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Amos, Kim
A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON
"4 stars! Laced with humor and filled with colorful characters, Amos' latest is a
sweet romance about second chances. The banter...is amusing and [the]
chemistry is electric."—RT Book Reviews
Twelve years ago, beautiful, blonde, wealthy Willa Masterson left White Pine,
tires squealing, for New York City, without looking back. Since then, she’s
enjoyed everything New York has to offer a girl with unlimited resources. But
the recent discovery that her boyfriend has squandered her inheritance—and that
of several of her friends—in a Ponzi scheme sends Willa back to White Pine, to
the only asset she has left: her childhood home, which she plans to turn into a
high-end B&B.
Enter Burk Olmstead, the best contractor in town—and Willa’s high school
boyfriend, whom she left high and dry when she moved away. Hard-working,
hard-bodied Burk, who has been taking care of Willa’s childhood home for
years, also has plans for the beautiful old house—plans that conflict with Willa’s
B&B. When these two argue, sparks fly and reignite the fire that’s always been
between them…but it may take the whole town of White Pine to get these two
lovers back together for good.
Kim Amos lives in Michigan with her husband, two dogs, and one cat. This is
the first book in a three-book deal (AND THEN HE KISSED ME July 2015 and
EVERY LITTLE KISS October 2015).
World English rights: Grand Central Nicole Bond [email protected]
Grand Central / Forever;
April 2015
288 pages, paperback
Editor: Michele Bidelspach
Books available
Agency: Einstein Literary
Management
Blatteis, Angela and Vivienne Vella
THE SOUP CLEANSE
THE SOUP CLEANSE brings the hottest new detox trend to readers nationwide
with a body-shaping program and delicious recipes from the founders
of Soupure, the LA-based soup company at the forefront of this new movement
that has been featured on Good Day LA and The Doctors and in GOOP.
Readers will lose weight, boost energy, and improve overall health as they sip on
delicious soups and nourishing broths that purify the body while flooding it with
much-needed nutrients. Unlike juicing and other cleanses, souping is a lifestyle,
not just a quick-fix solution and it allows readers to enjoy all of the healthy
benefits of whole fruits and vegetables, including fiber, which is the key to true
detoxing.
Complete with meal plans, 50 delicious recipes, and beautiful photographs, THE
SOUP CLEANSE provides readers with everything they need to recharge,
rejuvenate, and reclaim their health -- one sip at a time!
Angela Batteis and Vivienne Vella founded Soupure to share the healing power
of soups and souping. Soupure develops and delivers nutrient-rich cold and hot
soups, tonics and waters, and soup cleanses that are delicious, satisfying, and
endorsed by the medical community.
World English rights: Grand Central, Nicole Bond [email protected]
Grand Central Life & Style
February 2016
288 pages
Editor: Sarah Pelz
Manuscript due: May 2015
Agency: Thompson Literary
Davis, Kent
A RIDDLE IN RUBY – Book 1
Welcome to The Chemistral Age, where magically augmented alchemy and
chemistry have thrust an alternate version of 1700’s Colonial America forward
into industrialization. And meet Aruba (Ruby) Teach: smuggler’s daughter,
picklock prodigy, and repository of secrets.
When a dashing stranger derails her carriage robbery, 13 year-old Ruby’s life as
an apprentice thief swerves off course. When the same young duelist, Lord
Athen Boyle, books passage on her father's ship, she hides her head in the hold
like a seagoing ostrich. But Athen is pursued by agents of the Crown, and when
Ruby’s father is taken, the fates of the two young adventurers become
inextricably entwined. Ruby and Athen, along with the (mostly) faithful servant
Cram, seek to free Ruby’s father, navigating a world filled with cobalt
gearbeasts, alchemical automatons, and devilish secret societies.
The Lord Commander of the King’s Reeve is never far behind. He and his forces
hound the three companions through the alleys and manufactories of Philidelphi.
But when Ruby realizes that Athen has secrets of his own, and that even those
closest to her cannot free her father, she must rely on the one person she can
truly trust: herself.
Kent Davis has spent his professional life making stories. As an actor,
playwright, and game designer, he has fifty-odd theater productions and six
tabletop gaming books under his belt. He holds a B.A. in Dramatic Literature
from Penn and an MFA in Acting from UC, San Diego. This is his first novel. He
lives with his wife in Bozeman, Montana.
This is the first book in a trilogy.
Greenwillow/HarperCollins
Middle-Grade 13+
Fall 2015
350 pages
Editor: Martha Mihalick
Manuscript available
Agency: Einstein Literary Management
DeSilva, Bruce
A SCOURGE OF VIPERS
"Bruce DeSilva writes a story in the tradition of Hammett and Higgins… He
writes with authority about the issues of our times, and he does it with honesty
and candor…. If you want a hardboiled view of how a city actually works, this is
your book."-James Lee Burke
“DeSilva's Edgar and Macavity Award-winning books (most recently
Providence Rag) is a consistently well-written hard-boiled series…this excellent
addition features a bit of romance, a lot of action, plenty of snappy repartee,
and social commentary on the fate of newspaper journalism and the corrupting
role of money in the political process. Quality all the way.” – Library Journal
(starred review)
To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the
Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected
consequences. Organized crime, professional sports leagues, and others who
have a lot to lose—or gain—if gambling is made legal flood the state with
money to buy the votes of state legislators.
Liam Mulligan, investigative reporter for The Providence Dispatch, wants to
investigate, but his bottom-feeding corporate bosses at the dying newspaper have
no interest in serious reporting. So Mulligan goes rogue, digging into the story
on his own time. When a powerful state legislator turns up dead, an out-of-state
bag man gets shot, and his cash-stuffed briefcase goes missing, Mulligan finds
himself the target of shadowy forces who seek to derail his investigation by
destroying his career, his reputation, and perhaps even his life.
A SCOURGE OF VIPERS is at once a suspenseful crime story and a serious
exploration of the hypocrisy surrounding sports gambling and the corrupting
influence of big money on politics.
Bruce DeSilva is the author of ROGUE ISLAND, which won the 2011 Edgar
Award for Best First Novel and the 2011 Macavity Award for Best Debut (and
was nominated for several other awards) and the follow-up CLIFF WALK and
PROVIDENCE RAG. Formerly the Associated Press’s writing coach, DeSilva is
now a master’s thesis advisor at the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Stories by DeSilva have won a Pulitzer Prize, the Polk Award (twice), and more.
Forge, March 2015
320 pages
Editor: Claire Eddy
Books available
Agency: Einstein Literary Management
Rights sold to CLIFF WALK: French/Actes Sud; Italian/Giunti Editore; Portuguese (Brazil)/Rocco; Spanish (Mexico)/Grupo
Editorial Patria
Rights sold to ROGUE ISLAND: French/Actes Sud; Hebrew/Aryeh Nir; Italian/Giunti Editore; Japanese/Hayakawa;
Korean/Sigongsa; Norwegian/Vendetta Forlag; Portuguese (Brazil)/Rocco; Russian/AST; Spanish (Mexico)/ Grupo
Editorial Patria; Spanish (Spain)/Ediciones Pamies
Fusselman, Amy
SAVAGE PARK: A Meditation About Play, Space, Objects and Death
"[Fusselman] asks us to remember we are going to die; she reminds us to live
while we are still alive...Fusselman’s prose has a spare, clean elegance that
can carry a knife-like precision" – San Francisco Chronicle
"Amy Fusselman writes with a unique depth of feeling, and SAVAGE PARK is
a fascinating and daresay essential meditation on childhood, parenthood, and
the importance of wild spaces for those wild creatures known as kids." – Dave
Eggers
Part memoir, part manifesto, this exploration of the underside of our obsession
with safety is prompted by the author’s visit to a thrillingly alarming adventure
playground in Tokyo.
"How fully can the world be explored," asks Amy Fusselman " . . . if you are
also trying not to die?”
On a visit to Tokyo with her family, Fusselman stumbles on Hanegi playpark,
where children are sawing wood, hammering nails, stringing hammocks to
trees, building open fires. When she returns to New York, her conceptions of
space, risk, and fear are completely changed.
Fusselman invites us along on her tightrope-walking expeditions with Philippe
Petit and late night adventures with the Tokyo park-workers, showing that
when we deprive ourselves, and our children, of the experience of taking risks
in space, we make them less safe, not more so.
SAVAGE PARK is a fresh, poetic reconsideration of behaviors in our culture
that — in the guise of protecting us — make us numb and encourage us to
sleepwalk through our lives. We babyproof our homes; plug our ears to our
devices while walking through the city. What would happen if we exposed
ourselves, if — like the children at Hanegi park — we put ourselves in
situations that require true vigilance?
Amy Fusselman writes the “Family Practice” column for McSweeney’s
Internet Tendency, and has been published in ArtNews, Jane, and The New
York Times. Amy Fusselman’s two previous books, THE PHARMACIST’S
MATE (McSweeney’s/Penguin) and 8 (Counterpoint Press), have just been
reissued in a double paperback by McSweeney’s. She lives in New York City
with her husband and three children.
Serial rights: The Atlantic Magazine
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;
January 2015
144 pages
Editor: Lauren Wein
Books available
Agency: Einstein Literary Management
Herron, Rachael
SPLINTERS OF LIGHT
Praise for Pack Up the Moon:
“Herron is an inexhaustible champion of the healing power of love.”
—Sophie Littlefield, National Bestselling Author
“Filled with fiercely honest emotion, a celebration of the power of love to heal
even the most broken of hearts.”—Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times Bestselling
Author
“A heartbreaking story of loss and family that achieves an optimistic feel in the
end....The language [is] poetic and moving at many points.”—RT Book Reviews
From the acclaimed author of Pack Up the Moon comes a poignant and beautiful
novel about love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds of family—particularly those
between mothers, daughters, and sisters.
Ten years ago, Nora Glass started writing essays about being a single mother of a
six-year-old daughter. Her weekly column made her a household name, and over
the years, her fans have watched Ellie grow from a toddler to a teenager.
But now Nora is facing a problem that can’t be overcome. Diagnosed with a
devastating disease that will eventually take away who she is, she is scared for
herself, but even more frightened about what this will mean for her sixteen-yearold daughter.
Now Nora has no choice but to let go of her hard-won image as a competent,
self-assured woman, and turn to the one person who has always relied on her: her
twin sister, Mariana. Nora and Mariana couldn’t be more different from one
another, and they’ve always had a complicated relationship. But now the two
sisters will have to summon the strength to help them all get through a future
none of them could have ever imagined, while uncovering the joy and beauty
that was always underneath
Rachael Herron is the author of the, PACK UP THE MOON, the Cypress
Hollow novel series (bestsellers in Australia), and of the memoir A LIFE IN
STITCHES. She is also an accomplished knitter, whose blog Yarn-a-Go-Go
combines her two vocations and has a devoted following (approximately 83,000
unique visitors a month). Rachael lives in Oakland, California.
NAL
March 2015
464 pages
Editor: Danielle Perez
Books available
Agency: Einstein Literary Mgmt
Itzler, Jesse
LIVING WITH A SEAL: My 31 Days With The Toughest Man on the Planet
Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme
fitness training with a Navy SEAL.
In 2011, former rapper and millionaire businessman, Jesse Itzler, approached
an active-duty Navy SEAL with this proposition: Move into my family's
Manhattan apartment and train me for 31 days. "Seal," widely considered "the
toughest man on the planet," agreed, but on one condition: Jesse would do
everything he told him--and NOTHING was off the table.
What ensued was a physical training regiment that included sleeping in a
wooden chair, jumping into a frozen lake, and running miles wearing a 50-lb
weighted vest with training occurring at all hours of the day and night. At turns
hilarious and insightful, LIVING WITH A SEAL tells the story of a fitness
routine like no other and the unlikely friendship it produced.
Jesse Itzler is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, Emmy-award winning
songwriter, and former rapper. He has written over 50 theme songs for sports
franchises including the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles
Lakers. He also co-founded Marquis Jet, the world’s largest private jet
company, and he owns the 100 Mile Group marketing agency. Jesse is married
to Sarah Blakely, the founder of SPANX, and they have three sons. They split
their time between New York and Atlanta.
Grand Central / Center Street
November 2015
300 pages
Editor: Kate Hartson
Manuscript available: April 2015
Agency: The Leshne Agency
James, Steven
FURY: Book 2 of the BLURRED REALITY trilogy
Praise for the BLURRED REALITY trilogy and Steven James:
“Master storyteller at the peak of his game.” – Publishers Weekly
"James cranks up the creep factor." —Booklist
"If you’re looking for a book with a good whodunnit plot, likable characters, and
a story that will make you heart beat a little faster than normal, then this is your
book!" —Book Nerderie
"Blur is a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you on your toes and
guessing throughout the book." —Lily Bloom Books
"Full of mind-bending twists and turns, Blur launches a new trilogy of young
adult thrillers from Steven James, a master of suspense." —Night Owl Reviews
The disturbing visions that helped Daniel Byers solve a deadly mystery have
finally quieted, and the sixteen-year-old basketball star is looking forward to
things settling back to normal. But when his father mysteriously disappears,
Daniel realizes that the key to finding his dad rests in deciphering his chilling
hallucinations.
Soon, long-buried secrets begin to surface, revealing clues that could help him
locate his father. But as the past collides with the present and reality begins to
blur around him, Daniel faces a race against time to save his dad before it’s too
late.
Filled with pulse-pounding suspense, Fury continues the thrilling young adult
Blur Trilogy from bestselling author Steven James.
Steven James is the award-winning author of numerous books including the
Patrick Bowers thrillers which have sold over 300,000 copies. Library Journal
listed his latest action thriller THE QUEEN as one of the best novels of 2011
and his thriller THE PAWN was optioned by ABC Studios in 2010. James
earned a Master's Degree in Storytelling and serves as a contributing editor to
Writer's Digest. The third book in the series is due in 2016.
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil)/Novo Seculo
Rights sold for BLUR: German/CTB; Portuguese (Brazil)/Novo Seculo
Skyscape (YA 13+)
April 2015
324 pages
Editor: Courtney Miller
Finished book
Agency: Einstein Literary
Management
Jennings, Ken
PLANET FUNNY: The Mystery and Mechanics of Why We Laugh
From the satire of Aristophanes to the bawdy middle-class antics of Chaucer to
the witty esprit of the 18th-century French court, humor has helped define our
sense of humanity. The process seems to have accelerated in the last fifty
years: Monty Python’s game-changing silliness, the anti-humor of a Steve
Martin or David Letterman, the fast-paced metahumor of The Simpsons. If
these are really new wrinkles that no one’s tried in centuries of joke-telling,
how did they take hold so fast? And why now?
In PLANET FUNNY, Ken Jennings will bring his trademark sharply
intelligent and boundlessly curious sense of exploration to present a full
taxonomy of what spawned and defines the modern sense of humor. That
means telling the story of pioneering greats from Molière to the Marx
Brothers, but it also means unpacking cultural footnotes like novelty songs,
Mad magazine parodies, prank phone calls, and schoolyard joke fads from
Helen Keller to Tom Swifty. Along the way, Ken will explore everything
from what is happening in our brains when we laugh and the cross-cultural
humor, to the societal boundaries of taste that both feed and limit the edges of
what can be considered acceptable in comedy, to if there are people who
inherently have good sense of humor or can everyone be funny?
Ken Jennings was an anonymous software engineer in 2004 when he became
a nerd folk icon almost overnight via his record-breaking six-month streak on
the TV quiz show Jeopardy! In his 75 appearances on the show, Ken won 74
games and $2.52 million, both American game show records. Barbara Walters
named him one of the ten most fascinating people of the year. The Christian
Science Monitor called him "the king of Trivia Nation" and Slate magazine
dubbed him "the Michael Jordan of trivia, the Seabiscuit of geekdom." Since
his Jeopardy! streak ended, Ken has become a best-selling author. His books
include Braniac, about the phenomenon of trivia in American culture, Ken
Jennings's Trivia Almanac, the biggest American trivia book ever assembled,
and Maphead, about his lifelong love of geography. His latest book is
Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every
Generation Passes Down Its Kids. Ken currently lives outside Seattle,
Washington, with his family.
Scribner
Summer 2016
324 pages
Editor: John Glynn
Proposal available; manuscript due
October 2015
Agency: Jud Laghi Agency
Rights to MAPHEAD sold to: Chinese (Complex)/Faces, Estonian/Aripaev, Korean/Geulhangari, Spanish/Ariel
Kurkjian, Stephen
MASTER THIEVES: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s
Greatest Art Heist
"Engrossing real-life crime story.” —Kirkus Reviews
“In MASTER THIEVES, master reporter Steve Kurkjian tackles one of the world’s
great unsolved mysteries—the 1990 Gardner Museum art heist in Boston—and
leaves the reader feeling like he’s cracked the case. This book has the grit and
intelligence of a lifelong gangster and the high tension of a midnight caper.”
—Ben Bradlee Jr., author of The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
“A gripping, revelatory book. MASTER THIEVES is not only a thrilling heist story
but a feat of investigative reporting. The kind of book you can only write if you’ve
lived with a story for 20 years.”
—Mitchell Zuckoff, author of 13 Hours and Frozen in Time
In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph
Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score
waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks by
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and others, its security was cheap, mismanaged, and
out of date. When the hit finally happened, the theft quickly became one of the
most infamous art heists in history: thirteen works of art valued at up to $500
million, by some of the most famous artists in the world, were taken. Twenty-five
years later the case is still unsolved and the artwork is still missing.
Stephen Kurkjian, one of the top investigative reporters in the country, has been
working this case for over nearly twenty years. In Master Thieves, he sheds new
light on some of the Gardner’s most abiding mysteries such as: why would
someone steal these paintings, only to leave them hidden for twenty-five years?
Kurkjian’s reporting is already responsible for some of the biggest breaks in this
story, including a meticulous reconstruction of what happened at the museum that
fateful night. He reveals the identities of those he believes plotted the heist, the
motive for the crime, and the details that the FBI has refused to discuss. Taking
you on a journey deep into the gangs of Boston, Kurkjian emerges with the most
complete and compelling version of this story ever told.
Stephen Kurkjian is one of the most acclaimed investigative reporters in the
country. A veteran of the Boston Globe, he is the paper's former Washington
Bureau Chief and a founding member of its investigative Spotlight Team. Kurkjian
has won more than 25 national and regional awards including the Pulitzer Prize on
three occasions.
Film/tv: Joe Veltre, Gersh: [email protected]
Public Affairs
March 2015
272 pages
Editor: Ben Adams
Book available
Agency: Lynn Johnston Literary
Laybourne, Emmy
SWEET
“Laybourne’s masterful novel opens as a comical potential romance, becomes
suspenseful, then horrific, and ends as a gripping action-adventure survival
story sure to enthrall readers across abilities and interests.” – Voya (starred
review)
“Simultaneously terrifying, hilarious, and action packed, SWEET is a wild
ride that holds up a warped mirror to our society. I loved it from the first line
to the last.” – Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of LEGEND and
THE YOUNG ELITES
“A finely knit narrative in which romance pairs perfectly (somehow) with
societal horror” - School Library Journal
A dream trip turns into a deadly nightmare in this action-packed novel from
the author of the Monument 14 trilogy.
A celebrity cruise to launch the trendy new diet sweetener Solu sounds like the
vacation of a lifetime. But Tom isn’t here to have fun or lose weight. He’s here
to work. A former child actor who is tired of being known as “Baby TomTom,” he hopes that successfully hosting this cruise will show the world that
he’s finally grown up. His publicist has even set up a romance with a sexy
reality star! But somehow, despite all his best efforts, Tom finds himself
gravitating toward a different girl…
Laurel is starting to regret accepting her friend Viv’s invitation. Sure the cruise
is luxurious and all inclusive, but she’s already totally embarrassed herself and
her seasickness isn’t helping. Worse, Viv’s more focused on the Solu than on
hanging out. The diet drug is working a little too well, and as the pounds fall
off, Viv starts acting strange, as does everyone else on the ship …
Something is really wrong with Solu, and this dream trip is about to become a
nightmare.
Emmy Laybourne is a writer and performer based in New York. As an
actress, she has had starring or featured roles in a number of films and
television shows. She has also written for both television and film (and was a
ghostwriter for several R.L. Stine projects). Laybourne is the author of the
MONUMENT 14 trilogy which The New York Times called “frighteningly
real”.
Feiwel & Friends; YA 13+
June 2015
320 pages
Editor: Jean Feiwel
Galleys available
Agency: Einstein Literary Management
Rights sold: French/Hachette Jeunesse
Rights to MONUMENT 14 trilogy sold to: UKANZ/Hodder; Czech/Baronet; French/Hachette Livre; German/Heyne Fleigt;
Polish/Rebis; Russian/AST; Thai/Words Wonder; Turkish/Pegasus
Pasternak, Harley
5 POUNDS: The Breakthrough 5-Day Plan to Jump Start Rapid Weight Loss
(and Never Gain It Back!)
"In his latest book, 5 POUNDS, Harley offers his easiest, most effective program yet.
Follow his advice to drop those pounds and change your life!"
—JJ Virgin, New York Times bestselling author of JJ Virgin's Sugar Impact
Diet and The Virgin Diet
“I am healthier, leaner, and stronger than ever, thanks to Harley.”—Adam Levine,
Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter of Maroon 5 and cohost of The Voice
“Harley has created the perfect weight management plan—it's science-based common
sense, and it works" —Jennifer L. Ashton, MD, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor
for Good Morning America and cohost of The Doctors
For most people, the hardest part of lasting weight loss is either getting started or
reaching their goals—too often, motivation is tough to maintain or those final few
pounds simply won’t budge, no matter how many hours are logged on the treadmill and
how many calories counted. Now, from the New York Times bestselling author of The
Body Reset Diet, comes a deceptively simple plan to slim down—whether you to need to
shed those last few stubborn pounds or want to jump start a more significant weight-loss
effort.
5 Pounds teaches readers how to implement five simple strategies as daily habits:

Walk 5 miles a day.
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Eat protein and fiber 5 times a day.

Do resistance exercise 5 minutes a day.
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Sleep at least 7 hours a night.
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Unplug at least 1 hour a day.
Readers will enjoy immediate results—dropping 5 pounds or more in just 5 days—and
boost energy, improve overall health, and finally achieve long-term weight-loss success.
With step-by-step advice, easy-to-prepare recipes, and motivating success stories, 5
Pounds will transform the way readers look and feel forever.
Harley Pasternak, MSc, is a renowned fitness and nutrition expert and the bestselling
author of The Body Reset Diet, The 5-Factor World Diet, The 5-Factor Diet, and 5Factor Fitness. He appears regularly on television and blogs for People.com, AOL.com,
and the Huffington Post and has been featured in numerous publications.
Rights sold: German/Borsenmedien
Rodale
March 2015
304 pages
Editor: Ursula Cary
Books available
Agency: Empire Literary
Santi, Jenny
THE GIVING WAY TO HAPPINESS
"Giving takes you out of yourself. You expand beyond your limitations."
—from the foreword by Deepak Chopra
We often focus on how our gifts can help those in need. But the act of giving actually
improves our own lives as well. In THE GIVING WAY TO HAPPINESS, Jenny Santi
overturns conventional thinking about what it takes to be happy by revealing how people
find purpose and joy in giving.
This book is filled with inspiring stories of generosity told by Goldie Hawn, Nobel
Peace Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus, supermodel Christy Turlington-Burns, and
philanthropist Richard Rockefeller, among many others from around the globe. Despite
their diverse backgrounds, they have all found unexpected happiness and fulfillment
through giving. Santi also shares a growing body of scientific evidence that links giving
with happiness. For example:
- Research shows that altruism involves far more than suppressing basic selfish urges;
rather, we are wired to give, as it activates pleasure centers in the brain.
- Several studies demonstrate that those who volunteer regularly and frequently live
longer than non-volunteers.
- People who give to charity are 43% more likely to say they're very happy than those
who don't give.
- A recent study by Harvard professor Michael Norton found that participants who
were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than
those assigned to spend money on themselves.
Amidst a culture of materialism and self-centeredness, Santi shows how giving can
assuage ennui, give us purpose, and contribute to happiness in the deepest ways.
Jenny Santi was born and raised in Manila in the Philippines, and now splits her time
between Singapore and New York. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and Wharton
Business School and attended New York University's Heyman Center for Philanthropy &
Fundraising, where she is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy. She is a frequent
commentator on the topic of philanthropy and has been quoted in the International
Herald Tribune, Channel News Asia, and BBC World News.
UK rights: Tarcher, contact: Sabila Kahn ([email protected])
Tarcher (Penguin)
October 2015
336 pages
Editor: Sara Carder
Manuscript available
Agency: Thompson Literary
Simmons, Gene
ME, INC: Build An Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life
and Business
“You literally can turn to any page, pick a random sentence and likely find
potent words of wisdom.” – Wall Street Journal
“Underneath Kiss bassist Gene Simmons’s makeup is a shrewd businessman.
In this advice book, he doles out tips for entrepreneurs and anyone who wants
to get ahead.” – Parade
“Why should we do what Simmons says? Well, for starters, Simmons - a
notorious rock star, raconteur, and business maven - has a global cultural
recognition just a few pegs below Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola, and Superman.”
– Men’s Health
“Brutally honest business advice.” – New York Post
The quintessential self-made man, master of brand identity, New York
Times bestselling author, and award-winning executive—KISS's Gene
Simmons—shares his manifesto for business success.
KISS did not become one of the most successful rock bands in history by
accident. Long before he first took the stage, Gene Simmons had a clear-cut
operating plan for the business. A recipient of the Forbes Lifetime
Achievement Award, this brilliant executive runs all of his businesses on his
own—no personal assistant, few handlers, and as little red tape as possible.
In Me, Inc., Simmons gives aspiring entrepreneurs the critical tools they need
to succeed. He discusses how to build a solid business strategy, harness the
countless tools available in the digital age, educate yourself, and be the
architect for the business entity that is you. Inspired by The Art of War, Me,
Inc. is organized around thirteen specific, easy-to-understand principles for
success—"The Art of More"—drawn from Simmons's own triumphs and
failures. From finding the confidence necessary to get started, to surrounding
yourself with the right people, to knowing when to pull the plug and when to
double-down, these principles can help you attain the freedom and wealth of
your dreams.
KISS co-founder and lead singer, Gene Simmons, is a multi-hyphenate
entrepreneur and one of the world’s most recognized personalities. KISS has
sold over 100 million CDs and DVDs worldwide, is celebrating its 40th year
together, and continues to sell out stadiums and arenas around the world. As an
author, Simmons’ autobiography Kiss And Make-Up (Crown, 2001) was a New
York Times Bestseller and has sold over 250,000 copies to date.
Dey Street Books
October 2014
224 pages
Editor: Denise Oswald
Book available
Agency: Jud Laghi Agency
Rights sold: German/Koch International; Japanese/Nikkei Business; Portuguese (Brazil)/Rocco
Swanson, Cynthia
THE BOOKSELLER
“Cynthia Swanson’s The Bookseller is both a delightful and haunting
exploration of identity, love and loss. With great style and compassion, the
author asks the age-old question: ‘What if my life were different?’ The
answers in this affecting debut novel are truly surprising.” - Joanna Hershon,
author of A Dual Inheritance
“This is a stunner of a debut novel, astonishingly tight and fast paced…. This
will especially resonate with fans of the movie Sliding Doors and the authors
Anna Quindlen and Anita Shreve.” - Library Journal, starred review
“Dexterously traversing past and present, fact and fiction, Swanson’s clever
first novel ingeniously explores the inventive ways the human spirit copes with
trauma.” – Booklist
An Indie Bookseller Pick and Denver Post Bestseller!
A haunting, beautiful debut novel that will keep you turning pages late into the
night…
Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller loves her unconventional life. She runs Sisters
Bookshop with her best friend, Frieda, and, unmarried, enjoys a bohemian
freedom that allows her to do what she wants, when she wants. And then the
dreams begin.
Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life.
They have beautiful children, an elegant, modern home, and an active social
life. The only hitch: this is all a dream.
The more Kitty dreams, the more real her dream-world seems, and the more
reluctant she is to leave it. But where is Frieda in her dream-world, and the
other people from her actual life? Can she choose which life she wants? If so,
what is the cost of staying Kitty, or becoming Katharyn?
Cynthia Swanson is a writer and a mid-century modern designer. She has
published short fiction in 13th Moon, Kalliope, and Sojourner, among other
periodicals. Her story in 13th Moon was a Pushcart Prize nominee. She lives in
Denver, Colorado, with her husband and three children.
HarperCollins
March 2015
320 pages
Editor: Claire Wachtel
Book available
Agency: Einstein Literary Mgmt
Rights sold: Bulgarian/ERA Media; Catalan/La Campana; French/Mosaic; German/Diana Verlag; Hungarian/Gabo
Kiado; Italian/Garzanti; Portuguese (Brazil)/Suma; Portuguese (Portugal)/Bertrand; Russian/AST;
Spanish/Salamandra; Turkish/Marti Yayinlari
Tennesen, Michael
THE NEXT SPECIES: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
“Tennesen chronicles his interviews with scientists from around the world,
delivering an engrossing history of life, the dismal changes wrought by man and
a forecast of life after the sixth mass extinction” – Kirkus
"Simultaneously sobering and exhilarating" – Booklist (starred review)
While examining the history of our planet and actively exploring our present
environment, science journalist Michael Tennesen describes what life on earth
could look like after the next mass extinction.
A growing number of scientists agree we are headed toward a mass extinction,
perhaps in as little as 300 years. Though events like these are initially
destructive, they are also prime movers of evolutionary change in nature. And
we can see some of the warning signs of another extinction event coming, as our
oceans lose both fish and oxygen. In The Next Species, Michael Tennesen
questions what life might be like after it happens.
Tennesen discusses the future of nature and whether humans will make it
through the bottleneck of extinction. Without man, could the seas regenerate to
what they were before fishing vessels? Could life suddenly get very big as it did
before the arrival of humans? And what if man survives the coming catastrophes,
but in reduced populations? Would those groups be isolated enough to become
distinct species? Could we upload our minds into a computer and live in a virtual
reality? Or could genetic engineering create a more intelligent and long-lived
creature that might shun the rest of us?
Tennesen delves into the history of the planet and travels to rainforests, canyons,
craters, and caves all over the world to explore the potential winners and losers
of the next era of evolution. His predictions, based on reports and interviews
with top scientists, have vital implications for life on earth today.
Michael Tennesen is a science writer who has written more than 300 stories in
such journals as Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, National Wildlife,
Audubon, Science, Smithsonian, and others. He was a Media Fellow at the
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, and a
Writer in Residence at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He lives in the
California desert with his family.
Rights sold: Korean/Sam & Parkers
Simon & Schuster
March 2015
336 pages
Editor: Emily Graff
Book available
Agency: Jud Laghi Agency
Toorpakai, Maria
UNTITLED MEMOIR
The story of Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a world-ranked Pakistani squash
player who hid her gender from the Taliban and lived as a boy to walk
among her persecutors—fooling them before facing them head on, and then
playing to win.
Set in one of the least forgiving regions in the world and headquarters of Islamic
extremism, Waziristan, this memoir – reminiscent of I Am Malala meets Bend It
Like Beckham - gives a detailed and personal account of Maria’s extraordinary
journey from brazen tribal daughter on a mission to escape the shadow of the
Hindu Kush mountains and play the game she loved, to brawling adolescent boy
roaming the violent back alleys of North Waziristan, to a top-ranked professional
squash player on the run from the Taliban.
Her story is truly incredible and nearly unbelievable. Burning her dresses at age 5,
she lived as a boy so that she could live the life beyond the walls of her home. Her
family, who have always supported her, include two progressive parents and her
sister Ayesha who was called Benazir Bhutto’s “muse” and has been elected as
the youngest-ever member of the National Assembly in Pakistan, and the only
female from the tribal regions to ever hold that position.
Maria stood up against persecution and threats from the Taliban to herself and her
family to pursue the sport she loved and live the life she deserved. Ranked the #1
female squash player in Pakistan and among the top 100 players in the world,
she’s on the way to achieving her goal of world champion in the sport.
Maria Toorpakai Wazir has received universal acclaim over her many public
appearances, including a TedXTeen speech, and she continues to book regular
speaking engagements around the world. She currently lives in Toronto and
travels internationally to pursue her dream of being the #1 squash player in the
world.
Twelve
Spring 2016
336 pages
Editor: Libby Burton
Proposal available; manuscript due
September 2015
Agency: Thompson Literary
Rights sold: UKANZ/Bluebird (Macmillan); Canadian/Viking; German/Heyne; Italian/Rizzoli
Zeihan, Peter
THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER: The Next Generation of American
Preeminence and the Coming Global Disaster
"[A] lively, readable thesis on how the success or failure of nations may rest on the
very ground beneath their feet...Anyone seeking a cogent, and provocative, take on
where the world is heading should start here."— The Wall Street Journal
"readers will find it difficult to put down this fascinating addition to the 'rise and
fall of nations' genre."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years, THE
ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER will be a much discussed, contrarian, and eyeopening assessment of American power.
Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic
gambit that rewired the international system. Empires were abolished and replaced
by a global arrangement enforced by the U.S. Navy. With all the world's oceans
safe for the first time in history, markets and resources were made available for
everyone. Enemies became partners.
We think of this system as normal-it is not. We live in an artificial world on
borrowed time.
In THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER, international strategist Peter Zeihan
examines how the hard rules of geography are eroding the American commitment
to free trade; how much of the planet is aging into a mass retirement that will
enervate markets and capital supplies; and how, against all odds, it is the everravenous US economy that - alone among the developed nations - is rapidly
approaching energy independence. Combined, these factors are doing nothing less
than overturning the global system and ushering in a new (dis)order.
Peter Zeihan launched his own firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics, in 2012 after working
for twelve years with the geopolitical analysis firm Stratfor, where he was Vice
President of Analysis.
Twelve
November 2014
384 pages
Editor: Sean Desmond
Book available
Agency: Jud Laghi Agency
NOTABLE BACKLIST
THE DEATH OF PUNISHMENT: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst by
Robert Blecker
Palgrave 2013
The Death of Punishment challenges the reader to refine deeply held beliefs on life and death as punishment that
flare up with every news story of a heinous crime. It argues that society must redesign life and death in prison to
make the punishment more nearly fit the crime. Weaving compelling analysis around real killers and survivors,
Blecker puts a personal face on this controversial subject. This book - and the author - will challenge assumptions
and encourage debate on a subject that goes to the very roots of humanity.
MAPPING MANHATTAN: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by Becky Cooper
Abrams 2013
Armed with hundreds of blank maps she had painstakingly printed by hand, Becky Cooper walked Manhattan
from end to end. Along her journey she asked the strangers to “map their Manhattan”. Soon, her mailbox was
filled with a cartography of intimate narratives: past loves, lost homes, childhood memories, comical moments,
and surprising confessions.
Rights sold: Chinese (complex)/Global
DAILY RITUALS by Mason Currey
Knopf 2013
A compilation of 161 inspired—and inspiring—minds, among them, novelists, poets, playwrights, painters,
philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians, who describe how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted)
obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do, whether by waking early or staying
up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long
daily walks. Over 100,000 copies in print worldwide.
Rights sold: UK/Picador; Chinese (simplified)/Shanghai Literature & Art; Chinese (complex)/Linking;
Czech/Orsini; Dutch/Maven; French (France)/Autrement; French (Canada)/Saint-Jean Editeur;
German/Kein & Aber; Greek/Key Books; Japanese/Filmart Sha; Korean/KPI; Polish/GW Foksal;
Portuguese (Brazil)/Elsevier; Russian/Alpina; Spanish/Turner Libros; Thai/A Book; Turkish/Kolektif
HOW THE WORLD SEES YOU: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of
Fascination by Sally Hogshead
HarperBusiness 2014
You already know how you see the world. But do you know how the world sees you? How is your personality
most likely to impress and influence the person sitting on the other side of the desk or boardroom? Once you
know what makes you valuable to others, you're more authentic and confident, and more able to make a positive
impression. To become more successful, you do not have to change who you are—you have to become more of
who you are. How the World Sees You reveals who you are at your best so you can create better relationships,
grow your business, and become intensely valuable to those who matter most.
Rights sold: Arabic/Jarir; Chinese (complex)/Fine Books; Chinese (simplified)/Briefing Press;
German/Redline; Japanese/Pie Books
BECAUSE I SAID SO: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generations
Passes Down to Its Kids by Ken Jennings
Scribner 2012
Ken Jennings is here to tell us that mother and father didn’t always know best. Yes, all those years you were told
not to sit too close to the television (you’ll go blind!), or swallow your gum (it stays in your stomach for seven
years!), or crack your knuckles (arthritis!) are called into question by the leading trivia guru. Jennings separates
myth from fact to humorously debunk a wide variety of parental edicts: no swimming after meals, sit up straight,
don’t talk to strangers, you’ll get worms from cookie dough, and so on. New York Times bestseller
Rights sold: Spanish/Ariel
MAPHEAD: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings
Scribner 2011
Maphead recounts the author’s lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so
fascinating to fellow enthusiasts everywhere. Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London
Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic
Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. He also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped
our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been. New York
Times bestseller
Rights sold: Chinese (complex)/Faces; Estonian/Aripaev; Korean/Geulhangari; Spanish/Ariel
MY CRAZY CENTURY: A Memoir by Ivan Klima
Grove 2013
In his intimate autobiography, spanning six decades that included war, totalitarianism, censorship, and the fight
for democracy, acclaimed Czech writer Ivan Klíma reflects back on his remarkable life and this critical period of
twentieth-century history.
Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)/Flower City; Spanish/Quaderns Crema; UK/Grove Atlantic
Ivan Klima’s extensive backlist also available including A SUMMER AFFAIR, JUDGE ON TRIAL, LOVE
AN D GARBAGE, NO SAINTS OR ANGELS, THE SPIRIT OF PRAGUE, and WAITING FOR THE
DARK, WAITING FOR THE LIGHT
WE LEARN NOTHING by Tim Kreider
Simon & Schuster 2013
Satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition,
asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn’t change
you? Why do we fall in love with people we don’t even like? With a perfect combination of humor and pathos,
these essays, peppered with Kreider’s signature cartoons, leave us with newfound wisdom and a unique prism
through which to examine our own chaotic journeys through life. These are the conversations you have only with
best friends or total strangers, late at night over drinks, near closing time.
Rights sold: French (digital-only)/Moyen-Courrier
THE ZERO MARGINAL COST SOCIETY by Jeremy Rifkin
Palgrave 2014
In this international bestseller, Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an
era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the
eclipse of capitalism.
Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)/Citic; Chinese (complex)/Business Weekly; French/Les Liens qui
Liberent; German/Campus; Greek/Enalios; Italian/Mondadori; Japanese/NHK; Korean/Minumsa;
Polish/Studio Emka; Portuguese (Brazil)/M Books; Portuguese (Portugal)/Bertrand; Slovene/Modrijan;
Spanish/Paidos; Turkish/Optimist
NO REGRETS PARENTING: Turning Long Days and Short Years Into Cherished Moments
With Your Kids by Harley Rotbart
Andrews McMeel 2012
No Regrets Parenting focuses on the simple truth that long days of busy parenting race quickly by and teaches
parents how to stretch and enhance the time they spend with their kids, amidst the chaos and choreography of
daily routines.
Rights sold: Chinese (simplified)/Citic; Estonian/Ajakirjade; Italian/Vallardi;
CONFESSIONS OF A SCARY MOMMY and MOTHERHOOD COMES NATURALLY (and
Other Vicious Lies) by Jill Smokler
Gallery 2012/2013
New York Times bestselling author Jill Smokler digs deep into the underbelly of parenting and tackles the issues
many mothers are too afraid to expose. In a culture that idealizes motherhood, it’s scary to confess that, in your
house, being a mother is beautiful and dirty and joyful and frustrating all at once.
Rights sold CONFESSIONS OF A SCARY MOMMY: Chinese (simplified)/CITIC; Czech/Lucka Bohemia;
Estonian/As Sinisukk; German/Luebbe; Korean/Woongjin Think Big; Polish/Proszynski; Russian/Eksmo;
Slovak/Noxi; Turkish/Koridor
Rights sold MOTHERHOOD COMES NATURALLY: Czech/Lucka Bohemia; German/Luebbe;
Slovak/Noxi