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Publishing Deals for Upcoming Books

By Jane • May 1st, 2007 • Category: Publishing News • •

Hope this isn’t the Running with Scissors type of book where the story is based on a real family who didn’t authorize such a story.
Canadian magazine editor and journalist Elizabeth Kelly’s APOLOGIZE, APOLOGIZE!, about a wild, brilliant, wealthy, crazy Massachusetts family, to Jonathan Karp at Twelve in a pre-empt, and to Diane Martin at Knopf Canada in a pre-empt, for publication in March 2009, by Molly Friedrich at the Friedrich Agency.

I love these titles, particularly the “On the Divinity of Second Chances.”
Kaya McLaren’s HOW I CAME TO SPARKLE AGAIN, to Kendra Harpster at Viking, for publication in summer 2009, plus reprint rights to Church of the Dog and On the Divinity of Second Chances, by Meg Ruley at the Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA).

This is a middle grade book and I hope that the tone is not too youthful as the plot sounds quite interesting.
Heather Mackey’s THE WOLVES AND THE WOOD, set in an alternate reality of the Pacific Northwest of the 1900’s, in which a girl must navigate her cousin’s world of frontier settlers as they clash with the indigenous people, the Lupine; and she must discover the mystery surrounding deadly attacks that appear to be the work of five ancient werewolves who have returned from the dead, to Timothy Travaglini at Putnam Children’s, by Tracey Adams at Adams Literary (US).

Sadly I found The Bargain to be unreadable.
Julia Templeton’s HIGHLAND BRIDE, continuing with characters first introduced in THE BARGAIN, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds.

Eh. Jack the Ripper. Kind of old, isn’t it?
Kimberly Ungar writing as Kim Lenox’s THE SHADOW HUNTER, featuring a member of the Amaranthine Guard who is tasked with reclaiming the soul of the killer terroring all of London: Jack the Ripper, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds (world).

Serial killer? Paranormal black hole?
William Horwood and Helen Rappaport’s CITY OF DARK HEARTS, in which an intepid [sic] young woman reporter seeks to find out why women are disappearing in alarming numbers during the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, and Christine Zika at Madison Park Press, by Liv Blumer at The Blumer Agency, on behalf of Bill Hamilton at AM Heath (US).

You know you are big time when you get to sell unnamed book 12 and unnamed book 13.
Jim Butcher’s DRESDEN FILES 12 and DRESDEN FILES 13, new books in the successful series, now also a television show, featuring Harry Dresden, wizard-for-hire, in Chicago, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a significant deal, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency.

For my blogging partner, Jayne.
Bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Boleyn Inheritance, Philippa Gregory’s THE WHITE QUEEN, for publication in 2010, followed by THE WHITE PRINCESS, and THE RED QUEEN, covering the War of the Roses period, again to Trish Todd at Touchstone Fireside, and now moving to Suzanne Baboneau at Simon & Schuster UK, by Anthony Mason (world).

Eh. I think Juliet is a teen thing which is why this is good that this is a Young Adult book.
Suzanne Selfors’ SAVING JULIET, the story of a reluctant young actress with a bad case of stage fright who is magically transported into Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, where she learns about life, love and dealing with difficult parents, to Emily Easton at Walker, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).

This sounds like a series and one that I might like.
C.A. Belmond’s A RATHER CURIOUS ENGAGEMENT, in which an American heiress and her English hero continue their adventures as they travel across Europe to find answers to intriguing questions about history, art, fortune and love, to again to Kara Cesare at NAL, by Jennifer Unter at RLR Associates (NA).

Tara Marie of Romance Reading Mom, enjoyed Do You Come Here Often and Going La La. She was a favorite, I believe of our dear departed Maili from the UK.
UK bestselling author Alexandra Potter’s ME AND MR. DARCY, a contemporary novel about life, love and dating literature’s most eligible bachelor, to Signe Pike at Ballantine, for publication as a trade paperback original, by Stephanie Cabot at The Gernert Company.

I wonder if my blogging partner, Jayne, would be interested in these.
The Last Boleyn and the Elizabeth I mysteries author Karen Harper’s WILL’S OTHER WIFE, the story of a Anne Whateley of Stratford, who married Shakespeare in secret less than a week before his shotgun wedding to Anne Hathaway, and who lived with him in London when his career was at its height, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam and Ellen Edwards at NAL, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, by Meg Ruley at Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA).

I have never heard of Ms. Sawicki before but this may be interesting.
Kendra Sawicki’s WOLF MOON, a tale of drama, suspense and romance as the dark secrets and dangers of the werewolf world of the Scottish Highlands come to a small town in New York, and forever changes the lives of a bookshop owner, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways. She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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9 Responses »

  1. *tangent* Jane, did you read the 2 page article/interview with Jim Butcher in the May RT mag?

  2. I did not. Anything interesting? I admit to not reading beyond book 4 in the Harry Dresden series.

  3. I haven’t gotten past the second book. Too many series. The article caught my attention because Butcher said that he sees the Dresden series as having a 20 book lifespan, with Harry as a finite character — no open ended story arc.

    I have a PDF copy of the article if you’re interested.

  4. Yeah send it over. I wonder how he’ll feel at the 20th book because I don’t know how successful his trilogy was - the Alcheron or whatever it was.

  5. I enjoyed Ms Belmond’s first book in the series., “A Rather Lovely Inheritance.”

  6. hmmm some interesting stuff there

    ::note to self get the lil sis to read wolves::

  7. I am an Alexandra Potter fan thanks to Maili’s recommendations, but her books are hard to find in the states and I certainly will be looking for this one.

  8. What’s Molly Friedrich’s current address? Thanks. Jody Scott

  9. Ms. Scott, I have no idea, but you could possibly google her agency to see if you can discover that information.

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