New York office 19 West 21st Street, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010 Telephone: (212) 765-6900 Boston office 545 Boylston Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: (617) 262-2400 UPCOMING MEMOIRS & BIOGRAPHIES PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED THE BEAUTY SUIT WE’RE GONNA NEED MORE WINE FRISSON THE FOX HUNT ALL SHIPS FOLLOW ME YOU’RE ON AN AIRPLANE THE MASTERMIND THE NEUROSCIENTIST WHO LOST HER MIND JUSTIN.TV CAN’T HELP MYSELF TWILIGHT OF THE FOOD GODS THE GLASS OF FASHION THE EQUIVALENTS THIS REALLY HAPPENED TALKING FUNNY HOUSE OF STICKS THE WOMEN WITH SILVER WINGS DID I DO GOOD? 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One month before the release of the highly anticipated film Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a Gabrielle Union is an actress who has appeared in such films as Bring It forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic On, Think Like a Man and The Birth of a Nation. ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: "It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are Praise for WE’RE GONNA NEED MORE WINE: real." “The predilection to go from talking about the latest humiliating sexual In this moving collection of thought-provoking essays infused with her position to a debate on politics or racism, that’s exactly what this book unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same fearlessness to felt like to me, an honest conversation with Gabrielle about her life.” tell astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, – Chelsea Handler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of feminism, and fame. Union tackles a range of experiences, including Uganda Be Kidding Me bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending “I love this woman and her book.” – Mindy Kaling, #1 New York summers with her black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, Times bestselling author of Why Not Me? puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of “A hilarious and moving memoir from a natural storyteller… self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. heartbreakingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny.” — Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Mothers THE FOX HUNT YOU’RE ON AN AIRPLANE Escape from Yemen By Parker Posey By Mohammed al Samawi US publisher: Blue Rider Press / Penguin (NA rights) US publisher: William Morrow/HarperCollins (NA rights) To publish: June 2018 To publish: April 2018 Material available: Proposal available Material available: Proposal available Edited MS available in December 2017 Edited MS available in January 2018 Japanese subagent: The English Agency Rights sold: UK/Commonwealth (Virago/Little, Brown UK) Rights sold: Brazil (HarperCollins Brazil) Germany (Edel) From the "Queen of the Indies" Parker Posey comes an irreverent, Holland (HarperCollins Holland) hilarious, and enchanting memoir full of personal stories, Italy (HarperCollins Italy) whimsical how-tos, recipes, and eccentric illustrations. Poland (Czarna Owca) Turkey (Epsilon) Parker Posey is a singularly gifted actress with a wickedly funny UK (Scribe) personality that belies her movie star status, her cross-generational fame stems from starring roles in such unforgettable movies as Dazed THE FOX HUNT is a profound story of personal transformation and Confused, Party Girl, and You've Got Mail. set against a high-stakes, page-turning thriller. With remarkable candor and a refreshing perspective on life in the Four Millennials stare at their iPhones. They’ve been glued to Facebook, spotlight, Posey opens up about the art of acting, life on the set, and Twitter, WhatsApp, and Skype for the past six hours. But they’re not the realities of its accompanying fame. She explores her relationships posting vacation photos, watching cat videos, or typing up 140-character with brilliant directors like Christopher Guest and Woody Allen. A reviews of local brunch spots. They’re orchestrating a daredevil rescue funny and authentic childhood set Posey up for a life of creating and operation that’s taking place halfway across the world. Within thirty entertaining, which not only extends to acting but to the crafts of minutes, they’ll learn if they’ve saved the life of a young Muslim-Yemeni pottery, sewing, collage, yoga, and cooking, all of which readers will peace-activist—the author, Mohammed al Samawi—or if he’s been shot find in this highly entertaining book. by Al Qaeda operatives. For fans of Nora Ephron's spot-on commentary, Jenny Lawson's And so Mohammed puts his one shot at freedom in the hands of a absurdly comical foibles, Amy Sedaris's unexpectedly hilarious quips, ragtag group of Facebook friends he barely knows. Near-strangers to and Carrie Brownstein's cool-girl appeal, YOU’RE ON AN one another, with exactly zero experience in extraction or military AIRPLANE proves Posey has a voice that will enchant fans and strategy, the team of four turns to the only tool or tactic they have: social newcomers alike. media. Parker Posey recently appeared in Woody Allen's latest two films, Café Mohammed al Samawi works for the International Center for Religion Society and Irrational Man. She is currently playing Dr. Smith in Netflix's and Diplomacy as a Regional Project Coordinator. THE FOX HUNT is remake of Lost in Space. his first book. THE NEUROSCIENTIST WHO LOST HER MIND the doctors discovered what was going on, they removed the tumors and My Tale of Madness and Recovery Dr. Lipska returned to complete normality. With one difference: she remembers everything that happened with absolute clarity, and now, the neuroscientists and expert on mental illness has experienced what it is By Dr. Barbara Lipska & Elaine McArdle actually like to be insane. US publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (North American rights) THE NEUROSCIENTIST WHO LOST HER MIND will give To publish: April 2018 readers a profoundly new understanding into the physiological basis of mental illness and dementia, affording them a greater sympathy for those Material available: Proposal available battling mental illness. Edited MS available in Fall 2017 Dr. Barbara Lipska is the director of the human brain bank at the Japanese subagent: Tuttle Mori Agency National Institute of Mental Health. Her primary research interests are in mental illness and human brain development. She is an internationally Rights sold: Brazil (Sextante) recognized leader in human postmortem research and animal modeling France (Lattes) of schizophrenia. Germany (Heyne) Korea (Prunsoop) Elaine McArdle is an award-winning journalist, lawyer with a degree Poland (Agora) from Vanderbilt Law School, who for twenty years has been writing for Romania (Trei) newspapers and magazines, including The Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Spain (Planeta) and many others. Her previous co-writing credits include The Migraine Turkey (Paloma) Brain. UK/Commonwealth (Transworld) A first-person harrowing account of a descent into madness, THE NEUROSCIENTIST WHO LOST HER MIND will find a wide readership with those who embraced When Breath Becomes Air, My Stroke of Insight, and Brain on Fire. Dr. Barbara Lipska is the director of the brain bank at the National Institutes of Mental Health, and one of the top experts in the world on the neuroscience of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Lipska was diagnosed with melanoma in January of 2015, a devastating piece of news as this disease had killed her first husband, whom she had lived with in their native Poland.