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An absolute glut of historical fiction. Kind of surprising.
I can’t tell if this is historical fiction or just literary with a historical-fiction-sounding title. Is it safe to say that Avon A is the most confusing imprint ever and that possibly even those in charge of Avon A don’t really know what the brand stands for?
Minrose Gwin’s THE QUEEN OF PALMYRA, reminiscent of The Secret Life of Bees, to Carrie Feron of Avon A, in a nice deal, for publication in Winter 2010, by Leigh Feldman at Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman (world English).
I had to ask someone what ‘Shane’ was. It’s a western. So western + Mad Max + Urban Fantasy = A female version of King’s Gunslinger series?
Vampire Babylon series author Chris Marie Green’s BLOOD LANDS series, coined as a Shane meets Mad Max Urban Fantasy, to Ginjer Buchanan at Berkley Ace, in a very nice deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency (NA).
I’m guessing standard urban fantasy. It’s a fairly safe bet lately.
Stephen Deas’s THE ADAMANTINE PALACE, to Ginjer Buchanan of Berkley Ace, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Susan Howe at Orion UK.
Now I have Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ going through my head.
Ali …
This is only to note that despite the poor sales of previous blogger books, certain types still sell. A significant deal in PublishersMarketplace parlance is $251,000 - $499,000. Part of the deal could have been based on her years as a columnist and not as a blogger.
NYT health columnist and “Well” blogger Tara Parker-Pope’s THE SCIENCE OF MARRIAGE, practical, evidence-based advice about what makes relationships work — and not work — based on marital health research, to Amy Hertz at Dutton, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in late 2009/early 2010, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world).
Not sure who Tropper is but apparently he must sell alot of books. The major deal denotes advances of $500,000 and up.
Jonathan Tropper’s two upcoming novels, including one on fatherhood, moving to Ben Sevier at Dutton, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, for publication beginning in 2009, by Simon Lipskar at Writers House (NA).
Tamera Alexander is, I believe, an inspy author. Given the major deal status of this sale, I wonder how Avon Inspire is doing. I don’t read Inspy fiction but my mother does. I’ll have to buy her a few Alexander …
Dear Ms. Jones:
 I can’t pinpoint exactly why I bought this book. I think, honestly, that I got you mixed up with a different author (*cough Lisa Marie Rice cough*) whom I wanted to read but hadn’t. So I bought the book and had no idea what it was about at all. Color me surprised when I realized it was a book about baseball. I love sports. In fact, as I sit here writing this review, I am watching the NFL channel. SportsCenter is over. The few books I have read featuring sports heroes have invariably been wrong and I confess to thinking before I had even read the second page that this was going to be a disaster.
Anyone who liked Rachel Gibson’s See Jane Score or Diedre Martin’s Body Check, will find Hard And Fast enjoyable entertainment.
Amanda Wright just landed her dream job as the sports reporter for a major LA newspaper. Her predecessor is her competition and has been …
All the deals look pretty meh to me
Lisa Renee Jones’s HARD AND FAST, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin B, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).
Bonnie Vanak’s THE SCORPION AND THE SEDUCER, with exotic Egyptian characters and setting, a sequel to The Panther and the Pyramid, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).
Anna Schmidt’s LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE, set in turn-of-the-century Nantucket, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (NA).
Lisa Mondello’s CRADLE OF SECRETS, about about a woman who returns to a small New England town to find the truth about whether her parents were murdered after she finds out through DNA testing that she was adopted, to Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal, for publication in November 2007, by Michelle Grajkowski of Three Seas Literary Agency.
Michele Dunaway’s PICTURE PERFECT, SWEET SENSATIONS, and EDUCATING HANK, to Beverly Sotolov at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds.
Veronica Wolff’s LORD OF THE HOUNDS, pitched as in the venerable tradition of Diana Gabaldon, the story of a highland laird …
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