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1 FICTION

The Guest Book meets Everything I Never Told You in this gripping novel of a small town caught up in a shocking disappearance, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love

LOST AT SEA by Erica Boyce

When beloved fisherman John Staybrook vanishes in the night, his loss stirs up more than grief. His daughter Ella is convinced he’s still alive and vows to bring him home. But as she searches the small Massachu- setts town, secrets throughout the community begin to bubble to the surface. As the pieces fall into place of what really happened, everyone from the babysitter to the local librarian are swept into a more urgent question: Why would someone go out in the middle of a deadly storm? Erica Boyce weaves a tense yet hopeful tale of family secrets whispering across the rocky shores and the unshakeable strength that love leaves behind. Sourcebooks Landmark March 2020 “Lost at Sea is a gripping novel about a fishing community and the daily Trade paperback dangers which await them, and the complex relationships surfacing 79k words when one of their own disappear. Set in the small New England town of Devil’s Purse, Boyce has weaved a spellbinding and atmospheric tale of Genre: Fiction community, family bonds, love and loss, and the fortitude needed to survive in an unforgiving landscape.” – Kim Michele Richardson, author Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek English rights)

“Erica Boyce has crafted a heartfelt, deeply moving novel about identi- Primary agent: Eric Smith ty, friendship and family. Thought-provoking and propulsive, with a P.S. Literary Agency strong sense of place and a set of intriguing, complex characters, Lost at Sea is impossible to put down.” – Daniela Petrova, author of Her Material: Available Daughter’s Mother

“With beautiful, tender prose and a captivating web of characters, Lost at Sea is a masterful portrait of a fishing village marked by tragedy— and all the secrets therein. Boyce has crafted a poignant and thought- provoking narrative that stuck with me long after I read the final page.” – Andrea Bartz, author of The Lost Night

Erica Boyce is currently a member of the Massachu- setts Bar, an Associate Fiction Editor at Pangyrus, and a participant in her home state’s lovely writing communities, The Writer’s Loft and Grub Street. She is also the Fishing Community Coordinator at Catch Invest, where she works with fishermen and community organizers across the country to help keep small-boat fishing fleets in business. She lives outside Boston with her husband and dog. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, crafting, reading (of course), and adjectives. www.ericaboyce.com 2 A woman ahead of her time, searching for her true calling in life and love

SALT THE SNOW by Carrie Callaghan

American journalist Milly Bennett has covered murders in San Francis- co, fires in Hawaii, and a civil war in China, but 1930s Moscow presents her greatest challenge yet. When her young Russian husband is suddenly arrested by the secret police, Milly tries to get him released. But his arrest reveals both painful secrets about her marriage and hard truths about the Soviet state she has been working to serve. Disillusioned and pulled toward the front lines of a captivating new conflict, Milly must find a way to do the right thing for her husband, her conscience, and her heart. Salt the Snow is a vivid and impeccably researched tale of a woman ahead of her time, searching for her true calling in life and love.

“The vivid prose of Salt the Snow sets the reader in the middle of socio- Chicago Review Press economic upheavals and political unrest with the best possible tour guide, wisecracking American journalist Milly Bennett. Callaghan excels February 2020 at bringing little-known real-life women out of the darkness of historical Hardcover obscurity and into the light of recognition. From the first scene, the 86k words reader is plunged into a world of suspense and intrigue, led by an unforgettable protagonist. Milly is not so much a character as a fully realized, Genre: Historical fiction complex human being: her brilliance and self-sufficiency are admirable, Rights available: and her loneliness and feelings of unworthiness are heartbreaking. A Translation (US publisher has world fascinating novel!” – Clarissa Harwood, author of Impossible Saints and English rights) Bear No Malice Previous foreign publishers: Germany (HarperCollins Germany) “A vivid, well-researched story of a complex and ahead-of-her-time woman, an American journalist, who finds herself—head and heart— Primary agent: while living and working in an equally complex Russia.” – Jenni L. Shannon Hassan Marsal Lyon Literary Agency Walsh, author of Becoming Bonnie Material: Available “Salt the Snow is a vivid journey through the kaleidoscope of 1930s Eu- rope with an irrepressible and all too human guide in Milly Bennett. Don’t miss this book and its unforgettable heroine!” – Linnea Hartsuy- ker, author of The Half-Drowned King and The Golden Wolf

Carrie Callaghan’s short fiction has appeared in Silk Road, Weave Magazine, and The Mac- Guffin, among others. She is a senior analyst at the State Department, as well as a senior contributing editor at the Washington Inde- pendent Review of Books. Her debut novel was A Light of Her Own. www.carriecallaghan.com

3 From the internationally bestselling author of Vox comes a suspenseful new novel that explores a disturbing new reality where the government controls more than the future of our children

MASTER CLASS by Christina Dalcher

The future of every child is determined by one standardized measure- ment: their quotient (Q). Score high enough, and they attend a top tier school with a golden future ahead of them. Score low, and they are sent to a federally run boarding school with limited prospects for future em- ployment. The purpose? Education costs are cut, teachers focus on the best students, and parents are happy.

Elena Fairchild is a teacher at one of the state’s elite schools. When her nine-year-old daughter fails her monthly test, her Q score drops to a disastrously low level and she is immediately forced to leave her top school for a federal school hundreds of miles away. As a teacher, Elena knows intimately the dangers of failure in their tiered educational sys- Berkley tem, but as a mother who just lost her child, all Elena wants is to be April 2020 near her daughter again. And she will do the unthinkable to make it Hardcover happen. 81k words

Genre: Dystopian thriller “One thing you’ll understand while you’re working for me,” Mrs. Underwood says, leading me away from Rights available: Translation Freddie and steering me toward the serving counter. Her words are slow and deliberate and horrible as she Foreign sales: Brazil (Sextante), British (HQ), France (NiL), German (Fischer), slides a tray from the stack and sets it down much too Hungary (Művelt Nép), Italy (Nord), Ro- firmly on the metal surface. “And you will mania (RAO), Spain (Roca)

understand it, Dr. Fairchild. No one is special here. Previous foreign publishers: Brazil No one.” In her hand is the package of cookies meant (Sextante), British (HQ), Bulgaria (Locus), Czech (Host), Estonia (Postimees), for Freddie. France (NiL), Germany (Fischer), Greece (Brainfood), Hungary (Művelt Nép), Isra- el (Dani Books), Italy (Nord), Japan (Hayakawa), Korea (Dasan Books), The Netherlands (Meulenhoff Boekerij), Po- land (Muza), Portugal (20/20 Editora), Christina Dalcher is the internationally bestsel- Romania (RAO), Russia (Exmo), Slovakia ling author of Vox. She earned her doctorate in (IKAR), Spain (Roca), Turkey (Panama), theoretical linguistics from Georgetown Univer- Ukraine (BookChef)

sity. Her short stories and flash fiction appear in Highlights: over one hundred journals worldwide. Her * Vox: recognitions include the Bath Flash Award’s — Indiebound, National, Speigel, and Short List; nominations for The Pushcart Prize, Sunday Times UK bestseller. — BookExpo 2018, Booksellers Share Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions; and Their Hot Picks. multiple other awards. She teaches flash fiction — Entertainment Weekly, Books to as a member of the faculty at The Muse Writers Read After The Handmaid’s Tale. — Goodreads, The 20 Hottest Debuts of Center in Norfolk, Virginia. After spending sev- the Season. eral years abroad, most recently in Sri Lanka, Dalcher and her husband now split their time between the American South and Naples, Italy. Primary agent: http://christinadalcher.com Laura Bradford Bradford Literary Agency 4 Material: Available Thirteen stories—beginning after the clock strikes 12 and ending before dawn—from some of the top thriller writers in the world

NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT: A Suspense Anthology edited by Jeffery Deaver

Suspense Magazine and New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver present the short story anthology, Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original tales, with each chilling read beginning after midnight arrives and ending before dawn awakens.

Favorites exploring this mysterious window of time are: Joseph Badal, Linwood Barclay, Rhys Bowen, Heather Graham, Alan Jacobson, Paul Kemprecos, Shannon Kirk, Jon Land, John Lescroart, D.P. Lyle, Kevin O’Brien, and Hank Phillippi Ryan.

This incredible gathering of authors will delight fans of all genres as they Suspense Publishing answer that age-old question of why...“Nothing Good Happens After October 2020 Midnight.” Trade paperback 85k words

Genre: Anthology

Rights available: British and translation

Primary agent: Liza Fleissig Liza Royce Agency

Material: Available March 2020

A former journalist, folksinger, and attorney, Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 bestselling author. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the New York Times, the Times of London, Italy’s Corriere del- la Sera, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Los Angeles Times, and his books have been translated into over 25 languages. The author of over 35 novels, three collections of short stories, and a non-fiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards around the world, and he has sold 50 million books worldwide. www.jefferydeaver.com 5 A high stakes wager pits an aspiring entrepreneur against a ruthless CEO in this sexy romantic comedy

THE MARRIAGE GAME by Sara Desai

After her life falls apart, recruitment consultant Layla Patel returns home to her family in San Francisco. But in the eyes of her father, who runs a Michelin starred restaurant, she can do no wrong. He would do anything to see her smile again. With the best intentions in mind, he offers her the office upstairs to start her new business and creates a profile on an online dating site to find her a man. She doesn’t know he’s arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on her door….

As CEO of a corporate downsizing company Sam Mehta is more used to conflict than calm. In search of a quiet new office, he finds the perfect space above a cozy Indian restaurant that smells like home. But when communication goes awry, he’s forced to share his space with the owner’s beautiful yet infuriating daughter Layla, her crazy family, and a pa- Berkley rade of hopeful suitors, all of whom threaten to disrupt his carefully June 2020 ordered life. Trade paperback

97k words As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, Sam and Layla Genre: Romantic comedy have to decide if this is love or just a game. Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world English rights)

Highlights: * Sold at auction in a six-figure deal. * New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Sara Desai is the penname for romance author Sarah Castille. A New York Times Primary agent: and USA Today bestselling author of over Laura Bradford 20 novels, Sarah is known for contempo- Bradford Literary Agency rary romance that is edgy, sexy and scorching hot. A recovering lawyer, she Material: Available lives in British Columbia with her husband, three children, and a family of owls. Sarah’s books have been published by Samhain Publishing, Macmillan, and Sourcebooks Casablanca, and have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly as well as being included in their Top Ten Picks and Best Summer Reads. Her books have been named Amazon’s Best Romance Books of the Year, RT Book Reviews Top Picks, and have won the Holt Medallion for Excellence in Literary Fiction as well as numerous reader’s choice and romance writers’ awards. Sarah is a member of the Romance Writers of America, the Vancouver Island Romance Association, International Thriller Writers Inc., and the Writer’s Union of Canada. The Marriage Game is her first romantic comedy. sarahcastille.com 6 An emotional novel about family love, friendship, the expectations of a child, and exactly who our mothers are

THE OTHER MOTHER by Matthew Dicks

Michael Perkins, a 13-year-old awkward teenager, is dealing with a lot. After his father’s sudden death, his mom married Asshole Glenn. His two younger siblings drive him crazy, yet he’s had to become a de facto parent as his mother works double-shifts to keep the family afloat. And he struggles with anger issues. He’s the kid who pushed the bus driver. He’s the kid who threw the cash register on the floor in the school cafe- teria in a fit of rage. And then one day, Michael wakes up and his mother is gone. She’s been replaced by an exact duplicate mother, the “other mother.” His brother, sister, and Asshole Glenn act normal, but Michael knows in his bones that this mother is not his. And he beings to freak out.

What follows is the coming-of-age story of a boy forced to be a man too early, a boy struggling with an unusual disorder, a boy who has the unique opportunity to see his mother as someone other than his moth- St. Martin’s er. He’s a kid facing extraordinary circumstances and unparalleled chal- November 2020 lenges, but, as he discovers secrets about his father’s passing, his feel- Hardcover ings for the girl next door, and realities about his mother, he also finds 81k words strength. Genre: Fiction As in Matthew Dicks’ beloved Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Rights available: Matthew writes a character with a foot in two worlds—child and Translation adult—who has a unique voice and is able to reveal truths about family love, friendship, anger, the expectations of a child, and exactly who our Foreign sales: British (Little, Brown UK) mothers are. Previous foreign publishers: British (Little, Brown UK), Czech (Argo), France “Green’s gripping and cleverly paced narrative never loses faith with its (Editions Lattes), Hungary (Libri), Italy troubled hero….” – Financial Times UK (Sperling), Russia (AST), Serbia (Laguna), Taiwan (Spring International)

Along with his award-winning and internation- Highlights: * Internationally bestselling author. ally bestselling novel, Memoirs of an Imaginary * Twenty-One Truths About Love: Friend (which has been translated into 20 lan- — Washington Post, 18 Books to Read guages and optioned for film), Matthew Dicks this Fall. is the author of the critically acclaimed novels — Indie Next List, December 2019. — LibraryReads Pick, November 2019. Something Missing (Broadway 2009), and Unex- pectedly, Milo (Broadway 2010). In the last few years, Matt has become a multi-time Moth Sto- Primary agent: rySLAM champion and GrandSLAM champion; Taryn Fagerness Taryn Fagerness Agency he started his own highly successful storytelling organization called Speak Up; several of his sto- Material: Available ries have appeared on The Moth’s podcast and Radio Hour; he’s told a story on This American Life; he’s spoken at TEDx multiple times, and the list goes on (and on). His first non-fiction book,Storyworthy , was published June 2018 by New World Library. He’s also an elementary school teacher, podcaster, wedding DJ, daily blogger, minister, life coach, father of two, and avid (bad) golfer. www.matthewdicks.com 7

Three women. Three daughters. And a promise that they’ll each get what they deserve

DO NOT ADMIT Sourcebooks by Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman Early 2021 Trade paperback College application season at Seattle’s Elliot Bay Academy is marked by 98k words Ivy League admissions and ivory-trimmed acceptance envelopes. But when Stanford informs the school they’re only accepting one more EBA Genre: Women’s fiction senior for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition Rights available: is more cut-throat than they could have imagined. Translation (US publisher has world English rights) Tech giant Alicia turns to her fortune and status to fight for her daughter’s place at the top. Kelly, a Stanford legacy, has primed her PTA influ- Primary agent: Carly Watters ence to undercut the other applicants. And Maren makes three: single, P.S. Literary Agency broke, and ill-equipped to handle the elite rat-race threatening to bring her daughter down. Material: Available

That’s when one of the girls suffers a near-fatal accident, one that doesn’t appear to be an accident at all.

As the community spirals out of control, three women will have to decide where the line is…and how far they’re willing to cross it to secure what’s rightfully theirs.

“That night when Krissie was crying about being able to compete with all of these people lying to get into Stanford, I told our daughter to hold her head up high. That we weren’t cheating and cutting corners like those other families. And you just sat there eating your ice cream. You didn’t say a goddamn word.”

Co-authors Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman are long-time Seattle friends. Do Not Admit is informed by their personal experi- ences with life-altering family health crises during the college admissions process. Be- tween the two of them, they have undergrad- uate degrees from Princeton University and the University of Michigan, a law degree from UC Berkeley, careers in marketing, non-profit leadership and biotechnology law, two hus- bands (one with heart disease revealed by a heart attack at 48, one with lymphoma since the age of 40), and four kids (two already in college—wouldn’t you love to know where?). Do Not Admit is their debut novel. www.katzndobs.com 8 The Amazing Race meets Around the World in 80 Days as a woman desperate to save her family bookstore falls for her competition

EIGHTY DAYS TO ELSEWHERE by KC Dyer

Born and raised in New York City, Ramona Keene dreams of attending photography school and traveling to Paris, but her reality never quite catches up with her imagination. Instead, she works at her uncles’ quaint bookstore, where the tea is plentiful and all the adventures are between the covers of secondhand books. But when the new landlord arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy’s quiet life comes crashing down. He plans to triple the rent, something her uncles can’t afford.

In order to earn the money to help save the bookstore, Romy applies for a job at ExLibris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary journeys. Romy snags the oddest internship ever: retrace Phileas Fogg’s journey from Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days and plan a suit- able, contemporary adventure for a client. The task is close to impossi- Berkley ble—sticking to the original route means no commercial aircraft per- August 2020 mitted, and she’s got a lot less than 80 days to work with. Shaking off Trade paperback her fear of leaving home, Romy takes on the challenge, only to discover 124k words she’s got competition. Worse, Dominic Madison turns out to be the— unfortunately hot—nephew of her family’s worst enemy. Genre: Women’s fiction

Can Romy win the race and circle the globe in time to save the Rights available: bookstore? And what happens when she starts to fall for the very per- Translation (US publisher has world son who may just be the death of her dreams? English rights)

Foreign sales: Czech (Grada), Russia (AST)

Highlights: * First book in a series featuring the company ExLibris Expeditions.

KC Dyer resides in the wilds of British Co- Primary agent: lumbia in the company of an assortment of Laura Bradford mammals, some of them human. She likes Bradford Literary Agency

to walk in the woods and write books. KC Material: Available has spoken with thousands of kids in schools across Canada from British Colum- bia to Prince Edward Island, across the US and in Europe and Asia. She is a director and long-time participant at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. She is the author of the romantic comedy Finding Fraser. For teens, KC’s most recent work is Facing Fire, a sequel to the acclaimed novel, A Walk Through a Window (Doubleday). She has been writer-in-residence at New Westminster Secondary School, and a featured presenter at conferences across Canada and the US such as the National Council of English Teachers in both Philadelphia and Chicago; YouthWrite in Penticton, British Colombia; and many others.kcdyer.com 9 Sometimes you have to take a leap, and change your life...

WAKING SARAH ANN by Christy English

A middle manager in a small southern bank, Sarah Ann moves from one day to the next in a sort of mindless fog. After the death of her mother and the loss of the love of her life, her existence is lackluster and pas- sionless. Until the day she is diagnosed with early onset dementia, and she finds out that her personality as she knows it has less than a year to live.

Electrified and energized for the first time in years, Sarah Ann ignores her doctors’ advice, refusing to lock herself away in the prison of an assisted living facility. Instead, she transforms her life, selling her grandmother’s house and cashing in her 401-K, leaving her soulless job behind. After a brief, passionate fling with a gentleman mechanic who has been her friend since high school, Sarah Ann and her tabby cat Sebas- tian set out from her home in Savannah, Georgia on a spiritual odyssey. She drives across the country on a quest to discover if she might learn to live with joy before it is too late. Independently published March 2020 As she comes closer to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal, Sarah Trade paperback Ann faces the ultimate choice: should she allow her body to live on 102k words once her mind is gone, or should she end her life while she is still herself? Genre: Women’s fiction

Rights available: Translation (British rights not available) I sat in silence then, listening to the whirl of the air conditioner just outside the window. “How long does Primary agent: Kevan Lyon it take for dementia to show up?” I asked. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency “I’m not a specialist,” she said. “But from the reading I’ve done since I saw your scan, it looks like six to Material: Available eight months.” “Six to eight months until what?” “Until symptoms start manifesting.” “Until I start to lose my mind,” I said.

A graduate of Duke University, Christy English is the author of the historical fiction novels The Queen’s Pawn (Berkley 2010) and To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aqui- taine (Berkley 2011). She has also written two historical romance series for Sourcebooks Casa- blanca: Shakespeare in Love (2012-2013) and Broadswords and Ballrooms (2015-2016). When she is not writing, she loves to walk the mountain trails near her home in western North Carolina. www.christyenglish.com 10 As far as Ami’s concerned, invisibility is good for three things: bank vaults, men’s locker rooms, and saving the world

THE COINCIDENCE MAKERS by Meradeth Houston

For Ami and her partner, Luke, becoming invisible is part of their job. Their mysterious employer assigns them to make “coincidences” happen, from reuniting long lost lovers to toppling empires. For their next job, they must stop a bio-terrorism attack on San Francisco. To pull it off, they’ll have to break into illegal labs and federal buildings that make bank vaults seem easy.

Working side by side to arrange the coincidence, Ami hopes for a chance to finally push their relationship past the friend-zone. Her tele- pathic link with Luke has made it hard to keep her feelings secret for so many years. But just when things start to heat up between them, they accidentally alert the FBI to their existence. Now agents are chasing them down hilly streets and invading their homes in the middle of the night. Bleeding Ink Publishing With three days until the attack, Ami and Luke must escape their FBI tail November 2019 while keeping their own emotions from getting in the way. That’s not an Trade paperback easy task when their telepathy goes on the fritz and their only lead for 80k words who’s behind the plague just might be the one who releases it. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, they’re going to need more than Genre: Supernatural thriller a coincidence to pull it all off. Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world English rights) But I hung back. I didn’t have an explanation for why. A hunch, maybe? A feeling this job wasn’t over Primary agent: Cristi Marchetti yet. That there was something bigger at play. There Fire Brand Literary had to be a reason why all four of us had been called Material: Available in, more than just to avoid the massive loss of lives. I never spent too much time wondering about what guided us around, because there was no explanation and no one to ask, and, it kinda hurt my brain after a while. But this, this had something bigger stamped all over it.

Meradeth Houston lives in Montana where she’s an anthropology professor and scientist. If you let her, she’ll tell you more than you ever wanted to know about getting DNA out of dead stuff. She enjoys escaping the snow by imagining herself back in her favorite places in her home state of California, with a little drama or supernatural flare added in. Her debut novel was Someone Else’s Soul (Bleeding Ink, May 2019). http://meradethhouston.com

Some people don’t want to be found...

AND NOW SHE’S GONE Forge Books/Tor by Rachel Howzell Hall September 2020 Hardcover Isabel Lincoln is gone. 100k words But is she missing? Genre: Suspense

It’s up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track Rights available: down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray’s search for Isabel Translation (US publisher has world Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new rev- English rights) elation about the woman’s secrets and the truth she’s hidden from her Previous foreign publishers: Korea friends and family. (Book Plaza)

Featuring two complicated women in a dangerous cat and mouse game, And Now She’s Gone explores the nature of secrets—and how Highlights: * Trail of Echoes: violence and fear can lead you to abandon everything in order to sur- — Kirkus starred review. vive. * Land of Shadows: — Publishers Weekly starred review. — The Telegraph, Top Ten Crime Books for Summer. Unlike the men who disappeared, women left their

egos behind along with their keys, photo Primary agent: identification, and unpaid electric bills. These women Jill Marsal Marsal Lyon Literary Agency may have wondered about their past lives—What are they doing back home? How are they living without Material: Available me? Did somebody finally wash those damned dishes? —but they rarely did more than wonder. They never visited old haunts. They never searched their names on Google or checked their Facebook pages. Unlike most men who vanished, women rarely got caught. They just wanted a new beginning.

Rachel Howzell Hall published her first book A Qui- et Storm (Scribner 2002) to great notice, including reviews from O Magazine, Publishers Weekly, and a starred review from Library Journal. She’s also the author of the acclaimed Lou Norton Mystery series, which has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Rachel is also a science writer at City of Hope, a national cancer research and treatment institution in Southern Cali- fornia. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. www.rachelhowzell.com 12 A beautiful novel of the West, of a deep love for the land, of faith in the face of evil, and of the terrible choices we make for the ones we love

EDEN MINE by S.M. Hulse

Jo Faber is packing up the home she and her brother Samuel inherited. For generations, the Fabers have lived near Eden Mine, but Jo and Sam- uel will be the last. Their family home has been seized by the state through eminent domain.

At the moment she hears the news of the bombing on the radio, Jo knows nothing, but she also knows that something isn’t right. The arri- val of their friend and unofficial guardian, Sheriff Hawkins, confirms her suspicions. Samuel said he was going to find work. But soon it’s clear that he’s not gone, but missing―last seen by a security camera near the district courthouse at Elk Fork. And a nine-year-old girl, the daughter of a pastor of a storefront church, is in critical condition.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt This isn’t the first time Jo and Samuel have seen the ravages of violence February 2020 visit their family. Last time, they lost their mother and Jo lost her ability Hardcover to walk. Samuel took care of her, outfitted their barn with special rig- ging so she could keep riding their mule. But he was never the same, 84k words falling in with a separatist group, getting a tattoo he’d flaunt, then Genre: Fiction spending years hiding. She thought he had finished with all that. But now he’s missing, and she can’t talk to the one person she trusts. A Rights available: timely story of the anger and disaffection tearing apart many communi- Translation (US publisher has world ties in the US, S.M. Hulse’s Eden Mine is also a beautiful novel of the English rights)

West, of a deep love for the land, of faith in the face of evil, and of the Previous foreign publishers: Japan terrible choices we make for the ones we love. (Tokyo Sogensha)

“Hulse follows up her strong debut (Black River, 2015) with an even Highlights: stronger novel about the fallout from an act of domestic terrorism….[A] * Amazon pick for February 2020. dense yet lucid narrative. The nail-biting denouement is...an additional * Black River: sign of this young writer’s mature artistic powers. Reflective, evocative, — PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fic- tion finalist and quietly moving.” – Kirkus, starred review — An Amazon Best Book of the Month, January 2015. "Stunning….There is a toughness of spirit, a bleakness of light and cir- — Amazon pick for Best Books of the cumstance, which twists thrillingly with every page.” – Al Woodworth, Year So Far (June 2015). — An ALA Notable Book. Amazon Pick February — An ABA Indies Introduce title. — Winner, Reading the West Book Award. S.M. Hulse’s debut novel, Black River, was a — Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction finalist, Booklist starred reviews. an Amazon Best Book of the Month, an ALA No-

table Book, an ABA Indies Introduce title, an Primary agent: Indie Next pick, and winner of the Reading the Lorin Rees West Book Award. She received her MFA from Rees Literary Agency the University of Oregon and was a fiction fel- Material: Available low at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An avid horsewoman, she has lived throughout the American West. www.smhulse.com

13 The blossom of first love meets the golden ember of last love in this heartwarming novel of hope and second chances

SUMMER OF SECOND CHANCES by Andrea Hurst

At sweet 16 Shelby finds herself without friends or a place to call home, and still waiting for her first kiss. At the mercy of yet another move, Shelby is left to spend the summer with her widowed grandmother at Moonwater Lake. When Theo, a reclusive elderly man in town suggests she start a dog-walking business, Shelby begins to realize that dreams can come true.

Recently widowed, Theo grieves the precious memories of a 50-year marriage. If not for his aging beagle, Wally, he wouldn’t have a reason to get out of bed in the morning, much less go for walks. Theo is pleas- antly surprised by his awakened feelings of hope, after crossing paths with Shelby and her grandmother.

As these two unlikely souls bond over their mutual love of canine com- panions, it becomes a summer of friendship and unconditional love, Independently published inspiring Shelby, Theo, and the community of Moonwater Lake to be- June 2020 lieve it’s never too late for second chances. Trade paperback 90k words

Logan put his arm around her and pulled her close. Genre: Women’s fiction She could barely breathe. Her body tingled with Rights available: warmth. Shelby rested her head on his shoulder and British and translation let her eyes drift shut. If she never moved, the night Primary agent: might never end. She could hear the water lapping Andrea Hurst over the legs of the dock. Andrea Hurst & Associates

Material: Available March 2020

Andrea Hurst is the Amazon bestselling author of The Guestbook and the Madrona Island series. Her standalone novels include Always with You and the upcoming Summer of Second Chances. Her books take readers on a journey of the heart, to charming settings with memorable characters. She lives with her rescue poodle, Ellie, near a beautiful lake in North Carolina. www.andreahurst-author.com

14 Alexa Glock’s forensic skills are needed when a man is found dead in a Rotorua mud pot

MOLTEN MUD MURDER: An Alexa Glock mystery by Sara E. Johnson

When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua’s famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have...melted away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa discovers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an island sacred to the Maori. The ancient punishment for such a trans- gression is disaster, demonic possession, or death...and when she visits the island to investigate, the same outcome is promised for her. Alexa doesn’t believe in ancient spirits returning to exact revenge, and when another victim turns up dead she begins to wonder whether the real threat is something—or someone—much closer to home. Sourcebooks “The mystery combines forensic investigation with the rich details of a March 2020 fascinating culture. Fans of Kathy Reichs’s mysteries will appreciate the Trade paperback forensics, while Jane Harper’s readers will enjoy the rich culture.” – Li- 80k words brary Journal, starred review and Debut of the Month Genre: Mystery “Move over Kay Scarpetta and Temperance Brennan. There’s a new forensics expert in town, even though ‘town’ is 8500 miles away. Alexa Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world Glock is a forensic odontologist and qualified crime-scene investigator English rights) who debuts in Sara E. Johnson’s engrossing first novel, set in New Zea- land. Fleeing a relationship gone bad in North Carolina, and fresh from a visiting professorship in Auckland, Alexa impulsively offers her services Highlights: * First book in a series. to a police department at the tip of North Island where an unidentified * Read by multiple local Maori for cul- body has been pulled from a pool of molten mud. Johnson gives us a tural accuracy and fact-checked by a compelling picture of modern New Zealand overlaid by Maori culture forensic expert. with its strict taboos and amazing artifacts. Alexa hopes to stay in New Zealand and if this leads to a full series, my fingers are crossed that she Primary agent: gets her wish.” – Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author Natalie Lakosil Bradford Literary Agency

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Sara E. Johnson spent a year exploring New Zea- land, which inspired her debut novel, Molten Mud Murder. She is currently an educator in Durham, North Carolina and program chair of Triangle Sisters in Crime. www.sarajohnsonauthor.com

15 Some women make headlines; an icon defies them

THE GIRL IN THE WHITE GLOVES: A Novel of Grace Kelly by Kerri Maher

Grace knows what people see. She’s the Cinderella story. An icon of glamor and elegance. The girl in white gloves. But behind the lens, beyond the panoramic views of glistening Mediterranean azure, she knows the truth. The sacrifices it takes for an unappreciated girl from Philadelphia to defy her family and become the reigning queen of the screen. The heartbreaking reasons she trades Hollywood for a crown. The loneliness of being a princess in a fairy tale kingdom. Hardest of all for her adoring fans and loyal subjects to comprehend, is the harsh reality that to be the most envied woman in the world does not mean she is the happiest. Starved for affection and purpose, facing a labyrinth of romantic and social expectations, Grace must find her own way to ful- fillment. But what she risks—her art, her family, her marriage—she may never get back. Berkley “The stunning and very human story of a beloved icon....Full of nuance February 2020 and poignancy—this novel is gorgeous.” – Allison Pataki, New York Hardcover Times bestselling author of The Queen’s Fortune 126k words

“[A] fascinating, deeply researched novel of the extraordinary Grace Genre: Women’s fiction Kelly...establishes Maher as a true force in biographical fiction.” – Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Rights available: Hour Translation (US publisher has world English rights)

“A captivating look behind the scenes at the life of the iconic Grace Foreign sales: Estonia (ERSEN), Germa- Kelly...as she searches for authenticity in a world clamoring instead for a ny (Insel Verlag), Hungary (Nouvion picture-perfect princess.”– Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling Trade Sociedad Anonima) author of The Only Woman in the Room Previous foreign publishers: Czech (Mlada fronta) “Daring and deep. Maher successfully lifts the curtain of mystery that surrounded a princess and a movie star, revealing a headstrong, com- Primary agent: Kevan Lyon plex woman with a riveting story to tell.” – Fiona Davis, national best- Marsal Lyon Literary Agency selling author of The Chelsea Girls Material: Available

Kerri Maher is the author of The Kennedy Debu- tante and This Is Not a Writing Manual: Notes for the Young Writer in the Real World under the name Kerri Majors. She holds an MFA from Co- lumbia University and founded YARN, an award- winning literary journal of short-form YA writing. A writing professor for many years, she now writes full-time and lives with her daughter in Massachusetts, where apple picking and long walks in the woods are especially fine. www.kerrimaher.com 16

Sweeping across an epic alternate China, this debut is Mulan meets The Song of Achilles—a bold reimagining of the

rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty as the story of a female monk who will stop at nothing to gain the Mandate of Heaven and achieve greatness

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN Tor by Shelley Parker-Chan July 2021 Hardcover In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants 132k words of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a Genre: Epic fantasy fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. Rights available: The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable sec- Translation ond daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. Foreign sales: British (Pan Macmillan)

When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chong- ba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own Highlights: fated death, the girl uses her brother’s identity to enter a monastery as * Sold on pre-empt, six-figure deal. a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, * First book in a duology.

Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how cal- lous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for Primary agent: supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu is flung back onto a Laura Rennert collision course with her lethal fate. Her one chance of escape is to Andrea Brown Literary Agency claim another future altogether: her brother’s abandoned greatness. Material: Available Searching for a path to power, Zhu joins the rebellion—only to find it under existential threat from the Mongols’ most feared general: an en- slaved eunuch whose beautiful female face conceals a heart as merci- less as jade and ice. For a monk with no martial skills, the front line of a war’s losing side is a bad place to be. And worse yet, Heaven is watching for any sign that Zhu might not be the true owner of the fate she has been audacious enough to claim….

“A cinematic tour de force that feels classic and yet utterly fresh.” – CS Pacat, USA Today bestselling author of the Captive Prince trilogy

Shelley Parker-Chan is an Australian by way of Malaysia and New Zealand. She is a 2017 Tiptree Fellow. As a former diplomat and international development adviser, Parker-Chan spent nearly a decade living and working in Southeast Asia. When she became addicted to epic East Asian historical TV dramas, but failed to find any English-language book versions of these stories, she decided to write her own. Her decision to focus on the Chinese rebellion that led to the founding of the Ming Dynasty was inspired by her posting to one of the world’s newest countries— Timor-Leste—where she witnessed some of the uglier realities behind a successful struggle for independence. After having lived in eight different places (in three countries) in the past ten years, Parker-Chan now lives in Melbourne, Australia, where her peculiar assortment of survival skills is completely useless. https://shelleyparkerchan.com 17

As Hugo Marsten attempts to understand the strange and sinister Lambourd dynasty, he lands face-to-face with the most

cunning killer he’s ever hunted

THE FRENCH WIDOW: Seventh Street Books A Hugo Marsten novel September 2020 by Mark Pryor Trade paperback 78k words Hugo Marston is walking through the gardens of the Louvre museum in Paris when a young man pulls out a gun and starts shooting. Hugo Genre: Thriller draws his own weapon and kills the man, instantly becoming a national Rights available: hero for stopping a mass shooting. Translation (US publisher has world English rights) That same night, an American girl is strangled while working at Chateau Previous foreign publishers: Brazil Lambourd, an historic mansion beside Parc Monceau, and Hugo is sent (Rocco), Bulgaria (Sluntse), Czech to investigate. To solve this mystery he must first understand, and un- (Euromedia), Hungary (Maxim), Italy ravel, the strange and sinister Lambourd dynasty. But all too quickly his (Fanucci), Japan (Hayakawa), Portugal heroic act in the Louvre gardens is being painted by some as a staged (Club do Autor), Slovakia (IKAR)

American act, which means Hugo has to to go behind the official investigation and unearth for himself the real, and unexpected, reason the Highlights: young man went in there with a gun. * The Bookseller: — Oprah.com., Fall Reads, Unputdown- able Mysteries. Meanwhile, one of the Lambourds has gone missing from the chateau — Library Journal starred review. and, when Hugo gets close to finding out why, his probe into the the family history lands him face-to-face with the coldest and most cunning Primary agent: killer he’s ever hunted. Ann Collette Rees Literary Agency

Material: Available

Also by Mark Pryor

“Pryor’s steady and engrossing debut combines Sherlockian puzzle-solving with Eric Ambler-like spy intrigue. With a cast of characters you want to know better and a storyline cloaked in World War II betrayals (think Nazi collaborators), the author winningly blends contemporary crime with historical topics.” – Library Journal, starred review and Mystery Debut of the Month

Mark Pryor, a journalist-turned-prosecutor, writes a singular blog, http://daconfidential.blogspot.com, which gets about 3,000 hits a month. He was also asked to blog for The Crime Report, put out by the John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York. The Bookseller, the first Hugo Marston novel, was his debut book and he’s written several more Hugo Marston novels, plus the stand-alone thriller Hollow Man. www.markpryorbooks.com

18 A house party. A murder. A cast of improbable villains

JUST MAKE BELIEVE: A Lady Adelaide mystery book 3 by Maggie Robinson

1925 Gloucestershire. A week-long house party in the country at fabled Elizabethan Fernald Hall—why not? Lady Adelaide Compton has nothing else to do, now that her year of mourning for her unfaithful husband is up and her plans to rekindle her romantic life have backfired. But when her hostess is found dead on the conservatory floor, Addie knows just who to call—Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter of Scot- land Yard.

Dev may not want to kiss Addie again, but he’s anxious to solve the crime. Who would want to kill Pamela, the beautiful wife of one of Brit- ain’s greatest Great War heroes? All the guests appear to be improbable villains. But despite all appearances of innocence, something is very wrong at Fernald Hall.

Addie and Dev must work together to find the culprit, and they have Poisoned Pen Press some help thanks to Rupert, Addie’s late and unlamented husband. Ru- July 2020 pert needs to make amends for his louche life on earth, and what better way to earn his celestial wings than catch a killer? Trade paperback 70k words

Genre: Historical mystery

Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world English rights)

Highlights: * Amazon bestselling author. Also by Maggie Robinson

“A lively debut….” – Kirkus Primary agent:

“[F]rothy fun.” – Publishers Weekly Laura Bradford Bradford Literary Agency “[A] clever, charming mystery that perfectly captures 1920s society...sure to appeal Material: Available to fans of Ashley Weaver or Rhys Bowen.” – Self Awareness

Maggie Robinson is a former teacher, library clerk and mother of four. She’s a two-time Romantic TimesReviewers ’ Choice nominee and the author several historical romances including the Ladies Unlaced series. A transplanted New York- er, she lives with her husband in Maine. www.maggierobinson.net

For fans of Station Eleven, a novel about escaping poverty, toxic family relationships, and trauma at the end of the world

ROAD OUT OF WINTER (previously titled The Grower) Mira by Alison Stine September 2020 Trade paperback In a West Virginia ravaged by climate change, Wylodine has been left 85k words behind. Her mother and stepfather abandon her in favor of trying for a new life in California, leaving her to a town that’s always shunned her Genre: Fiction due to her family’s criminal activities. She continues as a pariah, running Rights available: the family farm and tending to her violent stepfather’s marijuana crop. Translation (US publisher has world Until it’s all too clear that the world is ending. English rights)

With neighbors in her town turning against one another, fighting over Primary agent: Eric Smith food, water, and gas as snowfall increases to nearly arctic proportions, P.S. Literary Agency she loads up her tiny house with the supplies she’s kept stocked up all these years being alone. No matter the weather or the danger, Wylod- Material: Available ine is going to head west, and save her mother from the man who tor- mented her for most of her life.

But the road to family is more treacherous than she could have possibly imagined. Along the way, she rescues a single teenager mother and her toddler from a violent cult of skateboarders, as well as two boys from her hometown. And with her grow lights stashed in the tiny house, and a leather sachet of seeds around her neck, she’s determined to start over and escape the circle of poverty and abuse she’s been trapped in. Wylodine has been fighting all her life. Getting to California, and saving that little girl, is going to be her biggest battle of all. Especially with the fierce weather, and a mad leader of a cult, bearing down on her.

Alison Stine is an author and poet living in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Atlantic, Poetry, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Tin House, The Toast, Virgin- ia Quarterly Review, Jezebel, Lenny Letter, The Awl, and many others. Her visual art appears regularly in The Rumpus, and she has been a storyteller on The Moth. Her previous books include The Protec- tors (Little A), and Supervision, which won the digital submissions contest from Harper Voyager UK. Her poetry collections include Wait (University of Wisconsin Press), winner of the Brittingham Prize, and Ohio Violence (University of North Texas Press), winner of the Vassar Miller, as well as a chapbook Lot of My Sister (The Kent State University Press). www.alisonstine.com 20

Two sisters. Completely different yet as close as they can be. Then one disappears...

THE LAST TO SEE HER Mira by Courtney Evan Tate December 2020 Trade paperback Meg and Gen are two sisters who are completely different, yet as close 65k words as they can be. When Gen accompanies Meg to a convention in New York for the weekend, they were expecting two days of bonding, shop- Genre: Domestic thriller ping, and relaxation. But then...on their first night in the city, Gen disap- Rights available: pears. After 48 hours, Gen is officially a missing person. In the middle of Translation (US publisher has world a divorce, Gen’s soon-to-be ex-husband is obviously a suspect, but so is English rights) Meg herself...since she was the last to see her sister.

Highlights: In a heart-stopping thriller filled with twists and turns, The Last to See * New York Times and USA Today best- Her shines a light on who falls under suspicion when someone vanishes, selling author. and who might really be to blame.

Primary agent: Kevan Lyon She held her arms open wide and twirled drunkenly Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

around. Spinning, spinning, spinning, she laughed at Material: Available March 2020 the sensation in her belly, the drunken blurriness, the moment of complete lightness. It was short-lived. As she turned, someone grabbed her in the night, sharp fingers biting in her soft flesh. There was a flash of pain in her temple. Then nothing more.

Courtney Evan Tate is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business, but no amount of working in the corporate world could quell her urge to write. Courtney was born and raised in Kansas, but now lives in Florida where she writes beneath palm trees. She’s the author of Such Dark Things and I’ll Be Watching Him (Mira). Un- der the name Courtney Cole she writes the Nocte series, the Beautifully Broken series, and more. www.courtneycolewrites.com 21 Do we ever really know the ones we love?

HER PERFECT LIFE by Rebecca Taylor

Reclusive Clare Collins crafts her novels like she crafts her life: perfectly. So the world is stunned when the famous author is found dead on the beach from a self-inflicted gunshot—the morning after her latest book hits the shelves. Her sister Eileen is at a loss. Clare led a charmed life: success, mansions, money…why would she throw it all away? But while reading through her sister’s latest—and greatest—novel, Eileen discovers a clue that unravels the fiction and reveals the painful truth. Sud- denly, the life that Eileen had envied doesn’t seem so sparkling….Her Perfect Life is a page-turning debut that reminds us that no matter the success, everyone has secrets. And some are more devastating than others. It will appeal to fans of emotional, dramatic page-turners like Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell or Everything We Give by Kerry Lons- dale.

“A beautifully written and intricate novel that delves into the complexi- Sourcebooks Landmark ties of sisterhood, relationships, love, and the ties that bind. Through June 2020 her vivid characters, Taylor doesn’t shy away from exploring challenging Trade paperback issues such as grief, shame, and infidelity with great honesty, insight, 86k words and sympathy. A very satisfying and emotional journey from an expert storyteller.” – Anita Kushwaha, IPPY award-winning author of Side by Genre: Women’s fiction Side and Secret Lives of Mothers and Daughters Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world “A compelling debut novel of two sisters and how their ties to each oth- English rights) er irrevocably change the lives of those they love. I couldn’t put it down!” – Shelley Noble, New York Times bestselling author of Lucky’s Primary agent: Kevan Lyon Beach and Tell Me No Lies. Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

“In this stunning debut, Rebecca Taylor rivets with a story that unfolds Material: Available bit by bit, revealing layers that heralds a much more experienced author. I was captivated until the very end!” – Courtney Cole, New York Times bestselling author

“Compulsively readable from the first page. Rebecca Taylor weaves an expertly layered story of family secrets and builds the suspense to an almost unbearable pace in this modern story of two sisters.” – Kelly Simmons, author of One More Day and Where She Went

Rebecca Taylor is the author of the YA Ascend- ant trilogy, winner of the 2014 Colorado Book Award and a Library Journal National Self-e Se- lect title, and Affective Needs, which was a RITA finalist. Rebecca lives in sunny Colorado with her husband, two teens, and two tragically spoiled dogs. http://rebeccataylorbooks.com

22 In this stunning sequel to Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh once again invites readers to lose themselves in the story of Henry and Tobias, and the magic of a myth they’ve always known

DROWNED COUNTRY: The Greenhollow duology, book 2 by Emily Tesh

Two years have passed since the events of Silver in the Wood, and Hen- ry Silver’s life has not gone the way he wanted it to. Alone in the ruins of his manor house—now possessed by the magical Wood he belongs to—alienated from everyone he cares about, he broods on his mis- takes—until his mother the monster hunter arrives to request his assis- tance with a tricky and dangerous case.

Hunting the vampire of Rothling Abbey brings Silver back into contact with his former lover Tobias Finch, and the host of buried feelings rising out of their shared past. It also entangles him in the mysterious business of the Lindhurst siblings, a peculiar pair united by their shared ob- session—an archaeological expedition to Fairyland…. Tor June 2020 “Tobias—Mr Finch—Tobias,” Silver said, panicking. E-book Somehow he was at Tobias’s side, he was taking hold 40k words of him. The hand that he pulled frantically away from Genre: Fantasy the ground was chilled through. Silver clung to it, pressing it between his palms as if he might force Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world warmth through his fingers. The soil around Tobias’s English rights) boots was trying to harden into black stone like the Previous foreign publishers: Turkey monoliths. (Ithaki)

Also by Emily Tesh Highlights:

“Tesh’s characters and mythology are exquisitely crafted, in- * Silver in the Wood: cluding Henry’s assertive mother, a “practical folklor- — B&N SFF Blog, The Best Science Fic- tion & Fantasy Books of June 2019. ist” (monster hunter) who bucks the gender conventions of — Den of Geeks, Best New Fantasy the time period. This fresh, evocative short novel heralds a Books in June 2019. welcome new voice in fantasy.” – Publishers Weekly — Bustle, 30 LGBTQIA+ Sci-Fi And Fan- tasy Books You Should Read This Pride “For lovers of fairy tales, this short novel is a treat.” – The Month. Novel Approach

Primary agent: Emily Tesh grew up in London, studied in Cam- Kurestin Armada bridge and Chicago, lives in England in a house P.S. Literary Agency

with two apple trees and a cat, and spends her Material: Available summers with her family in Ireland. By day she teaches Latin and Greek to defenseless teen- agers; at night she reads books and plays vid- eo games. She listens mostly to the Mountain Goats and Taylor Swift, but not usually both at once. https://emilytesh.net

23 Perfect life...or perfect liar?

THE TROPHY WIFE by Sunday Tomassetti

Wallflower Cate Cabot has always been content to keep the world at arms’ length, particularly from behind the register at the upscale Florid- ian boutique where she’s worked for the last nine years. Her days are filled with old-moneyed locals and nouveau-riche tourists, most of them paying her no mind as she rings up their lavish hauls. Until Odessa Du- Vernay.

At first glance, she’s just another picture-perfect Palm Shores trophy wife—until she proves herself personable, humble, and unassuming. She even goes so far as to take a genuine interest in Cate, inviting her for lunch dates, matinees, and girl talk—a refreshing change of pace for the woman who never quite mastered the art of making (and keeping) friends.

But what begins as an unlikely friendship detours into the unthinkable when Odessa leaves Cate a panicked voicemail asking to meet—and Independently published then ghosts her. And worse—when Cate attempts to find her, it’s as if March 2020 the enigmatic Mrs. DuVernay never existed at all… Trade paperback

Consumed, Cate refuses to stop searching. But the truth won’t come 66k words easy. In fact, it just might cost her everything. Genre: Domestic suspense

Rights available: “I don’t know what to say.” He shrugs, letting his British and translation hands fall limp at his sides, as if he doesn’t know what Previous foreign publishers: Czech to do with me. “I wish you could let go, I guess. This (Euromedia), Hungary (Lettero), Korea (Hans Media), Poland (Filia), Turkey isn’t healthy.” (Eksik Parça) His gaze snaps to the filled ash tray on my coffee

table. My small apartment is officially clouded in Highlights: disappointment and secondhand smoke. * Under the name Winter Renshaw, Sunday Tomassetti is an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author!

Sunday Tomassetti, under the name Winter Ren- Primary agent: shaw, is a Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon best- Jill Marsal selling author of contemporary romance. Her Marsal Lyon Literary Agency books include the Never series, the Arrogant series, and the stand-alone novels Vegas Baby, Dark Material: Available Paradise, Country Nights, The Perfect Illusion, and more. Her psychological suspense The Memory Watcher, written under the name Minka Kent, hit #55 in the entire Amazon Kindle store. She brings the calm, steady balance from her dual career as actor and inspiring yoga teacher to her love of nar- rating audiobooks. She has narrated over 60 titles, with some of her favorites being mysteries and inspirational non-fiction. Sunday currently calls Atlanta, Georgia, home. www.minkakent.com 24

Home is the last place Amory and Milo expect to find themselves in another mystery

A DECEPTION AT THORNECREST: Minotaur Books An Amory Ames mystery September 2020 by Ashley Weaver Hardcover Estimated 96k words At their country home, Thornecrest, awaiting the birth of their first child, the last thing Amory and Milo Ames expect is to find themselves Genre: Historical mystery at the center of another mystery. Things take a deadly turn, however, Rights available: when a surprise from Milo’s past is suddenly complicated by the mur- Translation (US publisher has world der of a young man at the annual village festival. With a deeply personal English rights) investment in the case, Amory begins to realize that their quiet little village is filled with secrets, and she must follow a trail of motives both Previous foreign publishers: British (Allison & Busby), Japan (Hayakawa), old and new to secure the safety of her family and bring a killer to jus- Russia (AST) tice.

Highlights: As Milo had pointed out, murders happened all the * Murder at the Brightwell: — Edgar-award nominee, best first nov- time. In the course of our extensive travels, we were el. bound to encounter some of them. Of course, this

murder had not happened on our travels. It had Primary agent: happened on our doorstep. Ann Collette Rees Literary Agency

Material: Available March 2020

Also by Ashley Weaver

“Fans of plucky female amateur sleuths will welcome Amory Ames, the heroine of Weaver’s pleasing debut set in 1932 England.” – Publishers Weekly

“Just as intriguing as the murder and its consequences is a major side trip into Amory’s love life—or lack there- of….Weaver creates great romantic tension….” – Booklist

A lifelong lover of all types of books, especially mysteries, Ashley Weaver graduated with an un- dergraduate degree in English before pursuing a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University. She currently works as a librarian in a public library. Days and nights spent in the company of books eventually motivated her to write one herself. After living in Texas and Wisconsin, she now resides in Central Louisiana. Murder at the Brightwell was her first novel, and it was nominated for an Edgar Award, best first novel. www.ashley-weaver.com 25 NON-FICTION

The never before told story of a remarkable female rebel

THE WOMAN WHO STOLE VERMEER: The Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony Amore

Rose Dugdale’s life is singularly notorious. Born into extreme wealth, she abandoned her life as an Oxford-trained PhD and heiress to join the cause of Irish Republicanism. While on the surface she appeared to be the British version of Patricia Hearst, she is anything but.

Dugdale ran head-first towards the action, spearheading the first aerial terrorist attack in British history and pulling off the biggest art theft of her time when she led a gang into the opulent Russborough House in Ireland to make off with millions in prized paintings, including a work by the mysterious master Johannes Vermeer. Dugdale thus became—to this day—the only woman to pull off a major art heist. The Woman Who Pegasus Stole Vermeer examines the life of this fascinating woman and the likeli- Fall 2020 hood that this was not her only such heist. She was truly ahead of her Hardcover time. 85k words

Genre: History

Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world English rights)

Highlights: * New York Times and Wall Street Jour- nal bestselling author. Anthony M. Amore has previously published two books. His first,Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of the Most Notorious Art Heists (Palgrave Primary agent: Sharlene Martin Macmillan 2011), was a Wall Street Journal crime Martin Literary Management bestseller. The book received rave reviews from Kirkus, the Associated Press, and the Wall Street Material: Available Journal, among other publications. Moreover, the book made a major contribution to the field of art theft and changed the way that crime is viewed and investigated and influenced art security professionals around the world. Amore’s second book, The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries (St. Martin’s Press 2015) and was a New York Times bestseller in crime. It was also named to the top 20 of Amazon’s 100 Best Nonfic- tion Books of 2015. Amore is the chief investigator of the infamous 1990 heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in which more than 500 million in masterpieces were stolen. As a result, he garners a great deal of media attention, and has been profiled in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and countless international and national broadcast media outlets. In addition, he is a frequent contributor to broadcast outlets, offering his expertise on matters related to theft, security, and terrorism. 26

A new thought-provoking, soul-stirring, heart-freeing book giving women a path to liberate themselves from what keeps them trapped in the cycle of burnout and overwhelm

OVERWHELMED AND OVER IT!: Staying Centered, Clear, and Connected in a Chaotic World by Christine Arylo

Ask any woman if she feels overwhelmed, and you’ll likely get an eye roll and a “duh.” Adding to her sense of overload may be books hector- ing her to Lean In, Lean Out, Dare to Lead, Stop Apologizing, and Work It. Even women’s magazines that aim to soothe—urging meditation, massage, yoga, and unplugged weekends—can increase a sense of inad- equacy when one can’t find the time or money for these worthy suggestions. And even if one does, she is often treating the symptoms, rather than the root cause of her woes, which is why she never seems to be able to end the burnout cycles. First and foremost, Christine Arylo as- sures women in Overwhelmed and Over It!, that if all their leaning, log- ging off, and downward-dogging aren’t doing the trick, “It’s not your fault!” She replaces outdated bits of “conventional wisdom” with ele- New World Library vated wisdom that offers intensely practical and realistic solutions, in- October 2020 cluding her “Five Points of Liberation.” Her approach takes women out Trade paperback of the “shoulds” that pressure them to over-extend themselves, and 75k words roots them into their deep feminine wisdom so they can make self- empowering, self-supportive, wise choices. Genre: Self-help

Rights available: “Christine is like a personal trainer for catalyzing discovery, expansion, Translation (US publisher has world and manifestation in people who are ready to accept that possibility English rights) and make it real. She fearlessly took me beyond what I thought was possible to expand my vision of myself and purpose. She has guided me Previous foreign publishers: Bulgaria (Kpucmuh Apanuno), India (Yogi Im- to come into my own as a feminine leader and has given me practical pressions), Korea (Sigongsa), Mexico tools to create my life from a place of wisdom, grounded in intuition (Ediciones B Mexico), The Netherlands and passionate activism.” – Karin Bauer, MBA, PhDc Angel Investor and (Altamira), Poland (Muza), Spain (Diana/ Advisor, former E-Bay executive Editorial Planta & Urano)

Highlights: * #1 Amazon bestselling author in sev- Christine Arylo combines 15 years of corpo- eral categories. rate experience in brand marketing, business * Top 10 Amazon bestselling author in strategy, human resources, and leadership Self-Help.

communications for companies like Gap Inc., Visa, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tyco, and Pepsi- Primary agent: Co, with 15 years of wisdom-based training on Michele Martin MDM Management conscious leadership, human potential, indige- nous and feminine wisdom, and yogic science Material: Available March 2020 to guide people to lead their lives, businesses, organizations and relationships differently. For more than a decade, through her transfor- mation-based consulting company, Expanding Possibility, she has been a catalyst, mentor, and advisor for established and emerging leaders across the globe, from business organizations such as Salesforce, Genen- tech, and Google, to change makers and influencers in a wide spectrum of industries. Her previous books have all been #1 bestselling books in their categories on Amazon. https://christinearylo.com 27 Is the president of the United States above the law?

UNPRECEDENTED: A Simple Guide to the Crimes of the Trump Campaign and Presidency by Sara Azari

The Trump administration’s attempted and actual violations of the Con- stitution and the law have surpassed our worst expectations again and again. Add to that the legal morass surrounding members of the Trump campaign staff, and the United States finds itself led by the most cor- rupt administration in modern American history. The investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on 2016 election interference and ob- struction of justice led to multiple indictments that boggle even the brightest legal minds. So how can the rest of us make sense of it all?

Sara Azari breaks down the investigations, evidence, criminal charges, and defenses involving an ever-expanding rogues’ gallery of Trump associates and campaign members, as well as the president’s own criminal conduct. Her docket also includes a comprehensive summary and Potomac expert analysis of the Mueller Report. Azari addresses the consequenc- March 2020 es of President Trump’s conduct and considers whether the president Hardcover of the United States is ever above the law. 50k words

An essential nonpartisan guide, Unprecedented gives readers the tools Genre: Politics they need to understand the legal issues engulfing Trump’s campaign and presidency. Rights available: Translation (US publisher has world “Entertaining, well organized, and well researched, Sara’s book will be- English rights) come a historical guide for generations to come. We are indeed living in Primary agent: ‘unprecedented’ times—which Sara captures perfectly. Never could I Jill Marsal have imagined that covering true crime would begin on the steps of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

White House. But who would have? A must-read!” – Joey Jackson, legal Material: Available analyst for CNN and HLN

“Azari has taken something that comes across as beyond understanding for the everyday person and made it easily understandable to everyone. We live in a complicated time, and this is so needed. It makes the complicated simple!” – Michael Strahan, co-anchor of Good Morning America

Sara Azari is a practicing white-collar criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, and explaining the law to the general public is Sara’s forte as a frequent and regular legal analyst on CNN, MSNBC, Good Morning America, and ABC World News in front of millions of viewers. www.azarilaw.com

28 A nutritionist explains how to practice mindful eating for

improved health, calm, and reaching your healthiest weight. Forget counting calories, strict portion control, and restrictive diet plans. Say goodbye to yo-yo dieting forever

Sasquatch Books MASTERING MINDFUL EATING: December 2020 How to Eat with Intention, Including 30 Recipes to Engage the Trade paperback Senses 36k words by Michelle Babb

Genre: Health Eating a sandwich while running from a bear isn’t good for digestion or nutrition. That’s exactly what we’re doing when eating a meal on the Rights available: run or being distracted by computers, TVs, and newspapers. Rather British and translation than nourishing our bodies, we are feeding anxiety and poor habits that Rights holder: prevent our systems from functioning well. Sasquatch Books

Author and registered dietitian Michelle Babb shows you how to prac- Material: Available May 2020 tice mindful eating that lets your body access the nutrients from food and turn on its self-regulating system. It’s the sustainable way to shed pounds and maintain your healthiest weight. When you build a positive relationship with food, you reduce binge and emotional eating. Includ- ed in the book are 30 recipes designed to enhance your introduction to mindful eating by engaging all the senses.

Michelle Babb, MS, RD, CD, is a registered dietitian and holds a Master’s degree in nutrition from Bastyr University. She provides clients with the tools they need to achieve optimal health through nutrition education, creative fitness, and emotional balance. Her special training in functional medicine gives her a unique, holistic perspective that helps her create customized nutritional therapies that em- power clients to heal themselves. Michelle has also trained at the Center for Mind Body Medi- cine, which has given her a variety of tools to help people change their relationship with food and become intelligent, intuitive eaters. Her anti- diet approach ensures success to those who want to lose weight, man- age blood sugar, and lower cholesterol. Michelle has a passion for cooking and showing people how to make healthy eating fun and delicious. She’s a PCC Cooks instructor and is the author of: Anti-Inflammatory Eating Made Easy and Anti-Inflammatory Eating for a Happy, Healthy Brain. http://eatplaybe.com 29 Discover what happens when a house has its own lessons to teach in this moving and insightful memoir that ultimately shows us how to make our homes (and lives) better

HOUSE LESSONS: Renovating a Life by Erica Bauermeister

In this mesmerizing memoir-in-essays, New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in eccentric Port Townsend, Washington, and in the process takes readers on a journey to discover the ways our spaces subliminally affect us. A personal, accessible, and literary exploration of the psychology of architecture, this book is designed for homeowners, remodelers, and those who are simply curious about how our built environments shape who we become. Includes line drawings at chapter openers plus a map, and special blueprint-design endsheets.

“Almost anyone who’s ever let heart rule head will nod, at the very least, at the stories that a 100-year-old house in Port Townsend, Wash- Sasquatch Books ington, evokes. In her memoir of falling in love with a house, novelist March 2020 Bauermeister details every cranny, cove, and piece of plaster….This will 63k words resonate with any readers who love words and old houses.” – Booklist, starred review Genre: Memoir

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“This deeply moving story of an epic home renovation pulls essential Highlights: life lessons from the logistics of plaster removal and pipe fitting and * New York Times bestselling author. moves effortlessly across time and topic to find moments of reflection, * The Scent Keeper, Reese Witherspoon optimism, and love in the most unlikely of places.” – Tara Conklin, New Book Club pick, February 2020. York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics

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Erica Bauermeister is the bestselling author of five Material: Available novels, The School of Essential Ingredients (Putnam 2009), Joy for Beginners (Putnam 2011), The Lost Art of Mixing (Putnam 2013), and The Scent Keeper (St. Martin’s 2019), which is a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. Her books have been published in 26 countries. She is also the co-author of two non- fiction books,500 Great Books by Women: A Read- er’s Guide (Penguin, 1997), and Let’s Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books by Women (Penguin, 1999). Bauermeister developed her liberal arts approach at Occidental College, and went on to earn a PhD in literature from the University of Washington. She has taught literature and writing at UW and at Antioch, as well as at numerous workshops, conferences, and private classes. Erica resides in Port Townsend, in the house she ren- ovated with her family. www.ericabauermeister.com 30 Both a love letter and a call to action, this narrative and photographic book chronicles the author and his wife in their quest to see every penguin species on the planet

EVERY PENGUIN IN THE WORLD: A Quest to See Them All by Charles Bergman

Every Penguin in the World tracks author-photographer Charles Berg- man’s forays around the southern hemisphere—from the Galapagos to South Africa to the Antarctic—in his quest to see all 18 species of penguins in the world. The sections of the book are organized around themes of adventure, science and conservation, and pilgrimage—in which stories of each penguin species are touched upon. This endearing and thought-provoking book beautifully combines narrative and photography to capture the plight and the experience of penguins worldwide. The author and his wife developed a passion after seeing their Sasquatch Books first penguin species and have since spent years traveling far and wide April 2020 to see each variety of penguin in its natural habitat. 32k words “Through powerful stories and beautiful photographs, Every Penguin in Genre: Science & Nature the World is a celebration of these delightful birds and a call for their conservation. This is a book of joy, love, and hope for penguins and the Rights available: world.” – Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Insti- British and translation tute and UN Messenger of Peace

Highlights: “What a wonderful book. Bergman is an apt ambassador to the south- * Features full color photos of all pen- ern ocean’s most charismatic inhabitants, and his quest celebrates the guin species. spirit of rugged wilderness. I love penguins, but this story captures a compelling slice of humanity along the way, too.” – Noah Strycker, au- Rights holder: thor of Birding Without Borders Sasquatch Books

Material: Available “Rarely have I read a bird book of such devoted science, spirit, and what Bergman calls ‘awakened wonder.’ Every Penguin in the World inspires the inner longing of our species for another with its majestic and tender photos and the intimate, often soaring prose of a seeker after that ‘penguin glow.’ Like Bergman, we are ‘reborn again and again in being with animals we love.’” – Brenda Peterson, author of Wolf Nation

Charles Bergman teaches English at Pacific Lu- theran University. He’s the author of three books, including Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America. He’s written extensively on wildlife and animals, including the 2009 cover story in Smithsonian magazine on wildlife trafficking in Latin America. He has a weak spot for the Southern Hemisphere, has completed two Fulbright Fellowships in Latin America, and has led five classes on study tours of Antarctica. www.charlesbergman.com 31 More than 50 food and body recipes will help you incorporate CBD into your daily life for overall wellness and targeted issues, brought to you by the founders of Dazey CBD

CBD & CHILL: 50 Self-Care Recipes for Everyday Wellness by Tori Bodin & Chris Tarello

CBD & Chill is a gateway book for the CBD curious or for those CBD fans who are looking to finding new ways to incorporate CBD into their daily wellness regime. It includes 50 recipes for optimal wellness, along with a robust but accessible primer on CBD, from the science to common questions and misconceptions to a dosing guide. There are recipes for everything from face treatments and bath soaks to dog treats, snacks, coffee, and cocktails.

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Chris Tarello and Tori Bodin founded Dazey CBD in 2018 with a mission to destigmatize CBD in the workplace and everyday life, and they have dedicated much of their business efforts toward education. Both graduated with English degrees from UCLA and have experience in marketing at both small agencies and large tech companies. Most recently, Chris worked on Amazon’s Kindle team as a marketing manager for -e books before decid- ing to pursue Dazey full time. Tori is a marketing manager on the Marketplace side of Amazon, helping small, medi- um, and direct-to-consumer companies launch. https://shopdazey.com 32 During this time of unprecedented environmental, cultural, and financial global disruption, can business save the world?

WORKING TO RESTORE: Reversing Climate Change through Innovation; Why We do Business in the Regenerative Era by Esha Chhabra

After decades of extraction of human and environmental resources and years of attempts to make business “sustainable,” today’s startups are rewriting the rules of business: how it’s done, with whom, and, most importantly, for what purpose. We are entering an era when many enterprises have as their primary goal not to make money but to solve problems. From promoting responsible production and consumption to equitable opportunities for all, from encouraging climate action and good health and well-being, these businesses have moved beyond sustainability to regeneration.

In Working to Restore, reporter Esha Chhabra draws on her decades of reporting on sustainability to highlight pioneering grassroots entrepre- Patagonia Books neurs building a new blueprint for business in the 21st century. Working April 2020 all around the globe, they are obsessed with rethinking, restructuring, Hardcover and regenerating. For these entrepreneurs, it’s about the process—how 78k words was it made, by whom, using what resources, with what materials—and the problems those processes work to alleviate. Genre: Business

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These entrepreneurs illustrate an evolution in all aspects of business. Rights holder: Patagonia Books These are businesses embracing the regenerative model essential to heal the world. They are beacons of hope and inspiration. They are Material: Available working to restore.

Esha Chhabra is a writer who covers sustainability, international development, and the rise of mission-driven brands. She has spent the last decade contributing to a number of international and national publications such as The Guardian, New York Times, Wired UK, Washington Post, Atlantic, Fast Company, Forbes, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and more. She has been awarded multiple fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for her reporting. Esha is a graduate of Georgetown University and a Rotary Scholar from The London School of Economics. eshachhabra.contently.com 33 Forty easy-but-innovative recipes that celebrate and elevate

the beloved dumpling

DUMPLINGS = LOVE: Sasquatch Books 40 Innovative Recipes from around the World September 2020 by Liz Crain Hardcover 38k words Shumai, gyoza, mandu, komber, pierogis: a dumpling by any other name would taste as comforting. The original comfort food in every cul- Genre: Cookbook ture, the humble dumpling takes center stage in this full-color cook- Rights available: book. Author Liz Crain offers up beloved staples like Chinese soup British and translation dumplings, Japanese gyoza, and Eastern European pierogi with easy, Rights holder: step-by-step instructions for dumpling skins and fillings. There are also Sasquatch Books many regional twists on dumplings, with innovative fillings, dumpling doughs, and dipping sauces. Taste the love with Cincinnati Chili; Shrimp Material: Available May 2020 & Grits; Nettle & Caramelized Onions; and Bananas Foster Dumplings.

Liz Crain is a fiction writer, longtime writer on Pacific Northwest food and drink, and co- author of Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull (McSweeney’s 2013), author of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland (Hawthorne Books 2014), co-author of Hello! My Name is Tasty: Global Diner Favorites from Portland’s Tasty Restaurants (Sasquatch Books 2017) and co-author of Grow Your Own: Under- standing, Cultivating, and Enjoying Cannabis with Nichole Graf, Micah Sherman, and Da- vid Stein (Tin House Books 2017). She is the editor of True Portland: The Unofficial Guide for Creative People (Hawthorne Books 2017). Her writing has appeared in publications such as Lucky Peach, Food & Wine, The Sun, The Guardian, Cooking Light, and The Progressive. Crain is also co-organizer of the annual Portland Fermentation Festival. www.lizcrain.com 34 A marriage between two unlikely characters—wood-fired food and well-chosen wines—brought to you by the real-life marriage of a pitmaster and a sommelier. This cookbook brings smoky goodness from the grill and pairs it with wines from the Pacific Northwest

FIRE & WINE: 75 Smoke-Infused Recipes from the Grill with Perfect Wine Pairings by Mary Cressler & Sean Martin

Every region has its barbecue, grill, and smoking food traditions. Now the Pacific Northwest can claim its place at the table with these recipes developed by sommelier Mary Cressler and pitmaster Sean Martin from Portland, Oregon. And true to the region, these recipes pair with wines such as pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon instead of the customary can of beer. Not as sauce-dependent as Kansas City, not quite as beef- obsessed as Texas, these dishes bring the smoke to wild salmon, ribs and steaks, fresh apples, heirloom tomatoes, nuts and beans, and even Sasquatch Books chocolate pot de crème. Rubs and glazes draw on Northwest flavors April 2020 such as soy sauce, rosemary, and wild blackberries. Whether the equip- Hardcover ment at home is a basic kettle grill or a professional-grade outfit with an 55k words electric wood feeder, the instructions will turn even novices into mas- ters of the grill. Genre: Cookbook

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Mary Cressler and Sean Martin blog about BBQ and wine on their web- site, Vindulge, which received an IACP nomination for Best Recipe-Based Blog in 2017. Mary is food writer with credits in Wine Enthusi- ast, Serious Eats, Weber Grills Online, and a frequent judge for wine competitions. She teaches Champagne education classes for the US Champagne Bu- reau to culinary students at Le Cordon Bleu and to members of the wine trade. She is a member of the Portland chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier. Sean is the pitmaster of Ember and Vine, the authors’ catering company that serves Portland and Oregon wine country. www.vindulge.com 35 The migratory waterbirds of the Pacific Flyway convert food, air, and water into a mileage plan that has few equals in the animal world

PACIFIC FLYWAY: Waterbird Migration from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego by Audrey DeLella Benedict, Geoffrey A. Hammerson & Robert W. Butler

Stretching from the Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Alaska, and western Canada and along the Pacific coastlines of North, Central, and South America, the Pacific Flyway traverses some of our planet’s greatest climatic and topographic extremes. Defined by water, the flyway Sasquatch Books encompasses a sweeping expanse of coastal and offshore marine eco- February 2020 systems and an inland archipelago of freshwater wetlands. Hemispheric 176 pages in scope, this integrated network of ecosystems is linked by its moving parts—the millions of migratory birds whose lives depend on this Genre: Science & Nature 10,000-mile (16,000-km) corridor as they travel between their breeding and overwintering grounds. With their ocean-and-continent-spanning Rights available: British and translation travels, waterbirds are our sentinels in a changing world—each of their journeys revealing the fraying edges of the web of life that sustains us all. Pacific Flyway perfectly blends amazing photography, science Highlights: writing, and storytelling to illuminate the profound challenges faced by * Includes full-color photos from 120 internationally acclaimed photogra- migratory birds and to inspire a long-term commitment to global con- phers. servation efforts.

Rights holder: “Visually stunning and expertly presented, [Pacific Flyway] spotlights Sasquatch Books bird migrations along the Pacific coast. In admiring prose, the authors marvel at seagulls, ducks, snow geese, and other ‘feathered ambassa- Material: Available dors.’ Readers who want to learn about bird migrations will find this volume educational, while those simply in search of escape will find it a stimulating and scenic journey.” – Publishers Weekly

Audrey DeLella Benedict is a biologist and writer, a nat- uralist in the classic tradition. She is the founder and director of Cloud Ridge Naturalists, a 40-year-old non- profit natural history education and publishing program. Audrey is also the author of The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest and Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids. Dr. Geoffrey Hammerson retired after 32 years as research zoologist for The Nature Conservancy and Na- tureServe, where his duties included coordinating conservation status assessments of North American birds. He has taught university courses focusing on bird biolo- gy for 40 years and has led hundreds of field trips across the western hemisphere. Dr. Robert Butler is an ornithologist, author, filmmaker, artist, and adjunct professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University. His book, The Great Blue Heron, is considered a definitive study. He serves on the boards of the Nature Trust of British Columbia and the Pacific WildLife Foundation. 36 The speed at which weapons project devastation is increasing

literally to the speed of light

WAR AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT: Potomac Books/The University Emerging Laser, Microwave, EMP, and Cyberspace Directed of Nebraska Press Energy Weapons September 2020 by Louise Del Monte Trade paperback 76k words War At The Speed Of Light explores the ever-increasing and revolution- ary role of directed energy weapons in warfare, including laser, micro- Genre: Technology wave, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and cyberspace weapons. In addi- Rights available: tion, this book delineates the threat that directed energy weapons pose Translation (US publisher has world to disrupting the doctrine of MAD (i.e., mutually assured destruction), English rights) which has kept the major powers of the world from engaging in nuclear Previous foreign publishers: China war. (Haitian Publishing House & China Sci- ence Publishing), Czech (Albatros), Ja- Potential US adversaries, like China and Russia, are developing and de- pan (Hara Shobo & Toyo Keizai) ploying supersonic (i.e., faster than the speed of sound) and hypersonic Primary agent: missiles (i.e., five or more times faster than the speed of sound) as a Jill Marsal means to destroy US aircraft, drones, missiles, aircraft carriers, and Marsal Lyon Literary Agency space-based assets, such as GPS and communication satellites. Current- ly, the US has no defense against these missiles. In response, the US Material: Available Department of Defense established “The 2018 National Security Strate- gy,” emphasizing directed energy weapons. The rationale is simple. Di- rected energy weapons project devastation at the speed of light, making even a hypersonic missile a relatively easy target.

Louis Del Monte is an award-winning physicist, inventor, futurist, featured speaker, and CEO of Del Monte and Associates, Inc. For over 30 years, he was a leader in the development of microelec- tronics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) for IBM and Honeywell. As a Honeywell Executive Director, he led hundreds of physicists, engineers, and technology professionals engaged in integrated circuit and sensor technology development for the Department of Defense, including autonomous weapon systems, and commercial applications. Major magazines like the Business Insider, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, American Security Today, and CNBC have featured his articles or quoted his views on technology. He’s the author of The Artifi- cial Intelligence Revolution, Genius Weapons, and Nanoweapons. www.louisdelmonte.com 37 Contrary to popular opinion, serial homicide is not unique

to modern times

MONSTERS AND MONARCHS: University of Texas Press Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History Fall 2020 by Deborah Felton Hardcover

From Charles Manson to Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer, it’s 75k words no secret that modern society has a fascination with serial killers. The Genre: History gruesomeness of the crimes, the disturbing psychology behind them, the media’s sensationalistic reporting of serial murders, and cinematic Rights available: portrayals of both fictional and real-life serial killers all continue to gal- British and translation vanize our attention. But contrary to popular opinion, serial homicide is Primary agent: not unique to modern times. Jill Marsal Marsal Lyon Literary Agency Arguing that the phenomenon of serial killing really is an ancient practice, Monsters and Monarchs by Professor Deborah Felton presents sto- Material: Available ries from ancient Greek and Roman culture and history in the search for clues to the existence and behavior of serial killers in those societies of two and three thousand years ago. Given that so many books about serial killing assume that the ills of modern society have created not only the “serial killer” type of criminal but also a vast proliferation of this type of crime, an examination of serial killing in the ancient world allows us a much needed re-examination of these assumptions as well as the underlying causes of those assumptions. Such a study can also help us reassess why modern society seems to have an increasing fascination with serial killers.

Until now, no one has really examined the startling similarities between many of these ancient murders and modern serial killings. Monsters and Monarchs does this, combining the fascinating stories from antiquity with careful comparisons to recent case studies of serial homicide and offering readers some surprising conclusions about this intriguing phenomenon.

Author Deborah Felton is a Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she specializes in mythology and monster studies. In addition to her book Haunted Greece and Rome: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity (University of Texas Press 1999), she has published many papers on various aspects of folklore in the ancient world and has given over 50 lec- tures and conference talks. Prof. Felton serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Preter- nature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Pre- ternatural, and is an associate book review editor for the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 38 Beans: hearty and heart-healthy, they’re also satisfying,

inexpensive, nutritious, and more versatile than you might think!

EASY BEANS: Sasquatch Books Simple Satisfying Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, November 2020 and the Planet Trade paperback by Jackie Freeman 27k words

Beans are an excellent everyday meal option; they’re easy to make the Genre: Cookbook main focus of a meal, or to sneak into something for an extra nutritional Rights available: boost. At a time when more people are eating less (or no) meat, beans British and translation are an excellent source of protein. The 40 recipes in this collection fea- ture a variety of beans, both dried and canned, for breakfast, lunch, Rights holder: Sasquatch Books snacks, and dinner. Material: Available May 2020 In Easy Beans, you’ll learn the difference between pulses, legumes, and beans; how to soak, sort, and store dried beans; how to use spices to add flavor to bean dishes; and yes, even how to avoid potential unwant- ed side effects of enjoying beans. Including beans regularly in your diet is easy with these simple recipes for every meal of the day. Recipes include: Lentil and Oat Granola with Coconut and Almonds Vietnamese Black Bean Sticky Rice Edamame Fritters with Parmesan and Mint Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Jambalaya Red Lentil Stew with Dried Apricots Cauliflower and Lima Bean Gratin Dried Cherry Pilaf with Chickpeas and Pistachios Bean Bourguignon (with or without beef) Coconut Curry Split Pea Dal Pinto Bean Enchiladas with Zucchini and Spinach Thai Peanut Soba Salad with Edamame and Pan-Seared Salmon Jackie Freeman is a professional chef with over 20 years’ experience. Her work spans the range of testosterone-fueled restaurant kitchens, exotic (and not-so-exotic) destina- tions as a private chef, a borderline-hippie cheese-maker and farmhand, a somewhere- between-strict-and-funny culinary instructor (at PCC Markets), a recipe developer with over 900 recipes under her testing belt, a quirky TV and radio personality, a detail- oriented food stylist, and a culinary writer. Jackie lives in Seattle with her family. More importantly, Jackie cooks every day for her growing (in both number and appetite) family, while managing a freelance career, schlepping kids to-and-from school and activities, and finding a moment or two to dig in the garden or go for a run. She brings her unique viewpoint of exacting recipe development skills and professional culinary experience and combines it with just being a regular mom trying to get a healthy, tasty, and somewhat efficient meal on the table before the kids have a meltdown. https://chefjackiefreeman.com 39 A charming and disarming illustrated guide

to gender expression and freedom

HOW TO THEY/THEM: Sasquatch Books A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of September 2020 Gender Fluidity Hardcover by Stuart Getty 16k words

Ever wonder what “nonbinary” or “gender nonconforming” really Genre: Social science mean? Why would someone identify that way? And how the heck do Rights available: you use “they/them” pronouns for just one person? Isn’t it supposed to British and translation be plural? Rights holder: This charming and disarming guide unpacks all these questions and Sasquatch Books more with a fun, visual approach. From a real-deal they/them-using Material: Available May 2020 nonbinary writer, this book makes it humorous and easy to learn so that everyone can get it. No soap boxes or divisive comment section wars here. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, always human, this 101 primer is about more than just bathrooms and pronouns. It’s about gender expression and the freedom to choose for one’s own self how to identify. While they might only be for some, that freedom is for everyone!

Stuart Getty is a nonbinary writer and filmmaker (recently based in Portland, Oregon, now in the Bay area) who works at IDEO, a design and consulting firm, as a creative director/ copywriter.

40 Sew adorable animal-themed projects for kids’ room decor, handmade toys, and wearable accessories

ANIMAL FRIENDS TO SEW: Simple Handmade Decor, Toys, and Gifts for Kids by Sanae Ishida

Create beautiful handmade animal friends for the whole family: a dar- ling whale teether, adorable fox baby slippers, stackable animal blocks, a sweet lion throw pillow, or a fuzzy sheep backpack. Perfect for gifting, these one-of-a-kind handmade treasures are sure to be cherished. In- spired by the beautiful simplicity of Japanese and Scandinavian design, these projects will delight the creator as much as the recipient.

Fifteen beginner-friendly projects with 35+ variations. Includes look- book at the front followed by a sewing and embroidery primer, project Sasquatch Books instructions with photos and step-by-step illustrations, and templates at May 2020 the back. Trade paperback 30k words

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Sanae Ishida writes, sews, draws, and takes photos almost every day. She lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle. She is the author of a book of sewing projects and personal essays, Sewing Happi- ness, as well as three children’s books in the Little Kunoichi the Ninja Girl series. Both she and her daughter have too many handmade clothes.

41 A deep dive into the fascinating story of a unique fish and it’s relationship to us all

SALMON: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky

In what he says is the most important piece of environmental writing in his long and award-winning career, Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Salt, Cod, The Big Oyster, 1968, and Milk, among many others, em- ploys his signature multi-century storytelling and compelling attention to detail to chronicle the harrowing yet awe-inspiring lifecycle of salmon. During his research Kurlansky traveled widely and observed salmon and those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the At- lantic, in Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Japan, and even the robust but not as frequently visited Kamchatka Peninsula. This world tour reveals an eras-long history of man’s misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon Sasquatch Books and its environments for his own benefit and gain, whether for enter- March 2020 tainment or to harvest food. Hardcover 93k words In addition, Kurlansky’s research shows that all over the world these fish, uniquely connected to both marine and terrestrial ecology as well Genre: History as fresh and salt water, are a natural barometer for the health of the Rights available: planet. With stunning historical and contemporary photographs and Translation illustrations throughout, Kurlansky’s insightful conclusion is that the only way to save salmon is to save the planet and, at the same time, the Foreign sales: British (Oneworld) only way to save the planet is to save the mighty, heroic salmon.

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-winning author of over 30 books including fic- Material: Available tion, non-fiction (Salt, Cod, Paper, The Big Oyster, and Milk to name a few), and books for children. He’s also been a playwright, commercial fisherman, dock worker, paralegal, cook, pastry chef, and newspaper foreign correspondent. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The International Herald Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Los An- geles Times, Time Magazine, New York Times Sunday Magazine, Food & Wine, and Parade. His books have been translated into 25 languages, and he often illustrates them himself.www.markkurlansky.com 42 The bestselling classic updated for surfers, sailors, oceanographers, climate activists, and those who love the sea

WAVES AND BEACHES: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast by Kim McCoy & Willard Bascom

First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. The original author, Willard Bascom, was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and sta- tistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public understanding of the awesome and complex power of the waves.

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Kim McCoy’s ocean research began where the land and sea merge—with surf zone wave dynamics and continues today with the coastal effects of climate change. Expeditions from the tropics to polar oceans with multinational aca- demic, commercial, and governmental institu- tions helped Kim pioneer advances in instrumentation, underwater communications, autonomous underwater vehicles, and free-diving. Edu- cated in Germany, France, and the US, Kim was presented with the Scientific Achievement Award in 2018 for his work as a Principle Scientist with NATO in Italy. Prior to Italy, Kim managed Ocean Sensors, Inc., was the Marine Technology So- ciety Chair for Oceanographic Instrumentation, and was awarded several patents. Kim is fluent in multiple languages. 43 A beautifully illustrated, practical tool kit for repairing the clothes and belongings we love...and also an exploration of how mending can be a gently healing practice in our daily lives and a small act of rebellion

MENDING LIFE: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Nina Montenegro & Sonya Montenegro

Mending Life encourages us to cherish our things by repairing them rather than discarding them. It also encourages us to change our consumption habits so that with small mends here and there, we extend the life of our garments and other household items. This handbook is for beginners but also offers more advanced techniques to those with some experience in mending. You’ll learn basic techniques such as patching, but will have options to take it a step further with decorative sashiko stitching; you’ll also learn how to darn socks and mend sweat- ers, as well as things like a tear in a bedsheet or down jacket. And along Sasquatch Books the way, the authors share heartfelt stories about the powerful act of March 2020 mending, which strengthens not only the object we are repairing, but 29k words ourselves as well. Vibrant, full-color illustrations are woven throughout the handbook. Mending Life is a timeless, practical guide to cherishing Genre: Self-help and caring for our belongings. Rights available: British and translation “In this thoughtful and gorgeously illustrated book, Nina and Sonya Montenegro remind us what our grandmothers taught us: that mending Rights holder: Sasquatch Books is a radical exercise, both in its creative play and in its role in fighting consumerism and waste. For anyone who yearns to mend but needs Material: Available helpful advice, this is the coziest book you’ll ever own.” – Lisa Congdon, artist and author

“The most zeitgeist-y craft titles are more than pattern books. They not only give instructions for knitting a sweater or stitching a quilt but also advise crafters on how to use up their stashes, repair what they already own, and embrace the care, time, and effort that go into acts of crea- tion. Mending[ Life] positions making things by hand as a path to a less consumerist, more centered, maybe even more spiritual existence.” – Publishers Weekly Sisters Nina and Sonya Montenegro are illustrators, printmakers, menders, quilt- ers, beekeepers, and gardeners. In 2013, they founded The Far Woods, a creative collaboration making artwork that seeks to contribute to a cultural shift in which there is a land ethic, reverence for nature, rejection of the dominant throw- away mentality, and direct connection to where our food and the things we use come from. Many of their artworks serve as educational tools, and their practice crosses disciplines to work toward an ecologically viable and socially just future. Their studio is situat- ed on an organic farm just outside of Portland, Oregon. www.ninamontenegro.com www.sonyamontenegro.com 44 Understanding how to enjoy fruit at its peak of flavor— whether it’s lightly sautéed, poached, baked, braised, or roasted—is the key, and this cookbook shows you how

SIMPLE FRUIT: Seasonal Recipes for Baking, Poaching, Sautéing, and Roasting by Laurie Pfalzer

Simple Fruit inspires home cooks to explore and enhance the flavors of fruit throughout the year. Each recipe applies a cooking technique that wakes the senses with the distinct flavor characteristics of a fruit. Simple Fruit is a fresh way to approach fruit.

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Laurie Pfalzer encourages lively discussions with students about baking, pastry technique, and seasonal produce. She is particularly passionate about teaching not only the “how,” but the “why” of baking and pastry. For- merly the pastry chef at Salish Lodge and Spa, Laurie also worked under Jeffrey Hamelman at the King Arthur Flour Bakery in Norwich, Vermont. Laurie graduated with honors from the Culinary Insti- tute of America in Hyde Park, New York. She lives in the Seattle area with her dog, Tucker, where she teaches baking and pastry to home cooks. 45 An honest, intersectional, sex positive, and entertaining guide to using witchcraft for everything from protection and revenge to self-love, sex, and love

SEX WITCH: Weiser by Sophie Saint Thomas September 2020 Trade paperback Interest in the occult is skyrocketing. Astrology is in every mainstream 60k words publication and books with titles such as Basic Witches catering to the masses abound. Concurrently, the sex positivity movement is ablaze. Genre: Self-help Topics such as BDSM and polyamory are voraciously read in outlets like Rights available: Self Magazine, Forbes, Allure, and more. Yet simultaneously, LGBTQIA+ Translation (US publisher has world folks and reproductive rights are under attack from the government. English rights) Progressive people need a means to take care of their sexual and spir- Primary agent: itual needs. Eric Smith P.S. Literary Agency The role of the witch has always been to educate and care for their community when the governing body won’t. Sex Witch continues this Material: Available March 2020 tradition.

Sex Witch combines ancient occult knowledge with sex and relationship advice written by Sophie Saint Thomas, a practicing witch with a decade of experience as a sex and relationships journalist. The spells, such as “A Tarot Spread to Find Which Relationship Format is Right for You,” “No TERFS Allowed: Embrace Gender Identity,” and “Consecrate Sex Toys” use occult knowledge and Saint Thomas’s award-winning relationship writing to manifest a spell book that does something genuinely magick- al: it works.

Sophie Saint Thomas is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn originally from the US Virgin Islands. Her writing is published in GQ, Playboy, VICE, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Allure, Glamour, Marie Claire, High Times, Nylon, Refinery29, Complex, Harper’s Bazaar, PRIDE Magazine, SELF, and more. Brooklyn Magazine included her on their annual 2016 “30 Under 30 Envy List.” She was additionally Refin- ery29’s Staff Sex Writer, and prior to becoming a full-time freelance writer, she worked in the production department of MTV Networks. High Times named her one of their 2018 “100 Women in High Places.” She is the author of Finding Your Higher Self: Your Guide to Cannabis for Self Care (Simon & Schuster December 2019). Saint Thomas is currently a columnist for Merry Jane, where she covers the intersection of sex and cannabis in “Stoned Sex.” She also has a witchcraft column for LGBTQ folks called “Queer Sex Coven” with Au- tostraddle. And she has a sex column for AskMen titled “Never Have I Ever” in which she interviews people about their first time with a new sexual experience. Saint Thomas also works as the Community Engage- ment Editor of DoubleBlind, a women and queer-run magazine about psychedelics. https://sophiesaintthomas.com 46 Discover the remarkable energy therapy that has helped

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HOW TO HEAL YOURSELF FROM DEPRESSION WHEN NO ONE Sounds True ELSE CAN: January 2021 A Self-Guided Program To Stop Feeling Like Shit Trade paperback by Amy B. Scher 70k words

Depression is not “just sadness” and it doesn’t come from out of the Genre: Self-help blue. In fact, everything you think you know about depression is about Rights available: to change. Depression is the literal depression of self. It happens while Translation (US publisher has world you are busy not meeting your own needs. Maybe you have been living English rights) for others, held back by past trauma, or draining yourself with that epic Previous foreign publishers: China career you have tried so hard for. Maybe you can’t live for you because (Beijing Dangdang Kewen), Finland you are buried under the stuff of life. But if you are ready for a new ap- (Unio Mystica), Italy (Venexia Editrice), proach to healing, it’s here. Poland (Studio Astrophyhologii), Slo- vakia (Eugenika Publishing), Taiwan (Yuan-Liou Publishing), Ukraine/Russia Join Amy B. Scher—author of the bestselling How to Heal Yourself When (Family Leisure) No One Else Can—as she shares her proven methods to address emotional healing and heal the root of depression: changing harmful beliefs, Primary agent: calming your body, and releasing old emotional energy that holds you Steve Harris CSG Literary Partners back. Utilizing Amy’s powerful self-created emotional healing techniques like The Sweep to release subconscious beliefs and Thymus Test Material: Available March 2020 & Tap to clear stuck emotions from the body, as well as her own version of the widely popular Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), you will learn how to let go of unresolved emotional baggage so that you can become the healthiest, most relaxed, lighthearted version of yourself.

This exceptional book is unique, go-at-your-own-pace, and full of hands- on techniques and guidance that illustrate one profound truth: healing is possible.

Amy B. Scher is an Los Angeles-based author and leading voice in the field of mind-body-spirit healing. Her bestselling book, How To Heal Yourself When No One Else Can (Llewellyn Worldwide) was published in January 2016 and won the 2016 Inde- pendent Publisher’s Association’s Best Self-Help Book. She’s also the author of the memoir This is How I Save My Life (North Star Way Books/Simon & Schuster April 2018). As an energy therapist, Scher uses energy therapy techniques to help those expe- riencing illness and those in need of emotional healing. She has been featured on healthcare blogs, CNN, Curve magazine, Elephant Journal, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, OM Times, and the San Francisco Book Review. Her essay about her healing journey is featured in Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It (Riverhead Books). Scher was also named one of Advocate’s “40 Under 40” for 2013. Amy has presented to groups such as the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University and teaches at retreats and conferences nationwide. http://amybscher.com 47 In 150 infographic maps—exploring unexpected and diverse topics like lost jazz clubs, church bells, and Sasquatch—this compelling book compares and contrasts the great cities of the Upper Left part of the US: San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle

UPPER LEFT CITIES: A Cultural Atlas of San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle by Hunter Shobe & David Banis with Zuriel van Belle

Upper Left Cities redefines modern cartography by going into uncharted territory to create a narrative about three great cities through informa- tive and detailed infographic maps. Who needs Rand McNally when you can explore a city by taking a trip through wildlife and city trails or by drilling down into your city’s voting records, commutes, marathon routes, and food and drink patterns? Better yet, why not compare three Sasquatch Books great cities at once? September 2020 Hardcover The work of two geographers and their team, this cultural atlas includes 50k words more than 150 maps, each using data around a given topic and then translating that to a visual format that blends traditional cartographic Genre: Culture skills with modern graphic design. A perfect blend of form and function, each map is meticulously and ingeniously designed. The collection of Rights available: British and translation maps cover history, geography, social and economic issues, and pop culture, offering readers a visual, intellectually stimulating experience Previous foreign publishers: Japan that they will want to dip into again and again. (Kajima Institute Publishing)

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Hunter Shobe is a cultural geographer and assistant professor at Port- land State University. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Oregon and has more than 20 years of experience researching the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of how people connect to places and environments. Past studies focused on diverse topics, including the role of Football Club Barcelona in constructing urban identity in Barcelona, and national identity in Catalonia. David Banis has managed the Center for Spatial Analysis and Research in the Geography Department at Portland State University since 2006, working with a wide variety of partners at the federal, state, and local levels. His work explores the diverse ways that cartographers can tell stories with maps, focusing on the mapping of nontraditional subjects. 48 For anyone seeking a simpler life, this guided journal takes the reader on a journey to a new definition of minimalism, where we are all served by having fewer, better things and each person’s ideal lifestyle is unique to them

NEW MINIMALISM JOURNAL: Create Your Plan for a Less Cluttered Life by Cary Telander Fortin & Kyle Louise Quilici

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Cary Telander Fortin specializes in the psychology behind decision-making and attachments, as well as con- necting with new organizations who can benefit from clients’ donations. She graduated with honors from Dart- mouth College with a degree in psychology. www.caryfortin.com Kyle Louise Quilici specializes in cre- ating beautiful spaces using the items clients already own and love. She graduated from Boston College with a degree in organizational behavior, studied interior design at Parsons School of Design in New York, and earned her certificate in sustainable design from UC Berkeley’s Exten- sion. www.newminimalism.com 49

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