GERSH FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE LONDON BOOK FAIR 2019 NEW & UPCOMING RELEASES UNDYING: THE EVERYDAY HERO WHO NON-FICTION SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES AND THE EPIC AC- COUNT OF ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAK- THROUGHS IN MEDICINE EDITOR BY JULIAN GUTHRIE Jamison Stoltz, Abrams Press TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Proposal AUTHOR BIO As a young boy, James Harrison came near death, and in the Julian Guthrie is a jour- nalist and author based process, he received many transfusions from the blood of in the San Francisco Bay strangers. Flash forward years later, James gives blood for the Area. She spent twenty first time, to give something back to those who helped him as years at the San Francis- co Chronicle, where she a child. This donation led scientists in New York to discover won numerous awards, there was something very special about James’ blood—it including the Best of the held an antibody to combat the deadly Rh disease. Eventual- West Award and the Soci- ety of Professional Jour- ly, James would give blood over 1000 times, for more than 60 nalists' Public Service years, which has helped to lead Rh becoming a largely treata- Award. Her feature writ- ing and enterprise re- ble disease in the western world. He has saved millions of porting were nominated lives, and is today known as the “man with the golden arm.” multiple times for the Pu- litzer Prize. THE ARRANGEMENT FICTION BY ROBYN HARDING EDITOR Jackie Cantor, Gallery Books TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Manuscript AUTHOR BIO Natalie, a young art student in New York City, is struggling to Robyn Harding is the au- pay her bills when she finds a sugar daddy—a wealthy, older thor of the national best- man who pays her for dates, and even gives her a monthly seller, Her Pretty Face. and the international allowance. Gabe, a handsome attorney, seems like the per- bestseller, The Par- fect candidate, but when he abruptly ends things, Nat begins ty, finalist for the Arthur drinking heavily and stalking Gabe. When a body is found Ellis Award for best crime novel. Her independent near Gabe’s posh Upper East Side apartment and the police film, The Steps, premiered tie Nat to the murder weapon, she can’t help but think she at TIFF and was the closing must have gone too far—she just can’t remember anything gala film at the Miami In- ternational Film Festival. that happened that night. *Film rights under option STOP MAKING SENSE: NON-FICTION THE ART OF INSPIRING ANYBODY EDITOR BY MICHAEL FANUELE Debra Englander, Post Hill Press TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Manuscript AUTHOR BIO Michael Fanuele is a brand strategist, and most re- cently, he’s been the Chief Creative Officer at General Mills, a role that required him to inspire a big food company of more than 40,000 to be a good food company. Ad Age called him a “maverick” strate- This book has one goal: to help you be as inspiring as you gist and he’s also regular- need to be to achieve whatever extraordinary thing you can ly invited to talk at indus- try conferences. imagine. To lead, you’ll need to be inspiring, to arouse emo- tions– both your own and others – to the point of action. THE OCCURRENCE FICTION/ THRILLER BY ROBERT DESIDERIO EDITOR Debra Englander, Post Hill Press TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Manuscript AUTHOR BIO Robert Desiderio is an ac- When archenemies—an American journalist and a top ji- tor and screenwriter, who hadist leader—survive a bombing in an abandoned ware- divides his time between house in the desert of Mosul, they learn they’re saved for a New York and LA, with his reason. The near-death experience leaves these two very wife, actress Judith Light. different people, as well as the other bombing survivors (a decorated US Marine and a young mujahideen) questioning the purpose of their lives. QUITTERS NEVER WIN MEMOIR BY MICHAEL BISPING EDITOR Andrew Goodfellow, Penguin Random House UK TERRITORIES SOLD UK, British Commonwealth (including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and india), and Europe FORMAT N/A AUTHOR BIO By the age of eight, Michael Bisping began his training in mar- Michael Bisping is an Eng- tial arts. By the time he was 15, he was fighting in his first no lish sports analyst, actor, holds barred competition. When he turned professional and commentator, and retired mixed martial artist. He is joined the UFC he was sure about one thing: only a world a former UFC Middleweight championship title would do, which he achieved in 2016. In Champion, Cage Rage Quitters Never Win, Bisping tells the raw and unfiltered story Light Heavyweight Cham- behind his legendary career for the first time. It’s a backstage pion, and The Ultimate Fighter 3 Light Heavy- pass to one of the world’s most extreme sports and an unbri- weight tournament winner. dled account of what it really takes to become a champion. MAGIC TIME: MY LIFE IN MEMOIR HOLLYWOOD EDITOR BY HAWK KOCH Debra Englander, Post Hill Press TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Manuscript AUTHOR BIO Hawk Koch is a renowned film producer and was re- Hawk Koch was born into the entertainment business, the cently president of the son of legendary Howard W. Koch, and growing up, Hawk was Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has dealt an immense amount of privilege, and was met with the produced some of the immense challenge of living up to his father’s name. Howard most iconic films of all wasn’t communicative with his children, which left Hawk a time, including The Way We Were, Chinatown, sizable hole in the experience of who he was. Just shy of his Heaven Can Wait, Gorky fiftieth birthday, Hawk realized that he was depressed, a Park, and even Wayne’s mess, and unfulfilled. Following the advice of a friend, Hawk World (among many oth- ers). visited a rabbi. “Who are you?” the rabbi asked. Driving home, Hawk realized he was about to find out. ALPHA GIRLS: THE WOMEN UPSTARTS FICTION WHO TOOK ON SILICON VALLEY’S MALE CUL- TURE AND MADE THE DEALS OF A LIFETIME BY JULIAN GUTHRIE EDITOR Roger Scholl, Crown/Currency TERRITORIES SOLD World FORMAT N/A AUTHOR BIO Julian Guthrie is a jour- nalist and author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She spent twenty years at the San Francis- co Chronicle, where she Alpha Girls is the untold story of the real unicorns of Silicon won numerous awards, Valley—the women who identified, dressed down, moved up, including the Best of the and built the companies that changed the world. The book West Award and the Soci- ety of Professional Jour- explores the rise of such companies as Microsoft, Facebook, nalists' Public Service Tesla, Oracle, Salesforce, and more—all through the eyes of Award. Her feature writ- trailblazing ‘alpha girls’ of Silicon Valley. ing and enterprise re- porting were nominated *Film rights under option to Welle Entertainment multiple times for the Pu- litzer Prize. THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD: NON-FICTION HOW THE MATERIAL WORLD SHAPES INDE- PENDENT KIDS BY ALEXANDRA LANGE EDITOR Ben Hyman, Bloomsbury TERRITORIES SOLD World English FORMAT Book AUTHOR BIO Alexandra Lange is the ar- chitecture critic for Curbed. Her essays, re- Parents obsess over their children’s playdates, kindergarten views, and profiles have curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, class- appeared in numerous de- rooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage sign publications. She has been a featured writer at with are just as important. Alexandra Lange’s fascinating in- Design Observer and an vestigation shows how the seemingly innocuous universe of Opinion columnist at stuff affects kids’ behavior and she reveals how years of deci- Dezeen, and has taught de- sign criticism at SVA and sions by toymakers, architects, and urban planners have NYU. She was a 2014 Loeb helped—and hindered—American youngsters’ journeys to- Fellow at the Harvard ward independence. Graduate School of De- sign. THE MERCY JOURNALS LITERARY FICTION BY CLAUDIA CASPER EDITOR Brian Lam, Arsenal TERRITORIES SOLD North America FORMAT Book AUTHOR BIO It is March 2014. Allen Quincy is an ex‐soldier living in Se- Claudia Casper is a Cana- attle, who has managed to survive years of serious PTSD by dian writer, best known for her bestseller novel The shrinking his life down to the smallest, most banal existence ReconstructionI. possible. The story opens with Quincy beginning to write a journal in a desperate bid to regain his sanity. His estranged wife has died, and he hasn’t seen his children or brother in years. Into his world strides a woman wearing red heels who rips the lid off his careful and controlled strategy, putting his very life at risk. From the beginning, Casper deftly seeds the possibility of redemption for a man on the edge of his own destruction. *Nominated for 2017 Philip K. Dick Award TUDOR ROSE YOUNG ADULT FICTION BY W. H. DOYLE EDITOR Georgia McBride Month9Books TERRITORIES SOLD North America FORMAT Manuscript AUTHOR BIO In 16th-century England, two teenage best friends , Sybil and With over 2,000,000 books Rose, find themselves on an exciting journey from the coun- in print, author Bill Doyle try to the Queen’s court in the hope of being named ladies- has written critically ac- claimed and bestselling in-waiting. The girls must compete against worldly and cun- children’s books . He is a ning opponents, among them mean-girl Avis and her entou- graduate of Georgetown rage of back-stabbing cohorts, tipping the balance in their University and holds an already-tenuous friendship.