2020 London Rights Guide
2020 LONDON RIGHTS GUIDE
Dutton Penguin Plume TarcherPerigee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fiction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 History, Political Science, Science, Sociology…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 Humor, Pop Culture………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 Gift, Illustrated, Journaling, Photography, Poetry …………………………………………………………………………………………………10 Parenting, Self-Help, Spirituality……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
FICTION
Berry, Flynn NORTHERN SPY: A Novel Thriller/Fiction | Viking Hardcover | March 2021 | Translation Rights Agent: Emily Forland @ Brandt & Hochman | Editor: Lindsey Schwoeri Status: manuscript available in June 2020
A news producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground after the Good Friday agreement, but they never really went away. As the news anchor requests the public’s help in locating the group responsible for the latest raid, Tessa watches as one of the figures lowers her black mask: her sister, Marian. Marian and Tessa may have been raised to oppose Republicanism and the violence enacted in its name, but now Tessa will be forced to choose between her ideals and her family, between bystanderism and action. Walking an increasingly perilous road, she fears nothing more than endangering the one person she loves more fiercely than her sister: her infant son.
Flynn Berry is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers and the recipient of a Yaddo fellowship. Her first novel, Under the Harrow (Penguin, 2016) won the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was named a best book of the year by The Washington Post and The Atlantic.
Rights sold to: UK & C – Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Publishers of A Double Life (Viking, 2018): UK & C – Weidenfeld & Nicolson French – Presses de la Cité Spanish – Futurbox Czech – Jota Hungarian – Publish & More Alomgyar Swedish – Modernista
Publishers of Under the Harrow (Penguin, 2016): UK & C – Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hebrew – Ivrit Hebrew Publishing Norwegian – Cappelen Damm Czech – Jota Hungarian – Publish & More Alomgyar Romanian – Editura Trei Danish – Hr Ferdinand Icelandic – Forlagid Russian – AST Dutch – Luitingh-Sijthoff Italian – Sperling & Kupfer Editori Spanish – Futurbox Estonian – Varrak Publishers Japanese – Hayakawa Publishing Swedish – Modernista French – Presses de la Cité Korean – Jakkajungsin Turkish – Epsilon Yayinevi Ticaret
Bourland, Barbara UNTITLED NOVEL Fiction | Dutton Hardcover | Summer 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Victoria Sanders @ Victoria Sanders & Associates | Editor: Lindsey Rose Status: manuscript available in Spring/Summer 2020
Loosely inspired by the true story of Princess Charlene of Monaco, the harrowing story of a commoner who marries a prince, but soon discovers that what she thought was her fairy tale ending is actually her worst nightmare—and no matter how many times she tries to run away, her new life is one she’ll never be permitted to escape.
Barbara Bourland is the critically acclaimed author of I’ll Eat When I’m Dead (Grand Central, 2017) and Fake Like Me (Grand Central, 2019). She is a former freelance writer and web producer for titles at Condé Nast and Hearst, among others. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and their dogs.
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Chamberlin, Lauryn FRIENDS FROM HOME: A Novel Fiction | Dutton Hardcover | June 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Allison Hunter @ Janklow & Nesbit | Editor: Cassidy Sachs Status: manuscript available in Summer 2020
In this novel about female friendship in a time of shifting values, Jules, a young New York editor, is taken aback when her childhood best friend, an Alabama sorority girl, announces her engagement and asks Jules to be her maid of honor. Is shared history enough to carry a friendship through a lifetime?
Lauryn Chamberlin graduated from Northwestern University and worked in both journalism and tech prior to writing novels. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine, Glossy, and a variety of trade publications. FRIENDS FROM HOME is her first novel.
Farazmand, Reza CITY MONSTER Science Fiction/Graphic Novel | Plume Trade Paperback Original | November 2020 | UK Rights Agent: Charlie Olsen @ InkWell Management | Editor: Cassidy Sachs Status: manuscript available in August 2020
CITY MONSTER is set in a world of supernatural creatures, and follows a young monster who moves to the city. He loves his new life but struggles with questions about his future and keeping in touch with the family and friends he moved away from. Readers will love the monster’s sort-of roommate (a ghost who haunts the apartment) and his neighbor (a centuries-old vampire named Kim). With Reza Farazmand’s signature style and familiar snark, this graphic novel is equal parts irreverent and insightful, the perfect vehicle for conveying the utter absurdity of our bizarre and confusing times.
Reza Farazmand started putting his comics on the Internet in college at pdlcomics.tumblr.com, and was soon surprised to learn that this activity would make for an actual career. His work has since been featured in and around such places as television sets, websites, magazines, and now this book, in addition to his previous books also published by Plume: Poorly Drawn Lines (2015), Comics for a Strange World (2017), and Poorlier Drawn Lines (2019). When he’s not writing or drawing, Farazmand enjoys drinking coffee and looking at things on screens. He is generally a pretty good guy.
Herron, R.H. HUSH LITTLE BABY: A Novel Thriller/Fiction | Dutton Hardcover | May 2021 | UK Rights Agent: Susanna Einstein @ Einstein Literary Management | Editor: Stephanie Kelly Status: manuscript available in July 2020
HUSH LITTLE BABY is the story of an obstetrician and recovering alcoholic whose first pregnancy leads her to join a mommy group she finds uniquely empowering—until things start to go missing from her home, then worse, and she suspects one of her new friends may have sinister intentions.
R.H. Herron is the pseudonym of an author who lives and teaches writing in California. For seventeen years, she worked as a 911 fire/medical dispatcher, which inspired her previous title, Stolen Things (Dutton, 2019).
2 Klass, David OUT OF TIME: A Novel Thriller | Dutton Hardcover | July 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Aaron Priest @ Aaron Priest Literary Agency | Editor: Lindsey Rose Status: manuscript available
In this explosive thriller, a fiendishly clever serial bomber and self-styled “eco-terrorist” hits his sixth target, Idaho’s Boone Dam, killing a dozen innocent people. But the bomber, who calls himself “Green Man” insists these attacks are necessary to draw the world’s attention to the climate change emergency. The FBI has no real leads until young agent Tom Smith approaches the task force leader with an unexpected insight. They soon realize Tom may be the only person with the unique skills needed to catch Green Man before he strikes again.
David Klass is the author of many critically acclaimed young adult novels and has also written more than forty feature screenplays, including Kiss the Girls (starring Morgan Freeman and adapted from the novel by James Patterson), Desperate Measures (starring Michael Keaton), Walking Tall (starring The Rock), and In the Time of the Butterflies (starring Salma Hayak and adapted from the novel by Julia Alvarez). He has also written for Law and Order: Criminal Intent and currently runs the TV Writing concentration at Columbia University’s Film School.
Rights sold to: UK & C – Penguin UK French – Les Arenes Russian – AST Dutch – Volt German – Goldmann
Murphy, Jennifer SCARLET IN BLUE: A Novel Fiction | Dutton Hardcover | May 2022 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Miriam Altshuler @ DeFiore & Company | Editor: Maya Ziv Status: manuscript available in Summer 2020
The story of a mother and daughter, who stay on the move to run from a mysterious threatening man. As the mother’s mental health deteriorates, the daughter must reckon with the ever-increasing need to figure out if her mother is telling the truth, as well as try to separate herself from their shadowy history as she creates her own identity.
Jennifer Murphy holds an MFA in painting from the University of Denver and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the 2013 Loren D. Milliman Scholarship for creative writing and was a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference from 2008 through 2012. In 2015, her acclaimed debut novel, I Love You More (Doubleday, 2014), won the prestigious Nancy Pearl Fiction Award. Her love of art led her to start Citi Arts, a public art and urban planning company that has created public art master plans for airports, transit facilities, streetscapes, and cities nationwide. A painter herself, Jennifer also exhibits and sells her own work. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
Walter, Laura Maylene BODY OF STARS: A Novel Speculative Fiction | Dutton Hardcover| March 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Erin Harris @ Folio Literary Management | Editor: Stephanie Kelly Status: manuscript available in June 2020
A speculative novel set in a society where the markings on female bodies are used to predict the future, centering on a young woman who learns that her brother is going to die, but her desire to shield him from his fate will cost her a terrible price, setting her on a path to challenge the inherent misogyny in fortune telling.
Laura Maylene Walter is a writer and editor for the Cleveland Public Library, as well as the editor-in- chief of Gordon Square Reivew and a blogger for the Kenyon Review. Her writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, The Sun, Ninth Letter, The Masters Review, and many other publications. She has been a Tin House Scholar, a recipient of the Ohioana Library Association’s Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, and a writer-in-residence at Yaddo, the Chautauqua Institution, and Art Omi: Writers. 3 NONFICTION
HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY
Balcombe, Jonathan SUPER FLY: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects Science/Insects | Penguin Trade Paperback Original | November 2020 | UK Rights Agent: Stacy Glick @ Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC | Editor: Matt Klise Status: manuscript available
For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying. In SUPER FLY, the myth- busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators, predators, waste- disposers, and food source; and how flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Along the way, he reintroduces us to familiar foes like the fruit fly and mosquito, and gives us the chance to meet their lesser-known cousins like the Petroleum Fly (the only animal in the world that breeds in crude oil) and the Chocolate Midge (the sole pollinator of the Cacao tree). SUPER FLY will change the way you look at flies forever.
Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Second Nature (Macmillan, 2011), and What a Fish Knows (FSG, 2016), a New York Times bestseller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Formerly Department Chair for Animal Studies with the Humane Society University, and Director of Animal Sentience with The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, Balcombe also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he teaches a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute.
Cukier, Kenneth, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger & Francis de Vericourt FRAMERS: How Humans Can Thrive in the Age of the Machine Science | Dutton Hardcover | May 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Lisa Adams @ The Garamond Agency | Editor: Stephen Morrow Status: manuscript available in Summer 2020
FRAMERS is a far reaching look at “framing,” the essential and irreplicable skill that defines us as humans and has enabled the most original and long lasting human accomplishments; it is also an admonishment not to overvalue the role of machine intelligence lest we forfeit the essential elements of human progress. From Copernicus to the Wright Brothers to the discovery of biomarkers for PTSD, FRAMERS builds upon surprising and insightful examples of these factors at work. It goes on to show how we can choose the best frames and can switch between them or improve upon them as the situation demands. The better we are at doing so, the more certain we can be that control over the most important decisions will remain in the hands of people rather than machines.
Kenneth Cukier is a Senior Editor at The Economist, and host of its weekly podcast on technology called “Babbage.” He is an associate fellow at Said Business School at the University of Oxford, researching artificial intelligence. His TED Talk on AI and data has over 1 million page views. Viktor Mayer-Schonberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Along with Cukier, he is the coauthor of Big Data: A Revolution That Transforms How We Live, Work, and Think (HMH, 2013), which sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide. Francis de Véricourt is Professor of Management Science at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin. He has held faculty positions at Duke University and INSEAD and was a post-doctoral researcher at MIT and received a degree in applied mathematics and computer science from the Grenoble Institute of Technology as well as a PhD from Université Paris. His current research explores how machine learning affects the way individuals frame their decisions and give rise to incentive problems.
Rights sold to: UK & C – Penguin UK German – Redline Portuguese in Brazil – Editora Alta Complex Chinese – Commonwealth Korean – Book 21 Russian – Eksmo Dutch – Maven Polish – MT Biznes Simplified Chinese – CITIC
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Drakulic, Slavenka CAFÉ EUROPA REVISITED: How to Survive Post-Communism History | Penguin Trade Paperback | January 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: author c/o Penguin Books | Editor: Victoria Savanh Status: manuscript available
CAFÉ EUROPA REVISITED is an evocative, daring, and timely collection of essays that paints a portrait of Eastern Europe thirty years after the end of communism. Looking closely at artifacts and day to day life, from health insurance cards to national monuments and popular films to cultural habits, these pieces of political reportage dive into the reality of a Europe still deeply divided.
Slavenka Drakulic was born in Croatia in 1949. The critically-acclaimed author of several works of nonfiction,including Café Europa (Penguin, 1999) and novels, she has written for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and numerous publications around the world.
Ireland, Josh CHURCHILL & SON History| Dutton Hardcover| March 2021 | Translation Rights Agent: Daniel Greenberg @ Levine Greenberg Rostan | Editor: Brent Howard Status: manuscript available in June 2020
CHURCHILL & SON is a portrait of the adoring yet combustible relationship between Winston Churchill and his only son Randolph, exploring a private side of the man who saved Britain, as well as the burden of expectations.
Josh Ireland worked in publishing for eight years after leaving York University with a masters in history. He is now a freelance editor and writer.
Rights sold to: UK & C – John Murray
Jacobsen, Annie FIRST PLATOON: A Story of Modern Warfare in the Age of Identity Dominance Military History | Dutton Hardcover | June 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Jim Hornfischer @ Hornfischer Literary | Editor: John Parsley Status: manuscript available in September 2020
The bestselling author investigates warfare in the age of biometrics and the dangerous implications of new technologies that would allow governments to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time with trace DNA.
Annie Jacobsen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 (Little, Brown, 2011) and Operation Paperclip (Little, Brown, 2014) and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon’s Brain (Little, Brown, 2015). She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine and a graduate of Princeton University.
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Maurer, Kevin ROCK FORCE: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan Military History | Dutton Caliber Hardcover | December 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Frank Weimann @ Folio Literary | Editor: Brent Howard Status: manuscript available
In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, was forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manila bay. After being whisked away in the dark of night under the president’s orders months later, MacArthur was finally able to return in early 1945. He called on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly-trained veteran airborne unit, to jump onto the island and wrest it from some 6700 Japanese defenders who awaited, fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the battle’s surviving veterans, ROCK FORCE delves into this extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten, clash of the Pacific War.
Kevin Maurer is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist who has covered military operations for nearly two decades. He has been embedded with combat troops many times, including with the 82nd Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and with a Special Forces team in Afghanistan for ten weeks in 2010. His books include the massively successful No Easy Day (Dutton, 2012), the inside story of the Bin Laden raid, co-written with former Navy SEAL Mark Owen.
Schaefer, Kayleen BUT YOU’RE STILL SO YOUNG Sociology | Dutton Hardcover | March 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Allison Hunter @ Janklow & Nesbit | Editor: Maya Ziv Status: manuscript available in July 2020
From bestselling author Kayleen Schaefer comes a look at how the 30s have evolved as a decade in one’s life. Combining the author’s own experience and those of other 30-somethings she follows over the course of a year, BUT YOU’RE STILL SO YOUNG argues that hitting the traditional milestones of adulthood (having children, being well-established in one career, owning a home, etc.) in a new order, if at all, opens up our lives like never before.
Kayleen Schaefer is a journalist and the author of Text Me When You Get Home (Dutton, 2018) and the bestselling Kindle Single memoir Fade Out (2015). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, and many other publications.
Publisher of Text Me When You Get Home: Korean – Banni Publishing
6 Sexton, Jared Yates AMERICAN RULE: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People History/Political Science | Dutton Hardcover | September 2020 | UK Rights Agent: Ross Harris @ Stuart Krichevsky | Editor: Marya Pasciuto Status: manuscript available
The past three years (and beyond) have shown us a deluge of horrific news headlines—stolen elections, fascist rallies, and more—but a common refrain erupts each time: This isn’t who we are. In AMERICAN RULE, however, Jared Yates Sexton lays bare the foundational myths at the heart of our collective American imagination. From the very origins of this nation, Americans in power have abused and subjugated others. Working through each era of American growth and change, Sexton weaves together the origins and perpetuation of these narratives still in the public memory, and the acts we have chosen to forget. AMERICAN RULE is a call to examine our own misconceptions of what it means, and has always meant, to be an American.
Jared Yates Sexton is the author of The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore (Counterpoint, 2017) and The Man They Wanted Me to Be (Counterpoint, 2019). His political writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Republic, and elsewhere. Sexton is also the author of three collections of fiction and a crime novel, and is an associate professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University.
Unger, Craig AMERICAN KOMPROMAT: How the KGB Recruited Donald Trump, and Other Tales of Sex, Greed, and Money Political Science/True Crime | Dutton Hardcover | February 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: David Kuhn & Nate Muscatoat @ Aevitas | Editor: John Parsley Status: proposal available; manuscript available in Summer 2020
Craig Unger’s new book sheds light on Russian ties to powerful politicians and financiers, including Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump, and Attorney General William Barr, and explores how kompromat—compromising material—has been used as a geopolitical weapon.
Craig Unger is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including the New York Times bestsellers House of Bush, House of Saud (Scribner, 2004) and House of Trump, House of Putin (Dutton, 2018).
Publishers of House of Trump, House of Putin: UK & C – Transworld Dutch – Spectrum Italian – La Nave di Teseo Danish – G.E.C. Gads German – Ullstein Polish – Otwarte
HUMOR, POP CULTURE
Andrews, Travis BECAUSE HE’S JEFF GOLDBLUM: The Movies, Memes and Meaning of Hollywood’s Most Enigmatic Actor Pop Culture/Biography | Plume Hardcover | November 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Laurie Abkemeier @ DeFiore & Company | Editor: Jill Schwartzman Status: uncopyedited manuscript available
Twenty years ago, Jeff Goldblum was just a popular but unspectacular actor. But in the past decade, he’s created a career like no other. Theaters are curating Jeff Goldblum film festivals. Artists are erecting statues in his honor on the banks of the Thames. He’s the source of an amazing amount of love and an incredible number of memes on the internet. We love Goldblum because he’s so... smart? funny? weird? cool? Washington Post pop culture staff writer Travis M. Andrews plans to deliver the answers and more in this combination of biography and homage in the vein of The Tao of Bill Murray.
Travis Andrews is a staff writer for the Washington Post’s Style section, where he works on the pop culture team and covers music, movies, television, comedy, and celebrity culture. Previously he was an associate travel and culture editor for Southern Living and a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable and The Week. He has also written for Time, Esquire, GQ, and The Atlantic, among others. 7
Hibberd, James ALL MEN MUST DIE: The Official, Uncensored, Epic Story of Making Game of Thrones Television History/Criticism | Dutton Hardcover | October 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Rich Richter @ Aevitas | Editor: Jill Schwartzman Status: manuscript available in May 2020
The comprehensive, official oral history of the television uber-phenomenon Game of Thrones, written by EW’s James Hibberd and authorized by HBO, including new interviews with George RR Martin, David Benioff and DB Weiss, and the show’s stars.
James Hibberd is an award-winning entertainment journalist who has written thousands of stories that cover the business of Hollywood across nearly two decades. He’s currently Editor at Large at Entertainment Weekly and was previously TV Editor at The Hollywood Reporter. Prior to covering entertainment, Hibberd made headlines in 2001 while a staff writer at Phoenix New Times when he risked imprisonment amid a legal battle versus county and federal authorities in order to protect a confidential source (he won). His freelance work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Cosmopolitan, Details, and Best American Sports Writing.
Rights sold: UK & C – Transworld German – Blanvalet Simp. Chinese – ThinKingdom Finnish – Into Kustannus Oy Italian – Mondadori Spanish – PRH Spain French – Pygmalion Polish – Foksal Hungarian – Alexandra Russian – Bombora/Eksmo
Offerman, Nick WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY Humor | Dutton Hardcover | October 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Monika Verma @ Levine, Greenberg, Rostan | Editor: Jill Schwartzman Status: manuscript available in June 2020
Going back to his literal roots, Nick Offerman takes a journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and stories, both historically and today, that have made it great. Offerman has always loved the United States of America—not just the people and the history, but also the actual land: the trees, rivers, mountains, and especially the national parks. In his new book, Offerman combines his signature humor with his always very serious underlying message.
Nick Offerman is an actor, writer, and woodworker, best known as the characters of Ron Swanson on NBC’s hit comedy series Parks & Recreation and Karl Weathers in the acclaimed FX series Fargo. Recent film credits include Hearts Beat Loud, The Founder, Bad Times at the El Royale, Lucy in the Sky, The Hero, The Lego Movie (1 & 2), White Fang, and The Little Hours. Offerman has penned four New York Times bestselling books, all published by Dutton: Paddle Your Own Canoe (2013), Gumption (2015), Good Clean Fun (2016), and The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (2018), written with his wife Megan Mullally. In his spare time, he can be found at his woodshop building hand-crafted items ranging from fine furniture to canoes to ukuleles.
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Reid, Jordan & Erin Williams THE BIG ACTIVITY BOOK FOR DIVORCED PEOPLE Humor | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | May 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Kim Perel @ Irene Goodman Agency; Paul Lucas @ Janklow & Nesbit | Editor: Nina Shield Status: manuscript available in late June 2020; designed pages available in September 2020
The Big Activity Book series continues with this sharp and hilarious collection of activities covering everything from alimony to the division of property—because laughter is cheaper than therapy.
Jordan Reid is the founding editor of the lifestyle blog, Ramshackle Glam, and the author of two parenting and style memoirs. Her hobbies include creating unnecessary complications, insomnia, and maintaining an impressive collection of fake plants. Erin Williams is a writer, illustrator, and cancer researcher. She loves true crime podcasts, increasingly complex skin care routines, and going to bed at 9PM.
Reid, Jordan & Erin Williams THE BIG FAT ACTIVITY BOOK FOR PREGNANT PEOPLE Humor | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | April 2017 | Translation Rights Agent: Deborah Schneider @ Gelfman Schneider | Editor: Nina Shield Status: finished books available
THE BIG FAT ACTIVITY BOOK FOR PREGNANT PEOPLE is the ultimate must-have for any mom-to-be with a sense of humor: an irreverent, laugh-out-loud activity book filled with quizzes (Which $1500 Stroller is Different?), mazes (Make it from Your Desk to the Bathroom Without Throwing Up), word finds (Sorry, Nope—all the stuff you’re not allowed to have anymore), and much more.
Jordan Reid is the founding editor of the lifestyle blog, Ramshackle Glam, and the author of two parenting and style memoirs. Her hobbies include creating unnecessary complications, insomnia, and maintaining an impressive collection of fake plants. Erin Williams is a writer, illustrator, and cancer researcher. She loves true crime podcasts, increasingly complex skin care routines, and going to bed at 9PM.
Rights sold to: UK & C – Orion French – Hachette Livre Dutch – TK Polish – Foksal
Publishers of The Big Activity Book for Digital Detox (TarcherPerigee, 2020): Dutch – BBNC Uitgevers
Publishers of The Big Activity Book for Anxious People (TarcherPerigee, 2019): UK & C – John Murray Learning/Hodder Romanian – Editura For You Spanish – Planeta Dutch – Volt Russian – Clever Media Group Turkish – Okuyan US Yayinevi German – Mosaik/RH Germany Simp. Chinese – China Renmin Ukrainian – Snowdrop Publishing
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GIFT, ILLUSTRATED, JOURNALING, PHOTOGRAPHY, POETRY
Ahn, Kyong Ja and Chan Jae Lee LOOKING BACK LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL: A Celebration of Love from the Creators of Drawings for My Grandchildren Family/Gift | TarcherPerigee Paper-Over-Board | September 2020 | UK & Translation Rights (excluding Korean) Agent: authors c/o TarcherPerigee | Editor: Sara Carder Status: sample pages available; designed manuscript available in May 2020
Korean grandparents Grandpa Chan and Grandma Marina decided to learn how to use Instagram as a way to stay connected to their four grandchildren, who are spread around the globe. Whether it’s to celebrate Astro becoming a big brother to Lua or Arthur’s groundbreaking 9th grade science report, the Chans’ drawings and accompanying missives to their grandchildren echo with the kind of family love that spans generations and traverses geography. A testament to the great wisdom only grandparents can provide, LOOKING BACK LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL will inspire grandparents the world over to tell their grandchildren about the things they’ve learned about what’s important in life.
Kyong Ja Ahn and Chan Jae Lee—known as Grandma Marina and Grandpa Chan—were both born in Seoul, Korea in 1942 and graduated from Seoul National University with degrees in Education. They run the successful Instagram account @drawings_for_my_grandchildren.
Rights sold to: UK & C – Penguin UK/Particular Portuguese in Brazil: Sextante French – Le Livre De Poche Spanish – PRH Spain
Casteel, Seth BIG DOG, LITTLE DOG Pets/Photography | Plume Hardcover |October 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Michelle Tessler @ Tessler Literary Agency | Editor: John Parsley Status: manuscript available in July 2020
From the man behind the Underwater Dogs series comes a collection of photos capturing the adorable friendship between giant and tiny dogs.
Seth Casteel is an award-winning photographer and the author of the international bestseller Underwater Dogs (Little, Brown, 2012), Underwater Puppies (Little, Brown, 2014), and Underwater Babies (Little, Brown, 2015). His photographs of babies and animals have been featured in media including the New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, Morning Edition, The Washington Post, The Today Show, and Business Insider, as well as on the front page of outlets including AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and hundreds of others.
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Faucett, Rachel THE HANDMADE CHARLOTTE PLAYBOOK: Crafts, Games, and Recipes for Families to do Together Throughout the Year Crafts for Children | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | September 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: author c/o TarcherPerigee | Editor: Sara Carder Status: designed manuscript available in May 2020
This magical treasure chest of fun-filled family activities features over 100 projects families can do together throughout the year. From scrumptious holiday treats and mantle-worthy craft projects to delightful games and clap-along songs, THE HANDMADE CHARLOTTE PLAYBOOK is a must-have resource for parents seeking great ideas for family time together. Equal parts education, instruction, and inspiration, this book will guide readers of all experience levels to successfully create and enjoy page after page of the whimsical and imaginative projects that have made Handmade Charlotte a trusted brand for families around the world.
Rachel Faucett is the mother of five ridiculously cute children and loves everyone she meets. When she is not in her garden or pottery studio, she’s moving furniture around the house. Named on the top 20 most influential Pinterest users by Business Insider, the author-designer also keeps herself busy designing for brands like Anthropologie and Pottery Barn Kids.
Gregson, Tyler Knott UNTITLED Poetry | TarcherPerigee Hardcover | May 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Rachel Vogel @ Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner | Editor: Lauren Appleton Status: manuscript available in July 2020
Insta-Poet and romantic sensation Tyler Knott Gregson is back with his first poetry collection in four years. This time, he comes with an overarching message of hope. This book will give you strength, arm you for hardship, and remind you that you are always growing.
Tyler Knott Gregson is a poet, author, professional photographer, and artist who lives in the mountains of Montana. He is the author of 4 previous titles, all published by TarcherPerigee: Chasers of the Light (2014), All the Words Are Yours (2015), Wildly into the Dark (2017), and Miracle in the Mundane (2019). When he is not writing, he runs his photography company, Treehouse Photography.
Publishers of All the Words Are Yours: UK & C – Penguin UK
Publishers of Chasers of the Light: UK & C – Penguin UK French – Presses de La Cite Comp. Chinese – Business Weekly Spanish – Planeta
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Patel, Meera Lee CREATE YOUR OWN CALM: A Journal for Quieting Anxiety Journaling | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | September 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Laurie Abkemeier @ Defiore & Company | Editor: Marian Lizzi Status: designed manuscript available
For readers feeling anxious, uncertain, or overwhelmed, this empowering new tool for self-care from Meera Lee Patel presents a fresh approach to feeling better. Designed to help better understand and dial down the everyday worries getting in the way, these thoughtful and beautifully illustrated journal pages are a safe space for reflection, insight, and the freedom to move forward with more clarity and joy. Bringing together inspiring quotes from great thinkers and writers throughout history with engaging journal prompts and plenty of room to capture thoughts, this book is a calming breath of fresh air and a quiet space to reflect and recharge in a hectic and uncertain world.
Meera Lee Patel is a self-taught artist and author of the bestselling journals Start Where You Are (2015), My Friend Fear (2018), and Made Out of Stars (2018), all published by TarcherPerigee. She creates work that inspires others to connect with themselves, each other, and the world around them.
Publishers of Made Out of Stars: UK & C – Penguin UK Dutch – Unieboek German – Droemer Arabic – Jarir French – Le Livre de Poche Spanish – PRH Spain
Publishers of My Friend Fear: UK & C – Penguin UK Comp. Chinese – Rise Culture French – Le Livre de Poche Arabic – Jarir Dutch – Unieboek German – Droemer
Publishers of Start Where You Are: UK & C – Penguin UK German – Droemer Simp. Chinese – Beijing Bocaiyaji Arabic – Jarir Indonesian – PT Elex Media Spanish – PRH Spain Comp. Chinese – Yuan-Liou Japanese – Pie International Turkish – FA Books Dutch – Unieboek Korean – Interpark French – Le Livre de Poche Polish – Muza
Sekules, Kate MEND!: A Clothes Revolution, Stitch by Stitch Fashion/Sustainable Living | Penguin Trade Paperback | September 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Erika Storella @ The Gernert Company | Editor: Victoria Savanh Status: designed manuscript available March 2020
Part manifesto, part how-to, this book persuasively calls for a new way of thinking and handling clothes, flying in the face of the supposedly life-changing magic of throwing them away. Sharp and incredibly timely, MEND! is a push for a slow fashion revolution in which we stop to think critically about what we buy, where it comes from, who makes it, and what it is doing to the environment. A fun, crafty manual, it will inspire readers to roll up their (freshly mended) sleeves and get creative, share their designs, and form radical creative communities to change closets, lives, and the world.
Kate Sekules is a writer, clothes historian, and founder of the website Refashioner. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Details, O: The Oprah Magazine, New York magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Departures, Saveur, and Town & Country, among other publications. She is considered one of the founders of the visible mending movement and recently obtained a PhD in Costume Studies at New York University.
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Andrade, Amalia THINGS YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU BITE YOUR NAILS: A Fear and Anxiety Workbook Illustrated Self-Help | Penguin Trade Paperback Original | October 2020 | UK Rights Agent: Andrea Montejo @ Indent Literary Agency | Editor: Meg Leder Status: designed manuscript available in May 2020
Author and illustrator Amalia Andrade had her own battle with anxiety, and not only did she make it out the other side but she also learned sometimes it's the very thing that almost sinks you that can save you. Through the lessons, exercises, and often hilarious personal stories Amalia shares in these pages, you will learn how to make those feelings your friends and turn your fears into superpowers.
Amalia Andrade was born in Cali, Colombia in 1986. She studied literature at Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá. She's written for several magazines in both Colombia and the United States. She believes strongly in the power of keeping a diary. Andrade lives in Bogotá with her cats and is the author of You Always Change the Love of Your Life (For Another Love or Another Life) (Penguin, 2018).
Publisher of You Always Change the Love of Your Life: UK & C – Orion
Andrew, Mari MY INNER SKY Illustrated Self-Help| Penguin Hardcover | March 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Cindy Uh @ Thompson Literary | Editor: Meg Leder Status: manuscript available in July 2020; designed manuscript available in October 2020
In her first book Am I There Yet? (Clarkson Potter, 2018), New York Times bestselling author Mari Andrew explored the journey to adulthood. Now in MY INNER SKY, she writes for those of us who have done the work to become the person we want to be, but find our identities shaken by the challenges of life. Andrew offers poignant insights through stories and illustrations, both honest and uplifting, about her first brush with depression and post-trauma and recovery, to reflection on the meaning of home and why sometimes you have to put yourself in the path of magic. A whole, beautiful life is only made possible by the wide spectrum of feelings that exist between joy and sorrow. In essays divided into the phases of the sky—twilight, golden hour, night, and dawn—MY INNER SKY empowers us to transform everything that’s happened to us into something meaningful.
Mari Andrew is a writer and illustrator from Seattle. In addition to her widely popular Instagram account, her writing and illustrations have appeared on Paste and HelloGiggles.
Bacal, Jessica THE REJECTION THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: 25 Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work Careers/Women in Business | Plume Trade Paperback | April 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Lindsay Edgecombe @ Levine Greenberg Rostan | Editor: Jill Schwartzman Status: manuscript available in May 2020
From the Director of the Narratives Project at Smith College comes I DIDN’T GET THE JOB, a new anthology focusing on rejection and resilience in the workplace. Through interviews with a diverse group of high-powered women, Bacal tells the personal and inspirational stories of these women and their careers and experiences.
Jessica Bacal is the author of Mistakes I Made at Work (Plume, 2014) and the director of the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College.
Publishers of Mistakes I Made at Work: Comp. Chinese – CommonWealth Mag. Simp. Chin. – Beijing ZhengQingYuanLiu Korean – Bookhouse Publishing Ukrainian - Knigolove
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Chernoff, Marc and Angel Chernoff 1000+ LITTLE THINGS HAPPY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO DIFFERENTLY IN RELATIONSHIPS Self-Help/Relationships | TarcherPerigee Hardcover | April 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Rick Richter @ Aevitas | Editor: Marian Lizzi Status: manuscript available in September 2020
From the New York Times bestselling authors comes a new compendium of insightful lists of ideas for anyone looking to enrich and strengthen the relationships in their lives, covering dating, marriage, family, and friendships.
Marc and Angel Chernoff are the New York Times-bestselling authors of 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently (TarcherPerigee, 2019) and Getting Back to Happy (TarcherPerigee , 2018). They are also the creators of Marc & Angel Hack Life, which was recognized by Forbes as “one of the most popular personal development blogs.” They’ve spent the past decade sharing proven strategies for getting unstuck in order to find lasting happiness and success.
Publishers of 1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently: Czech – Euromedia Spanish – Sirio Vietnamese – Viet Nam AZ Comm.
Publishers of Getting Back to Happy: Indonesian – PT Gram. Pustaka Utama Korean – Tornado Turkish – Egitim Japanese – Discover 21 Spanish – Sirio
Murphy, Meaghan B. THE FULLY CHARGED LIFE Self-Help/Happiness | TarcherPerigee Hardcover | April 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Laura Nolan @ Aevitas | Editor: Marian Lizzi Status: manuscript available in July 2020
THE FULLY CHARGED LIFE is an inspiring and action-oriented guide to cultivating positive energy, reframing obstacles, and focusing on what matters to you most. It’s the perfect guide to filling every day with yay.
Meaghan B. Murphy is a lifestyle influencer, on-air personality, and editor of Woman’s Day.
Renstrom, Christopher THE COSMIC CALENDAR: Using Astrology to Get in Sync with Your Best Life Astrology/Horoscopes | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | October 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Lisa DiMona @ Writers House | Editor: Marian Lizzi Status: manuscript available
Timing is everything—and astrology is a personalized calendar designed just for you. Go beyond the memes and clichés to discover how to use this ancient system to get in sync with the stars—to become the fully empowered, energized and happy human you are uniquely meant to be. With fascinating, funny, and spot-on insights—and without jargon or technical details—popular astrologer and columnist Christopher Renstrom illuminates the "timestamp" the stars gave you when you were born, giving you actionable insights to help you work with the stars, not against them, to live your best life every day.
Christopher Renstrom is the creator of Rulingplanets.com, an online, subscription-based, interactive astrology magazine, based on his bestselling book Ruling Planets (Collins Reference, 2004). Renstrom has been a practicing astrologer since 1985 and currently writes the daily horoscopes for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.com. He created the horoscope column for Allure magazine, his "Renstrom's Horoscopes" were carried on Verizon, Sprint, and AllTel, and he conceived and developed Ask the Astrologer for LifetimeTV.com. Renstrom was voted Best Astrologer by City Weekly's Best of Utah 2012 and then again in 2013. He also lectures about the history of astrology in America from pre-Revolutionary to modern times and runs Ruling Planet workshops around the country. 14
Rose, Kate YOU ONLY FALL IN LOVE THREE TIMES: The Secret Search for Our Twin Flame Relationships/Self-Help | TarcherPerigee Trade Paperback | January 2020 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Joseph Durepos | Editor: Sara Carder Status: finished books available
We love and we love again—sometimes our hearts get broken but, somehow, we find the courage to dive back in. In this soul-searching book, relationship expert Kate Rose guides readers down the path to a deeper understanding of who they are, what they want, and finally, to the discovery of their Twin Flame.
A clinical therapist, Kate Rose has written widely on the topics of love, relationships, family, parenting, divorce, astrology, sex, and twin flames. She has built a private international coaching practice specializing in relationships and women’s empowerment.
Rights sold to: Dutch – AnkhHermes Korean – Next Wave Media Spanish – Planeta German – Integral/RH Germany Russian – Bombora/Eksmo Vietnamese – Huy Hoang Cultural
Zoltan, Vanessa PRAYING WITH JANE EYRE Spirituality/Literary Criticism | TarcherPerigee Hardcover | July 2021 | UK & Translation Rights Agent: Lisa DiMona @ Writers House | Editor: Marian Lizzi Status: manuscript available in October 2020
Nondenominational chaplain and cohost of the podcast “Harry Potter and the Sacred Text” Vanessa Zoltan blends spiritual autobiography with insights on reading any literary work as a sacred text. Examples range from Little Women to Harry Potter and more.
Vanessa Zoltan has a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Washington University in St. Louis, an MS in Nonprofit Management from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently the CEO and Founder of Not Sorry Productions, which produces “Harry Potter and the Sacred Text”, “The Women of Harry Potter”, and “Hot & Bothered”, a podcast about romance novels. She also runs pilgrimages and walking tours, exploring sacred reading and writing.
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