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GENERAL NONFICTION & MEMOIR:
Deborah Davis
THE TRIP: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure (Atria)
NA; Atria, UK: Abner Stein, Translation: WLA (Taiwan/Business Weekly)
EMS is available February 2015, publishing Fall 2015
In 1963, the pop art king Andy Warhol took a road trip from New York to LA through a country in the midst of
dramatic cultural change and an artist on the brink of stardom. Through this episode we witness many of the things that
made him in icon in an era like no other. This was his first time in LA and he was welcomed like a hero by its art scene,
by people like Dennis Hopper who became a life-long friend, as well as Peter Fonda, Marcel Duchamp, Elizabeth
Taylor, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and other luminaries from the worlds of movies and art. He blended in perfectly
and solidified his image as a visionary for a time in which people began to look at art in an entirely different way and
many old perceptions of what art was became upended. This is narrative non-fiction at its best: an overlooked historical
moment, major figures, unlimited storylines, engaging, enlightening and enjoyable to read. Deborah Davis is the author
of six narrative non-fiction books, including The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy, the
authorized history of the landmark television show and its legendary host (Abrams, 2011). Her other works include
Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (Tarcher/Putnam, 2003), the story behind the legendary John
Singer Sargent painting that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public
ridicule; Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball (Wiley, 2006), which
transports readers to the Oz-like splendor of New York in 1966, where Capote, at the pinnacle of his fame, threw
himself the party to end all parties. She has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Magazine
Antiques, and Art and Antiques. US AGENT: Scott Waxman
Joseph Kim, with Stephan Talty
UNDER THE SAME SKY: A Memoir of Survival, Hope, and Faith (HMH)
NA: HMH, UK: Abner Stein, Translation: WLLA (Poland/Proszynski Media)
Manuscript is available, publishing MAY 2015
A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and
Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage. Inside the hidden and
mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young boy’s normal life until he was five. Then disaster struck:
the first wave of the Great Famine, a long, terrible ordeal that killed millions, including his father, and sent others, like
his mother and only sister, on desperate escape routes into China. Alone on the streets, Joseph learned to beg and steal.
He had nothing but a street-hardened survival instinct. Finally, in desperation, he too crossed a frozen river to escape to
China. There a kindly Christian woman took him in, kept him hidden from the authorities, and gave him hope. Soon,
through an underground network of activists, he was spirited to the American consulate, and became one of just a
handful of North Koreans to be brought to the U.S. as refugees. Joseph knew no English and had never been a good
student. Yet the kindness of his foster family changed his life. He turned a new leaf, became a dedicated student,
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mastered English, and made it to college, where he is now thriving thanks to his faith and inner strength. Under the Same
Sky is an unforgettable story of suffering and redemption.
JOSEPH KIM was born in North Korean in 1990. In 2007 he came to the United States where he completed high
school. He is currently a college student in New York City. Joseph Kim’s extraordinary TED talk has been viewed over
1.2 million times.
STEPHAN TALTY is a widely published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s
Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of Escape from the Land of Snows, the
best-selling Empire of Blue Water, The Illustrious Dead, and Mulatto America. Talty's work as a ghostwriter resulted most
recently in the New York Times bestseller A CAPTAIN’S DUTY - called "fascinating" and "suspenseful" by PW in a
starred review - which has been made into a Columbia Pictures forthcoming film “Captain Phillips”, starring Tom
Hanks. US AGENT: Scott Waxman
John Lefevre
STRAIGHT TO HELL: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals (Grove/Atlantic)
NA & UK: Grove/Atlantic, Translation: WLLA (China/Citic, Poland/Bukowy Las, Taiwan/Briefing Press)
Proposal is available, EMS due January 2015, publishing Fall 2015
From the infamous Twitter account, true stories from the wild world of international finance:
Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look
into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account, Goldman Sachs launched an
internal investigation, and when the true identity of the man behind it all was revealed in February, it created a national
media sensation—but that’s only part of the story. Where @GSElevator captured the essence of the banking elite with
curated jokes and submissions overheard by readers, STRAIGHT TO HELL adds John LeFevre’s own story—an
unapologetic and darkly funny account of a career as a globe-conquering investment banker spanning New York,
London, and Hong Kong. This book pulls back the curtain on a world that is both hated and envied, taking readers
from trading floors and roadshows to private planes and after-hours overindulgence. Full of shocking lawlessness and
win-at-all-costs antics, this is the definitive take on the deviant, dysfunctional, and absolutely excessive world of finance.
John LeFevre has enjoyed a distinguished career in international finance. He joined Salomon Brothers immediately out
of college and worked for Citigroup in New York, London, and Hong Kong. In 2010 he was hired by Goldman Sachs
to be its head of Asia Debt Syndicate, a position that eventually he did not take due to a contractual issue. US AGENT:
Byrd Leavell
Mishka Shubaly
RUNNING THROUGH HELL (PublicAffairs)
NA + UK: PublicAffairs, Translation: WLLA
Proposal is available, MS due April 2015, publishing Summer 2016
Mishka Shubaly Mishka Shubaly began drinking at 13 and college at 15. At 22, he received the Dean's Fellowship from
the Master's Program at Columbia University. And his account of going from being a committed drug addict to an ultra
runner who knocks out 50 miles before lunch was released in late 2011 as a Kindle Single called THE LONG RUN.
To date it has sold over 80,000 copies and is one of the most successful Singles ever. The reasons for THE LONG
RUN'S remarkable popularity are clear: Shubaly is a natural writer with a knack for reaching a mainline of readers
looking for terrific, inspirational running narratives. But it is also missing entire themes and chapters that he had to cut
to fit Amazon’s strict length restrictions. Nothing reflects this more than the flood of emails he receives asking for
more details about how he did it. RUNNING THROUGH HELL will be the book that THE LONG RUN so clearly
needs to be. Shubaly has the talent to create a book capable of carving out a space between Augusten Burroughs’
Dry and Christopher McDougall’s epic success Born to Run. He lives in Brooklyn, where he writes music and plays bass
for Freshkills. US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
Adam Skolnik
ONE BREATH
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NA: Crown, UK: Abner Stein, Australia: Penguin Australia, Translation: WLLA
Proposal is available, MS due: March 2015, publishing: September 2015
Part INTO THE WILD, part SHADOW DIVERS, ONE BREATH reveals the world of daredevil free divers addicted
to the buzz that comes from tempting their own fate, and diving as deep as they can on a single breath. Their quest is
both spiritual and athletic, but the deeper these athletes go, the more obsessed they become. All of its competitors walk
a thin line, which became devastatingly apparent in 2013 when rising star Nicholas Mevoli was pronounced dead after
an attempt to break his own personal best and achieve a second American record. Adam Skolnick was present that day,
covering the competition for the New York Times, and ONE BREATH begins with the story of Nicholas Mevoli’s last
dive. Part season in a bottle, part historical and scientific exploration, Skolnick will take readers from sponge divers in
Ancient Greece into the 20th century, where scientific perceptions have shifted over the course of the last five decades
as divers continue to find ways to defy what medical science deems impossible. He will visit with the best divers in the
world and watch them train and compete at home and abroad in places like the Bahamas, Indonesia, Japan, Russia,
Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Honduras, Hawaii and New York City. What emerges is a story filled with quirky characters,
evocative history, unsolved mysteries of science, and determined athletes competing for a world title. It will take the
reader to some of the most beautiful places on earth and down into the depth of the sea where there exists a poetry and
beauty few will ever experience.
Adam Skolnick has written for the New York Times, Outside, ESPN.com, BBC.com, Salon.com, Men’s Health, Wired,
and Travel + Leisure, among others. As an international journalist, he has visited 45 countries and authored or coauthored 25 Lonely Planet guidebooks. His coverage of Nicholas Mevoli’s death at Vertical Blue earned two APSE
awards. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/sports/deep-water-diver-from-brooklyn-dies-after-trying-for-arecord.html US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
THE GUANTÁNAMO DIARY, edited by Larry Siems (Little, Brown)
NA: Little, Brown, UK: Canongate, Translation: WLLA (Croatia/Profil, Czech/Jota, Denmark/People’s Press,
Finland/Like France/ Michel Lafon, Germany/Klett Cotta, Greece/Psichogios, Holland/de Boekerij,
Italy/Piemme, Norway/Cappelen Damm, Poland/Muza, Russia/AST, Serbia/Laguna, Slovakia/Tatran,
Spain/Agora, Sweden/Norstedt, Turkey/Belge Yayinlari)
EMS is available, publishing: January 20, 2015
An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned
Guantánamo detainee.
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years,
the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S.
government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go. Three years into his
captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His
diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir—terrifying, darkly humorous,
and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantánamo Diary is a document of immense historical
importance.
Mohamedou Slahi was born in Mauritania. He left the country at the age of 18, on a scholarship to study in Germany.
In the early 1990s, he interrupted his studies and went to Afghanistan to join al-Qaida units fighting (with American
support) the Soviet-backed government in Kabul. He returned to Germany in 1992, completing his engineering degree
and living and working first in Germany and then, for a few months, in Montreal, Canada. After his November 2001
apprehension by a Jordanian commando team, he was held in isolation and interrogated for the next seven and a half
months before the Jordanians concluded he had had no involvement with the Millennium plot. Nevertheless, a CIA
rendition team captured him and on August 5, 2002, he was incarcerated at Guantánamo. Despite being cleared by
multiple courts and foreign governments, he remained imprisoned. He has never been charged with a crime.
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Larry Siems is a writer and human rights activist, and for many years directed the Freedom to Write Program at PEN
American Center. He is the author, most recently, of The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About American's Post-9/11
Torture Program. He lives in New York.
US AGENT: Rachel Vogel
Abigail Tucker
THE LION IN THE LIVING ROOM: THE CURIOUS SCIENCE OF HOUSE CATS AND THEIR
KEEPERS (S&S)
NA & UK: S&S, Translation: WLLA
Proposal is available, ms due December 2014, publishing November 2015
Tucker, an award-winning science writer on staff at Smithsonian, investigates how house cats and human civilization
shaped, and continue to shape, each other. She addresses the downfall of the great cats that hunted humans as food for
much of prehistory, theories of the origin of cat domestication and Egypt's famous cat culture, including the cat
mummies which scientists continue to use for genetic studies. Chapters will cover health and disease, from how cats
helped save humans from the Black Death to modern work on toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease spread by cats that
some researchers now think is responsible for conditions like schizophrenia. The book will address ecological issues:
house cats are a devastatingly invasive species, responsible for some 14 percent of all modern bird and mammal
extinctions. It will discuss the psychology of cat ownership -- why some people prefer cats to dogs and vice versa, which
countries love cats and why others don't, how culture and gender affects our fondness for cats (or lack thereof), and
more. It will discuss modern cat breeders (some of whom have a Frankenstein-like quality), modern cat skeptics
(including the bird people who have come to view sparrow-devouring house cats as mortal foes), and end with a
discussion of how cats colonized the internet, with the smashing success of LOL Cats and more. A book for cat people,
people who know and love cat people, dog people, and anyone who wants to pause and admire the charms of the coldblooded apex predator that millions of us cuddle every night. US AGENT: Scott Waxman
HUMOR:
Sophie Gamand
WET DOG (Grand Central)
NA: Grand Central, UK: Aurum, Translation: WLLA (France/Livre de Poche, Germany/Riva)
Proposal is available, MS due: January 2015, publishing Fall 2015
Sophie Gamand is a French photographer living and working in New York since 2010. She posted her hilarious photos
of dogs during their bath times at a local pet grooming salon in November. They immediately went viral, receiving
hundreds of thousands of hits and Facebook shares on Yahoo, Buzzfeed, MSN, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, Telegraph,
Guardian, The Week, Laughing Squid, The Dish, Daily Candy, and dozens of other sites. The profound reaction her
photos have generated, and how entertaining she is able to make each image, speaks to her ability as a photographer.
Something happens when the dogs are caught in such a vulnerable state. Each image offers a rare glimpse of their
personality, and with its lush images, humorous approach, and tremendous following, WET DOG, is ideally suited to be
the next title to follow in the bestselling footsteps of SHAKE and UNDERWATER DOGS. Sophie’s whimsical and
humorous work has been internationally recognized. In January 2014, shortly after “Wet Dog” received world-wide
attention, her series “Dog Vogue” went viral as well. You can see more of her work here. US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
Matt Andrews
TEXTASTROPHE: (TEXT•TAS•TRO•PHE)
NA: St. Martin's, UK: Ebury, Translation: WLLA (Germany/Piper)
Final MS is available, publishing February 2015
Once upon a time, prank phone calls were the best way to procrastinate, but in 2015, they’re so passé. Instead, Matt
Andrews has mastered the art of prank texting. What happens when you offer to barter two sub-sandwiches for a used
motorcycle? Who do you call when you want to build a mysterious man cave in your basement? What do you do if you
need a knight in shining armor to deliver you to your high school reunion? If you've ever left a "contact me" pull-tab at
your local grocery or posted an ad on Craigslist and received insane and unbelievable text messages in response,
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Andrews is very likely to blame. We'd be mad at him if we could stop laughing long enough to hit "send" on the
exceptionally witty come back we thought of...too bad he's already moved on to his next target and deleted us from his
phone, now only to be remembered in these pages of his laugh-out-loud funny book.
MATT ANDREWS is a reformed loser and full-time hooligan. It started during an exceptionally boring shift at the
smart phone kiosk where he used to work in the mall. With ample time to procrastinate, Matt decided to check out
Craigslist. He saw an ad requesting the reader to text a personal cell phone number for more information, and thus his
prank text empire was born. The public have taken to the blog like moths to the flame on sites including BuzzFeed,
Reddit, The Huffington Post, and others. US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
“This is easily one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the Internet.” – Eli Langer, CNBC
“Shake-your-head enjoyable. You can't help but appreciate their mastery of that craft.” – GIZMODO
Josh Ostrovsky,
MONEY, PIZZA, RESPECT (Grand Central)
NA: Grand Central, UK: Abner Stein, Translation: WLLA
Proposal is available, MS due: April 2015, publishing Fall 2015
A laugh-out-loud memoir from Josh Ostrovsky who has attracted millions of devoted followers on his Instagram and
Twitter. Ostrovsky goes by the handle @fatjewish and his over-the-top online persona has made him infamous. But this
NY native comes by his outrageousness honestly, he lives an offline life as provocative, profane, and over-the-top as
what more than a million fans enjoy through Instagram. He was recently featured in this New York Times
magazine article. In MONEY PIZZA RESPECT Josh relates one insanely hilarious story from his life after another and
will contain ridiculous photos and captions that have catapulted Josh to fame, or whatever this might be called.
Ostrovsky will be writing the book with David Oliver Cohen, co-author of the national bestseller White Girl Problems.
US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
Martin Vargic
THE MAP OF EVERYTHING (Harper Design)
NA: Harper Design, UK: Penguin, Translation: WLLA
Proposal is available, Ms due December 2014, publishing Summer 2015
Vargic, a 22-year old artist from Slovakia, rose to international fame in early 2014 when his Map of the Internet 1.0,
went viral. Using old National Geographic maps as inspiration, he drew freehand into Photoshop the Alexa data of the
most visited websites in the world. Visually stunning, it generated hundreds of thousands of hits and Facebook shares
and was subsequently featured on Mashable, Yahoo, The Daily Mail, The Independent, Slate, Fox News, The
Huffington Post, Business Insider, Gizmodo and dozens of other sites worldwide.
In subsequent months, Vargic published several other maps on his website, www.halcyonmaps.com, which immediately
garnered more internet fame. His second work, the Map of Stereotypes, pulled together more than 1800 clichés and pop
culture references into a map based on the stereotypical westerner’s view of the world. It too received immediate media
attention, and was prominently featured on a multitude of sites such as Slate, The Huffington Post, and many others.
Vargic was clearly onto something. Atlas of Everything will bring Vargic's rare talent to a book that will feature all of
Vargic's previously published maps, as well as a collection unseen by the general public, such as The Music Map, The
Map of Youtube and a collection of 50 hilarious world mini-maps showing everything from the number of metal bands
per capita to the probability of getting struck by lightning. This will be a beautiful, four-color, hardcover edition with 8
full page spreads and about 60 1 page maps. US AGENT: Byrd Leavell
Brittni Vega
HARLOW AND SAGE (AND INDIANA): A True Story (Putnam)
NA: Putnam, UK: Abner Stein, ANZ: Penguin Australia, Translation: WLLA (Germany/Ars Edition)
Books are available, publishing October 2014
NYT Bestseller
HARLOW AND SAGE (AND INDIANA), the dogs who are taking Instagram by storm. ‘Obsessed’ is one word to
describe followers of Harlowandsage. And it’s easy to understand why—this Weimaraner and her two friends are instant
mood-lifters, a direct injection of Vitamin D and serotonin. The world first met Harlow (an uber-expressive pooch that
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brings to mind William Wegman’s iconic Weimaraner photos), and her small and mighty sibling Sage, in March 2013.
Their owner, Brittni Vega, perfectly captured their love for each other, and also their goofiness. Sage passed away in
September, but then came Indiana, a Dachsund puppy. That’s when the account really blew up. HarlowandSage went
viral and the account now has nearly 200,000 followers and each photo or video of these two gets thousands upon
thousands of likes. What sets this apart from the many trending dog photography books is its ability to capture a truly
special dynamic between animals. Like UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS, HARLOW AND SAGE (AND INDIANA) is
served up with a huge dose of character, quirkiness, and love. US AGENT: Rachel Vogel
FICTION YOUNG ADULT:
Kathleen Glasgow
THE TENDER KIT (Delacorte)
manuscript available, publishing in Fall 2016
THE TENDER KIT by Kathleen Glasgow is a spellbinding story of survival, growth, art, and change.
Charlie Davis is a young woman on the edge of losing herself to a debilitating mental illness – she’s a cutter -and while her young life has been one of chaos, loss, and even homelessness, the deep cuts she makes in her
body with the chip of a mason jar bring her an addicting calmness. She keeps the glass wrapped in velvet and
stowed in an old medical tender kit.
We meet Charlie in a psychiatric care facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she’s been admitted after a
traumatic event on the streets. With the help of a caring doctor, nicknamed Caspar, she takes her first steps
toward healing. Unlike many of the girls in the program, however, Charlie can’t afford this sanctuary for long.
When insurance coverage ends, she’s sent back into the world to fend for herself. Her journey takes her to
Tucson, Arizona, where, armed with Caspar’s advice, she meets an eccentric cast of outsiders and artists, who
teach her how to live a life she never dreamed possible.
Kathleen Glasgow has received fellowships for the writing of this novel from the Minnesota State Arts Board
and the Jerome Foundation. Her work has been published in Cimarron Review, Bellingham Review, and
Clackamas Literary Review. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and writes for The Writer’s Almanac.
Kathleen has already gathered some excellent advance quotes from Charles Baxter, Julie Schumacher, Amanda
Coplin, Swati Avasthi, and Summer Woods. All of these authors point to Charlie’s unforgettable voice and
Kathleen’s powerful storytelling.
“THE TENDER KIT has the breath of life; every character in it is fully alive. Charlie Davis’s complexities are
drawn with great understanding and subtlety.” – Charles Baxter
“Kathleen Glasgow's THE TENDER KIT is a harrowing tightrope of a novel -- vivid, devastating, and
beautifully written.” -- Julie Schumacher, author The New York Times bestseller DEAR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
“Charlie Davis's voice is diamond-beautiful and diamond-sharp which, when strung together by a delicious
story and memorable characters, creates a rare and powerful read. Kathleen Glasgow's THE TENDER KIT
is a treasure of a novel.” -- Swati Avasthi, author of SPLIT and CHASING SHADOWS
THE TENDER KIT is a novel with beauty to burn. It is a GIRL, INTERRUPTED for a new generation.
BACKLIST:
Novak Djokovic
SERVE TO WIN: The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence (Ballantine)
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NA: Ballantine, UK: Transworld, Translation WLLA (Brazil/Evora, Bulgaria/Initials, Croatia/EPH Media,
China/Beijing United Publishing, Czech Republic/TIMY Partners, France/Robert Laffont, Germany/Riva,
Holland/Kosmos, Italy/Sperling & Kupfer, Latvia/Zvaigzne ABC, Macedonia/Ars LAMINA, Montenegrin/IP
Nova, Poland/Bokowy Las, Romania/Publica, Russia/AST, Serbia/Laguna, Slovakia/TIMY Partners,
Slovenia/Debora, Spain/Urano, Taiwan/Business Weekly, Turkey/Marti)
EMS + Cover are available, publishing August 17th, 2013
David Epstein
THE SPORTS GENE: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance (Current)
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**
NA: Current, UK: Yellow Jersey, Translation: WLLA (Brazil/Campus, Croatia/Mate, Czech Republic/Albatros,
France/Editions Golferone, Holland/De Arbeiderspers, Japan/Hayakawa, Korea/Open Books, Norway/Flint
Forlag, Slovakia/Premedia Group, Spain/Urano, Russia/AST, Slovenia/UMco, Turkey/Marti Yayinlari)
EMS and cover are available, Publishing August 2013
Joanne Ruthsatz, Ph.D. and Kimberly Stephens, J.D.
THE PRODIGY’S COUSIN: One Psychologist’s Amazing Discovery of the Hidden Link Between Genius
and Autism (Current)
Proposal is available, EMS due February 2015, publishing Fall 2015
NA: Current, UK: Abner Stein, Translation: WLLA
Ruthsatz, a cognitive psychologist, has been studying child prodigies for fifteen years. With her daughter, Kimberly
Stephens, THE PRODIGY’S COUSIN breaks down the roots of genius itself, raising powerful questions about how we
have perceived it for centuries. At the same time, it reframes the way we think about autism, one of the biggest hotbutton issues of the past two decades. Professor and Cognitive Psychologist Joanne Ruthsatz and her daughter
Kimberly Stephens bring us on a ground-breaking journey through a decade and a half of studying child prodigies. In
1998, Ruthsatz met her first child prodigy who and shortly thereafter met his cousin, who was autistic. The children
seemed to be two sides of the same coin. Do prodigy and autism go hand in hand? This idea set in motion Joanne’s
quest to discover the true nature of genius, one that would dominate her life for fifteen years. And discover it she did:
together with Ohio State University’s lab, Ruthsatz identified the prodigy gene. The findings: the talent element of
autism is where genius lies. THE PRODIGY’S COUSIN is the first book that examines genius from all angles.Ruthsatz
and Stephens tell the tales of children capable of extraordinary things while weaving in the new science behind why
autistic traits are the key to making this possible. Throughout her journey to understand where genius fundamentally
lies, Ruthsatz forces us to rethink everything we thought we knew about prodigies and the autistic. Can an autistic
person ‘grow out’ of the disorder? Will we be able to create prodigies? Will we be able to prevent autism before a child
is born? US AGENT: Rachel Vogel
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