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JILL GRINBERG LITERARY MANAGEMENT Frankfurt Book Fair Catalog 2014 Jill Grinberg Literary Management LLC 392 Vanderbilt Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 Tel. (212) 620-5883 For more information, please contact: Cheryl Pientka: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Stephen Alter BECOMING A MOUNTAIN: Himalayan Journeys In Search of the Sacred and Sublime Susanne Antonetta MAKE ME A MOTHER Rachel DeWoskin BLIND Damian Fowler FALLING THROUGH CLOUDS Henry Gee THE ACCIDENTAL SPECIES Kevin Hearne The Iron Druid Chronicles Jennifer Holm THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH Simmone Howell GIRL DEFECTIVE Alaya Dawn Johnson LOVE IS THE DRUG Justine Larbalestier RAZORHURST John Bemelmans Marciano WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE METRIC SYSTEM: How America Kept Its Feet John Marshall WIDE OPEN WORLD: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family’s Life Forever Marissa Meyer The Lunar Chronicles, featuring FAIREST Garth Nix CLARIEL David Rose TAKING MORGAN Jason Schmidt A LIST OF THINGS THAT DIDN’T KILL ME Scott Westerfeld AFTERWORLDS Sean Williams The TWINMAKER Trilogy featuring CRASHLAND Fiona Wood WILDLIFE Collin Woodard THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES STEPHEN ALTER BECOMING A MOUNTAIN: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime A moving meditation on the solace of high places and on the hidden meanings and enduring mystery of mountains in this journey of recovery and pilgrimage that leads beyond faith Pre-empted by David Davidar’s imprint Aleph Books, New Delhi A unique perspective on the Himalayas from the author who is both an insider and an outsider, having devoted his life to these mountains and to interpreting Himalayan stories, ecology and heritage for a diverse readership Like Peter Mathiesson’s THE SNOW LEOPARD or Gretel Ehrlich’s THE SOLACE OF OPEN SPACES, this book describes journeys undertaken out of sorrow, but with the expectation of hope US: Arcade, March 2015; India: Aleph Books, November 2014 Materials available: Manuscript, Fall 2014 Page count: 320 Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them, leaving them for dead. The violent assault and the trauma of almost dying left him questioning assumptions he had lived by since childhood. For the first time, he encountered the face of evil and the terror of the unknown. He felt like a foreigner in the land of his birth. This book is his account of a series of treks he took in the high Himalayas following his convalescence—to Bandar Punch (the monkey’s tail), Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain in India, and Mt. Kailash in Tibet. He set himself this goal to prove that he had healed mentally as well as physically and to re-knit his connection to his homeland. Undertaken out of sorrow, the treks become a moving soul journey, a way to rediscover mountains in his inner landscape. Weaving together observations of the natural world, Himalayan history, folklore and mythology, as well as encounters with other pilgrims along the way, Stephen Alter has given us a moving meditation on the solace of high places, and on the hidden meanings and enduring mystery of mountains. PRAISE FOR STEPHEN ALTER FANTASIES OF A BOLLYWOOD LOVE THIEF (Harcourt, 2007): “Stephen Alter has unparalleled access to Bollywood, its directors and stars. But instead of writing an armchair guide, he shows how dreams are made by following the making of a film.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Alter retains his fresh perspective throughout... read him for his insightful take on Omkara. And to know exactly where filmmaking in India is going.”—Indian Express “Alter’s writing style is easy, and despite a wealth of detail and information, the reader is unlikely to feel taxed or overburdened… This book should be read…”—Business Standard ELEPHAS MAXIMUS: A PORTRAIT OF THE INDIAN ELEPHANT (Harcourt, 2004) “Entertaining and informative. Lyrical descriptions… An elegant paean to the Indian elephant and a wake-up call for its protection.”—Publishers Weekly “A history more splendid than any maharaja’s golden howdah.”—Kirkus Reviews “Magical and fascinating.”—Boston Globe “Alter pays homage to ELEPHAS MAXIMUS [and] weaves such facts into lyrical text of travel and adventure.”—Science News SACRED WATERS: A PILGRIMAGE UP THE GANGES RIVER TO THE SOURCE OF HINDU CULTURE (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2001): “Alter's prose is lucid and even-paced... (his) erudition is a considerable draw, extending as it does beyond the region's mythology to its botany, geology and zoology as well as to the impact of road building, damming and tourism.”—The New York Times Book Review “Alter invites readers to join him on a double journey, deep into the Indian subcontinent and deep into the Hindu faith. Simply as a travel chronicle, the narrative sparkles, every episode rich with sharp detail and piquant incidents... Respectful but unsentimental, Alter highlights inspiring truths...”—Booklist “Alter's book is a milestone in adventure writing and will lighten the path of many an armchair traveller.”—India Today “Stephen Alter has succeeded in capturing and relaying the essence and mythology of places of worship he passes through. He becomes one with and is indistinguishable from many of the pilgrims he travels with...”— India Weekly, USA “SACRED WATERS is a mellow, contemplative read... The lucid writing, the effective retelling of the myths and legends -- and Alter's emotional and spiritual transformation... (will) keep readers absorbed.”—The Far Eastern Economic Review “It was the author's goal to evoke a fast disappearing way of life and topography, to show spiritual interests eclipsed by material ones. With vivid descriptions of the many people, villages, dharamshalas, shrines, ashrams and Indian customs so foreign and seemingly inaccessible to most Westerners, Alter achieves this end, portraying a landscape before it is effectively trampled by what is called 'progress.”—Publisher's Weekly “Alter, an American born of missionary parents and raised in this region... describes his experiences and observations in great detail... (with) skillful prose and deep understanding.” — Library Journal ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN (Holt, 1998): “[Alter] wistfully evokes his idyllic Indian youth in this graceful memoir.”—Publishers Weekly “[Stephen Alter's] vision is both unsparingly realistic and compassionate. He is a sensitive observer with an unusual ability to see [a] foreign culture from the inside out, making its people alive and compelling...''—Edward Hower, The New York Times Book Review Stephen Alter has a unique background, being an American writer born and raised in India, who is fluent in Hindi. He grew up in the Himalayan hill station of Mussoorie, where he was educated at Woodstock School, one of the oldest boarding schools in Asia. The Himalayas have been his home for most of his life. He taught writing at the American University in Cairo for 7 years and was writer-in- residence in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT for 10 years. Among the honors he has received are a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Senior Research Grant from the Fulbright Program. In 2004, he and his wife, Ameeta, returned to Mussoorie where they now live. Stephen Alter has travelled throughout the Himalayas, mostly on foot. In 2006, he founded the Mussoorie Writers’ Mountain Festival, the 6th edition of which was held in November 2013. This festival features 20-25 speakers annually, including writers, mountaineers, artists, photographers, musicians and conservationists – all of whom share a passion for the Himalayas, and the festival has become an influential and unique event that attracts some of the world’s top climbers, naturalists and authors. Through his books, his travels and the festivals, Stephen Alter has established himself as a recognized expert on the Himalayas, with a strong commitment to exploring the geography, culture, natural history and mythology of this region. SUSANNE ANTONETTA MAKE ME A MOTHER A powerful, transformative, and deeply heartfelt exploration of adoption from the award-winning author of BODY TOXIC and A MIND APART A celebration of a mother’s love as well as the inspiring lessons that extend beyond, reframing cultural and global perspectives on what it truly means to adopt Starred review in Publishers Weekly Mother’s day essay in Parade, circulation 32 million US: Norton, February 2014 Materials available: Finished books Page count: 256 In MAKE ME A MOTHER, acclaimed memoirist Susanne Antonetta adopts an infant from Seoul, South Korea. After meeting their six-month-old son, Jin, at the airport—an incident made memorable when Susanne, so eager to meet her son, is chased down by security—Susanne and her husband learn lessons common to all parents, such as the lack of sleep and the worry and joy of loving a child. They also learn lessons particular to their own family: not just how another being can take over your life but how to let an entire culture in and how to discuss birth parents who gave up a child. In the end, her relationship with her son teaches Susanne to understand her own troubled childhood and to forgive and care for her own aging parents. Susanne comes to realize how, time and time again, all families have to learn to adopt one another. PRAISE FOR MAKE ME A MOTHER: “Antonetta’s generous, humbling take on adoption adds another layer to today’s vastly “changing landscape of family,” where couples seeking adoption don’t necessarily have infertility issues and ethnic make-up tends more toward the richly diverse.”—Publishers Weekly *Starred Review* “Antonetta (A MIND APART, 2005) writes so eloquently about love that her feelings resonate deep within the reader’s heart.”—Booklist “An award-winning memoirist’s moving account of how adopting a South Korean baby taught her about motherhood and love.