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Amy Einhorn preempted world English rights to M.T. Mustian’s The
Gendarme for her imprint at Putnam with a six-figure offer to Scott
Mendel. Armenian-American Mustian’s debut is described as an epic
novel about a 92-year-old Turkish-American man suffering from dementia
who suddenly starts having vivid dreams about his role in the Armenian
genocide of 1915, the young woman hefell in love with and spared-and
how he sets out in secret to beg her forgiveness.
Norton Wins New Rosenberg
by Matthew Thornton — Publishers Weekly, 2/25/2008
Norton Wins New Rosenberg
Bob Weil at Norton beat out six other houses in an auction for Tina
Rosenberg’s The Social Cure: Cracking the World’s Toughest Problems
Through the Power of the Group; Gail Ross sold North American
rights. The book will look at intractable social problems, both global
and domestic, that appear to haveno solutions, providing inspirational
cases in which peer pressure has been used to change behavior in
instances where previously nothing had worked. This is Rosenberg’s
third book, and the first since 1995’s The Haunted Land, which won the
Pulitzer and the National Book Award. Pub date is spring 2010.
Beilock Auctions First Book
Leslie Meredith at the Free Press was the winner, world rights, at a
two-day auction for University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock’s
first book, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Success
and Failure at Work and Play; Dan O’Connell at the Strothman Agency
made the six-figure sale.
Beilock, whose research has made her a sought-after media commentator
and speaker, will reveal new evidence that turns on its head what we
know about body-brain intelligence and performance, specifically what
makes us flub and freeze in tests, in the boardroom and on the playing
field. The book will also provide practical solutions to prevent
choking. Pub date is 2010.
Dutton Preempts
Just before an auction in which at least eight publishers were slated
to participate, Amy Hertz preempted world rights to New York Times
health columnist and Well blogger Tara Parker-Pope’s The Science of
Marriage via Lynn Johnston. The book will distill the avalanche of
research about what makes relationships work-and not work-into
practical, evidence-based advice. Tentative pub date is late
2009/early 2010.
Ben Sevier preempted North American rights to two new novels by
Jonathan Tropper via Simon Lipskar. The first of the two, to be
published in 2009, deals with fatherhood. Tropper is the author of
four previous novels, most recently How to Talk to a Widower,
published last year by Delacorte. Plume will publish both new books in
paperback following the Dutton hardcover.
Debut Preempts
Amy Einhorn preempted world English rights to M.T. Mustian’s The
Gendarme for her imprint at Putnam with a six-figure offer to Scott
Mendel.
Armenian-American Mustian’s debut is described as an epic novel about
a 92-year-old Turkish-American man suffering from dementia who
suddenly starts having vivid dreams about his role in the Armenian
genocide of 1915, the young woman hefell in love with and spared-and
how he sets out in secret to beg her forgiveness.
Sarah Knight at Holt preempted an untitled memoir by two-time
California Poet Laureate Rhoda Janzen via Michael Bourret at Dystel &
Goderich. Janzen tackles love, faith, family and corsets in this
recounting of the months she spent recuperating after a bad breakup
(her husband left her for a guy named Bob) in her parents’ quirky,
close-knit Mennonite community. Holt has North American rights; pub
date is summer 2009.
Two-Book Deal for Lieb
Coexecutive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Josh Lieb has
soldI Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class
President; Jessica Rothenberg at Razorbill won North American rights
to two books in an auction conducted by Richard Abate. Lieb’s first
novel is about a 12-year-old genius who puts his plans for world
domination on hold in order to run forclass president and please his
father.
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