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HILL NADELL LITERARY AGENCY Rights List – London Book Fair 2020 nonfiction author title publishers release Billy Mernit Writing the Romantic Comedy: Harper Paperbacks* February 2020 The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories Taiwan/Azoth Books for the Screen 20th Anniversary expanded edition of Bill Mernit’s classic celebration of romantic comedies. What makes us love romcoms? Written in a refreshingly accessible style and updated and expanded to recognize a fresh generation of romantic comedies, the 20th Anniversary edition of Writing the Romantic Comedy studies and analyzes beloved romantic classics such as When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall, Tootsie, and The Lady Eve to modern-day favorites including Hitch, (500) Days of Summer, Bridesmaids, and Silver Linings Playbook. “Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”—Alexa Junge, writer/producer of Friends “Insightful, thorough, and easy to use, this step-by-step guide expertly balances the craft and the art of writing the romantic comedy. Billy Mernit really knows his stuff, and after reading this book, you will too.”—Stephen Mazur, co-writer of Liar, Liar Billy Mernit serves as a story analyst and script consultant at Universal Pictures, and is a Distinguished Instructor at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Author of the novel Imagine Me and You (Random House), he has also published twenty romance novels for Harlequin and Berkley/Jove under a female nom de plume. During his many years in the entertainment industry, he has written for NBC’s Santa Barbara, and *Publisher controls World rights composed songs recorded by Carly Simon, Judy Collins, and Morrissey. Stefany Anne Golberg My Morningless Mornings Unnamed Press March 2020 Equal parts coming-of-age memoir, art history, and philosophical inquiry, My Morningless Mornings is one woman’s reckoning with sleeplessness. Weaving together metaphor and myth, art and psychology, Golberg explores what wakefulness really means. Why 3am is when most crimes are committed, when fevers either break or triumph, why it is called “the hour of the wolf.” My Morningless Mornings is a startling and lyrical inquiry into the liminal space between night and day, what consciousness means and why insomnia may be a state to celebrate rather than dread. “Hypnotically written and impressively weird, My Morningless Mornings is an intense and harrowing meditation on Stefany Anne Golberg’s youthful insomnia. More than that, though, it’s a moving mini-portrait of the bond between a father and his daughter. I really loved this book.” —Tom Bissell, author of Apostle and co-author of The Disaster Artist “This extraordinary little book is a cabinet of wonders. Like Patti Smith’s Woolgathering, Golberg’s My Morningless Mornings transforms seeming mundanities into magic by viewing life through an artful lens that makes everything feel novel. Pure alchemy.” One of Buzzfeed Books’ “15 Small Press Books to Kick Off —J. M. Tyree, co-author of Our Secret Life in the Movies Your 2020 Reading Season” Stefany Anne Goldberg is a multi media artist who co-founded Flux Factory, an arts collective in Brooklyn. Along with her husband Morgan Meis, she published Dead People, a series of eulogies about cultural icons, praised by Adam Gopnik, Tom Bissell, and Keith Gessen. She has written for the Washington Post, Lapham’s Quarterly, and the New England Review. She lives in Detroit where she has created a public art museum in her house named the Huckleberry Explorer’s Club. www.hillnadell.com [email protected] HILL NADELL LITERARY AGENCY Rights List – London Book Fair 2020 author title publishers release Katie Orphan Read Me, Los Angeles: Prospect Park Books* March 2020 Exploring L.A.’s Book Culture A witty and insightful book on the culture, people, humor, and zeitgeist of L.A. Read Me, Los Angeles is a colorful, lively, and informed celebration of all things bookish in L.A. past and present, including interviews with current Los Angeles writers; day trips in search of favorite fictional characters, from Marlowe to Weetzie Bat; author quotes galore; curated lists of the must-read Los Angeles books; a look at where writers have lived and worked in the City of Angels; and insight into the city’s book festivals, bookstores, publishers, literacy nonprofits, libraries, and more. Rich with photographs, book images, and vintage maps. Selected writers showcased in Read Me, Los Angeles: Eve Babitz, David Ulin, Luis Valdez, Naomi Hirahara, Raymond Chandler, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, John Fante, Charles Bukowski, James M. Cain, Joan Didion, Liska Jacobs, Jerry Stahl, and more! “The book is a chatty guide to literary tourism in the city but it has surprising depth… While Read Me is a light romp, it has the potential to open new doors to familiar territory.”—Alta Magazine Katie Orphan is the former manager of The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles, where she worked for a decade. The co-author of The Last Bookstore’s guide to downtown L.A. and the author of the recurring feature “Drinking with the Ghost” for the Los Angeles Review of Books, she’s been a longtime literary explorer. She earned a *Publisher controls World BA in English literature from Whitworth University and an MA in literature and history English rights from the University of Sheffield, where she focused on travel writing and literary tourism. She lives in Los Angeles. Sara Dahmen Copper, Iron, and Clay: William Morrow* April 2020 A Smith’s Journey A gorgeous, full-color illustrated love letter to the artistry and workmanship behind copper pots, cast iron skillets, and classic stoneware, written by the only female coppersmith in America. Writer and coppersmith Sara Dahmen starts with a crucial question: What are you cooking on? Cookware made from pure copper and cast iron lasts centuries; cheap nonstick pans get thrown in landfills. Sara became infatuated with the trades of copper and tinsmithing while researching historical fiction and learning about the cookware made and used by people on the American frontier. She discovered that the original pioneer cookware had disappeared and the industry was defunct. So she embarked on a life-changing journey to find local artisans to create her own cookware line, and thus began a new career as a coppersmith, leading to friendships and apprenticeships with seasoned craftspeople whose hard-won knowledge has been nearly lost to time. Sara’s story of unflagging determination as she learned these fascinating crafts will inspire readers everywhere. Each chapter delves into the history, science, and practical uses of cookware and profiles international companies like Mauviel and Ruffoni. Sara shares her best care instructions—from polishing copper to seasoning cast iron. Copper, Iron, and Clay is an inspiring window into one woman’s passionate obsession. “An indispensable cookware reference that every cook should have in their library. I learned so much from it... and you will too!” —David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen and Drinking French Sara Dahmen is the founder of House Copper & Cookware, a line of American-made cookware created with pure, natural materials and the help from local family-owned companies. Her cookware has been featured in Cooking Light, Food and Wine, Veranda, Beekman 1802, Root+Bone, Midwest Living, and many more. She *Publisher controls World rights lives in Port Washington, Wisconsin with her husband and three young children. www.hillnadell.com [email protected] HILL NADELL LITERARY AGENCY Rights List – London Book Fair 2020 author title publishers release Maggie Downs Braver Than You Think: Counterpoint Press* May 2020 Around The World on The Trip of My Audio/Brilliance (Mother’s) Lifetime At age 34, newly married and established in her career as an award-winning newspaper journalist, Maggie Downs quits her job, sells her belongings, and embarks on the solo trip of a lifetime: Her mother’s. “Maggie Downs is Braver Than You Think—and braver than she thinks…This is a book about love and loss, yes, but also about survival, about curiosity and determination, and about how to thrive when the world seems suddenly to hold no certainty. I devoured this book in one sitting, and closed its last pages enriched, moved, and inspired. You will be, too.”―Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body “With a mother in the final stages of Alzheimer’s, Maggie Downs tries to run from her grief, but instead takes us to the far reaches of the globe, cuddling (and being bitten) by endangered monkeys, bonding with elephants, and working to save sea turtles. It’s a journey to make any of us wonder if we’re braver than we think.” —Pulitzer Prize winner Diana Marcum, author of The Tenth Island “What a gorgeous book—full of adventure and suspense—I’d follow Maggie Downs anywhere. She’s not just intrepid, she’s excellent company: funny, deep, vulnerable, exquisitely honest, and such a good writer. Downs is the hero we need now—one to Featured on Publishers inspire each of us to be our best self and live our best life.” Weekly’s “Psychic —Dinah Lenney, author of The Object Parade Explorations: New Travel Books 2020" Maggie Downs is a writer, mother, and adventurer based in Palm Springs, California. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Today.com, and Racked, among other publications. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of California Riverside-Palm Desert. Braver Than You Think is her first *Publisher controls World rights book. Shann Nix Jones How to Start a Business on Your Hay House UK* May 2020 Kitchen Table American journalist turned Welsh entrepreneur shares how she created a multi-million-dollar business in four years, with no previous business experience and zero advertising budget.