The of Aaron Broom A Novel A. E. Hotchner A heartwarming amateur detective story set in Depression-era St. Louis from beloved author A. E. Hotchner. Street-savvy, almost-thirteen-year-old Aaron Broom is guarding his father's car when he witnesses a robbery gone wrong in a jewlery store across the street. To Aaron's shock, his father, a travelling watch salesman in the wrong place at the wrong time, is fingered as the prime suspect in the murder. Despite seeing the real killer flee the scene, Aaron can't do much to help in the moment--no one will take a kid's word for it. Undaunted, Aaron enlists an unlikely band of friends and helpful adults to clear his father's name. Aaron's unusual mission is complicated by the painful realities of the Depression: His father's longtime business folded, leaving the family in financial straits; his mother is in a sanatorium after nearly dying of tuberculosis. So Aaron is forced to fend for himself while his father is held in wrongful custody. He ducks truant officers and nosy neighbors, landlords and social workers, and he bums meals from friends and relatives alike. In his search for justice, Aaron draws upon the resources of a world-weary paperboy, an aspiring teen journalist, a kindly lawyer, and a neighborhood friend with a penchant for baking. And as they dig into the details of the case, these unconventional detectives reveal a cover-up that goes much deeper than a ON SALE 7/10/2018 jewelry-store heist gone sour. Through it all, Aaron's optimistic narration and NAN A. TALESE plucky resourcefulness shine through. Hotchner's latest is a rollicking ride through HARDCOVER St. Louis at its lowest, as seen through the eyes of his most lovable narrator to date. COMING OF AGE/MURDER MYSTERY MASHUP: Aaron's quest to prove his father's 978-0-385-54358-3 innocence will appeal to readers of all ages as well as to fans of historical fiction and cozy $22.95/$29.95 mysteries. A LOVE LETTER TO CLASSIC FICTION: Aaron Broom is a perfect blend of some of American fiction's most beloved young narrators from Holden Caulfield to Francie Nolan. Category: Fiction FLAPPERS & GANGSTERS, POST-PROHIBITION: Hotchner's novel combines the best of BISAC 1: Fiction - Coming Of Age fallen 20s glamour with the harsh economic realities that followed at the beginning of the BISAC 2: Fiction - Historical - General Depression, which the author lived through. BISAC 3: Fiction - Cultural Heritage 100 YEARS OF HOTCH: A.E. Hotchner just turned 100, and his diverse backlist could Page Count: 240 Trim Size: 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 present some interesting marketing opportunities. Spine/Depth: 29/32 Carton Count: 12 About the Author/Illustrator Marketing and Publicity Author Residence: Westport, CT Publicist: Charlotte O'Donnell A. E. HOTCHNER is the author of the international bestsellers Papa Hemingway, Doris Day: Marketing Contact: Lauren Weber Her Own Story, Sophia, and his own memoir, King of the Hill. He has adapted many of National Review and Media Appearances, Hemingway's works for the screen, and he is the founder, with Paul Newman, of Newman's including NPR, and print features National Own. Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog Coverage Literary and Historical Press and Media Hotchner's 100th Birthday -- Milestone Media/Publicity Select Author Appearances Facebook advertising Promotion on Goodreads Promotion with Verticals, particularly Signature Outreach to literary, mystery and historical fiction bloggers Promotion on Nan A. Talese social channels Create list of Aaron's favorite books for promotion Use photo from time-period for promotion on social media Rights Territories: US, Canada, open market Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes Audio: Yes Book Club: Yes 1st Serial: Yes British: No Translation: No Special Markets: Restriction: US, Canada, Open Mkt Agency: PAUL BRESNICK Agent: PAUL BRESNICK

Other Editions of This Title (Title Family) ISBN On Sale Publisher Price US/Can. E-book 9780385543590 7/18 Nan A Talese Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Paul And Me/Hotchner, A E/HC 9780385532334 3/10 Nan A Talese $26.95/$33.00 Paul And Me/Hotchner, A E/TR 9780307474810 4/11 Anchor $16.95/$22.95 Paul And Me (Ebk)/Hotchner, A E/EL 9780385532341 3/10 Anchor $5.99/$13.99 In Pursuit Of The Common Good/Newman, Pa... 9780767929974 8/08 Crown Business $16.00/$18.00 In Pursuit Of The Common (Ebk)/Newman, P... 9780767931021 8/08 Crown Business $4.99/$13.99 Shameless Exploitation/Newman, Paul/HC 9780385508025 11/03 Nan A Talese $23.95/$35.95 Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. The Book of Speculation/Erika Swyler/HC 9781250054807 6/15 St. Martin's Press $26.99 Edgar and Lucy/Victor Lodato/HC 9781250096982 3/17 St. Martin's Press $27.99 Bad Man A Novel Dathan Auerbach Reddit horror sensation Dathan Auerbach delivers a devilishly dark novel about a young boy who goes missing, and the brother who won't stop looking for him. Eric disappeared when he was three years old. Ben looked away for only a second at the grocery store, but that was all it took. His brother was gone. Vanished right into the sticky air of the Florida Panhandle.

They say you've got only a couple days to find a missing person. Forty-eight hours to conduct searches, knock on doors, and talk to witnesses. Two days to tear the world apart if there's any chance of putting yours back together. That's your window.

That window closed five years ago, leaving Ben's life in ruins. He still looks for his brother. Still searches, while his stepmother sits and waits and whispers for Eric, refusing to leave the house that Ben's father can no longer afford. Now twenty and desperate for work, Ben takes a night stock job at the only place that will have him: the store that blinked Eric out of existence.

Ben can feel that there's something wrong there. With the people. With his boss. With the graffitied baler that shudders and moans and beckons. There's ON SALE 8/7/2018 something wrong with the air itself. He knows he's in the right place now. That the DOUBLEDAY store has much to tell him. So he keeps searching. Keeps looking for his baby HARDCOVER brother, while missing the most important message of all.

978-0-385-54292-0 That he should have stopped looking. $26.95/$35.95 AUTHOR: Dathan Auerbach made a name for himself when he self-published his first book, Penpal, which began as a post on Reddit. He created a GoFundMe page to expand Category: Fiction the posts into a book and received over 1000% of his funding goal. The book has gone on BISAC 1: Fiction - Horror to sell incredibly well, racking up 1,074 customer reviews on Amazon, and 7,561 ratings BISAC 2: Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological on Goodreads. BISAC 3: Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense COMPS: Imagine the first season of True Detective as written by Joe Hill and you can begin Page Count: 320 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 to understand the creepy, masterful, slow-fuse horror that Dathan Auerbach creates. Spine/Depth: 36/32 Carton Count: 12 REDDIT: r/nosleep, Reddit's horror vertical, is a big champion of Dathan. His career was born there. The site has more than 11 million subscribers--all of whom are aware of Dathan and his story. They are all also waiting for a new book. Marketing and Publicity 1000VULTURES: www.1000Vultures.com is Dathan's website. The tagline: The Horror Publicist: Michael Goldsmith Starts Here. Marketing Contact: Hannah Engler RABID FANS: Dathan has a dedicated fan base. They create fanart--including an actual National Review and Media Appearances, fan-made movie. They read his stories and post about them. On the YouTube station Mr. including NPR, and print features National Creepypasta, audio recordings of the stories in Penpal have been viewed more than a Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog million times. Coverage Horror, Suspense, and Thriller BLUMHOUSE: Following on the success of Edgar Cantero's bestselling Meddling Kids, Bad Press and Media Select Author Man is the latest work of hot new horror from the Blumhouse Books imprint. Appearances Blumhouse Partnership Facebook ads targeting horror and About the Author/Illustrator suspense fans; also Reddit users Author Residence: Destin, FL. Author Hometown: Pensacola, FL BookRiot advertising DATHAN AUERBACH was born in the southern U.S. and has lived there for most of his life. In campaign--newsletters and social media 2011, he began posting a series of stories to a forum dedicated to horror. After a Kickstarter promotion campaign that raised over 1000% of its goal, he was able to release the revised and expanded Reddit AMA for author versions of his story as the novel Penpal. www.1000Vultures.com Outreach to bookstagram influencers PRH verticals, especially Unbound Worlds Goodreads promotion Outreach to horror blogs Promotion on Doubleday's social media channels Promotion at San Diego Comic-Con Rights Promotion and giveaway on Doubleday's Territories: World Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes Tumblr, including Tumblr author Q&A Audio: Yes Book Club: Yes 1st Serial: Yes British: Yes Translation: Yes Special Markets: Restriction: World Agency: Agent:

Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Penpal / Auerbach, Dathan / TR 9780985545505 1000Vultures Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Meddling Kids/Cantero, Edgar/HC 9780385541992 7/17 DDay Gen Adult $26.95/$35.95 Universal Harvester / Darnielle, John/ HC 9780374282103 2/17 FSG Horrorstor / Hendrix, Grady/ TR 9781594745263 9/14 A Head Full of Ghosts / Tremblay, Paul / HC 9780062363237 6/15 Killer Next Door/Marwood, Alex/TR 9780143126690 10/14 Penguin Books (TR) $16.00/$18.00 Death Notice A Novel Zhou Haohui An elite police squad hunts a manipulative mastermind out to publically execute criminals the law cannot reach. A wild thriller and deadly game of cat-and-mouse from one of China's most popular authors. For fans of Jo Nesbo, Se7en, and Hong Kong police cinema. The brutal murder of respected police officer Sergeant Zheng Haoming sends shock waves through Chengdu, a modern metropolis in the heart of China's stunning Sichuan province. He had been obsessed by an unsolved, eighteen-year-old murder case until an entity calling itself Eumenides (after the Greek goddess of vengeance and retribution) releases a terrifying manifesto. Is the manifesto a sick joke, or something more sinister? Soon, the public starts nominating worthy targets for Eumenides to kill, and, two days later, Sergeant Zheng is dead. Eumenides' cunning game is only getting started. The police receive a " notice," a chilling note announcing the the killer's next target, the crimes they have committed, and the date of their execution. The note is both a challenge and a taunt to the police. When the first victim dies in public, under their complete protection, the police are left stunned. More death notices are coming. The chase is on. Death Notice is an explosive, page-turning thriller filtered through a vibrant ON SALE 6/5/2018 cultural lens. Zhou Haohui expertly adds an exhilarating new perspective to the DOUBLEDAY twists and tropes of the genre all fans love, making for a uniquely propulsive and HARDCOVER entertaining read. CHINESE THRILLER BREAKOUT: In the wake of the massive success of Scandinavian crime 978-0-385-54332-3 fiction, Death Notice is poised to be the first major, must-read commercial thriller from $26.95/$35.95 mainland China. Zhou Haohui brings to life the streets and culture of Chengdu in vivid detail. Se7en, Category: Fiction INGENIOUS VILLAIN: Reminiscent of the killer John Doe, in Eumenides is an BISAC 1: Fiction - Thrillers - Crime anonymous, meticulous, evil genius with a mind-blowing and deadly master plan. BISAC 2: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - International COMPELLING COPS: Hunting Eumenides is the Special Investigation Team, made up of the Mystery & Crime Chengdu Police department's finest. They all carry secrets, and those secrets will be used BISAC 3: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police against them. Procedural TIME FOR A NEW THRILLER CATEGORY: Zhou Haohui turns the thriller as we know it on Page Count: 320 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 its head. Spine/Depth: 36/32 Carton Count: 12 AUTHOR: Zhou (rhymes with Jo) Haohui is a star in China. He's also directed an online series based on Death Notice, which has achieved almost legendary status among Chinese online dramas. Marketing and Publicity PHENOMENON IN CHINA:Death Notice is China's bestselling and most popular work of Publicist: Michael Goldsmith suspense fiction to date. We can't confirm the numbers, but the online series based on the Marketing Contact: John Pitts book has reportedly received more than 2.4 billion--with a B--views. Select review coverage in publications like the Globe and Mail About the Author/Illustrator Select blogger coveage Author Residence: Yangzhou city, Jiangsu Potential interview coverage, including province, China Writers and Co or Sunday Edition ZHOU HAOHUI is regarded as one of the top three suspense authors in China today. The Death Notice trilogy is China's best selling and most popular work of suspense fiction to - Influencer mailing - Facebook advertising date. The online series based on these novels has received more than 2.4 billion views and achieved almost legendary status among Chinese online dramas. Translator Zac Haluza graduated from Hamilton College and moved to China in 2011. He currently lives in Shanghai.

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Other Editions of This Title (Title Family) ISBN On Sale Publisher Price US/Can. E-book 9780385543330 6/18 DDay Gen Adult Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. The Thirst/Nesbo, Jo/HC 9780385352161 5/17 Knopf $26.95 Thirst, The (Ebk)/Nesbo, Jo/EL 9780385352178 5/17 Vintage Crime/Black $9.99 The Three-Body Problem/Cixin, Liu/HC 9780765377067 11/2014 Tor The Three-Body Problem/Cixin, Liu/TR 9780765382030 1/2016 Tor The Skin Collector/Deaver, Jeffery/HC 9781455517138 5/2014 Grand Central The Skin Collector/Deaver, Jeffery/TR 9781455517121 4/2015 Grand Central Keeper Of Lost Causes/Adler-Olsen, Jussi/HC 9780525952480 8/11 Dutton Adult (HC) $25.95/$30.00 Keeper Of Lost Causes/Adler-Olsen, Jussi/TR 9780452297906 7/12 Dutton Adult (TR) $16.00/$22.00 Keeper Of Lost Causes/Adler-Olsen, Jussi/EL 9781101543535 8/11 Dutton Adult (TR) $11.99/$13.99 Fruit of the Drunken Tree A Novel Ingrid Rojas Contreras "When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story." --Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

For readers of Homegoing, a mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find ON SALE 7/31/2018 themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose DOUBLEDAY between sacrifice and betrayal. HARDCOVER Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree 978-0-385-54272-2 contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, $26.95/$35.95 Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out Category: Fiction of desperation. BISAC 1: Fiction - Coming Of Age Vintage Espanol will be publishing a Spanish translation simultaneously in paperback. BISAC 2: Fiction - Hispanic & Latino BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE: Without spoilers, the most extreme moments in this BISAC 3: Fiction - Family Life - General story actually happened to Ingrid and her family, forcing them to flee Colombia when she Page Count: 320 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 was fourteen. She is enthusiastic about talking about her experiences and how they Spine/Depth: 36/32 Carton Count: 12 inspired the book during publication. CURRENT EVENTS TIE-INS: The book provides numerous, ongoing publishing angles for Marketing and Publicity personal essays and op-eds on topics Ingrid is already outspoken about: immigration, refugee/asylum seekers, living through terrorism, and the continuous evolution of Publicist: Todd Doughty Colombia's negotiations with FARC. Marketing Contact: Sarah Engelmann VIVA COLOMBIA: From Showtime's Narcos, which was recently renewed for another two seasons, to the upcoming Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem movie Loving Pablo, Hating - Facebook advertising - Instagram Escobar, people clamor for all things Colombia. A book that tells the country's long and advertising - Influencer mailing complex political history in accessible terms along with heartfelt characters could be to Colombia what The Book of Unknown Americans has been for Latin American immigration to the U.S.

"Set against the backdrop of Pablo Escobar's stranglehold on the fate of a nation, Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a spellbinding story of two girls whose realities collide and who are forced to make nearly unbearable choices in the name of survival. The thrum of mystery and danger haunts every page, and you won't be able to look away until you turn the last one." --Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans

"Ingrid Rojas Contreras captures the violent history of drug-torn Colombia as it affects the intimate lives of two characters, a girl and the young maid in her household...A coming of age story, an immigrant story, a thrilling mystery novel, thoroughly lived and felt--this is an exciting debut novel that showcases a writer already in full command of her powers. Make room on your shelves for a writer whose impressive debut promises many more." --Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost RightsTheir Accents Territories: US, Canada, open market Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes Audio:"A dazzling Yes and heart-stopping portraitBook of Club: the Yes intimacy of violence, how a1st nation's Serial: Yes wounds British:tear into No families and betray its mostTranslation: innocent No citizens. Fruit of the DrunkenSpecial Tree Markets: pulses with Restriction:reckoning, US, rebellion, Canada, Open and Mkt raw beauty.Agency: Rojas THE Contreras FRIEDRICH is AGENCY,a thrilling LLC and braveAgent: new KENT talent, WOLF and it will be a long time before Chula's and Petrona's voices leave me." Comparative--Patricia Titles Engel, by Other author Authors of The Veins of theISBN Ocean On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Homegoing/Gyasi, Yaa/HC 9781101947135 6/16 Knopf $26.95 Homegoing/Gyasi, Yaa/TR 9781101971062 5/17 Vintage $16.00 Homegoing"Ingrid Rojas (Ebk)/Gyasi, Contreras's Yaa/EL gripping debut explores9781101947142 a complex6/16 and destructiveVintage friendship$11.99 Bookagainst Of Unknown the backgroundAmericans/HenrÍQuez, of Colombia's Cristina/HC political9780385350846 violence. As 6/14terror creepsKnopf over the$24.95 walls of TheChula's Book Of gatedUnknown neighborhood, Americans/HenrÍQuez, the Cristina/TR girls discover9780345806406 that betrayal3/15 and sacrificeVintage are sometimes$15.00 Bookindistinguishable. Of Unknown, The (Ebk)/HenrÍQuez, Like the fragrantCristina/EL drunken tree9780385350853 that so discomfits6/14 Vintage Chula's neighbors,$11.99 this Soundbeautiful Of Things novel Falling/VÁSquez, draws the Juan reader Gabriel/HC under its treacherous,9781594487484 intoxicating8/13 Riverhead spell." (HC) $27.95 Sound--Kristin Of Things Valdez Falling/VÁSquez, Quade, Juan author Gabriel/TR of Night at the9781594632747 Fiestas 6/14 Riverhead (TR) $16.00 Sound Of Things Falling/VÁSquez, Juan Gabriel/EL 9781101605387 8/13 Riverhead (TR) $14.99 About the Author/Illustrator Author Residence: San Francisco, CA Author Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS was born in Bogotá and holds an MFA from Columbia College

The Glitch A Novel Elisabeth Cohen A fast, funny, deeply hilarious debut--The Glitch is the story of a high-profile, TED-talking, power-posing Silicon Valley CEO and mother of two who has it all under control, until a woman claiming to be a younger version of herself appears, causing a major glitch in her over-scheduled, over-staffed, over-worked life. Shelley Stone might be a little overwhelmed. She runs the company Conch, the manufacturer of a small wearable device that attaches to the user's ear and whispers helpful advice and prompts. She's married with two small children, Nova and Blazer, both of whom are learning Mandarin. She employs a cook, a nanny, a driver, and an assistant, she sets an alarm for 2AM conference calls, and occasionally takes a standing nap while waiting in line when she's really exhausted. Shelley takes Dramamine so she can work in the car; allows herself ten almonds when hungry; swallows Ativan to stave off the panic attacks; and makes notes in her day planner to "practice being happy and relatable." But when Shelley meets a young woman named Shelley Stone who has the exact same scar on her shoulder, Shelley has to wonder: Is some sort of corporate espionage afoot? Has she discovered a hole in the space-time continuum? Or is she finally buckling under all the pressure? Introducing one of the most memorable and singular characters in recent fiction, The Glitch is a completely original, brainy, laugh-out-loud story of work, marriage, and motherhood for our times. ON SALE 5/22/2018 SENSE OF HUMOR: Elisabeth Cohen has the most fantastic, smart, loopy, warm sense of DOUBLEDAY humor. Think Maria Semple, Amy Poehler, and Helen Fielding. HARDCOVER CHARACTER: Shelley Stone is a brilliant comic creation. Type A and over-scheduled, Shelley sets a reminder to have sex, takes men's multivitamins because she "refuses to 978-0-385-54278-4 conspire in her own oppression," does yoga poses on conference calls, and has her assistant staple a tampon to her schedule as needed. She is the perfect embodiment of our $26.95/$35.95 times. FEMINIST: Many readers will see shades of Marissa Mayer in this character. Cohen is really Category: Fiction exploring what it means to be a high-achieving woman in tech, to be a mother and a CEO, BISAC 1: Fiction - Humorous - General to be "likable" and also successful. BISAC 2: Fiction - Women TECH WORLD: She knows of what she writes! The Glitch was inspired by the author's work BISAC 3: Fiction - Satire for a tech PR agency at the height of the boom in 2000, replete with foosball and happy Page Count: 368 Trim Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 hours and crazy doomed optimism. Spine/Depth: 41/32 Carton Count: 12 COMPS: For fans of Emma Straub's The Vacationers, Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza's The Knockoff, Eliza Kennedy's I Take You, and Jennifer Close's The Hopefuls. Marketing and Publicity About the Author/Illustrator Publicist: Michael Goldsmith Marketing Contact: Judy Jacoby Author Residence: Philadelphia National Review and Media Appearances, ELISABETH COHEN majored in comparative literature at Princeton University and her work has Conjunctions, The Mississippi Review, The Cincinnati Review, McSweeney's including NPR, op-eds, and print features appeared in Online The Millions. National Online Interviews, Reviews, and and She has an MA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and an MLS Blog Coverage from the University of Maryland. She worked as a librarian before her current career as a Literary, Humor, and Tech Press and technical writer. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and two sons. Media Women's Magazine Coverage Select Author Appearances

Galleys Also available as an eGalley National Print Advertising Facebook ads targeting followers of comp authors; also employees of tech and media companies Promotion on Doubleday's Social Media, particularly Twitter to help boost author's following Promotion on PRH Verticals, particularly Rights Read It Forward Territories: US, Canada, open market Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes NetGalley eBlast Audio: Yes Book Club: Yes 1st Serial: Yes Blogger and Instagram Influencer outreach British: No Translation: No Special Markets: Viral Video Restriction: US, Canada, Open Mkt Agency: INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE Agent: ALEXANDRA Lady Boss giveaway MANAGEM MACHINIST Use Shelley's list of things to tell younger self on social Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Jacket blowups available upon request The Nest/Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney/HC 9780062414212 3/16 HarperCollins / Ecco $26.99 The Nest/Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney/TR 9780062414229 4/17 HarperCollins / Ecco $16.99 Vacationers/Straub, Emma/HC 9781594631573 5/14 Riverhead (HC) $26.95/$31.00 Vacationers/Straub, Emma/TR 9781594633881 6/15 Riverhead (TR) $16.00/$22.00 Vacationers/Straub, Emma/EL 9781101618042 5/14 Riverhead (TR) $7.99/$13.99 The Circle/Eggers, Dave/HC 9780385351393 10/13 Knopf $27.95 Crazy Rich Asians/Kwan, Kevin/HC 9780385536974 6/13 DDay Gen Adult $25.95 Crazy Rich Asians/Kwan, Kevin/TR 9780345803788 5/14 Anchor $16.00 Crazy Rich Asians (Ebk)/Kwan, Kevin/EL 9780385536981 6/13 Anchor $9.99 The Immeasurable World Journeys in Desert Places William Atkins In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places. One-third of the earth's land surface is classified as desert. Restless, unhappy in love, and intrigued by the Desert Fathers who forged Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert, William Atkins decided to travel in eight of the world's driest, hottest places: the Empty Quarter of Oman, the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts of northwest China, the Great Victoria Desert of Australia, the man-made desert of the Aral Sea in Kazkahstan, and the Black Rock and Sonoran Deserts of the American Southwest, and Egypt's Eastern Desert. Each of his travel narratives effortlessly weaves aspects of natural history, historical background, and present-day reportage into a compelling tapestry that reveals the human appeal of these often inhuman landscapes. TRAVEL WRITING AT ITS VERY BRITISH BEST: The superb writing in this book looks back to the achievements of such writers as T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger, while retaining its own uniquely contemporary flavor. HIGHLY RELEVANT TO AMERICAN CONCERNS: The chapter on the Black Rock Desert offers a sharply skeptical portrait of Burning Man, while the one on the Sonoran Desert portrays the brutality and contradiction of illegal immigration and the absurdity of a "wall." A RISING LITERARY STAR IN THE FIELD: That's exactly what The Observer called Will ON SALE 7/24/2018 Atkins in 2014, in response to his first book, The Moor, which was widely praised in DOUBLEDAY Britain by the likes of Tom Holland and Philip Hoare. HARDCOVER ECOLOGICALLY AND CLIMATOLOGICALLY PERTINENT, TO SAY THE LEAST: As the world gets hotter, more and more land will be transformed into desert. And the Aral Sea is 978-0-385-53988-3 the first man-made desert, the result of disastrous Soviet-era water diversions. $28.95 About the Author/Illustrator Author Residence: London, UK Category: Travel WILLIAM ATKINS is the former editorial director of Pan Macmillan UK. He is the author of The BISAC 1: Travel - Special Interest - Adventure Moor (Faber and Faber 2014), a book about England's fenlands. When not trekking across BISAC 2: Biography & Autobiography - Personal desert wastes on far-flung continents, he lives in London. Memoirs BISAC 3: History - Historical Geography Page Count: 336 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 Spine/Depth: 38/32 Carton Count: 12 Illustrations: 14 ILL AND 7 MAPS IN TEXT

Marketing and Publicity Publicist: Michael Goldsmith Marketing Contact: Lauren Weber National Review and Media Appearances, including NPR, op-eds, and print features National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog Coverage Travel, History, and Geography Press and Media

National Print Advertising Online ads targeting literary sites such as LitHub Promotion on Goodreads Promotion on Doubleday Social Media Pinterest promotion using locations from the book Cross-promotion with PRH verticals, particularly Signature Outreach to travel blogs, sites, and Rights Instagram influencers Territories: US, Canada, open market (no Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes Cross promotion with DesertUSA.com Europe) Book Club: Yes 1st Serial: Yes and Desert Museums Audio: Yes Translation: No Special Markets: Include water bottles with mailings British: No Agency: CONVILLE & WALSH LTD Agent: PATRICK WALSH (hydrate before reading!) Restriction: US,OpnMkt(no EU/CAN) Big mouth mailing to Geography professors Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. National State park outreach Moor/Atkins, William/HC 9780571290048 7/14 Faber & Faber Ltd. $0.00/$29.00 Moor,The/Atkins, William/TR 9780571290055 6/15 Faber & Faber Ltd. $0.00/$21.99 Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. White Sands/Dyer, Geoff/HC 9781101870853 5/16 Pantheon $25.00 White Sands/Dyer, Geoff/TR 9781101970126 5/17 Vintage $16.95 The Last Cruise A Novel Kate Christensen From the acclaimed PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a riveting high-seas adventure that combines Christensen's signature wit, irony, and humanity to create a striking and unforgettable vision of our times. The 1950s vintage ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, among them Christine Thorne, a former journalist turned Maine farmer, it's a chance to experience the bygone mid-twentieth century era of decadent luxury cruising, complete with fine dining, classic highballs, string quartets, and sophisticated jazz. Smoking is allowed but not cell phones--or children, for that matter. The Isabella sets sail from Long Beach, into calm seas on a two-week retro cruise to Hawaii and back. But this is the second decade of an uncertain new millennium, not the sunny, heedless '50s, and certain disquieting signs of strife and malfunction above and below decks intrude on the festivities. Down in the main galley, Mick Szabo, a battle-weary Hungarian executive sous-chef, watches escalating tensions among the crew. Meanwhile, Miriam Koslow, an elderly Israeli violinist with the Sabra Quartet, becomes increasingly aware of the age-related vulnerabilities of the ship herself and the cynical corners cut by the cruise ship company, Cabaret. When a time of crisis begins, Christine, Mick, and Miriam find themselves ON SALE 7/10/2018 facing the unknown together in an unexpected and startling test of their characters. DOUBLEDAY HARDCOVER EVERYBODY LOVES KATE CHRISTENSEN'S WRITING AND EVERYBODY LOVES KATE HERSELF: She has been a house favorite author of Doubleday and Anchor since her terrific 978-0-385-53628-8 debut novel In the Drink, and her five subsequent novels and her recent memoir Blue Plate $26.95/$35.95 Special have gone from strength to strength. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THIS AUTHOR WILL ATTEMPT NEXT (ESPECIALLY THIS TIME): Kate Christensen can do men just as well as she can do women; she can do sex, Category: Fiction romance, food, marriage, divorce, art, music, people in groups and persons by BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary themselves. Now she does a big cast of characters in a rich and complex social setting on BISAC 2: Fiction - Women the edge of, and then smack in the middle of, a crisis. BISAC 3: Fiction - Psychological DEMONSTRATES THE VERSATILITY AND ACUITY THAT HAVE MADE CHRISTENSEN SO Page Count: 304 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 ADMIRED AND AN AWARD WINNER: Whether she's describing the tensions--romantic Spine/Depth: 35/32 Carton Count: 12 and musical--of a long-established classical string quartet, the chaos and pressure and the pecking order and the alpha-male posturing in a liner's galley kitchen, or the delicate Marketing and Publicity strains within two women's friendship, she always puts you, the reader, there, with total Publicist: Todd Doughty authority. 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The attack sets off a chain of events that will cast a shadow on Busi's career, imperil his home, and alter the fabric of his town. Busi's own account of what happened is embellished to fan the flames of old rumor--of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest--and to spark new controversy: something must finally be done about the town's poor, the feral vagabonds at its edges, whose numbers have been growing. All the while Busi, weathering a media storm, ON SALE 6/19/2018 must come to terms with his wife's death and decide whether to sing one last time. NAN A. TALESE HARDCOVER In trademark crystalline prose, Jim Crace portrays a man taking stock of his life and looking into an uncertain future, all while bearing witness to a community in 978-0-385-54371-2 the throes of great change--with echoes of today's most pressing social questions. $26.95 WHAT RETIREMENT?: In numerous interviews Crace claimed that Harvest would be his final novel. Thankfully for us, time away from writing didn't really agree with him. He's Category: Fiction back and hasn't lost a step. Harvest The New BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary GREAT REVIEWS: Crace is a critics' darling. received glowing reviews: York Times Book Revie BISAC 2: Fiction - Psychological w ran a complete rave, comparing Crace to J. M. Coetzee. BISAC 3: Fiction - Family Life - General BELOVED AUTHOR: Crace is a writer's writer. In the words of Colum McCann, the National Let the Great World Spin Page Count: 240 Trim Size: 5-5/8 x 8-1/4 Book Award-winning author of , "Crace is, quite simply, one of the Spine/Depth: 29/32 Carton Count: 12 great writers of our time." About the Author/Illustrator Marketing and Publicity Author Residence: Worcestershire, UK Publicist: Todd Doughty JIM CRACE is the author of eleven previous novels. His most recent, Harvest, was short-listed Marketing Contact: John Pitts for the Man Booker Prize and won the International Dublin Literary Award and the James Tait National Review and Media Appearances, Black Memorial Prize. In 2000, Being Dead won the U.S. National Book Critics Circle Award including NPR, and print features for Fiction, and in 1997, Quarantine was named the Whitbread Novel of the Year and was National Online Interviews, Reviews, and short-listed for the Booker Prize. Jim Crace has also received the Whitbread First Novel Prize, Blog Coverage the E. M. Forster Award, and Fiction Prize. He lives in Worcestershire, England. Literary and Music Press and Media Select Author Appearances

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What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? That has consumed historians, archeologists, and amateur sleuths for four hundred years. In The Secret Token, Andrew Lawler sets out on a quest to determine the fate of the settlers, finding fresh leads as he encounters a host of characters obsessed with resolving the enigma. In the course of his journey, Lawler examines how the Lost Colony came to haunt our national consciousness.

Incisive and absorbing, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the Lost Colony and its fate, but of how its absence continues to define--and divide--America. AN ORIGINAL APPROACH: Over the decades, a number of histories have been published ON SALE 6/5/2018 about Roanoke. This is the first book to explore not just the history but the mythology and DOUBLEDAY the present-day attempts to resolve its mystery. Like Charles Mann's 1491, this will HARDCOVER challenge what readers think about colonial America. HISTORICAL INTRIGUE: Lawler's approach recalls both David Grann and Douglas 978-0-385-54201-2 Preston--a work of first-person investigation with the page-turning quality of a thriller or $29.95/$39.95 a mystery. This will appeal to readers of Russell Shorto's Island at the Center of the World.

Category: History OF-THE-MOMENT SUBJECT MATTER: Roanoke continues to inspire and provoke. Virginia BISAC 1: History - - Colonial Period Dare, the first English baby born in America, has been held up as a symbol of ethnic purity (1600-1775) by the alt-right. Her likeness adorns a recent line of Coppola wines. The 2016 season of BISAC 2: History - Expeditions & Discoveries FX's American Horror Story was inspired by Roanoke. BISAC 3: Social Science - Archaeology Page Count: 448 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Lawler's first book was praised by the Wall Street Spine/Depth: 44/32 Carton Count: 12 Journal, NPR, New York, Nature, Science, The Guardian, and the Independent, with starred Illustrations: 42 ILLUS. IN TEXT; ENDPAPERS reviews from Booklist and Kirkus. About the Author/Illustrator Marketing and Publicity Author Residence: Asheville, NC Author Hometown: Norfolk, VA Publicist: Charlotte O'Donnell ANDREW LAWLER is the author of the highly acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the Marketing Contact: John Pitts World?. He is a contributing writer for Science, a contributing editor for Archaeology National Review and Media Appearances, Magazine, and has written for The New York Times, , National including NPR, op-eds, and print features Geographic, Smithsonian, and Slate. National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog Coverage History and Archaeology Press and Media Select Author Appearances

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Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?/And... 9781476729893 12/14 Atria $26.00 Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?/And... 9781476729909 4/16 Atria $16.00 Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. The Trail/Rinker Buck/TR 9781451659177 6/16 Simon & Schuster $16.99 The Oregon Trail/Rinker Buck/HC 9781451659160 6/15 Simon & Schuster $28.00 Astoria/Peter Stark/HC 9780062218292 3/14 Ecco $27.99 Astoria/Peter Stark/TR 9780062218308 2/15 Ecco $15.99 The Lost City of the Monkey God/Douglas Preston/HC 9781455540006 1/17 Grand Central $28.00 1493/Mann, Charles C./HC 9780307265722 8/11 Knopf $35.00/$42.00 1493/Mann, Charles C./TR 9780307278241 7/12 Vintage $17.95/$23.95 The Shakespeare Requirement A Novel Julie Schumacher The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious and eagerly awaited sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, the Thurber Prize-winning Dear Committee Members. Once more into the breach... Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English Department of Payne University, takes aim against a sea of troubles, personal and institutional. His ex-wife is sleeping with the dean who must approve whatever modest initiatives he undertakes. The fearsome department secretary Fran clearly runs the show (when not taking in rescue parrots and dogs) and holds plenty of secrets she's not sharing. The lavishly funded Econ Department keeps siphoning off English's meager resources and has taken aim at its remaining office space. And Fitger's attempt to get a mossbacked and antediluvian Shakespeare scholar to retire backfires spectacularly when the press concludes that the Bard is being kicked to the curricular curb.

Lord, what fools these mortals be! Julie Schumacher proves the point and makes the most of it in this delicious romp ofsatire.

IF YOU LOVED DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- AND IT HAS BECOME A "THING" IN ON SALE 8/14/2018 THE WORLD OF THE LIBERAL ARTS -- YOU'LL DELIGHT IN THIS SEQUEL: For once the DOUBLEDAY phrase "eagerly awaited" totally fits. HARDCOVER STRONG COMPS: An academic comedy of pitched battles waged for small stakes that will appeal to readers of Jane Smiley's Moo, Richard Russo's Straight Man, and David Lodge's Small World. 978-0-385-54234-0 TOTALLY UP-TO-THE-SECOND IN ITS INCORPORATION OF THE VERY LATEST $25.95/$34.95 FOLLIES ON CAMPUS: From trigger warnings to safe spaces to rampant political correctness and identity politics, it's all grist for Julie Schumacher's comic mill. Category: Fiction TIMED IN ITS PUBLICATION AS A BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPECIAL: August, just as the fall BISAC 1: Fiction - Satire term, with all its, ahem, "challenges" starts sinking in. This timing worked beautifully for BISAC 2: Fiction - Literary Dear Committee Members. BISAC 3: Fiction - Coming Of Age JULIE SCHUMACHER WAS THE FIRST WOMAN IN ITS EIGHTEEN-YEAR HISTORY TO WIN Page Count: 320 Trim Size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 THE JAMES THURBER PRIZE FOR HER NOVEL: Yeah. Women can be funny. Pass it on. Spine/Depth: 36/32 Carton Count: 12 About the Author/Illustrator Marketing and Publicity Author Residence: St. Paul, Minnesota JULIE SCHUMACHER grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Oberlin College Publicist: Michael Goldsmith and Cornell University, where she earned her MFA. Her first novel, The Body Is Water, was Marketing Contact: Sarah Engelmann published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for National Review and Media Appearances, the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her 2014 novel, Dear Committee Members, won the Thurber including NPR, op-eds, and print features Prize for American Humor; she is the first woman to have been so honored. She lives in St. National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Paul and is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English Blog Coverage Literary, Humor, and at the University of Minnesota. Academic Press and Media Select Author Appearances Facebook ads targeting Shakespeare fans, academics, and followers of comp authors Also available as an eGalley Promotion on Doubleday social media channels Inclusion in the KDPG eNewsletter Promotion on Goodreads, including giveaways Promotion on PRH verticals Campus novel book bundle giveaway on social media Social media influencer outreach Rights Semester survival kit for use in bookseller, academic, and influencer outreach Territories: US, Canada, open market Return indicator: Full copies only Reprint: Yes Outreach to literary blogs Audio: Yes Book Club: Yes 1st Serial: No Cross promote with Shakespeare FB page British: No Translation: No Special Markets: Restriction: US, Canada, Open Mkt Agency: INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE Agent: LISA BANKOFF MANAGEM

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Lavinia will never go. She is going to die soon.

Louise has nothing. Lavinia has everything. After a chance encounter, the two spiral into an intimate, intense, and possibly toxic friendship. A Talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, this seductive story takes a classic tale of obsession and makes it irresistibly new. A SEXY NEW RIPLEY: an homage to Patricia Highsmith. Rather than a practiced, calculating male sociopath, though, we have a desperate, damaged woman who is out for survival. Some readers will root for Louise and others will side with Lavinia, making for lively debate.

GLAMOROUS : The author's glittering, labyrinthine version of New York, full of lavish parties and despicable characters, is reminiscent of Gossip Girl and the novels of ON SALE 6/5/2018 Bret Easton Ellis. DOUBLEDAY HARDCOVER AUTHOR PROFILE: Tara Isabella Burton is a force. She wrote this novel while completing her doctorate at Oxford and working as a travel writer. She is the winner of The 978-0-385-54352-1 Spectator's 2012 Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for travel writing and a 2016 Lowell $26.95/$33.95 Thomas Award. She now covers religion for Vox. Her Instagram is full of pictures of her in fabulous vintage clothing, and she has a robust Twitter following.

Category: Fiction FILM INTEREST: Lionsgate preempted the film rights and are very excited about the BISAC 1: Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological project. BISAC 2: Fiction - Literary BISAC 3: Fiction - Women FOREIGN SALES: The novel sold, at auction, to Bloomsbury UK for Allison Hennessey's new Page Count: 288 Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 Raven Books imprint. It has also sold in Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, France, Poland and Spine/Depth: 34/32 Carton Count: 12 China.

Marketing and Publicity "Devious and decadent. I couldn't put it down." --Courtney Maum, author of Touch and I Publicist: Todd Doughty Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You Marketing Contact: Lauren Weber Select review coverage in publications like "Unflinching, cool, brutal. This book will make you its accomplice. You'll go willingly." Flare, Elle and Chatelaine --Georgia Clark, author of The Regulars

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Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Luckiest Girl Alive/Jessica Knoll/PB 9781476789644 4/16 S&S $15.99 Luckiest Girl Alive/Jessica Knoll/HC 9781476789637 8/16 S&S $25.00 Dead Letters/Dolan-Leach, Caite/HC 9780399588853 2/17 Random House $27.00/$36.00 Dead Letters (Ebk)/Dolan-Leach, Caite/EL 9780399588860 2/17 Random House $11.99/$13.99 Summer House With Swimming/Koch, Herman/HC 9780804138819 6/14 Hogarth $24.00/$27.00 Summer House With Swimming/Koch, Herman/TR 9780804138833 4/15 Hogarth $15.00/$18.00 Summer House With Swimmin(Ebk)/Koch, Herman/EL 9780804138826 6/14 Hogarth $4.99/$13.99 You Will Know Me/Megan Abbott/HC 9780316231077 7/16 Hachette/Little, Brown $26.00 You Will Know Me/Megan Abbott/PB 9780316231060 4/17 Hachette/Little, Brown $14.99 Unworthy A Novel Antonio Monda A Catholic priest struggles with memories of an illicit romance in 1970s New York in this powerfully intimate novel of faith and doubt, guilt and love. New York in the late 70s: fiscal crisis, rising crime, the great blackout of '77--the city seemed to be on an irreversible decline that was battering its very soul. And, to put it mildly, sin was everywhere. Against this backdrop we meet Abram Singer, a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a very dark secret. Born to an absentee Jewish father and a devout Irish mother, Abram always felt like an outsider, someone standing between two worlds. Raised Catholic, he found himself drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary and became a Manhattan parish priest. Guided by a genuine faith in God, Abram's sincerest wish is to do His work. But Abram is not without his human failings, primary of which is lust. Despite his vow of chastity, he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a long-standing relationship with a young woman named Lisa, whom he loves passionately. Their romance, Abram feels, bears the hallmarks of all of his gravest weaknesses--doubt, hypocrisy, and an inability to renounce his own sin. These misgivings threaten to overwhelm him when a stranger calls Abram at the parish threatening to expose his liaison, forcing him to decide whether the risks of continuing with Lisa have become simply too great. ON SALE 5/22/2018 Told entirely in Abram's straightforward, self-aware voice, Unworthy is both a NAN A. TALESE riveting, morally complex narrative about the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity, HARDCOVER and a gritty period piece about a man trying to make his way in one of America's greatest cities. 978-0-385-54294-4 CONNECTED AUTHOR: Antonio Monda is a well-known novelist, essayist, and film $24.95/$33.95 director with many famous friends in the literary and art worlds. The New York Times Style Section profiled him in 2013, highlighting the intimate dinner parties Antonio throws Category: Fiction after film screenings and exhibit openings. Expect blurbs and reviews from some big BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary names. BISAC 2: Fiction - Religious DOOMED ROMANCE: The poignant love story between Abram and Lisa forms the novel's BISAC 3: Fiction - Family Life - General backbone, drawing the reader in to root for them despite little hope of a happy ending. Page Count: 192 Trim Size: 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 NYC IN THE 70s & 80s: The vivid period setting will appeal to fans of Colum McCann, Don Spine/Depth: 27/32 Carton Count: 12 DeLillo, Rachel Kushner, and Garth Risk Hallberg. About the Author/Illustrator Marketing and Publicity Author Residence: New York City Publicist: Emma Joss ANTONIO MONDA is the author of five novels and five collections of essays. His books have Marketing Contact: Hannah Engler been translated into eleven languages. A regular contributor to , his work has National Review and Media Appearances, also appeared in The Paris Review, Fiction, The Common, and Vanity Fair. He lives in New including NPR, op-eds, and print features York City, where he teaches at . Translated by John Cullen. National Online Interviews, Reviews, and Blog Coverage Literary and Religious Press and Media Select Author Appearances

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Other Editions of This Title (Title Family) ISBN On Sale Publisher Price US/Can. E-book 9780385542951 5/18 Nan A Talese Author's Previous Titles (Sales Track) ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. Do You Believe?/Monda, Antonio/TR 9780307280589 11/07 Vintage $15.00/$18.00 Do You Believe? (Ebk)/Monda, Antonio/EL 9780307387615 10/07 Vintage $4.99/$12.99 Comparative Titles by Other Authors ISBN On sale Publisher Price US/Can. 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They could not be together--it would be an unthinkable breach of convention--but by his side and amidst that splendid circle, Mrs. Gaskell knew she had reached the "tip-top point of [her] life." In 2013, Nell Stevens is embarking on her PhD--about the community of artists and writers living in Rome in the mid-19th century--and falling head over heels for a soulful American screenwriter in another city. As her long-distance romance founders and her passion for academia never quite materializes, she is drawn to Mrs. Gaskell. Could this indomitable Victorian author rescue Nell's pursuit of love, family and a writing career? Lively, witty, and impossible to put down, The Victorian and the Romantic is a ON SALE 8/7/2018 moving chronicle of two women each charting a way of life beyond the rules of her DOUBLEDAY time. HARDCOVER GENRE-FUSING AND UNIQUE: Part memoir, part intimate historical narrative, it cleverly blurs genre lines to reveal how writers mine their lives for art. 978-0-385-54350-7 CALLING YOUNG WRITERS AND STRUGGLING PhDs: Nell's contemporary narrative will resonate with anyone who is young and struggling to create, with special interest for $26.95 anyone who's completed (or tried to complete) an advanced degree program in humanities. BIG-NAME ATTENTION FOR NELL: Critical attention for Bleaker House was Category: Biography overwhelmingly positive, with the likes of Lena Dunham and Rebecca Mead praising Nell as BISAC 1: Biography & Autobiography - Personal a writer to watch. Memoirs BISAC 2: Biography & Autobiography - Literary Figures About the Author/Illustrator BISAC 3: History - Modern - 19th Century Author Residence: London, UK Page Count: 272 Trim Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 NELL STEVENS has a degree in English and creative writing from the University of Warwick, an Spine/Depth: 32/32 Carton Count: 12 MFA in fiction from Boston University, and a PhD in Victorian literature from King's College London. She is the author of the memoir Bleaker House and is at work on a novel. 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