St. Martin’s to Publish Memoir by Judi DenchMichael Flamini netted North American rights to
Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?, cowritten with
Brendan O’Hea, from
Sara Scarlett at Penguin Random House UK. Publication is planned for November.
Podium Snags New Series from Morgan BridgesStephanie Beard at Podium Entertainment took world English and foreign language rights to the dark romance author’s Nocturnal Sequence trilogy, in an unagented, seven-figure deal. The as-yet-untitled first book is set for March 2027.
Sourcebooks Nets Seven Books by Lucinda BerryThe publisher’s Poisoned Pen Press imprint will become the thriller author’s new home, with
Anna Michels winning U.S., Canada, and nonexclusive open market rights to three frontlist and four backlist titles, at auction, from
Alexandra Machinist at CAA.
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More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Tom Froh’s
Hog, about a feral hog named Rochester roaming contemporary Boston who “thinks and speaks in the manner of an 18th-century gentleman”;
Family Money, literary agent
Elizabeth Bewley’s debut novel about a young actor who falls into the world of the misbehaving mega-rich; and
Daddy Issues, a memoir by
Call Her Daddy cocreator
Sofia Franklyn.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
Radio Free Texas by
Libba Bray, about a teen boy falling for his dream girl as they work at (and ultimately take over) an indie radio station;
Tea Leaves and Fate Strings, a cozy YA fantasy by
C.B. Lee in which a wandering mercenary demon finds herself learning the art of peace as she and her soulmate struggle to revive a floating teahouse; and
Audrey Goldberg’s debut YA novel,
Personal Space Issues, a rom-com pitched as
Roswell meets
The Hating Game, following a teen journalist investigating her frustratingly hot academic rival and the secret he's hiding: that he's part extraterrestrial.
Fantagraphics Lands R.E. Burke’s Chronicle of ICE Detention
