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Sandra Dijkstra & Associates FRANKFURT 2018 Sandra Dijkstra & Associates FRANKFURT 2018 Sandra Dijkstra Elise Capron * Jill Marr * Thao Le * Andrea Cavallaro * Roz Foster Jessica Watterson * Suzy Evans * Jennifer Kim www.dijkstraagency.com 2018 Sandra Dijkstra Agency Foreign Agents Denmark/Scandinavia: Netherlands: Sebes & Blessing Agency Licht & Burr Literary Agency Jelmer Stok Trine Licht [email protected] [email protected] Poland: Graal Literary Agency Eastern Europe: Prava I Prevodi Justyna Pelaska Tamara Vukicevic [email protected] [email protected] Russia and Baltic States: France: La Nouvelle Agence Synopsis Agency Vanessa Kling Natasha Sanina [email protected] [email protected] Michèle Kanonidis [email protected] Spanish/Portuguese: Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria Germany: Agence Hoffman Sandra Bruna Claudia Lichte [email protected] [email protected] Uwe Neumahr Taiwan/China: [email protected] Bardon-Chinese Media Agency David Tsai Hungary: Katai & Bolza [email protected] Peter Bolza [email protected] Turkey: Onk Agency Merve Ongen Israel: TBPAI [email protected] Beverley Levit [email protected] UK: Abner Stein Agency Caspian Dennis [email protected] Italy: The Italian Literary Agency Anna Carmichael [email protected] Chiara Piovan Rachel Clemens [email protected] [email protected] Please contact Andrea Cavallaro Japan: English Agency of Japan with any inquiries: Hamish Macaskill (858) 755-3115 x104 [email protected] Fax (858) 794-2822 [email protected] Korea/Thailand/Indonesia/Vietnam: Eric Yang Agency Henry Shin [email protected] 2 | S D L A Frankfurt 2018 LISA SEE ISLAND OF THE SEA WOMEN (Scribner, March 2019) Translation only Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. Despite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook’s differences are impossible to ignore. The Island of Sea Women is an epoch set over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator, and she will forever be marked by this association. Young-sook was born into a long line of haenyeo and will inherit her mother’s position leading the divers in their village. Their friendship is tested by war, betrayal, and the rough depths of the ocean. This beautiful, ambitious novel illuminates a world turned upside down and, ultimately, the power of forgiveness. Also by Lisa See: THE TEA GIRL OF HUMMINGBIRD LANE (Scribner, March 2017) A New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Publisher's Weekly, Globe & Mail and Indie Bestseller Sold to: China Lijiang France Flammari Estonia Kunst Israel Modan Italy Longanesi Netherlands House of Books Poland Swiat Ksiazki Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, Peony in Love, Flower Net (an Edgar-Award nominee), The Interior, Dragon Bones, and China Dolls, as well as the critically acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. She lives in Los Angeles. 3 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 ROBERT POBI CITY OF WINDOWS (St. Martin’s Press, August 2019) Translation only “A tough, wise, knowing narrative voice, a great plot, a great setting, and even better characters — I loved this.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author When Manhattan is buried by the worst blizzard to hit the East Coast in a century, it is not the lunar temperatures or the six feet of snow blanketing the concrete eco-system that paralyzes the city--it is the sniper targeting law enforcement officers. After computer model results show that the killer is somehow bending the laws of physics, university professor (and former FBI agent) Dr. Lucas Page is coaxed out of retirement to put his legendary skill set against both man and nature. But after joining the investigation, Page learns that the FBI is focusing in the wrong direction, and that someone inside the bureau might actually be orchestrating the killings. There is nothing more difficult than trying to hide from a man with a rifle in a City of Windows. Sold to: Denmark Hoff & Poulsen France Les Arènes Japan Hayakawa UK Hodder Also by Robert Pobi: BLOODMAN (Thomas & Mercer, 2012) “Jake Cole has to be one of the most compelling and tormented protagonists in recent crime fiction. The plot of this first novel is clever, the pacing is relentless, and Pobi’s updates on the growth of the hurricane are almost welcome interludes amid the pervasive creepiness and horror of the growing body count and Jake’s appalling past. Bloodman is a remarkable debut.”—Booklist Sold to: Brazil Saraiva China Beijing Bocaiyaji Denmark Rosenkilde & Bahnhof France Sonatine Germany Ullstein Greece Hellas Harllenic Hungary Kossuth Kiado Italy Mondadori Korea Viche Netherlands Karakter Spain Ediciones B UK Random House Robert Pobi is the author of Bloodman (2012), Mannheim Rex (2013), and American Woman (2014). Reviewers have compared his writing to the likes of Thomas Harris and Stephen King. O Magazine selected Bloodman for their 2012 summer reading list. 4 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 ROSHANI CHOKSHI THE GILDED WOLVES (YA) (Wednesday Books, January 2019) “This is a book to swan dive into, swim around in, luxuriate in.” —Laini Taylor, NYT bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts. Sold to: Poland Galeria Ksiazki Russia Exmo Spain Hidra ARU SHAH AND THE SONG OF DEATH (MG) (Rick Riordan Presents, March 2019) Aru Shah is only just getting the hang of this whole demigod thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The Arrow of the god of love has gone missing, and the thief isn't playing Cupid. Instead, they're turning people into Heartless/fighting machine zombies. If that wasn't bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn't find the Arrow by the next full moon, she'll be kicked out of the Otherworld. Along with her soul-sister Mini, Aru will team up with Brynne, an ultra-strong and ultra-bossy girl who knows more than she lets on, and Aiden, the boy who lives across the street, whose hiding plenty of secrets. Sold to: Brazil Vergana & Riba China Jieli France Albin Michel Iran Houpaa Israel Modan Poland Galeria Ksiaski Russia AST Spain Hydra UK Scholastic Publishers of Aru Shah and the End of Time (Book 1): Brazil Vergana & Riba Bulgaria Iztok Zapad China Jieli Czech Albatros Denmark Straarup & Co France Albin Michel Indonesia Mizan Israel Modan Netherlands Van Goor Norway Vigm. & Bjorke Poland Galeria Ksiaski Romania Gr Art Russia AST Slovak Albatros Taiwan Yuan-Liou Turkey Ithaki UK Scholastic Roshani Chokshi is the New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen, A Crown of Wishes, and Aru Shah and the End of Time, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for 14 weeks. 5 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 FICTION LOOKING FOR GARBO Translation only Jonathan Miller (Amphorae, Spring 2019) Sick of making cable documentaries, James Main places an ad looking for anyone who knew movie goddess Greta Garbo. He’s delighted when Seth Moseley, a salty old tabloid reporter, replies with the promise of an untold story of why the reclusive star left Hollywood at the height of her fame. The catch: James must go from Los Angeles to Norfolk, Connecticut in the dead of winter to get the exclusive. Dying of emphysema, Seth tells the story of when he was a cut-throat paparazzo stow away aboard the S.S. Athenia, intent on getting a candid photo of Garbo. Instead, he falls hard for the enigmatic star as soon as he meets her face to face. But while the Athenia is still steaming across the Atlantic, war in Europe unexpectedly breaks out, tasking Seth with saving the movie star in the middle of an open ocean swarming with Nazis. Their escape brings Garbo’s film career to a premature end and shatters both their lives. And, unbeknownst to James, hearing their story decades later will change his own life forever. Jonathan Miller is a researcher, screenwriter, and presenter. He lives in California. THE FIGGS Ali Bryan (Freehand Books, May 2018) “There’s something wonderfully raw and n ew here. Ali Bryan gets it… family, friends, relationships, and the ups and downs that make us human. She filters it through a lens that's a rare treat for a reader to look through.” ―Bradley Somer, author of Fishbowl The Figgs combines the quirkiness of Miriam Toews, the startling humour and fierce energy of Heather O’Neill, the heart of Little Miss Sunshine, and the unruly family dynamics of Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You into one hilarious, immensely fun novel. Ali Bryan is an award-winning novelist and creative non-fiction writer based in Calgary, Canada. Her first novel Roost (Freehand, 2013) won the Alberta Literary Awards Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia.
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