The first title, If This Is Peace, follows a nurse in 1970s Alabama who, Berkley said, “fights for justice for two of her patients even as she grapples with her own accountability.” It was inspired by a 1973 suit filed on behalf of two sisters who were involuntarily sterilized by a federally funded clinic in Montgomery, Ala. The book, Nelson said, will explore “Michelle’s journey with mental health and wellness.” Williams is “passionate about raising awareness about mental health and about sharing the lessons she has learned in her own struggle with depression.” Williams was represented by the Fedd Agency.īerkley Disrupts the ‘Peace’ with Perkins-Valdezĭolen Perkins-Valdez, the bestselling author of Wench, closed a North American rights deal for two novels with Amanda Bergeron at Berkley. Jenny Baumgartner took world rights to the currently untitled works, the first of which, set for May 2021, will be Williams’s debut.
Singer, actor, and former Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams signed a two-book deal with Nelson Books.
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The Harlequin imprint said it’s a “voice-driven” work “set in the early 20th century during the last days of lumberjacks” that “reads like a Coen brothers movie crossed with a Charles Portis novel.” The novel follows a 13-year-old named Weldon Applegate, who is struggling to keep hold of his father’s timber claim, and is slated for fall 2021. Joseph preempted world rights to the title from Lucy Carson at the Friedrich Agency. Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter ( Bright’s Passage) sold his sophomore novel, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, to Peter Joseph at Hanover Square Press. Ritter’s ‘Glorious’ Goes to Hanover Square The publisher said it captures “all the vulnerability, perceptiveness, and inquisitiveness of a young Black girl on the cusp of puberty” and reveals how “the perfect family we all dream of looks different up close.” The coming-of-age novel follows an 11-year-old girl who goes to live with her grandfather and sister after her mother disappears and her father dies. Harris, represented by Ayesha Pande at Ayesha Pande Literary, is currently pursuing a PhD in fiction at Western Michigan University. Oliver recently joined the new Penguin imprint’s editorial team. In one of the first acquisitions at Tiny Reparations Books, Amber Oliver bought North American rights to Kai Harris’s debut novel, What the Fireflies Knew. Tiny Reparations Catches Harris’s ‘Fireflies’ Her previous works include Blood Countess and Wicked Like a Wildfire.
The author is a former literary agent and graduate of the Emerson College publishing and writing program. The novel, the publisher said, was “pitched as a magical, queer version of John Tucker Must Die.” Popovic´, a YA novelist who is writing Payback’s a Witch under the pseudonym Lana Harper, was represented by Taylor Haggerty at RootLiterary. His most rcent deals include books by Mollie Katzen, Andrew Morton, Cooking Channel star Ben Sargent, and Jackie Collins, as well as New York Times Notable Cookbook of the Year Make the Bread, Buy the Butter by Jennifer Reese.After a seven-way auction, Cindy Hwang at Berkley won world English rights, in a three-book deal, to Lana Popovic´’s Payback’s a Witch. Steve’s most recent New York Times bestselling memoirs include Fairy Tale Interrupted by RoseMarie Terenzio and The End of Normal by Stephanie Madoff Mack. Please include the query letter and first ten pages in the body of the email, as well as “query” in the subject line.įormer Associate Director of Publicity for St.He does NOT want Genre fiction, including pure SFF, Romance, Paranormal YA-no werewolves, witches or vampires, please. YA thrillers with a distinctive voice and a strong grip on plot.Ĭontemporary YA with a strong voice, appealing characters, and emotional appeal-think John Green or Sarah Dessen. Upmarket literary suspense/thrillers with a distinctive narrative voice. Character-driven literary fiction with elegant writing and a unique, engaging concept.
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