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FICTION: GENERAL/OTHER
NYT bestselling author of Time of My Life Allison Winn Scotch's THE HAPPIEST
DAYS OF MY LIFE, in which a perfectly content thirty-something woman is
given the unwelcome ability to see into the future of everyone's life but
her own, and discovers that her marriage to her high school boyfriend might
be rockier than she anticipated, that her dreams might be smaller than she
realized, and that her happiness is in no way guaranteed unless she finds a
way to steer fate back into her own hands, to Sarah Knight at Shaye Areheart
Books, in a significant deal, by Elisabeth Weed at Weed Literary (world).

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FICTION: GENERAL/OTHER
Mark Jenest's THE DEALER, in which a streetwise sleight of hand expert is
hired by a Hollywood producer to rig high-stakes poker games, but the games
quickly evolve into a bartering ground for the rich and famous, who all want
a piece of a new movie, with murder the ultimate bid, to Scott Schmidt at
Broadhead Books, in a nice deal, for publication in March 2009.
schmidt@salvopress.com

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FICTION: GENERAL/OTHER
Jennifer Archer's CLICK, the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who, after a
brutal beating by classmates and subsequent stint in a psychiatric ward,
escapes into her photography and the dark, seductive poems she finds hidden
in a cellar, both of which lure her into the mind and world of a mysterious,
troubled young man who died sixty years earlier, to Sarah Sevier at Harper,
in a two-book deal, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (NA).

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FICTION: DEBUT
Author of the short-story collection The First Hurt, Rachel Sherman's
SHOOTING THE GAP, a portrait of suburban (and coming-of-age) angst that
explores the ripple effects of mental illness on a family and the
differences in mating and marriage over three generations of women, to
Joanna Yas at Open City Books, for publication in Fall 2009, by Emilie
Stewart at Emilie Stewart Literary Agency (NA).
info@emiliestewartagency.com

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NON-FICTION: COOKING
Cooking Pleasures editor Janice Cole's CHICKEN AND EGGS FOR ALL SEASONS: A
Year of Recipes Inspired by Three Swingin' Chicks, a narrative cookbook
about the author's humorous and heartfelt experiences raising three chickens
with big personalities in her backyard, to Bill LeBlond at Chronicle, at
auction, for publication in Spring 2011, by Stacey Glick at Dystel &
Goderich Literary Management (World).

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FICTION: WOMEN'S/ROMANCE
Fiona Mountain's LADY OF THE BUTTERFLIES, a sweeping historical novel --
with love triangles, armed rebellion, and murder by poison -- based on the
life of Lady Eleanor Glanville, a 17th century naturalist and butterfly
collector, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam, for publication in 2010, by Jane Kirby
at Random House UK (US).

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CHILDREN'S: MIDDLE GRADE
Donald Sobol's ENCYLOPEDIA BROWN series, to Steve Meltzer at Dutton, in a
very nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh &
Otis.

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NON-FICTION: HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS
Seamus McGraw's PIPE DREAMS: How the Frantic Hunt For Natural Gas Is
Transforming Small Town America, going inside the world of the Marcellus
Play, the largest and most competitive gas field in the country, and using
the key role players -- the farmers, the landmen, the gas barons, and the
lobbyists -- to tell the story of the mining of his mother's farm in
northeastern Pennsylvania, to Tim Bartlett at Random House, by Byrd Leavell
at the Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

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NON-FICTION: SCIENCE
Robert Brockway's EVERYTHING IS GOING TO KILL EVERYBODY: A Complete
Compendium of the Many Ways Your World Will Die, twenty illustrated essays
about the unbelievable and very real experiments, dangerous emerging
technologies and terrifying natural disasters that could bring about the end
of all humanity (including nuclear hurricanes, self-replicating
nano-machines run amock, planet destroying hypercanes, reversal of the
earth's magnetic poles, and psychosis-inducing Toxoplasma Gondii, to Lucinda
Bartley at Crown, by Byrd Leavell at the Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

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NON-FICTION: HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS
FLOCK OF DODOS author and communications director of GAMPAC, Barrett Brown's
HOT, FAT & CROWDED: Friedman, Kristol, Bennett, Krauthammer and Other
Intelligence Failures of the Chattering Class, to Rachel Trusheim at
Cambridge House.
World: Rachel@CamHousePress.com

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NON-FICTION: HOW-TO
The creators of WhoWhatWear.com, Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power's fashion
and beauty guide, to Rebecca Isenberg at Abrams Image, for publication in
Fall 2009, by Nena Madonia at Dupree Miller & Associates (World).

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NON-FICTION: MEMOIR
Star of Full House Jodie Sweetin's WILD CARD, about growing up on the set of
the hit TV show, her downward spiral of drug and alcohol abuse that began
when the show ended, and her path to sobriety, to Sarah Sper at Simon
Spotlight Entertainment, for publication in 2009, at auction, in a
significant deal, by Kirby Kim at Endeavor (NA).

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NON-FICTION: NARRATIVE
NBC Today Show travel editor and NYT bestselling author of THE COMPLETE
TRAVEL DETECTIVE BIBLE and DON'T GO THERE: The Travel Detective's Essential
Guide to the Must Miss Places of the World, Peter Greenberg's TOUGH TIMES,
GREAT TRAVELS, a pocket guide offering tips on how to get the best deals
during the worst of financial times, including where to look, when to buy,
and how to negotiate, again to Colin Dickerman at Rodale, with Meredith
Quinn editing, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency (NA).

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FICTION: WOMEN'S/ROMANCE
NYT bestselling author Angela Knight's sixth MAGEVERSE novel, in which King
Arthur and his immortal vampire Knights of the Round Table try to save
modern humanity from self-destruction, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a
significant deal,in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown
Literary Agency.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION
Russian rights to Jose Garcia Marin's SAFFRON, a historical novel of
self-developement, discoveries and multiculturalism, set in 13th century
al-Andalus, where Christians, Muslims and Jewish co-existed, to Arabesque,
for publication in 2009, by Bernat Fiol at Salmaia Lit.
bernat@salmaialit.com

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Australian and New Zealand rights to Mary Akers's RADICAL GRATITUDE and
other life lessons learned in Siberia, to Maggie Hamilton at Allen & Unwin,
in a nice deal, for publication in March 2008, by Isobel Dixon at Blake
Fiedmann.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION
Greek rights to Margaret Doody's MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS, to Aris Laskaratos at
AIORA PRESS, in a nice deal, in association with Tamara Vukicevic at Prava i
Prevodi Literary Agency.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION
Dutch rights to Brent Weeks's SHADOW'S EDGE and BEYOND THE SHADOWS, to Mynx
Forlag, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Donald Maass at the Donald
Maass Literary Agency.
dmaass@maassagency.com

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Australian and New Zealand rights to Neil White's IN THE SANCTUARY OF
OUTCASTS, the story of imprisonment, friendship and transformation after
spending a year in a leper colony, to Colette Vella at Murdoch Books, by
Celeste Fine on behalf of Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
German rights to former escort Natalie McLennan's THE PRICE: My Rise and
Fall as Natalia, New York's #1 Escort, to Heyne, by Nina Arrowsmith on
behalf of Henrietta Tiefenthaler at Phoenix Books.
Foreign: Henrietta.Tiefenthaler@phoenixbooksinc.com

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION
Serbian rights to Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt's DRACULA: The Un-Dead, to
Carobna Knjiga by Baror International, on behalf of Atchity Entertainment
International.
kja@aeionline.com.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: FICTION
German language rights to Tom Isbell's THE FIFTH CODEX, to Evi Draxl at
Rowohlt Verlag, at auction, by Chandler Crawford Agency on behalf of
Victoria Sanders & Associates.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: CHILDREN'S
Foreign rights to Alexandra Bullen's young adult series BUTTERFLIES, to
Fischer in Germany, at auction, in a two-book deal, Bastian Schlueck; and to
Michel Laffon in France, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Eliane
Benisti; on behalf of Allison Heiny at Alloy Entertainment.
allisonheiny@gmail.com

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Simplified Chinese rights to David Gilmour's THE FILM CLUB, to Thinkingdom
Media Group, in a nice deal, by Michelle Lin at Grayhawk Agency, on behalf
of The Rights Factory.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Complex Chinese rights to Ken McArthur's IMPACT: How to Get Noticed,
Motivate Million's and Make a Difference in a Noisy World, to Shy Mau
Publishing Company, in a nice deal, by Michelle Lin at Grayhawk Agency, on
behalf of Career Press.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Complex Chinese rights to J. M. Kearns's WHY MR. RIGHT CAN'T FIND YOU, to
Rye Field Publications, in a nice deal, by Michelle Lin at Grayhawk Agency,
on behalf of The Rights Factory Inc.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: UK NON-FICTION
Mojo and Q magazines's contributing editor and PIGS MIGHT FLY author Mark
Blake's biography of rock band Queen, to Graham Coster at Aurum, for
publication in Autumn 2010, in a very nice deal, by Rupert Heath at the
Rupert Heath Literary Agency (world English).
Translation: emailagency@rupertheath.com
English language: graham.coster@aurumpress.co.uk

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Simplified Chinese character rights to Elizabeth Lightfoot's MICHELLE OBAMA:
FIRSTLADY OF HOPE, to Inner Mongolia People's Press, by Big Apple
Tuttle-Mori on behalf of Globe Pequot.

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FOREIGN RIGHTS: NON-FICTION
Dutch rights to Jacqueline Novogratz's THE BLUE SWEATER about meaningful
solutions to global poverty and a call to action to all concerned with
growing inequality around the world, to Artemis, by Jacqueline LeDonne; and
Korean rights to Early Morning Books, by Danny Hong of Danny Hong Agency;
both on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff & Associates.


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