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2018 London Rights Guide 2018 LONDON RIGHTS GUIDE Dutton Penguin Plume TarcherPerigee Sabila Khan Director, UK & Translation Rights Phone: 212-366-2798 [email protected] Jillian Fata Senior Coordinator Phone: 212-366-2449 [email protected] Penguin Publishing Group, 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Fiction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Business, Narrative Nonfiction, Science…………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Gift, Humor, Illustrated, Journaling, Pop Culture……………………………………………………………………………………..6 Memoir………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 Health, Parenting, Self-Help, Spirituality………………………………………………………………………………………………..10 FICTION Davis, Fiona THE MASTERPIECE: A Novel Historical Fiction | Dutton Hardcover | August 2018 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Stefanie Lieberman @ Janklow & Nesbit | Editor: Stephanie Kelly Status: manuscript available In this dual narrative, a woman in 1974 gets swept up in the quest to save New York City’s iconic Grand Central Terminal from destruction. In the process, she uncovers the art school once housed within its walls and the story of the pioneering female artist who made her mark on the school in the 1920s before mysteriously disappearing from history. Fiona Davis began her career in New York City as an actress, where she worked on Broadway, off- Broadway, and in regional theater. After ten years, she changed careers and began working as an editor and writer. She is the author of The Dollhouse (2016) and The Address (2017). Dutton has bought two new books from her, to be published in 2019 and 2020. Publishers of The Address: Bulgarian – Kragozor German – Goldmann/PRH Germany Turkish – Pena Kitap Yayincilik Dutch – Ambo Anthos Norwegian – Pantagruel Forlag Publishers of The Dollhouse: Bulgarian – Kragozor German – Goldmann/PRH Germany Italian – HarperCollins Italia Czech – Tarsago Ceska Republica Greek – Dioptra Publishing Norwegian – Pantagruel Forlag Dutch – Ambo Anthos Hungarian – Tarsago Magyarorszag Dow, David MEMOIR OF AN INNOCENT MAN: A Novel Thriller | Dutton Hardcover | February 2019 | UK Rights Agent: Simon Lipskar @ Writers House | Editor: John Parsley Status: manuscript available May 2018 When a universally admired billionaire is found bludgeoned to death in her home, her husband Rafael, 15 years her junior and the son of poor Mexican immigrants, is the obvious and only suspect. He is tried, convicted, and sent to death row. But he’s completely innocent. Six years pass before overlooked DNA evidence exonerates Rafael at the eleventh hour. He vows to use his regained freedom to take revenge on the people and the system that stole years of his life. David Dow is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center, and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University. A graduate of Rice University and Yale Law, his area of expertise include constitutional and death penalty law. Working with students in his death penalty clinic, Dow has represented over 100 death row inmates during their state and federal appeals. He is also the founder and director of the Texas Innocence Network. Fried, Seth METROPOLIS: A Novel Fiction | Penguin Trade Paperback | March 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Stacia Decker @ Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner | Editor: Sam Raim Status: manuscript available Summer 2018 A speculative novel about an unlikely pair of lonely outsiders – one human, one AI – on an adventure to save the great American city of Metropolis from “one of the most exciting new voices I’ve come across in years” (Charles Yu). Seth Fried is the author of the acclaimed short story collection The Great Frustration (Soft Skill Press, 2011). He is a recurring contributor to The New Yorker’s “Shouts and Murmurs” and NPR’s “Selected Shorts,” and his stories have appeared in Tin House, One Story, McSweeney’s, The Kenyon Review, Vice, and elsewhere. He has also won two Pushcart Prizes and the William Peden Prize. 1 Suarez, Daniel DELTA V (tentative title) SciFi/Thriller | Dutton Hardcover | April 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Rafe Sagalyn @ ICM/Sagalyn | Editor: Jessica Renheim Status: manuscript available July 2018 In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s latest technological thriller, a charismatic billionaire recruits a team of adventurers to launch the first mining operation in space – with the aim of kick-starting an entire off-world economy. But the team soon discovers that space isn’t the only risk they’ll be facing. Daniel Suarez is the New York Times-bestselling author Change Agent, Daemon, Freedom™, Kill Decision, and Influx. A former systems consultant to Fortune 1000 companies, Suarez has spoken at TED Global, MIT Media Lab, NASA Ames, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Publishers of Change Agent: German – Rowohlt Verlag Simp. Chinese – ERC Media (Beijing) Taylor, Brad SHADOW STRIKE: A Pike Logan Thriller Thriller | Dutton Hardcover | January 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: John Talbot @ The John Talbot Agency | Editor: Jessica Renheim Status: manuscript available July 2018 Private investors have repurposed a vast network of obsolete military bunkers throughout Switzerland for both gold and data storage, neither of which is regulated by the Swiss government. Away from the prying eyes of any government, it’s the perfect place for terrorists and enemies of the United States to conduct business. Suffering from recent U.S. sanctions, North Korea instigates a plan that will involve taking advantage of Switzerland’s secret bunkers not only to bypass sanctions, but also to strike a devastating blow to the Western world, unless Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill can stop the plot before it’s too late. Brad Taylor is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series. He served for more than twenty years in the U.S. Army, including eight years in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, commonly known as Delta Force. He retired as a Special Forces lieutenant colonel. Watson, Martine Fournier THE DREAM PEDDLER: A Novel Historical Fiction | Penguin Paperback Original | April 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Bridget Smith @ Dunham Literary | Editor: Shannon Kelly Status: manuscript available A page-turning debut novel about a traveling salesman who arrives to sell dreams to a town rocked by a child’s disappearance, both a thoughtful meditation on grief and a magical exploration of our innermost desires. Martine Fournier Watson is originally from Montreal, Canada, where she earned her master’s degree in art history after a year in Chicago as a Fulbright scholar. 2 NON-FICTION BUSINESS, NARRATIVE NONFICTION, SCIENCE Brennan, Hank UNTITLED True Crime/Organized Crime | Dutton Hardcover | April 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Elyse Cheney @ Elyse Cheney Literary Associates | Editor: John Parsley Status: manuscript available June 2018 The true confessions of notorious mob boss, Whitey Bulger, and the memoir of a young, idealistic criminal defense lawyer combine to shed light on the criminal underworld of Boston, a town rank with corruption and ruled by organized crime. Hank Brennan is a top defense lawyer in Boston. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers of Massachusetts and has been named as one of the country’s top 100 trial lawyers by the National Trial Lawyer Association. He also serves as an adjunct professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School and is a frequent lecturer to other lawyers and students in trial practice. Davis, Margaret Leslie THE LOST GUTENBERG: The Astounding Story of One Book’s Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey History | TarcherPerigee Hardcover | March 2019 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Betsy Amster @ Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises | Editor: Nina Shield Status: manuscript available June 2018 The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it. Margaret Leslie Davis is a graduate of Georgetown University, Southwestern University School of Law, and earned her Master’s Degree in Professional Writing at the University of Southern California. Her work has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and excerpted in Vanity Fair. She has appeared on C-Span Book TV, the History Channel’s Modern Marvels as well as documentaries seen on the Discovery Channel and A&E’s Biography. THE LOST GUTENBERG is her third book. Houghton, Vincent SCRAPPED: An (Almost) History of Abandoned Intelligence Plots and Military Schemes History | Penguin Hardcover | May 2019 | UK Rights Agent: Michelle Tessler @ Tessler Literary Agency | Editor: Sam Raim Status: manuscript available September 2018 Intelligence historian, Vincent Houghton, takes us on a wild tour of missions, schemes, and weapons that were planned, but ultimately, deemed too dangerous, expensive, or certifiably insane to carry out. Through extensive archival research and expert interviews, Houghton has dug up more than 30 of these fascinating abandoned plans. He recounts the story behind each one in vivid, captivating detail, revealing not only what might have happened, but also what each one tells us about the history and people around it. The first-ever book to bring these historical episodes together, this wholly original work is the unique story of history left on the drawing board. Dr. Vincent Houghton is the Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. He also is the host and creative director of the Museum’s podcast, SpyCast, which reaches an international
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