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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

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Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, , , , Flower Net (an Edgar-Award nominee), , , and , as well as the critically acclaimed memoir . 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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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THE FOREST OF ENCHANTMENT Chitra Divakaruni (Harper India, Spring 2019)

The Ramayana, one of the world’s greatest epics, is the tale of the earth-shattering battle between Ram, the virtuous but stubborn prince of Ayodhya and Ravan, the demon-king of Lanka who has defeated even the gods. It is the tale of the battle between the forces of civilization and the power of the wilderness. But it also contains within it a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita, the wife of Ram, at the center of the novel. This is Sita’s version of events: her adventure, her heartbreak, her #MeToo testimony.

Also by Chitra Divakaruni:

BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS (Simon & Schuster, 2016)

“Emotionally accessible…[Divakaruni] balances the ache of separation with the thrills of independence and self-discovery…her characteristic passion, nerve and insight into the troubled soul are here in full.” —The Wall Street Journal

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THE PALACE OF ILLUSIONS (Doubleday, 2008)

“A mythic tale brimming with warriors, magic and treachery. . . . Divakaruni's sentences dazzle; the images she creates are masterful.” —Los Angeles Times

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning and bestselling author, poet, activist and teacher of writing. Her books have been translated into 29 languages, and many of them have been used for campus-wide and city-wide reads. She lives in Houston with her husband Murthy and has two sons, Anand and Abhay, who are in college.

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SCIENCE: TECH

THE JOY OF FINDING OUT Dan Russell (MIT, Fall 2019) Translation only

"Each chapter is a fascinating journey where we learn interesting things about the world, and, incidentally, how to become master searchers ourselves.” —Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

You thought you knew how to search until now. You even thought you know what could be known. We can find information that’s scattered across the planet. We can see across history, across the world—through our phones! But we need the skills to parse through it all, to find truth, to find fact. Do you really know how to search? Because those who know how to use online resources efficiently and effectively will be able to massively outperform those who don’t.

The Joy of Finding Out tells stories about how the reader can harness the massive collective knowledge now available at our fingertips by demonstrating practical online Search skills through a delightful narrative. In each chapter, Daniel Russell, a senior research scientist at Google who has an insatiable curiosity, asks amusingly quirky questions he encounters in everyday life. In the process, he shows us how to find the answer…to just about anything.

Daniel Russell is Google’s Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness. He earned his PhD in computer science, specializing in Artificial Intelligence until he realized that amplifying human intelligence was his real passion. His online course, PowerSearchingWithGoogle.com, has had nearly 3 million students pass through its virtual doors—currently 3,000 students study the course each week.

8 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 HISTORY: ANCIENT

GODS AND ROBOTS: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology Adrienne Mayor (Princeton, November 2018) Translation only

“A collection of wondrous tales that present ancient myths as the proto-science fiction stories they are.”—Kirkus Reviews

"[A] lively study of mythology and technology....Mayor's exploration of the endless inventiveness of the Greek imagination makes for an engrossing read."—Publisher's Weekly

“Gods and Robots is a hugely enjoyable book. Adrienne Mayor tackles a fascinating area of ancient experience and imagination that has barely been explored hitherto, and she does so with originality and vigor.”—Armand D’Angour, University of Oxford

A groundbreaking account of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life, Gods and Robots reveals how some of today’s most advanced innovations in robotics and AI were anticipated in ancient myth―and how science has always been driven by imagination.

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Also by Adrienne Mayor:

THE AMAZONS: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World (Princeton University Press, 2014) Translation only

“Fluidly written and exhaustively researched, this fascinating book lit up my mind and my sense of humanity, not just with women in it, but under it, above it, flinging out constellations and atoms; carving out grand canyons hand-in-hand with men and beasts and glaciers too." —Neko Case for the New York Times

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Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University, and the author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy (Princeton), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. 9 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 HISTORY: RELIGION

WHEN CHRISTIANS WERE JEWS Paula Fredriksen (Yale US/UK, October 2018)

In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers this question by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community. As her account arcs from this group’s hopeful celebration of Passover with Jesus, through their bitter controversies that fragmented the movement’s midcentury missions, to the city’s fiery end in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, she brings this vibrant apostolic community to life. Fredriksen offers a vivid portrait both of this temple-centered messianic movement, and of the bedrock convictions that animated and sustained it.

“Eloquent, informed, and provocative, this book offers a necessary corrective to a number of prevailing views of Jesus, Paul, and the Gospel writers. Paula Fredriksen advances the studies of both Judaism and Christianity.” —Amy-Jill Levine, author of Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi

"A scintillating, original, and brilliant concise synthesis—Fredriksen's own and that of a gifted generation of revisionist historians, both Jewish and Christian." —Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography

Also by Paula Fredriksen:

AUGUSTINE AND THE JEWS: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism (Doubleday, 2009)

“A formidable work of cultural archaeology.”—Booklist

This provocative book traces the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of Christian anti-Judaism and shows how and why Augustine challenged this toxic tradition.

Paula Fredriksen is the Aurelio Professor of Scripture Emerita at Boston University and distinguished visiting professor of comparative religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her King of the Jews (Knopf 1999) won a 1999 National Jewish Book Award.

10 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 NON-FICTION

FIRE AND ICE: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America’s Elite Alpine Warriors Maurice Isserman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Fall 2019)

Based on newly opened archives, Fire and Ice tells the remarkable story of this exceptional group of elite soldiers, who not only had a significant impact on the war, but sparked the environmental movement through the Sierra Club.

Also by Maurice Isserman: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: A History of American Mountaineering (W.W. Norton & Co., 2016)

Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents.

Maurice Isserman is the author of Continental Divide and coauthor of Fallen Giants, winner of Banff Prize for best mountaineering history, as well as the National Outdoor Book Award. He is a professor of history at Hamilton College.

ART WRECK: The Lost Ship of Catherine the Great Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees ON SALE

In October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Russian Empress Catherine the Great, when it crashed on storm-drenched boulders off the Finnish coast, taking her priceless cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. Among the lost treasures mourned was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter Gerrit Dou, Rembrandt’s first student and Holland’s first international superstar artist. The Vrouw Maria became a Baltic legend, confounding would-be salvagers for more than two hundred years. In July 1999, a daring Finnish wreck hunter found Vrouw Maria, upright on the sea floor and perfectly preserved. In a narrative non-fiction rendering, in the spirit of Gary Kinder and Robert Kurson, Art Wreck is a tale of maritime adventure and archaeology that plays out on the beguiling Archipelago Sea.

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Gerald Easter is the author of multiple books and articles on Russian politics, including the award-winning Capital, Coercion and Postcommunist States. Mara Vorhees is a freelance travel writer. She is the author of scores of travel guidebooks, book chapters, and feature articles about Russia, Finland, and other destinations. 11 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 HEALTH

GIRL BONER: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment August McLaughlin (Amberjack, August 2018)

In Girl Boner: The Good Girl’s Guide to Sexual Empowerment, August McLaughlin offers the perfect companion for women of all ages seeking richer, fuller, and more pleasure-filled lives―on their terms.

An unfiltered blend of personal narrative and practical tips on relationships, solo play, journaling, gender issues, and more, Girl Boner will “empower you to own your sexual self and enjoy … your whole life a great deal more.”

"Combining sex advice with health information, McLaughlin addresses sex work, body image, sexually transmitted diseases, along with topics like masturbation and sex positions, while using language (“person with a vulva” and “person with a penis”) to ensure inclusion of trans and gender-nonbinary people throughout… Equally fun, risqué, and informative, this is a welcome addition to sexual health literature." —Publisher's Weekly

"Sassy, spicy, and deceptively wise, this book will empower you to own your sexual self and enjoy your romantic life ― and your whole life ― a great deal more." ―Victoria Moran, international bestselling author of Creating a Charmed Life

August McLaughlin is a nationally recognized health and sexuality writer, media personality, and creator of the empowering brand Girl Boner®. Her feature articles have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Salon, DAME magazine, the Huffington Post, LIVESTRONG.com, and more. On her weekly podcast “Girl Boner® Radio,” she interviews sex and relationship experts, celebrity entertainers, everyday women, and more, exploring women’s lives and sexuality “like no one else.”

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THE SMALL GUIDE TO ANXIETY Dr. Gary Small & Gigi Vorgan (Humanix, September 2018)

A comprehensive overview of anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias -- along with the latest treatment solutions from conventional and alternative therapies to new scientific discoveries and interventions. In addition to case studies and patient interviews, all chapters will include side-bars with factoids, lists, and other helpful information.

Dr. Gary Small is a professor of psychiatry and director of the UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world's leading innovators in science and technology.

Gigi Vorgan has written, produced, and appeared in numerous feature films and television projects before co-writing with her husband, Dr. Gary Small.

Also by Gary Small & Gigi Vorgan:

SNAP: Change Your Personality in 30 Days to Remake Yourself (Humanix, December 2017)

A proven program which we can all use to assess our strengths and weaknesses, so we can change our negatives to positives, and show results in as little as 30 days.

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TWO WEEKS TO A YOUNGER BRAIN (Humanix, 2015)

"Dr. Small's ability to translate scientific breakthroughs into practical strategies helps us all protect our brain health. This book is a must- read for boosting memory and optimizing brain power." —P. Murali Doriaswamy, MD, co-author of The Alzheimer's Action Plan

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SUCH A PERFECT WIFE: A Bailey Weggins Mystery Kate White (Harper, May 2019)

New York Times bestselling author Kate White returns in this next installment of the Bailey Weggins mysteries.

Just a couple of weeks shy of her 34th birthday, Shannon Blaine, a blonde, green-eyed wife and mother of two, disappeared after going for a morning jog in her neighborhood of Lake George, NY. Wasting no time, Shannon’s sister organizes search parties with the police.

Bailey Weggins is on assignment covering Shannon’s disappearance. It’s a small town, so naturally she wonders if the person responsible must be someone close to Shannon. When an anonymous caller reaches out to Bailey with a cryptic message that Shannon was a “good Catholic girl,” Bailey soon learn that Shannon’s case isn’t an isolated incident.

About a decade prior, a serial killer had targeted young blonde women in the area, leaving each of them with stigmata markings. Why had the serial killer chosen this particular calling card? Other than the similarities in appearance, why were these women targeted? And most disturbing of all, why has this psychopath decided to resume the slayings after so many years?

When another reporter who is similarly following the Shannon Blaine story is murdered, Bailey is in a desperate race against time as she goes on the hunt to track down a serial killer, who always seems to be one step ahead….

“White builds suspense masterfully, and this seventh in the Bailey Weggins series has the makings of another hit. Bailey is a smart, sexy sleuth, and her exploits make for thoroughly entertaining reading.”—Booklist on Even if it Kills Her (Harper, 2017)

Kate White is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve murder mysteries and thrillers and several hugely popular career books. For fourteen years, White was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, where she increased overall circulation by 30 percent and made Cosmo the #1 magazine in the U.S. in single copy sales.

14 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 THRILLER

MY DETECTIVE Jeffrey Fleishman (Blackstone, April 2019) Translation only

The Los Angeles "renaissance" is booming. Buildings are going up as money pours in. But someone is killing the architects who are giving the city a much-needed facelift. Detective Sam Carver works the streets of the City of Angeles, where homeless, hipsters, producers, immigrants, politicians, movie stars and cops collide in unexpected ways. Every move Carver makes is anticipated by the killer, Dylan Cross. She has hacked his computer and knows his secrets. She sees in him a kindred and damaged spirit, a man who can understand her crimes and one day heal her scars and possibly even love her.

My Detective is a story of obsession set against vengeance and prayers of forgiveness in a city that is as cruel as it is fantastical. It captures modern LA in real time where winds gust high above the San Gabriel Mountains and neighborhoods stretch toward the ocean. It speaks to our sense of beauty in a new century and the demons we rouse when we dare to create a new metropolis.

Jeffrey Fleishman is a culture writer and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a former Neiman Fellow at Harvard University. His previous two novels, PROMISED VIRGINS (Arcade/2009) and SHADOWMAN (Steerforth/2012) were well-reviewed and SHADOWMAN was selected as an Indie Next List Book. The story is told in alternating chapters by Dylan Cross and "her detective," Sam Carver.

15 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 THRILLER

BURNING LAKE Alice Blanchard (Minotaur, Spring 2019) Translation only

Four teenage girls meet in secret in a small town in upper New York State. Dark lipstick, white powder, black-as-shit hair. Words repeated for protection. Sleepovers with Ouija boards. They’re all church-goers and Honor Society members—all perfectly "normal girls." In the vortex of adolescent anxiety that lies at the heart of the story, Detective Natalie discovers that nothing is what it seems. The tangled bonds between a pack of high school students mask the deeper complexities at the heart of the escalating violence when a popular high school teacher is found gruesomely murdered.

As long-buried secrets rise to the surface and events spiral out of control, Natalie is forced to confront her most terrifying memory—the unspoken thing that happened when she was a child. Amidst these ordinary families and cozy homes in the idyllic town of Burning Lake… a much darker force is at work behind the seemingly unrelated tragedies.

Also by Alice Blanchard: A BREATH AFTER DROWNING (Titan, April 2018) Translation only

Child psychiatrist Kate Wolfe's world comes crashing down when one of her young patients commits suicide, so when a troubled girl is left at the hospital ward, she doubts her ability to help. But the girl knows things about Kate's past, things she shouldn't know, forcing Kate to face the murky evidence surrounding her own sister's murder sixteen years before, bringing Kate face to face with her deepest fear.

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Alice Blanchard won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction for her book of stories, The Stuntman's Daughter. Her first novel, Darkness Peering was named one of the New York Times Book Review's Notable Books. Alice has received a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, a New Letters Literary Award and a Centrum Artists in Residence Fellowship.

16 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 THRILLER

A KNIFE IN THE FOG Brad Harper (Seventh Street, October 2018)

“Arthur Conan Doyle chasing after Jack the Ripper? Bradley Harper makes this irresistible pairing come alive. Ingenious in its premise and plotting, impressive in its unique forensic precision, infectious in its overflowing passion for the subject matter, A Knife in the Fog will be relished by fans of historical fiction, Sherlock Holmes, and Ripper literature. A debut novel worth falling for.” —Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Chamber

Physician Arthur Conan Doyle takes a break from his practice to assist London police in tracking down Jack the Ripper in this debut novel and series starter.

Bradley Harper is a retired US Army Colonel and pathologist with a great deal of experience in autopsies and forensic investigation. A life-long fan of Sherlock Holmes, he did intensive research for this debut novel, including a trip to London's East End with noted Jack the Ripper historian Richard Jones.

THE LAST SWORD MAKER: A Thriller Brian Nelson (Blackstone, October 2018) Translation only

"The danger is unique, and the treachery vast, in this rapid-paced adventure that delivers in equal doses of amazing, yet possible. An intriguing tale that will leave you thinking.” –Steve Berry, #1 International Bestselling author of the Cotton Malone thriller series.

The Last Sword Maker is an exciting globe-trotting thriller with unforgettable characters that depicts a haunting vision of the future of warfare.

Brian Nelson is the author of The Silence and the Scorpion: The Coup against Chávez and the Making of Modern Venezuela. His work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Christian Science Monitor and the Southern Humanities Review, among others.

17 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE GRADE – Translation Only

WICKED SAINTS by Emily A. Duncan (YA) (Wednesday Books, April 2019)

"Full of blood and monsters and magic—this book destroyed me and I adored it. Emily is a wicked storyteller, she’s not afraid to hurt her characters or her readers. If you’ve ever fallen in love with a villain you will fall hard for this book." —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

“Wicked Saints is a lush, brutal, compelling fantasy that is dark, deep, and bloody—absolutely riveting… [This] gothic jewel of a story will sink its visceral iron claws into you, never letting go until you’ve turned the last page. And truthfully, not even then—the explosive ending will haunt you for days!” —Robin LaFevers, New York Times bestselling author of the His Fair Assassin trilogy

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Emily A. Duncan was born and raised in Ohio and works as a youth services librarian. Wicked Saints is her debut novel.

HULLMETAL GIRLS by Emily Skrutskie (Delacorte, 2018) (YA)

For fans of Pierce Brown and Rhoda Belleza, Hullmetal Girls is epic space adventure full of action, heart and two kick-butt heroines, in the vein of Battlestar Galactica meets Pacific Rim.

“A great science fiction story for readers who are not interested in romance, this title is recommended for fans of Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff and Across the Universe by Beth Revis.” —VOYA Magazine (starred review)

Emily Skrutskie is the author of The Abyss Surrounds Us and The Edge of the Abyss.

SPINNER OF DREAMS by K.A. Reynolds (Harper, July 2019) (MG)

Cursed at birth by the Fate Spinner, Annalise Meriwether lives a solitary life with her loving parents. There’s only one way for Annalise to change her fate and rid herself of her curse: enter the Labyrinth of Fate and Dreams to find the Fate Spinner, the deadly enchantress. If Annalise can make it out of the Labyrinth alive, she will come face to face with the merciful Spinner of Dreams—the only one with the power to undo the curse.

Also by K.A. Reynolds: THE LAND OF YESTERDAY (Harper, July 2018)

18 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 PICTURE BOOKS – Translation Only

LOVE, Z Jessie Sima (Simon & Schuster, Dec 2018)

"The message is an appealing one that could speak to many family situations relating to multiple identities...feel-good story" —Kirkus Reviews on Not Quite Narwhal (2017)

From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes the story of a young robot trying to find the meaning of “love.”

When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed “Love, Beatrice,” they decide to find out what “love” means. Unable to get an answer from the other robots, they leave to embark on an adventure that will lead them to Beatrice—and back home again, where love was hiding all along.

Jessie Sima is an author/illustrator living and working in New York City. She grew up in a small town in Southern New Jersey, unaware that she was a storyteller. Once she figured it out, she told her family and friends. They took it quite well. She is the author of Not Quite Narwhal, Harriet Gets Carried Away, and Love, Z.

I AM A WOLF Kelly Leigh Miller (Dial, June 2019)

In this pet adoption story that's as laugh-out-loud funny as it is heart-tugging, a dog who insists she's a wolf finds the perfect home with a young girl who sees past her prickly personality.

When a particularly growly pup finds herself in an animal shelter, she insists that she is a wolf--a lone wolf. After all, she's not sweet, she's not cute, and she is just fine on her own! Luckily, there's one little girl at the shelter who knows that sometimes, good dogs act bad when they feel afraid and that extending a little kindness can help even the most wolfish pup at the pound let down her guard.

Kelly Leigh Miller is an author/illustrator living in Chicago, IL with Frankie, the lovable bad-dog-turned-good, who inspired Wolf. This is her debut picture book.

19 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 MEMOIR HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THE PAST BEGINS: Memory and Imagination Amy Tan (Ecco/Harper, Oct. 2017)

“Any book by best-selling Tan is cause for excitement, and this surprising and gripping memoir will be zealously promoted and discussed.”—Booklist, starred review

Sold to: China Foreign Lang. Univ. Germany RH Italy Salani Poland Prozynski Spain Planeta UK HarperCollins

Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese American experience.

AT HOME WITH MUHAMMAD ALI: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Forgiveness Hana Yasmeen Ali (Transworld, Sept 2018) Translation only

Through audio journals, love letters and cherished memories, Hana offers a candid look at a man who was trying to find his purpose in the world as he realized he was coming to the end of his lucrative boxing career, all the while trying to balance fatherhood and his worldly and political obligations.

Hana Ali’s first book, More than a Hero, was published by Pocketbooks in 2001. Her most recent work, The Soul of a Butterfly, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004.

MAGICAL REALISM FOR NON-BELIEVERS: A Memoir of Finding Family Anika Fajardo (Univ. of Minnesota Press, March 2019)

A debut memoir of finding family and a father she’s never known, from the United States to Anika’s birthplace in Colombia.

Anika Fajardo was born in Colombia and raised in Minnesota. A writer, editor, and teacher; she lives in the very literary city of Minneapolis.

ZELDA, THE QUEEN OF PARIS: The True Story of the Luckiest Dog in the World Paul Chutkow (Lyons Press, 2011)

“[The] story of Zelda is a modern day Pygmalion tale… many readers of his evocative, entertaining story would say that it is actually Paul Chutkow who is the luckiest guy in the world.” —NY Journal of Books

Sold to: France Editions Laffont

Paul Chutkow enjoys writing about inspirational figures and places.

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AMOROUS HEART: An Unconventional History of Love Marilyn Yalom (Basic, Jan. 2018) Translation only

Amorous Heart traces the history of the two-lobed heart symbol through jewelry, paintings, letters, tapestries, t-shirts, and text messages, shedding light on how the Western world has imagined and experienced love, from antiquity to the present day.

Sold to: Korea Window of Times Germany Random House Romania Nemira House

Marilyn Yalom is the author of widely acclaimed books such as A History of the Breast, A History of the Wife, Birth of the Chess Queen, and, most recently, How the French Invented Love. She lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband, psychiatrist and author Irvin D. Yalom.

THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist Marcus Rediker (Beacon, September 2017)

The Fearless Benjamin Lay chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular and astonishing man—Benjamin Lay, a Quaker dwarf who became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Sold to: France du Seuil UK/AZ Verso Italy Eleuthera

Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collège d’études mondiales in Paris. He is the author of numerous prize-winning books.

HITLER IN LOS ANGELES: How Jews and their Spies Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Steven J. Ross (Bloomsbury, October 2017) A finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize

The chilling, little-known story of the rise of Nazism in Los Angeles, and the Jewish leaders and spies they recruited who stopped it. Featuring a large cast of Nazis, undercover agents, and colorful supporting players, Hitler in Los Angeles tells the story of Leon Lewis's daring spy network in a time when hate groups had moved from the margins to the mainstream.

Sold to: China Shanghai Insight

Steven J. Ross is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life. 21 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 NATURE HIGHLIGHTS

STILL WATERS: The Secret World of Lakes Curt Stager (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) Translation

Through decades of firsthand investigations, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea, Stager examines the significance of our impacts on some of the world’s most iconic inland waters. Along the way he discovers the stories these lakes contain about us, including our loftiest philosophical ambitions and our deepest myths.

Sold To: China Thinkingdom Korea Kachi

Curt Stager is an ecologist, paleoclimatologist, and science journalist. His writing has appeared in Science and Quaternary Research, National Geographic, New York Times, Fast Company, and Adirondack Life, among other publications.

NATURALIST AT LARGE: The Best of Bernd Heinrich Bernd Heinrich (HMH, May 2018) Translation

“Mr. Heinrich’s science is philosophical and aesthetic… In this age of heedless policies and unpredictably accelerating transformation, an attentive orientation to our beleaguered planet that privileges care and responsibility (as well as truth and beauty) is not only worth celebrating but also worth defending.” —Wall Street Journal

Sold to: China Shanghai Scientific

Bernd Heinrich is an acclaimed scientist and the author of award-winning books. He writes for Scientific American, Outside, American Scientist, and Audubon.

PLASTIC OCEAN: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched a Determined Quest to Save the Oceans Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips (Avery, 2012)

The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and remains one of today's key advocates for plastic pollution awareness—inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age.

Sold To: China China Ocean Italy Feltrinelli Japan NHK Books Korea Mizibooks Capt. Charles Moore is a researcher and speaker focusing on the environment. He lives in Long Beach, California. 22 | S D L A Frankfurt 201 8 ROMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Montana Mountain Series Dawn Luedecke (Kensington)

The Montana Territory is one of the last outposts of the American West—where adventure as grand as the wide-open plains is around every corner, and passion as wild as the land itself beats in every heart . . .

"Well written, well researched. Like the river, this plot runs faster and faster. Readers won't be able to put it down." —New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas WHITE WATER WILD PASSION: FIERY PASSION: PASSION: A Montana A Montana A Montana Mountain Mountain Mountain Romance #2 Romance #3 Romance #1

A country girl born and bred, Dawn Luedecke has spent most of her life surrounded by horses, country folk, and the wild terrain of Nevada, Idaho and Montana.

The Off Guard Series Katie Allen (Carina) For fans of Lauren Rowe’s THE CLUB series!

While in the military, James, Anthony, and Louis went through hell together. Although they survived, war left them damaged. Years later, the three men are wealthy and successful…and alone. None of the three are looking for love, but love finds all of them anyway.

ACTING BAKING MARRIAGE LESSONS: LESSONS: LESSONS: Off Guard #1 Off Guard #2 Off Guard #3

Katie Allen is the fabulously filthy-minded alter-ego of romantic-suspense author Katie Ruggle. She lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains until her family lured her back to Minnesota. She is also the author of the Research & Desire series.

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Sandra Dijkstra & Associates

celebrating in 2019:

Over 40 years in print: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

30th Anniversary: Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Paperback with new intro releasing March 2019)

Surpassing the love of Men by Lillian Faderman When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip & Jay Wurts If I’m So Wonderful Why Am I Still Single by Susan Page 25th Anniversary Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (Anniversary edition 2018) 20th Anniversary Backlash and Stiffed by Susan Faludi (Paperbacks with new intro releasing Spring 2019)

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