas and The
Absolutist, John Boyne's THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE, about the fate of the
Romanov family during the Russian Revolution, to Judith Gurewich at Other
Press, by Bonnie Nadell at Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell Agency.
Young Adult
Lee Bross's TANGLED WEBS, in which a 16-year-old survives
life in18th-century London by masquerading as a mysterious Lady, a
"fixer" who specializes in blackmail and extortion -- and when her
partner in crime goes missing, she must expose the darkest secrets of London's
aristocracy in order to unravel the truth about his disappearance, to Emily
Meehan at Disney-Hyperion, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2014, by
Mandy Hubbard at D4EOLiterary Agency.
Film
Jamie McGuire's self-published ebook bestseller BEAUTIFUL
DISASTER, in which a reinvented good girl meets bad boy who represents the past
she's trying to escape, to Warner Brothers for Don de Line to produce, by
Rebecca Watson at Valerie Hoskins Associates. (Atria is reissuing in mid-August.)
NONFICTION
Biography
Journalist Lynn Sherr's biography of the late astronaut
Sally Ride, a story told by "the people who knew her best" -- her
family, friends, crew mates and commanders at NASA, and colleagues on a series
of investigative commissions, with recollection from her partner of 27 years,
Tam O'Shaughnessy, to Alice Mayhew at Simon & Schuster, for publication
in 2013, by Esther Newberg at ICM.
NYT bestselling author of I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own
Words, George Beahm's MARK ZUCKERBERG IN HIS OWN WORDS, again to Doug Seibold
at Agate, by Scott Mendel at the Mendel Media Group .
Business/Investing/Finance
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Definity Partners,
Ray Attiyah's THE FEARLESS FRONT LINE, introducing Attiyah's model that fosters
an "I Run This Place" mindset among workers so that top-level leaders
are able to focus on improving processes, strategy, and growth, to Erika
Heilman at Bibliomotion, for publication in March 2013.
Cooking
Author of the 30 Minute Vegan series and award-winning chef,
Mark Reinfeld's THE 30 MINUTE VEGAN'S SOUPS AND STEWS, to Renee Sedliar at Da
Capo, for publication in fall 2013, by Marilyn Allen at Allen O'Shea Literary
Agency.
Writer and editor of Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan,
Gabrielle Langholtz, and Grow NYC/Greenmarket's BEHIND THE FARMSTANDS, a
cookbook and "how-to-use-all-that-great-produce" guide from New
York's famed Greenmarket, with 75 to 100 recipes, to Renee Sedliar at Da Capo, for
publication in spring 2014, by Jennifer Unter at The Unter Agency.
How-To
Crafter and creator of the blog WiseCraft, Blair Stocker,
and photographer E Jane Armstrong's WISE CRAFT, filled with 60 modern craft
projects organized by seasonal color stories to Kristen Green Wiewora at
Running Press, by Alison Fargis at Stonesong.
Humor
Author of the bestselling Letters From A Nut series,
comedian Barry Marder's TED L. NANCY'S FAMILY TREE, a journey through time as
Ted researches his family history and finds that past relatives exchanged
letters to everyone from Leonardo DaVinci to the Wright Brothers and the Earl
of Sandwich, illustrated by Alan Marder, to Zachary Clark at Scholastic, by Dan
Strone at Trident Media Group.
Memoir
Carter Paysinger and Steven Fenton's BRAVING BEVERLY HILLS,
which chronicles the unlikely friendship of a factory worker's son from south
central LA and the son of the mayor of Beverly Hills as they tore down boundary
lines, changed a community, and elected the first black principal in the most famous
zip code in the world, to Jessica Wong at Howard Books, for publication in
November 2013, by Lacy Lynch at DupreeMiller &Associates.
Narrative
Sarah Wildman's EVERYONE IS MISSING HERE, based on her Slate
series"Paper Love," chronicling her search for her grandfather's lost
love whom he left when he fled Vienna in 1938, rescuing one woman's story from
the many lost in the Holocaust and looking at family identity, myth, and
memory, to Sarah Stein at Riverhead, by Sydelle Kramer at Susan Rabiner
Literary Agency.
Parenting
NYT bestselling author of CONFESSIONS OF A SCARY MOMMY,
blogger Jill Smokler's THE SCARY MOMMY HANDBOOK, a guide to surviving motherhood
with humor, along with helpful and humorous lists, essays, anecdotes and more
anonymous mommy confessions, again to Lauren McKenna at Gallery, by Lisa Leshne
at The Leshne Agency.
Pop Culture
Sisters Eve Epstein, former Daily Candy editor-in-chief, and
Cosmopolitan.com blogger Leo Epstein's, X VS Y: A Culture War, a Love Story, a
humorous, visually-driven ode to two generations, told by sisters who embody
the great divide, pitched as Amy Sedaris meets The Hipster Handbook, to David
Cashion at Abrams Image, by Brettne Bloom and Caroline Zimmerman at
Kneerim& Williams.
Reference
Author of A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses and Oberlin
College professor Anne Trubek's THE HISTORY AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF
HANDWRITING,a look at handwriting as a lens through which to view both history
and future changes being wrought by the digital age, to George Gibson at
Bloomsbury, for publication in 2014, by Andrew Blauner at Blauner Books
Literary Agency.
Science
Brian Burrell and Brigham and Women's Hospital neurologist
Allan Ropper,M.D's DO HELICOPTERS EAT THEIR YOUNG?, showing through case
studies and personal experience just why neurology claims the title "queen
of medical specialties," to Charles Spicer at St. Martin's, in a very nice
deal, for publication in 2014, by John Thornton at The Spieler Agency.
MIT Media Lab scientist and entrepreneur David Rose's
ENCHANTED OBJECTS, an optimistic vision for the intuitive, effortless and
human-centered technology of the future, to Paul Whitlatch at Scribner, by Todd
Shuster at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency.
General/Other
Shannon Ethridge's THE FANTASY FALLACY: Exposing the Deeper
Meaning Behind Sexual Thoughts, a response to the Fifty Shades of Grey
phenomenon, to Debbie Wickwire at Thomas Nelson for nonfiction and Ami
McConnell at Thomas Nelson for fiction, in a four-book deal that comprises two
nonfiction titles and two works of fiction, for publication in October 2013, by
Joel Kneedler at Alive Communications.
And that's
just the tip of the iceberg.
Onward!
Laurie
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