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Fiction
Riverhead
Delivered
Pub: June 2015
Agent: Mollie Glick
THE YOGA OF MAX’S DISCONTENT
Karan Bajaj
A violent encounter on the streets of Manhattan forces Wall Street banker Maximus Pzoras to confront the
questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother's death. His search for a mentor
takes him to the farthest reaches of India, where he encounters a mysterious night market, almost freezes to death
on a hike up the Himalayas and finally finds himself in an ashram in a small drought stricken village in South India
where strange things begin to happen to him. But are Yogis who walk on water, do impossible poses, and live
agelessly for 200 years the stuff of fiction or fact? Can a flesh and blood man ever truly achieve nirvana? Max
struggles to overcome his rational skepticism and the pull of family, which tug him back home. In a final bid for
answers, he embarks on dangerous solitary meditation in a freezing Himalayan cave. Will Max penetrate the truth
of human suffering, or is enlightenment just a new age illusion?
Karan Bajaj, is a number one bestselling novelist in India, with 150k copies of his books in print. Both of his
previous books have been optioned for film. This is his first book written specifically for a US audience.
Riverhead (WE)
Delivered
Pub: October 2015
Agent: Jess Regel
THE HOURS COUNT
Jillian Cantor
On June 19, 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being found guilty for conspiring to commit
espionage. Their execution marked the dramatic finale of the most controversial espionage case of the Cold War.
The day Ethel was first arrested in 1950, she left her two young sons with a neighbor, and she never came home to
them again. The Hours Count is a fictional imagining of this neighbor’s life and her involvement with the
Rosenbergs. In 1947 Millie Stein, her husband Ed, and their mute son David move into an apartment on the 11th
floor in Knickerbocker Village. In the months and years that follow Millie becomes friends with her neighbor
down the hall, Ethel Rosenberg. Their lives as mothers, wives, friends, neighbors and political allies entwine, even
as the FBI begins to close in on the Rosenbergs and as Millie begins to have questions about her own husband’s
loyalty. Going back and forth in time between the years leading up to Ethel’s arrest and the night of her fateful
execution in 1953, The Hours Count is a fictional story of political intrigue, friendship, love, and the bonds of
mothers and their sons, set against the true historical backdrop of the Rosenberg trial and execution.
Jillian Cantor has a BA in English from Penn State University and an MFA from The University of Arizona. She is
the author of award-winning novels for teens and adults including, most recently, the critically acclaimed Margot,
which was a Library Reads pick for September 2013 and also featured in O the Oprah Magazine, People, Ladies
Home Journal, and Time.com. Her YA book, Searching for Sky was published by Bloomsbury US on 5/13/14 and
Bloomsbury UK on 7/3/14. A Scholastic edition will also be sold in Scholastic book clubs and fairs in the 2014-15
school year. Born and raised in a suburb of Philadelphia, Jillian currently lives in Arizona with her husband and
two sons.
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ARMADA
Ernest Cline
Crown
Delivered
Pub: July 2015
Agent: Yfat Reiss Gendell
Foreign Sales:
Britain: Century (Random House); Norway: Vendetta
Foreign Sales for Ready Player One:
Brazil: Leya; Britain: Century (Random House); Bulgaria: Intense; China: Science Fiction World; Czech
Republic: Jota; Denmark: Tellerup; Finland: Gummerus; France: Michel Lafon; Germany: Blanvalet; Greece:
Patakis; Hungary: Agave; Israel: Am Oved; Italy: ISBN; Japan: SoftBank Creative; Korea: Acorn Publishing;
Latvia: The White Book; Norway: Vendetta; Poland: Amber; Russia: AST; Serbia: Laguna; Spain: Ediciones B;
Taiwan: Rye Field Publishing; Turkey: Dogan Egmont
Top-ranked video gamer Zack Lightman discovers that he is a real-life trainee in a government program that set up
the video game industry to train air and ground force crews to defend humanity against an intelligent civilization
based on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Yet even as he and his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien
onslaught, Zack can’t help thinking of all the science-fiction books, TV shows, and movies he grew up reading and
watching: Doesn’t something about this scenario seem a little too…familiar? Armada is at once a rollicking,
surprising thriller, a classic coming of age adventure, and alien-invasion tale like nothing you’ve ever read before –
one whose every page is infused with the author’s trademark pop-culture savvy.
Ernest Cline is a novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. His first novel, Ready Player One, was a New York
Times and USA Today bestseller and appeared on numerous “best of the year” lists. Ernie lives in Austin, Texas.
UNDERMAJORDOMO MINOR
Patrick deWitt
Ecco Press
Delivered
Pub: September 2015
Agent: Peter McGuigan
Foreign Sales:
Britain: Granta; Canada: House of Anansi Press; Finland: Siltala; Germany: Random House Munich; Holland:
Nijgh; Poland: Czarne
Foreign Sales for The Sisters Brothers
Brazil: Planeta; Britain: Granta; Canada: Anansi; Canada (French): Editions Alto; China: Modern Press Co;
Croatia: Fraktura; Czech Republic: Argo; Denmark: People’s Press; Finland: Siltala; France: Actes Sud;
Germany: Manhattan/Goldmann; Greece: Psichogios; Holland: De Arbeiderspers; Hungary: Libri; Israel:
Kinneret; Italy: Neri Pozza; Japan: Tokyo Sogensha; Korea: Munhakdongne; Norway: Gyldendal; Poland:
Czarne; Portugal: Objetiva; Romania: Polirom; Russia: AST; Slovakia: Artforum; Spain: Anagrama; Sweden:
Forum; Taiwan: China Times; Turkey: Domingo
A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, international
bestselling author Patrick deWitt’s new novel is about a young man named Lucien (Lucy) Minor, who accepts
employment at the foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as Undermajordomo, he soon
discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle’s master, Baron
Von Aux. He also encounters the colourful people of the local village — thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and Klara, a
delicate beauty whose love he must compete for with the exceptionally handsome partisan soldier, Adolphus. Thus
begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder.
Patrick deWitt is the author of two critically acclaimed novels: Ablutions and The Sisters Brothers, which won the
Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and the Stephen Leacock
Medal. The Sisters Brothers, was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HARRIET CHANCE!
Jonathan Evison
Algonquin
Delivered
Pub: September 2015
Agent: Kirsten Neuhaus
Foreign Sales for Previous Titles:
Britain: Head of Zeus; France: Monsieur Toussaint Louverture; Germany: Kiepenheuer; Italy: Dalai, Turkey:
Domingo Yayinlari
With her husband Bernard two years in the grave, seventy-nine year old Harriet Chance sets sail on an ill-conceived
Alaskan cruise with her estranged daughter, only to discover through a series of revelations that she's been living
the past sixty years of her life under entirely false pretenses. Following Harriet's story steadily forward, while
simultaneously looking back on key moments from her past that have brought her to this point, THIS IS YOUR
LIFE HARRIET CHANCE! chronicles the life of a post-modern everywoman, from her first breath to her last,
with warmth, humanity, and humor. Part dysfunctional love story, part poignant exploration of the
mother/daughter relationship, nothing is what it seems in this tale of acceptance, reexamination, and healing.
Jonathan Evison is the New York Times Bestselling author of three previous award winning novels, All About
Lulu, West of Here, and The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, soon to be a major motion picture. Sherman Alexie has
called Evison "the most honest white man alive." A Christopher Isherwood fellow, Evison has written for the New
York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Salon, and National Public Radio.
Praise For This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!
"This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! has all the wonderful snap and sizzle we've come to expect from Jonathan
Evison's work, and as much heart as any novel I've read in recent years. Evison packs an entire life--many lives-into this fine book, and does so with the empathy and insight of a writer at the top of his game." - Ben Fountain,
author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
"Once again, Jonathan Evison dazzles. THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HARRIET CHANCE! is as sweet as it is inventive,
profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is big-hearted. Step right up, don't be shy! Take the hand of Evison's
delightfully menacing master of ceremonies and let him lead you into the kaleidoscopic journey of your life." Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
HUGO AND ROSE
Bridget Foley
St. Martin’s Press
Delivered
Pub: May 2015
Agent: Brandi Bowles
Foreign Sales:
Brazil: Nova Fronteira; Italy: E/O
Rose is by most qualifications an ordinary housewife, but for her dreams. Since childhood, she has always dreamt
of the same island, with the same imaginary companion: a heroic boy named Hugo. Rose’s own boys now live for
tales of Hugo and Rose’s adventures, battling giant spiders and bouncing on the pink sand of the Blanket Pavilion.
And each night, after putting her sleepy children to bed, Rose escapes from the monotony of diapers and cracker
crumbs to become a more perfect, fully realized version of herself. Until one day, Rose stumbles across Hugo in
real life, and everything changes. Here is the man who truly knows her, who grew up with her, even if they aren’t
what either imagined. His very existence defies logic, and begins a cascade of questions, lies, and a dangerous
obsession that threatens everything she holds dear. A metaphysical fairy tale debut that dabbles in neuroscience,
quantum physics, and philosophy while grappling with the everyday struggles of marriage and family life.
Bridget Foley attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and UCLA's School of Theater, Film &
Television and has had several screenplays options by Academy Award nominated producers. This is her first
novel.
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THE FERRYMAN INSTITUTE
Colin Gigl
Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster
Del: Summer 2015
Pub: Summer 2016
Agent: Hannah Gordon Brown
Ferryman Charlie Dawson doesn’t save people. Well, he saves dead people — somebody has to convince them to
move on to the afterlife, after all — just not the living, breathing sort. Serving as a Ferryman is causing Charlie to
slowly lose his mind, and after 250 years he’s finally run out of the mental duct tape needed to hold himself
together. Deemed too valuable by the Ferryman Institute to be let go and too stubborn to just give up in his own
right, Charlie’s pretty much abandoned all hope of escaping his life with his sanity in tact. Or he had, anyway, until
he saved 26-year-old Alice Spiegel’s life. Charlie never planned on saving her — that sort of thing is strictly
forbidden by the Institute — but Alice is alive, and it's the first time he's felt right in two hundred years. Charlie’s
not about to lose the only living, breathing person he’s ever saved without a fight, and he’s going to put the entire
continued existence of mankind at risk to do it.
Colin Gigl graduated from Trinity College with degrees in Creative Writing and Computer Science. He lives in
Jersey City with his wife, and he currently works at a startup in NYC. THE FERRYMAN INSTITUTE is his first
novel.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER
Shane Kuhn
Simon and Schuster
Delivered
Pub: July 2015
Agent: Hannah Gordon Brown
Foreign Sales:
Britain: Little, Brown UK; Italy: Fanucci; Russia: AST
Foreign Sales for The Intern’s Handbook:
Britain: Little, Brown UK; Czech Republic: Euromedia Group; Germany: Dumont; Hungary: Europa;
France: Sonatine, Italy: Fanucci Norway: Pantagruel; Serbia: Alnari; Slovakia: Ikar; Russia: AST
HOSTILE TAKEWOVER is the sequel to The Intern’s Handbook—the darkly comic memoir of John Lago, an elite
assassin who uses the cover of an office intern to access and eliminate heavily guarded, high-value targets. Hostile
Takeover base-jumps the cliffhanger where the twisted, violent thrill ride of The Intern’s Handbook left off and pulls
the trigger on an even more twisted and action-packed tale. It’s two years later, Alice is now running HR, Inc., and
John and Alice again find themselves going head to head. But this time the tables have turned and they are both
interns in an American corporation that the Chinese Secret Police are using as a front for industrial espionage. The
story unfolds like a straight razor and emotions and body counts run high as Alice attempts to eliminate the
ruthless, heavily-guarded CEO while John does everything in his power to eliminate Alice, the woman for whom
he was once willing to die.
Shane Kuhn is a writer, director, and producer with 15 years of experience in the entertainment business. Kuhn
holds a post-graduate degree in Film Production from The University of Westminster, Central London and an
MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute. Sony Pictures optioned the rights to The Intern's
Handbook, with plans to turn the project into a vehicle for actor Dave Franco.
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SWERVE
Vicki Petterssen
Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster
Delivered
Pub: July 2015
Agent: Peter McGuigan
Foreign Sales:
Germany: Droemer; Israel: Keter; Czech: Grada
One road. One woman. One killer. It’s high summer in the Mojave desert, and the burning day is about to tip into
darkness as Kristine Rush and her fiancé, Daniel, begin their journey from Las Vegas to his cool childhood estate
home in mountainous Lake Arrowhead, California. But when Daniel is abducted from a desolate rest stop,
Kristine is forced to choose: return home, never to see her fiancé again, or go on alone into the searing Mojave in
search of him, where a killer lies in wait. Desperate to save her doomed husband-to-be, Kristine must call upon
resources she long forgot she had, and go head-to-head against an unpredictable opponent. And she’d better hurry,
because Kristine Rush has twenty-four hours to make one hell of a trip.
Vicki Pettersson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Signs of the Zodiac series. She is also the author of a
Celestial Blues 'para-noir' series, The Taken, The Lost, and The Given (out in 2014). Though she'll always consider Sin
City her home, she now divides her time between Vegas and Dallas, Texas.
THE LION’S SHARE
Chris Swann
Algonquin (WE)
Delivered
Pub: Spring 2017
Agent: Mollie Glick
Weeks before graduating from the prestigious Blackburne School in Virginia, a teenage boy retreats into the woods
at the edge of campus and is never seen again. His disappearance casts a shadow over the entire senior class as they
leave behind the promises of a gilded boarding school to face the uncertain future of a post-9/11 world. But only
one of them is racked by guilt over a shameful secret. He was the last to speak with Fritz, and his actions may have
contributed to his roommate’s disappearance. Nine years later, Matthias has written an acclaimed first novel, but
his life feels anything but successful. He is nearly broke, his relationship with his girlfriend has ended disastrously,
and, worst of all, his writing talent seems to have evaporated. In near desperation, Matthias accepts a last-minute
offer to teach at Blackburne, hoping to restore some sort of balance to his life. But upon returning to his alma
mater, Matthias stumbles upon a series of shocking truths about his school and his friend. His decision to find out
what happened to Fritz, and perhaps to seek redemption for himself along the way, puts Matthias in danger of
losing what little he has left.
Chris Swann earned a PhD in creative writing from Georgia State University and has won awards and recognition
from Georgia State University, Washington and Lee University, and the Heekin Group Foundation’s Tara
Fellowship for Short Fiction. Chris is the English department chair at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in
Atlanta, where he’s taught English for nineteen years. He lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia with his wife and two
sons.
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Non-Fiction
Crown
Delivered
Pub: June 2015
Agent: David Patterson
THE FULL CATASTROPHE
Travels Among The New Greek Ruins
James Angelos
In recent years, small Greece, often associated with ancient philosophers and marble ruins, whitewashed villages
and cerulean seas, has been at the center of a debt crisis that has sown economic and social ruin, spurred panic in
international markets, and tested Europe’s decades-old project of forging a closer union. In The Full Catastrophe,
James Angelos makes sense of contrasting images of Greece, a nation both romanticized for its classical past and
castigated for its dysfunctional present. A small rebellion against tax authorities breaks out on a normally serene
Aegean island. A mayor from a bucolic, northern Greek village is gunned down by the municipal treasurer. An
aging, leftist hero of the Second World War fights to win compensation from Germany for the wartime
occupation. A once marginal group of neo-Nazis rises to political prominence out of a ramshackle Athens
neighborhood. Beyond the transient coverage in the daily headlines is an enduring and absorbing portrait of
modern Greece.
James Angelos is frequently on assignment in Greece for the Wall Street Journal and the Atlantic. Angelos began his
writing career at the New York Times, moved to Berlin in 2009, and has since reported extensively on the European
debt crisis. He also writes for Foreign Affairs, Spiegel International, World Policy Journal and the New Republic.
FIRE LIKE COLD WATER
ISIS, the Death of Christianity and the Life of Christians in the Middle East
Mindy Belz
Tyndale
Del: September 2015
Pub: December 2015
Agent: Chris Park
Slashing and burning its way through Iraq and Syria in the summer of 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) captured the world’s attention with horrific video footage of its militants beheading its victims. To the West,
ISIS’s gruesome acts of savagery came seemingly out of nowhere, but to the Christian inhabitants of the region it
was the inevitable culmination to centuries of tensions and a slow-moving genocide that had been building for
over ten years. World Magazine editor Mindy Belz has been reporting on the ground in Iraq and Syria since 2002.
Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, she has watched the number of Iraq’s Christians, a community dating
back to the first century, drop from an estimated 1.3 million to 200,000 – and this before the destruction wrought
by ISIS in 2014. Her unparalleled access to this grossly under-reported story puts human faces to the Christians
who choose to exercise their faith in the face of extermination. People like Odisho Yousif, who puts his life on the
line daily to rescue his Christian brethren from kidnappers, and Insaf Safou, an Iraqi exile who returns to rebuild a
legacy in her homeland after nine years of waiting and dreaming.
Mindy Belz is editor of World magazine. She has written for World since 1986, becoming the magazine's
international editor in 1994 and its editor in 2004. She has covered war in Africa, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the
Middle East. Her reporting has been published overseas, as well as in First Things, the Charlotte Observer,
Frontpage Magazine and the Washington Times. She has appeared on Fox News and ABC. She is a former Capitol
Hill staffer, and attended George Washington University.
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Norton
Delivered
Pub: May 2015
Agent: Jessica Regal
VERMOUTH:
The Revival of the Spirit that Created Cocktail Culture
Adam Ford
Over the years, vermouth has fallen from grace, but the truth is that without vermouth your martini is merely an
iced vodka or gin. In fact, more than any other ingredient vermouth is responsible for how cocktail culture has
evolved over the past 150 years. Vermouth has a rich history—yet, no one has ever written a comprehensive book
on vermouth. This book will provide readers with the first-ever detailed look into the complete history of this
aromatized, fortified wine, dating back 3,000 years, as well as vermouth’s rise, fall and comeback. Filled with
colorful characters and little-known stories, along with descriptions of various vermouth production methods and,
most importantly, how to make classic and modern vermouth-based cocktails, VERMOUTH will educate as well
as entertain.
Adam Ford founded Atsby New York Vermouth in September 2012 and has since established himself as the
leading voice in the education and promotion of vermouth. In the past year and a half, he’s been quoted in over
three dozen publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Village Voice, New York
Post, Food Republic, Edible Manhattan, and dozens of other major publications both in and out the United States on
the topics of vermouth’s production, history, and future.
VERSUS
Steve Hyden
Little Brown
Delivered
Pub: Fall/Winter 2015
Agent: Anthony Mattero
Versus breaks down age old (and some not so old) musical rivalries and gets to the bottom of which side is right, if
there even is a right, via humor, pop-culture references, and personal stories. This is not another book comparing
the Stones to the Beatles, but takes the simple notion of a musical rivalry and turns it on its head. It’s impossible to
compare one artist or band to another. Instead, Hyden uses the prism of music to show us how we as people and a
culture project our own experiences, thoughts, and insecurities onto these artists. For instance, in his chapter about
The Black Keys vs. The White Stripes, Hyden sizes up the very public feud between the two, seemingly similar,
frontmen of each band and explores what this says about the abilities for grown men to make new male friends.
Or, in his chapter about Miley Cyrus vs. Sinead O’Connor, Hyden explores what it means to be a provocateur and
why artists can cross certain lines but should cast a wide berth around others.
Steve Hyden’s writing has previously appeared in Rolling Stone, The Onion, Slate, The A.V. Club, Salon. He currently
serves as the chief music critic for Grantland.
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HOW TO CATCH A RUSSIAN SPY:
The True Story of an American Civilian Turned Double Agent
Naveed Jamali with Ellis Henican
Scribner
Delivered
Pub: June 2015
Agent: Hannah Gordon Brown/Peter McGuigan
Foreign Sales:
Arabic: Arab Scientific; Britain: Simon & Schuster UK, WF Howes (audio); France: Le Seuil; Germany: Orell
Füssli; Hungary: Athenaeum; Italy: Piemme; Poland: Znak
For three nerve-wracking years, Naveed Jamali spied on America for the Russians, trading thumb drives of
sensitive technical data for envelopes of cash, selling out his own beloved country across noisy restaurant tables
and in quiet parking lots. Or so the Russians believed. In fact, this young American civilian was a covert double
agent working with the FBI. The Cold War wasn’t really over. It had just gone high-tech. HOW TO CATCH A
RUSSIAN SPY is the one-of-a-kind story of how one young man’s post-college adventure became a real-life US
counter-intelligence coup. With charm, cunning, and a big load of naiveté, he matched wits with a veteran Russian
military-intelligence officer who was recruiting spies on American soil, out-maneuvering the Russian spy and his
secret-hungry superiors.
20th Century Fox pre-empted the film rights, less than 24-hours after going on submission with a seven figure
offer. It was an outright purchase by Fox, who bought it for Marc Webb to direct (500 Days of Summer; The
Amazing Spider-Man) and Michael Sugar of Anonymous Content to produce. Naveed Jamali has partnered with
investigative journalist and bestselling author Ellis Henican. A long-time columnist with Newsday, Ellis has coauthored several multi-week New York Times bestsellers including Damn Few with Navy SEAL commander Rorke
Denver (Hyperion), Home Team with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton (New American Library) and In the
Blink of an Eye with NASCAR legend Michael Waltrip (Hyperion).
Crown
Del: June 2015
Pub: Spring 2016
Agent: Yfat Reiss Gendell
THE UNDERGROUND CULINARY TOUR
Damian Mogavero
From the Left Bank of Paris to shopping districts of Tokyo, restaurant menus refer to trend-forward offerings as
“Brooklyn-style.” What is it that makes the food and innovation capitals of the world willing to tip their hats to a city
that – until very recently – was considered by many International chefs to be a poor country cousin? The answer is:
television. Where trends in another part of the world could be ignored in years past, with the advent of travel and food
cable television shows, anyone with a TV has come to consider themselves a “foodie” – an expert on food quality and
trends, aware of the kinds of décor and service they should expect when they choose to eat away from home. The result
is that restaurants that do not understand this are failing – and fast. Simple data about what others are doing and what
their own customers are responding to or rejecting could save them all. In THE UNDERGROUND CULINARY
TOUR, readers are introduced to the underground food world personalities who are using trends and data to change the
way we all eat, change how we think of the places where we go when we eat out, and change the way we think about all
businesses.
Harvard Business School graduate and hospitality executive Damian Mogavero sought to create a simple way for food
professionals to embrace trends and the data revolution – allowing them to change the fates of their businesses forever.
He created a system that has been adopted by more than 20,000 operators in 46 countries – including some of the
most prestigious hospitality brands in the world.
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THIS IS NOT A SAD LOVE SONG
Nora McInerney
Dey Street/HarperCollins
Del: August 2015
Pub: Spring 2016
Agent: Jessica Regel
Foreign Sales:
Britain: Little Brown
In 2014, after three years of living with a brain tumor, Aaron sits down to write his obituary with his wife Nora. It
begins, “Purmort, Aaron Joseph age 35, died peacefully at home on November 25 after complications from a
radioactive spider bite that led to years of crime-fighting and a years long battle with a nefarious criminal named
Cancer, who has plagued our society for far too long.” It was perfect wink to give to their city. Only, it didn’t stay
in their city. His hashtag, #RIPBigPurm, trended on Twitter. Their words were in Time.com, The Washington Post.com,
HuffingtonPost.com and every corner of the internet between. “I don’t know how you do it.” People say to Nora. It’s
meant as a compliment, implying that she possesses some sort of inner fortitude that they do not. Nora’s memoir
THIS IS NOT A SAD LOVE SONG will invite readers along on her journey with Aaron. Through this book she
wants everyone to know what Aaron taught her: whatever happens, there is no going around it, there is only going
through it. This strength isn’t superhuman. There is beauty and humor and light to be found in even the darkest
moments.
Nora McInerney’s writing regarding her husband has previously been seen on XOJane, as well as chronicled on
website My Husband’s Tumor. She lives in Minneapolis with her son.
THE LOVERS
Rod Nordland
Ecco
Delivered
Pub: January 2016
Agent: David Patterson
Foreign Sales:
Brazil: Nova Fronteira/Ediouro; Britain: Hodder & Stoughton; Czech Republic: Euromedia Group; Germany:
Ullstein, Hörbuch Hamburg (audio sublicense); Italy: Mondadori; Netherlands: De Bezige Bij; Portugal:
Objetiva; Slovakia: Ikar; Turkey: KRP
“She is his Juliet and he is her Romeo, and her family has threatened to kill them both…” So began Rod
Nordland’s very first story about Zakia and Mohammad Ali, which ran in March in The New York Times, where Rod
is the Kabul Bureau Chief. Since then Rod has continued to chronicle their plight, two young lovers whose
families – members of different ethnic sects – were so determined to keep them apart that both of them suffered
beatings, persecution, and legal charges. Zakia and Mohammad Ali ran away together, eloped, and remain on the
run, now from her family – his family has come around – and from the Afghan authorities as well. Readers around
the world have been moved tremendously by the stories, and have made extraordinary offers of help. He will
continue to follow Zakia and Mohammad Ali, until their story “ends.” It will be an absolutely extraordinary tale of
perseverance, love, and a troubled and dangerous place. It may end in tragedy; it may end in triumph. Either way, it
will be astonishing.
Rod Nordland has shared a Pulitzer Prize for news, was a finalist for a Pulitzer in international reporting, has two
George Polk awards, half a dozen Overseas Press Club awards and a score of other such plaudits. A graduate of
Pennsylvania State University, he was made a distinguished alumnus of the university in 2005, a position that he
resigned in 2011 in protest of the football team’s child abuse scandal. He was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard
University.
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THE LIGHTLESS SKY
Gulwali Passarlay
Atlantic Books UK
Del: August 2015
Pub: November 2015
Agent: Brandi Bowles
Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, fleeing both the Taliban and US Armed
Forces. THE LIGHTLESS SKY describes his harrowing journey to seek sanctuary, fraught with near misses,
dangerous escapes, memorable characters, and the constant fear of a child, alone, in uncertain circumstances. It is a
stunning, timely, and urgent book, the first to put an Afghan refugee’s journey into compelling firsthand
perspective. Eight countries and one year later, Gulwali did make it to the UK, and unlike so many of his peers –
who later languished there, and still struggle in ways that are both endemic and self-wrought – Gulwali devoted his
life to education. Now twenty-one years old, he is set to graduate from the University of Manchester with a degree
in Philosophy and Politics. He is a member of many prestigious political, aid, and youth groups, each a steppingstone to his ultimate goal: to run for Presidency of Afghanistan. He has given a Tedx talk, and in 2012 was invited
to carry the Olympic Torch, a symbol of the incredible potential we all have, a living bridge between the Middle
East and the West. Like the protagonists of I Am Malala, Long Way Gone, and Enrique’s Journey, Gulwali’s youth will
offer a compelling perspective on a contemporary human rights issue.
Co-writer Nadene Ghouri is the author of The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future,
a memoir from the most popular female politician in Afghanistan, as well as Born into the Children of God: My Life in a
Religious Sex Cult. She has reported from conflicts in countries as diverse as Iran, DR Congo, Liberia, India, Gaza,
Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has been twice shortlisted for “Journalist of the Year” at the One World Media
Awards and twice nominated for an Amnesty International Human Rights Media award.
CURED
Memoir from founding member of the Cure and childhood friend of Robert Smith, Lawrence Lol
Tolhurst
Lol Tolhurst
Da Capo Press
Del: December 2015
Pub: To Be Announced
Agent: Peter McGuigan
Foreign Sales:
Britain: Quercus
Lovingly written and beautifully atmospheric, CURED is not a history of the band. It’s not a biography of Robert
Smith or an autobiography about Lol. It’s not a hagiography or scandalous tell-all. It’s none of those things.
Rather, it’s all of those things told through the lens of Lol’s friendship with Robert. CURED is a real and honest
look at a rock and roll friendship. This is not a rock memoir per se, but the story of two English lads who changed
pop culture together.
Born twenty miles south of London, Lol Tolhurst is one of the founding members of The Cure. As a drummer
and keyboardist for the band, he helped to write and record Three Imaginary Boys, Boys Don't Cry, Seventeen Seconds,
Faith, Pornography, and the multi-platinum Disintegration. After leaving The Cure, Lol continued to work in other
musical projects, and is currently a member of the band Levinhurst with his wife Cindy Levinson. He lives in Los
Angeles, California.
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Lifestyle
F*CK FEELINGS
One Shrink’s Practical Advice for Managing All of Life’s Impossible Problems
Dr. Michael Bennett with Sarah Bennett
Simon and Schuster
Delivered
Pub: September 2015
Agent: Anthony Mattero
Foreign Sales:
Britain: HarperCollins UK; Germany: Fischer Verlag; Italy: Vallardi; Russia: Alpina Publisher
Tens of millions of Americans regularly see a therapist. They rack up bills, use their precious time, and bare their
souls all in the hope to feel better. They may want to stop feeling depressed; they may feel unfulfilled and
rudderless; they may feel the need to control their impulses or feel they should repair a damaged relationship.
Finally, thankfully, Dr. Michael Bennett has found a solution to all of these problems. In this short, practical advice
book, the method Dr. Bennett has been espousing for decades to paying customers in Boston will finally become
available to consumers across the country. Most people attend therapy in order to try and change something they
don’t like about themselves or to figure out a way to change other people. Instead, Dr. Bennett teaches that you
need to accept that life is hard and becoming frustrated with yourself for not achieving something that’s impossible
is self-defeating and counter-productive. Instead, he shows you how to become effective at managing life’s
impossible problems.
Dr. Bennett is a Harvard educated, board-certified, distinguished fellow in the American Psychiatric Association
and a practicing psychiatrist for over thirty years. He’s a major player in the Boston medical community, even
serving as president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society from 2004-2005. Sarah Bennett has written for
magazines, the Internet, television, and books. She also spent two years writing for a monthly sketch comedy show
at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. F*ck Feelings is their first book.
SPY SECRETS THE CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE:
A Former CIA Officer Reveals Safety and Survival Techniques to Keep You and Your Family Protected
Jason R. Hanson
Perigee/Penguin Random House
Delivered
Pub: September 2015
Agent: Kirsten Neuhaus
Foreign Sales:
Russia: Mann-Ivanov-Ferber; China: China South Booky Culture
Former high level C.I.A. officer Jason Hanson tours the country, going from city to city, teaching thousands of
people defense tactics he learned on the Farm and in the field. Senior executives, security specialists and stay at
home moms are just a few of the people who flock to his training courses, learning evasive driving, how to free
yourself when bound by duct tape and how to avoid being mugged amongst many other critical skills. Whether you
live in a dangerous city or a sleepy suburb, Hanson shares smart, effective and easy to understand techniques that
will empower readers and give them the tools they need to handle any situation.
Jason R. Hanson is a former CIA Officer, security specialist and winner of ABC’s hit reality series Shark Tank. He
has been interviewed by major media outlets for his security expertise including, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News
and the Huffington Post. Jason writes articles for Personal Home Defense Magazine and Combat Handguns. He currently
lives in Cedar City, UT with his family.
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THE POWER OF BROKE
Daymond John
Crown Business
Del: June 2015
Pub: January 2016
Agent: Kirsten Neuhaus
Daymond John has been practicing “The Power of Broke” ever since he first started selling his fashion brand
FUBU on the streets of Queens. With no marketing budget, Daymond had to innovatively promote his products
by any means possible: putting t-shirts in music videos, placing hats on celebrities, and creating a nationwide
ambassador program. Daymond was one of the first modern marketers to understand how to communicate with
his target, next generation demographic in a truly authentic way. This organic campaign turned the FUBU brand
into a global phenomenon, but it might have never happened if he’d had a million dollar budget. In his new book
THE POWER OF BROKE readers will learn the secrets of Daymond’s philosophy and see how being restrained
by a lack of budget forces companies to be more creative and think outside of the box. To illustrate his point, he's
reached out to his friends and clients in a wide range of industries to share their own, in some cases never before
revealed, stories of applying “The Power of Broke” in their careers to great success.
Daymond John is the is founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, “For Us, By Us.” As CEO and president,
Daymond guided FUBU to a staggering $350 million in revenues, placing it in the same stratosphere as such
designer sportswear labels as Donna Karan New York and Tommy Hilfiger. Over the last 16 years, Daymond has
evolved into more than a fashion mogul. He is the CEO of Shark Branding, where he advises iconic personalities
ranging from Kim Kardashian to Stan Lee on their brands. He is an in demand motivational speaker and an
investor on the ABC entrepreneurial competition series Shark Tank which draws upwards of seven to eight million
viewers a night.
Dey Street Books/HarperCollins
Delivery: September 2015
Pub: August 2016
Agent: Kirsten Neuhaus
DESIGN YOUR LIFE
Rachel Roy
Since her first line exploded on the scene in 2005, Rachel Roy has been known for her classic, polished
style. While other designers may veer off in wilder avant-garde directions for different muses, Rachel has always
remained loyal to her fan base, continually producing beautiful looks for the American woman, including Michelle
Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kim Kardashian. A seasoned fashionista at only 40 years old, and raising her two
little girls, she has developed an extremely loyal clientele who look to her not just for great clothes they can count
on, but for inspiration on achieving her seemingly effortless chic. With her elegance and beauty, it might surprise
women to know that far from being born into privilege, Rachel grew up in a struggling family, in a low-income
neighborhood in California. As a child despite having very little, she always believed she could design the life she
wanted, if only she stayed true to her dream, and looked the part along the way. Now, as the first ever fashion
designer to write a style guide, Rachel will not only lead women to the right looks for any occasion, but also
motivate them to aspire to greatness.
Rachel Roy is an American fashion designer from Monterey, California. In 1996, after graduating from college she
moved to New York and began working at Jay Z’s urban fashion line Rocawear, eventually becoming creative
director of the women's and children's divisions. She launched her own fashion line, Rachel Roy New York, in
2005, and received a Bollywood industry award for her contribution to American fashion in 2006.
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HEALTHY BRAIN, HAPPY LIFE
Wendy Suzuki
Dey Street Books/HarperCollins
Delivered
Pub: May 2015
Agent: Yfat Reiss Gendell
Foreign Sales:
China: Cheers Media; Italy: Sperling; Russia: Alpina Publisher; Spain: Zenith/Planeta; Germany:
Goldmann/Mosaik
Suzuki, an internationally renowned thought-leader on the subject of brain plasticity and an award winning
professor at New York University, shares her personal journey of transformation—from fat, frumpy and forgetful
to foxy and focused. While transforming her body through exercise and mindfulness, Suzuki studied the effect
these changes had on her brain, as well as those of her students, and patients with traumatic brain injury, lifelong
substance abusers, soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and even devotees of SoulCycle exercise classes. In
HEALTHY BRAIN, HAPPY LIFE she weaves her personal story with cutting edge, but understandable
neuroscience about how our brains respond to stimulation, and how through easy steps, even the least motivated
among us can use what she has learned about neuroscience to “hack” our way into being smarter, more engaged,
more motivated and happier.
Dr. Wendy Suzuki runs a lively and interactive research lab at New York University, where her work has been
recognized with numerous awards including the prestigious Troland Research Award from the National Academy
of Sciences. She is also a popular teacher and speaker, participating regularly at New York’s renowned public
science event, the World Science Festival. She is a two-time Tedx speaker and is regularly interviewed for TV and
print for her work on the effects of exercise on brain function. She lectures nationally and internationally on her
research and serves as a reviewer for many of the top neuroscience journals.
Poetry
Harper Perennial
Delivered
Pub: April 2015
Agent: Anthony Mattero
DARK SPARKLER
Amber Tamblyn
Here is the American starlet: discovered, disrobed, displaced, disused, disgorged. The lives of more than twenty-five actresses
lost before their time, explored in a haunting, provocative new work by an acclaimed poet and actress and paired
with original artwork commissioned for the book by luminaries including David Lynch, Adrian Tomine, Marilyn
Manson, and Marcel Dzama. DARK SPARKLER is a surprising and provocative collection from a young artist of
wide-ranging talent, culminating in an extended, confessional epilogue of astonishing candor and poetic command.
Amber Tamblyn is both an award-winning film and television actress and an acclaimed poet. As such she is deeply
fascinated—and intimately familiar—with the toll exacted from young women whose lives are offered in sacrifice
as starlets. The stories of these actresses, both famous and obscure-tragic stories of suicide, murder, obscurity, and
other forms of death—inspired this empathic and emotionally charged collection of new poetic work.
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