Sold: The Woo-Woo to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Memoir. Audio rights to Lindsay Wong’s The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, to Audible (World English).
Sold: The Stone Thrower to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Memoir. Audio rights to The FOLD founder and CBC Bookie Award-winner Jael Richardson’s The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lesson, A Father’s Life, to Audible (World English).
Sold: The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green to Recorded Books
Audio rights: Fiction: Literary. Audio rights to The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green have been sold to Recorded Books by Sourcebooks on behalf of author Erica Boyce and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Sex Weird-o-Pedia to Skyhorse Publishing
Non-fiction: General. Journalist and author of Turned On Ross Benes’ Sex Weird-o-Pedia: The Ultimate Book of Shocking, Scandalous, and Incredibly Bizarre Sex Facts, to Skyhorse Publishing (World).
Sold: Girl Squads to Penguin Random House Audio
Audio rights: Non-fiction: History. Audio rights to Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History have been sold to Penguin Random House Audio by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Gutter Child to Audible
Audio rights: Fiction: Literary. Audio rights to The FOLD founder Jael Richardson’s Gutter Child, set in an imagined reality where segregation has not been legally abolished, to Audible (World English).
Sold: Gutter Child to HarperCollins Canada
Fiction: Literary. The FOLD founder Jael Richardson’s debut novel Gutter Child, set in an imagined reality where segregation has not been legally abolished, to HarperCollins Canada (North America).
Sold: When You Get the Chance to Running Press Kids
Fiction: Young Adult. Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson’s When You Get the Chance, in which two cousins are on a road trip to Pride in Toronto as they search for love and adventure and uncover family secrets along the way, to Running Press Kids (World English).
Sold: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and One True Loves to Bragelonne
International rights: Fiction. French rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and One True Loves , to Bragelonne.
Sold: Eat to Feed to Da Capo Press
Non-fiction: Cooking. Bakers, moms, and founders of a lactation foods brand, Kristy Kohler and Eliza Larson’s Eat to Feed: 80 Nourishing Recipes for Breastfeeding Moms, featuring recipes to nourish breastfeeding mothers, with full meals, snacks, desserts, and drinks created to increase milk supply and support health, to Da Capo Press (World).
Sold: Everything Is Negotiable to Beijing Standway Books Co., Ltd.
International rights: Non-fiction. Simplified Chinese rights to Everything Is Negotiable: The 5 Tactics to Get What You Want in Life, Love, and Work have been sold to Beijing Standway Books Co., Ltd. by Seal Press on behalf of author Meg Myers Morgan and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Vorto Palabra
International rights: Fiction. Croatian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, to Vorto Palabra.
Sold: I Know Everything to Thomas & Mercer
Fiction: Thriller. Author of What Have You Done Matthew Farrell’s I Know Everything, a renowned psychiatrist searching for answers surrounding his wife’s mysterious death discovers his new patient is the key to uncovering what really happened the night she died, to Thomas & Mercer (World).
Sold: The Night Olivia Fell to Simon & Schuster Audio
Audio rights: Fiction: Domestic Suspense. Audio rights to The Night Olivia Fell have been sold to Simon & Schuster Audio by Gallery Books on behalf of author Christina McDonald and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Montague Twins: The Witch’s Hand to Knopf Books for Young Readers
Fiction: Young Adult Graphic Novel. Nathan Page and Drew Shannon’s The Montague Twins: The Witch’s Hand, twins and amateur detectives encounter supernatural forces in their small town, to Knopf Books for Young Readers, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: All Boys Aren’t Blue to Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Non-fiction: Young Adult. Journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson’s debut, All Boys Aren’t Blue, a joyous, difficult, and ultimately triumphant memoir that takes powerful stories from his life growing up as a queer black teen to show readers how they can fight for themselves or be allies in the struggle for equity and equality, to Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers (World).
Sold: Another Good Dog to Tantor Media
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Memoir. Cara Sue Achterberg’s Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs, a memoir about what happens when you foster fifty dogs in less than two years and how the dogs save you as much as you save them, to Tantor Media (World English).
Sold: Mammoth to Brilliance Audio
Audio rights: Fiction: Young Adult. Audio rights to Mammoth have been sold to Brilliance Audio by Turner Publishing on behalf of author Jill Baguchinsky and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Where the Forest Meets the Stars to Lake Union Publishing
Fiction: General. Glendy Vanderah’s debut, Where the Forest Meets the Stars, the story of an unlikely friendship in which a mysterious child teaches two broken people to love again as she attempts to hide from her own dangerous past, to Lake Union Publishing (World).
Sold: Keep This to Yourself to Albert Whitman
Fiction: Young Adult. Tom Ryan’s Keep This to Yourself, in which a group of lifelong friends are shattered when a serial killer strikes their small town and claims one of their own, and one year later, unable to let go, a teen named Mac finds himself investigating new clues, and begins to wonder if he can trust anything, including his feelings for his best friend, the boy who died, to Albert Whitman (World English).
Sold: 8-Bit Apocalypse to The Overlook Press
Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Alex Rubens’ 8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari’s Missile Command, a deep exploration of the unseen challenges of creating one of the most iconic arcade games in history, as well as a portrait of the wild silicon frontier of 1980s video game culture, to The Overlook Press (World).
Sold: Rebel Girls to Harlequin Teen
Fiction: Young Adult. Elizabeth Keenan’s Rebel Girls, in which a pro-choice teen risks expulsion from her Catholic school when she rallies her friends to defend her pro-life sister, who has been accused of having an abortion; through a riot-grrrl-inspired campaign, she struggles to become the champion her sister needs, in the wake of anti-abortion protests in their city in 1992, to Harlequin Teen (World).
Sold: After I Do, Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves to Companhia das Letras
International rights: Fiction. Brazilian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves, to Companhia das Letras.
Sold: Cold Woods to Thomas & Mercer
Fiction: Thriller. Karen Katchur’s Cold Woods, set against the landscape of a missing person cold case, three childhood friends reunite to confront their past and expose their secrets, to Thomas & Mercer, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: Here and Now and Then to Mira Books
Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Mike Chen’s debut Here and Now and Then, an intimate, character-driven science fiction novel pitched as The Time Traveler’s Wife if written by Nick Hornby, which follows one man’s desperate journey across time to raise – and then save – his only daughter before she is erased from history, to Mira Books, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green to Sourcebooks
Fiction: Literary. Erica Boyce’s debut The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green, in which a man travels the country making crop circles for farmers as part of a society of ‘Circlers’, finds himself falling for the daughter of a dying farmer, gets drawn into the tangle of her family’s secrets, and has to come to terms with the life he’s been running from, to Sourcebooks (World English).
Sold: Mammoth to Turner Publishing
Fiction: Young Adult. Jill Baguchinsky’s Mammoth, in which a plus-sized teen fashion blogger / aspiring paleontologist lands a scholarship to an Ice Age dig site, and quickly discovers that not only is her paleontology hero less than what she thought, but that the dig site is in trouble, pitched as Jurassic Park meets Dumplin, to Turner Publishing (World).
Sold: Eat More Plants to Penguin Canada
Non-fiction: Cooking. Gusto TV host Desiree Nielsen RD’s Eat More Plants: Over 100 Anti-Inflammatory, Plant-Based Recipes for Vibrant Living, to Penguin Canada (World).
Sold: Internment to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Fiction: Young Adult. Samira Ahmed’s Internment, about a near future in the United States where Muslim Americans are forced into an internment camp, and a seventeen-year-old must fight against Islamophobia, oppression, and complicit silence, to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (World).
Sold: Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know to Soho Teen
Fiction: Young Adult. Samira Ahmed’s Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know, which follows a Muslim-American teenager who partners with a descendant of French author Alexander Dumas to unravel the mystery of a 19th-century Muslim woman who appears in letters between Dumas and Eugene Delacroix, told in dueling narratives that weave between past and present, to Soho Teen (World English).
Sold: Eat Your Feelings to Gente
International rights: Non-fiction. Brazilian rights to Lindsey Smith’s Eat Your Feelings: The Food Mood Girl’s Guide to Transforming Your Emotional Eating, to Gente.
Sold: The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Humor. Audio rights to Steve Patterson’s The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send, to Audible (World English, excl. Canada).
Sold: The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Humor. Audio rights to The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send have been sold to Audible by Goose Lane Editions on behalf of author Steve Patterson and P.S. Literary (Canada, English).
Sold: Out of the Ice to Kids Can Press
Non-fiction: Picture Book. Drew Shannon to illustrate Claire Eamer’s Out of the Ice: How Climate Change Is Revealing the Past, to Kids Can Press (World).
Sold: The Night Olivia Fell to HarperCollins UK
International rights: Fiction. UK & Commonwealth rights to The Night Olivia Fell have been sold to HarperCollins UK by Gallery Books on behalf of author Christina McDonald and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Girl Squads to Quirk Books
Non-fiction: History. Sam Maggs’ Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History, a collection of true stories from around the world of diverse and powerful female friendships that changed history, to Quirk Books, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: Wonder Women to PT Gramedia
International rights: Non-fiction. Indonesian rights to Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History have been sold to PT Gramedia by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Wonder Women to ROSE Stories
International rights: Non-fiction. Dutch rights to Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History have been sold to ROSE Stories by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Wonder Women to Primavera Editorial
International rights: Non-fiction. Brazilian rights to Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History have been sold to Primavera Editorial by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Eat Your Feelings to MT Biznes
International rights: Non-fiction. Polish rights to Lindsey Smith’s Eat Your Feelings: The Food Mood Girl’s Guide to Transforming Your Emotional Eating, to MT Biznes.
Sold: Debt-Free Forever to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Finance. Audio rights to Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s #1 national bestseller Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, to Audible (World English).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves to Eksmo
International rights: Fiction. Russian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves, to Eksmo.
New York Times Bestsellers: Young Adult Hardcover
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed hit #8 on The New York Times young adult hardcover bestseller list.
Sold: The Woo-Woo to Arsenal Pulp Press
Non-fiction: Memoir. Columbia MFA graduate Lindsay Wong’s debut The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, a darkly comedic memoir about her “crazy” Chinese family, to Arsenal Pulp Press (World English, excl. audio).
Sold: Anchorboy and Number Two to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Memoir. Audio rights to Jay Onrait’s national bestsellers Anchorboy: True Tales from the World of Sportscasting and Number Two: More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man, to Audible (World English).
Sold: Southern Storm to Dreamscape Media
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Narrative. Audio rights to Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 have been sold to Dreamscape Media by Smithsonian Books on behalf of client Cineflix Media Inc. and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Love, Hate & Other Filters to Nuevo Extremo
International rights: Fiction. Spanish rights to Samira Ahmed’s Love, Hate & Other Filters, to Nuevo Extremo.
Sold: Love, Hate & Other Filters to Lavender Lit
International rights: Fiction. Swedish rights to Samira Ahmed’s Love, Hate & Other Filters, to Lavender Lit.
Sold: Love, Hate & Other Filters to Hot Key Books
International rights: Fiction. UK & Commonwealth rights to Love, Hate & Other Filters have been sold to Hot Key Books by Soho Teen on behalf of author Samira Ahmed and P.S. Literary.
Sold: We Rule the Night to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Fiction: Young Adult. Claire Eliza Bartlett’s We Rule the Night, pitched as Code Name Verity meets The Crown’s Game, in which two teens – one the daughter of a general, the other the daughter of a traitor – who use illegal magic to fly planes in the first women’s military unit organized for an epic war, and face enemies within and without, but the greatest peril may be their distrust of each other, to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Modernista
International rights: Fiction. Swedish rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, to Modernista.
Sold: The Subway Girls to Feltrinelli
International rights: Fiction. Italian rights to The Subway Girls have been sold to Feltrinelli by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Susie Orman Schnall and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Subway Girls to Nouvion Trade
International rights: Fiction. Hungarian rights to The Subway Girls have been sold to Nouvion Trade by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Susie Orman Schnall and P.S. Literary.
Sold: She Regrets Nothing to Tantor Media
Audio rights: Fiction: General. Audio rights to She Regrets Nothing have been sold to Tantor Media by Atria Books on behalf of author Andrea Dunlop and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Night Olivia Fell to Gallery Books
Fiction: Domestic Suspense. Christina McDonald’s The Night Olivia Fell, about a single mother piecing together the shocking truth behind the events that left her teenage daughter brain dead, while dealing with the revelation that she can’t turn off her life support because she’s pregnant, to Gallery Books, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: Oven to Table to Penguin Canada
Non-fiction: Cooking. Creator of the blog Family Bites, Jan Scott’s Oven to Table: Over 100 One-Pot and One-Pan Recipes for Your Sheet Pan, Skillet, Dutch Oven, and More, a collection of one-pan/one-pot recipes utilizing six common cooking vessels including a skillet, sheet pan and Dutch oven, to Penguin Canada (World).
Sold: Everything Is Negotiable to Seal Press
Non-fiction: Advice/Relationships. Professor and TEDX speaker Dr. Meg Myers Morgan’s Everything Is Negotiable: The 5 Tactics to Get What You Want in Life, Love, and Work, a work and life guide covering how women can negotiate—with ourselves and our self-imposed limitations—for the lives we want, including advice on goal-setting, success, family, and career, to Seal Press (World).
Sold: Nobody Cares to ECW Press
Non-fiction: Essay Collection. Anne Donahue’s Nobody Cares, a humorous personal essay collection about work, failure, friendship, and the messy business of being alive, to ECW Press (World).
Sold: Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? to Andrews McMeel
Non-fiction: Food/Drink. Spirits editor for The Manual Sam Slaughter’s Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? and Other Cocktails for ’90s Kids, on how to make cocktails inspired by nostalgic 90’s beverages like Ecto Cooler and Capri Sun as well as original themed craft cocktails like Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? to Andrews McMeel (World).
Sold: Love, Hate & Other Filters to Recorded Books
Audio rights: Fiction: Young Adult. Audio rights to Love, Hate & Other Filters have been sold to Recorded Books by Soho Teen on behalf of author Samira Ahmed and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Science of Orphan Black to Audible
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Audio rights to The Science of Orphan Black: The Official Companion have been sold to Audible by ECW Press on behalf of authors Nina Nesseth and Casey Griffin and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Flight 981 Disaster to Dreamscape Media
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Narrative. Audio rights to The Flight 981 Disaster: Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth have been sold to Dreamscape Media by Smithsonian Books on behalf of client Cineflix Media Inc. and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Perfect Assassin to Tor
Fiction: Fantasy. K.A. Doore’s debut fantasy trilogy, Chronicles of Ghadid, beginning with The Perfect Assassin, centering on a desert city where control over water means control over both life and magic itself, to Tor, in a three-book deal (World).
Sold: The Subway Girls to Macmillan Audio
Audio rights: Fiction: General. Audio rights to The Subway Girls have been sold to Macmillan Audio by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Susie Orman Schnall and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Subway Girls to St. Martin’s Press
Fiction: General. Author of The Balance Project Susie Orman Schnall’s The Subway Girls, a dual-timeline narrative featuring a 1949 Miss Subways contestant and a modern-day advertising executive whose careers and lives intersect, pitched as Mad Men meets The Dollhouse, to St. Martin’s Press, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: When the Truth Unravels to Sky Pony Press
Fiction: Young Adult. RuthAnne Snow’s When the Truth Unravels, which follows four best friends through the drama of prom night; when one of them goes missing, it stirs up feelings and secrets about a recent tragedy, changing their friendship forever, to Sky Pony Press (World).
Sold: River Bodies to Thomas & Mercer
Fiction: Mystery/Suspense. Karen Katchur’s River Bodies, about two murders 20 years apart that connect a new detective, a retired police chief’s daughter, and the local motorcycle gang, pitched as The Dry meets The Weight of Blood, to Thomas & Mercer (World).
Sold: What Have You Done to Thomas & Mercer
Fiction: Thriller. Matthew Farrell’s What Have You Done, when two brothers who work in Philadelphia’s Homicide Department dive deeper into the murder investigation of a woman they both know, they begin to suspect one another as the murderer, to Thomas & Mercer (World).
Sold: Another Good Dog to Pegasus Books
Non-fiction: Memoir. Cara Sue Achterberg’s Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs, the heartwarming story of one family fostering 50 dogs as the author filled her empty nest with a series of homeless pups and as she struggled to let her grown children go, to Pegasus Books (World, excl. audio).
Sold: Brave Enough to Flux
Fiction: Young Adult. Kati Gardner’s Brave Enough, pitched as Bunheads meets The Fault In Our Stars, in which a ballerina is diagnosed with a bone tumor, connects with a fellow patient who is battling his own demons, and pushes to find the strength to dance again at a cancer camp, to Flux (World).
Sold: Pax Novis to Entangled Teen
Fiction: Young Adult. Erica Cameron’s Pax Novis, a YA trilogy pitched as The Expanse meets Star Trek: Voyager, in which the human colonies spread across the Milky Way have been at war for centuries and everyone depends on the resources carried by massive cargo ships, and though they don’t know it, some stowaway teens hiding on-board the NOVIS may be humankind’s only hope when these ships start to vanish, to Entangled Teen, in a three-book deal (World).
Sold: A Spark of White Fire to Sky Pony Press
Fiction: Young Adult. Sangu Mandanna’s A Spark of White Fire, pitched as Red Rising meets An Ember in the Ashes, a multicultural YA space opera inspired by the Mahabharata in which a cursed and forgotten child of an empire’s queen wants to return to her real family, and finds herself on the wrong side of a war, to Sky Pony Press, in a three-book deal (World).
Sold: Speak the Ocean to Reuts
Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Rebecca Enzor’s Speak the Ocean, pitched as The Little Mermaid meets Blackfish, in which a trainer at the world’s first mermaid theme park has to risk his life and turn his back on the people he cares about, to let the world know that the park’s ill-treated mermaids are just as human as we are, to Reuts (World English, excl. audio).
Sold: When the Beat Drops to Sky Pony Press
Fiction: Young Adult. Anna Hecker’s When the Beat Drops, pitched as This Song Will Save Your Life meets Pitch Perfect at an EDM festival, in which a diehard jazz nerd discovers a passion and talent for DJing and tries to save her troubled sister while navigating a rocky relationship with an older guy, to Sky Pony Press (World).
Sold: I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying to Harper Perennial
Non-fiction: Memoir. Mental health advocate and former Def Poetry Jam star Bassey Ikpi’s essay collection I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying, a deeply personal work that chronicles the Nigerian-American author’s life living with bi-polar II disorder and anxiety as a woman of color, and combating the stigma surrounding it, to Harper Perennial (North America).
Sold: Eat Your Feelings to Wednesday Books
Non-fiction: Cooking. The Food Mood Girl Lindsey Smith’s Eat Your Feelings: The Food Mood Girl’s Guide to Transforming Your Emotional Eating, a health and wellness cookbook about choosing the right kind of food that kicks your emotional cravings but also helps improve your mood, gives you energy, and keeps you healthy, to Wednesday Books (World English).
Sold: Don’t Go to School! to Sterling Children’s Books
Fiction: Picture Book. Shortlisted for the 2016 Children’s Irish Book of the Year Award author Máire Zepf and illustrator Tarsila Krüse’s Don’t Go to School!, a twist on the first-day-of-school story wherein a little bear named Benno is ready and eager to start school—but whose Mommy is not, to Sterling Children’s Books, on behalf of Futa Fata (North America).
Sold: Suggested Reading to Katherine Tegen Books
Fiction: Young Adult. Dave Connis’ Suggested Reading, in which a teen girl responds to her school’s overreaching book ban by starting an underground library-her secret book hustling sparks a reading rebellion that sweeps through the school, sparking a wildfire of unforeseen consequences, friendships, and conversations about the importance of empathy, pitched as The Book Thief meets Andrew Smith’s Winger, to Katherine Tegen Books (World English).
Sold: Modern Lunch to Appetite by Random House
Non-fiction: Cooking. Taste Canada Award-winner and Whole Bowls author Allison Day’s Modern Lunch: +100 Recipes for Assembling the New Midday Meal, 100 recipes that will update the concept of lunch while focusing on contemporary appetites and preferences, to Appetite by Random House (World).
Sold: Broken Bay to Atria Books
Fiction: General. Andrea Dunlop’s Broken Bay, pitched as Bridesmaids meets Lost, a novella about a bachelorette trip gone wrong, to Atria Books (World English).
Sold: The Book Club Murders to Audible
Audio rights: Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Leslie Nagel’s first three books in The Oakwood Book Club Mystery Series, beginning with her Ivanovich-Like debut The Book Club Murders, in which dress shop owner Charley Carpenter’s investigation into why her fellow book club members keep dropping dead is repeatedly interfered in by distractingly handsome police detective Marcus Renault, to Audible (World English).
Sold: These Things I’ve Done to HarperTeen
Fiction: Young Adult. Rebecca Phillips’ non-linear YA novel These Things I’ve Done, in which a teen girl accidentally causes the death of her best friend, and must learn to forgive herself while falling in love with her friend’s younger brother, to HarperTeen, with a second untitled teen novel (World English).
Sold: The Science of Orphan Black to ECW Press
Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Scientist-writers Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth, with co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter’s The Science of Orphan Black: The Official Companion, an official guide to the science in TV show Orphan Black, to ECW Press, in association with Boat Rocker Media (World).
Sold: The Flight 981 Disaster to Smithsonian Books
Non-fiction: Narrative. Journalist Samme Chittum authors the first companion book to the global hit series Air Disasters, currently airing on Smithsonian Channel, examining one of the most alarming disasters in aviation history, the terrifying similarities between the crash of Turkish Airlines 981 and the harrowing landing of American Airlines Flight 96, to Smithsonian Books, in a three-book deal, on behalf of Cineflix Media Inc. (World).
Sold: Love, Hate & Other Filters to Soho Teen
Fiction: Young Adult. Debut author Samira Ahmed’s Love, Hate & Other Filters, in which a Muslim teenager struggles with parental expectations and forbidden romance, then finds herself a victim of a hate crime after a nearby terrorist attack ignites an outbreak of Islamophobia in her small town, to Soho Teen (World English).
Sold: CEO of Everything to Woongjin Think Big Co.
International rights: Non-fiction. Korean rights to Gail Vaz-Oxlade and Victoria Ryce’s CEO of Everything: Flying Solo and Soaring, to Woongjin Think Big Co.
Sold: CEO of Everything to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Host of Til Debt Do Us Part and Princess, #1 bestselling author of Debt-Free Forever and Money Talks, and personal finance guru Gail Vaz-Oxlade, and author of MarketWise, blogger, and international corporate trainer Victoria Ryce’s CEO of Everything: Flying Solo and Soaring, mapping out the territory that singles find themselves in-whether through separation, divorce, death of a partner, or to those who come to the realization that partnership isn’t in the cards-and guiding readers through topics that form the new land of singleness, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Sold: She Regrets Nothing to Atria Books
Fiction: General. Andrea Dunlop’s She Regrets Nothing, where The Heiresses meets Vanity Fair, a tale of family, wealth, social climbing and murder, to Atria Books (World English).
Sold: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Kulinaria Publishing
International rights: Fiction. Hungarian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, to Kulinaria Publishing.
Sold: Definitions of Indefinable Things to Editorial Edhasa
International rights: Fiction. Latin American rights to Definitions of Indefinable Things have been sold to Editorial Edhasa by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers on behalf of author Whitney Taylor and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Unf*ck Your Habitat to MVG Verlag
International rights: Non-fiction. German rights to Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess have been sold to MVG Verlag by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Rachel Hoffman and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Unf*ck Your Habitat to Eksmo
International rights: Non-fiction. Russian rights to Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess have been sold to Eksmo by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Rachel Hoffman and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Turned On to HighBridge Audio
Audio rights: Non-fiction: General. Audio rights to Turned On: A Mind-Blowing Investigation into How Sex Has Shaped Our World have been sold to HighBridge Audio by Sourcebooks on behalf of author Ross Benes and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Wonder Women to Penguin Random House Audio
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Audio rights to Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History have been sold to Penguin Random House Audio by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Turned On to Sourcebooks
Non-fiction: General. Journalist Ross Benes’ Turned On: A Mind-Blowing Investigation into How Sex Has Shaped Our World, a topical and timely exploration of the relationship between sex and our society in everything from religion and politics to technology and economics, to Sourcebooks (World).
Sold: Wonder Women to Butik Yayincilik
International rights: Non-fiction. Turkish rights to Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History have been sold to Butik Yayincilik by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy to Lark Productions
Television rights: Sam Maggs’ The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, an illustrated handbook of fandom and feminism, optioned to Lark Productions.
Sold: The Book Club Murders to Alibi / Penguin Random House
Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Leslie Nagel’s first three books in The Oakwood Book Club Mystery Series, beginning with her Ivanovich-Like debut The Book Club Murders, in which dress shop owner Charley Carpenter’s investigation into why her fellow book club members keep dropping dead is repeatedly interfered in by distractingly handsome police detective Marcus Renault, to Alibi / Penguin Random House (World English, excl. audio).
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers: Non-Fiction
Money Talks by Gail Vaz-Oxlade hit #1 on The Globe and Mail non-fiction bestseller list.
Winnipeg Free Press Bestsellers: Non-Fiction
Money Talks by Gail Vaz-Oxlade hit #1 on the Winnipeg Free Press paperback non-fiction bestseller list.
Sold: Unf*ck Your Habitat to Pan Macmillan
International rights: Non-fiction. UK rights to Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess have been sold to Pan Macmillan by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Rachel Hoffman and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Unf*ck Your Habitat to Tantor Media
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Lifestyle. Audio rights to Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess have been sold to Tantor Media by St. Martin’s Press on behalf of author Rachel Hoffman and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Unf*ck Your Habitat to St. Martin’s Press
Non-fiction: Lifestyle. Rachel Hoffman’s Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess, based on her blog of the same name, a less meditative and more pragmatic approach to decluttering that relies on her 20/10 cleaning system and emphasizes accountability, to St. Martin’s Press (World).
Sold: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Atria Books
Fiction: General. Maybe in Another Life author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, about an aged reclusive movie star who summons a rookie journalist to tell her never-before-told life story, including her doomed marriages and forbidden love affairs, leading to a shocking and unforgivable confession that changes both women’s lives forever, pitched as Beautiful Ruins meets The Husband’s Secret, to Atria Books (World English).
Sold: 150 Years of Stats Canada! to Penguin Random House Canada
Non-fiction: Humor. Authors of Stats Canada and satiric Twitter phenomenon @Stats_Canada’s 150 Years of Stats Canada!: A Guide to Canada’s Great Country, their second book of parody poking fun at Canadian history, geography, culture and new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for publication on Canada’s 150th anniversary, to Penguin Random House Canada (Canada, excl. audio).
Sold: Savage Reckoning to Alibi / Penguin Random House
Fiction: Thriller. C. Hoyt Caldwell’s Backwoods Justice Series, featuring Tennessee deputy Dani Savage, determined to end a decades old child-stealing ring, to Alibi / Penguin Random House, in a two-book deal (World English, excl. audio).
Sold: Maybe in Another Life to Hirmand Publication
International rights: Fiction. Iranian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life, to Hirmand Publication.
Sold: After I Do to ABC Family
Television rights: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, when a couple who can’t figure out what went wrong in their marriage decide to take a year off from talking to each other in the hope of finding a way to fall in love again with one rule: absolutely no contact with each other, to ABC Family, for a half hour dramedy with Jenkins Reid adapting.
Sold: Definitions of Indefinable Things to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Fiction: Young Adult. 20-year-old Whitney Taylor’s Definitions of Indefinable Things, a debut that follows three teens in a small town whose lives intersect in ways they never expected, teaching them that there are no one-size-fits-all definitions of depression, friendship, and love, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, in a pre-empt (World).
Sold: Wonder Women to Quirk Books
Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Geek culture journalist and author Sam Maggs’ Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History, to Quirk Books (World).
Sold: The Temptation of Adam to Sky Pony Press
Fiction: Young Adult. Dave Connis’ debut The Temptation of Adam, pitched as Don Jon meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Paper Towns, in which a sixteen-year-old boy struggles to beat a porn addiction with the help of his family, new friends, and a fellow addict, to Sky Pony Press (World).
Sold: Purely Pumpkin to Skyhorse Publishing
Non-fiction: Cooking. Taste Canada Award-winner and Whole Bowls author Allison Day’s Purely Pumpkin: More Than 100 Seasonal Recipes to Share, Savor, and Warm Your Kitchen, an autumn-ingredient cookbook featuring pumpkin recipes for every meal including variations on a homemade pumpkin spice latte, to Skyhorse Publishing (World).
Sold: 50 Moments that Defined Major League Baseball to Rowman & Littlefield
Non-fiction: Sports. Baseball columnist and NCAA athletics administrator Rocco Constantino’s 50 Moments that Defined Major League Baseball, with a foreword by MLB All-Star Jeff Montgomery, examining 50 landmark moments-both renowned and obscure-that have moved baseball from the Dead Ball Era, through World War II and on to the modern era, with insight from former pros that have played in each of the past seven decades, to Rowman & Littlefield (World English, excl. audio).
Sold: Motor City Shakedown to Harlequin Carina Press
Fiction: Thriller. Jonathan Watkins’ first four books in the Bright and Fletcher legal thriller series, beginning with Motor City Shakedown, in which a lawyer struggling to get back in the game reluctantly agrees to team up with a young, freshly-minted attorney to uncover police corruption and track down a ruthless killer on the mean streets of Detroit while trying to resist their ever growing attraction to each other, to Harlequin Carina Press (World English, excl. audio).
Sold: One True Loves to Dreamscape Media
Audio rights: Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Audio rights to One True Loves have been sold to Dreamscape Media by Simon & Schuster on behalf of author Taylor Jenkins Reid and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Motor City Shakedown to Dreamscape Media
Audio rights: Fiction: Thriller. Jonathan Watkins’ first four books in the Bright and Fletcher legal thriller series, beginning with Motor City Shakedown, in which a lawyer struggling to get back in the game reluctantly agrees to team up with a young, freshly-minted attorney to uncover police corruption and track down a ruthless killer on the mean streets of Detroit while trying to resist their ever growing attraction to each other, to Dreamscape Media (World English).
Sold: Losing the Light to Brilliance Audio
Audio rights: Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Audio rights to Losing the Light have been sold to Brilliance Audio by Simon & Schuster on behalf of author Andrea Dunlop and P.S. Literary.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Blackstone Audio
Audio rights: Non-fiction: Business. Audio rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Blackstone Audio by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy to Hors Collection
International rights: Non-fiction. French rights to The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks have been sold to Hors Collection by Quirk Books on behalf of author Sam Maggs and P.S. Literary.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Record
International rights: Non-fiction. Brazilian rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Record by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Sinbad Press
International rights: Non-fiction. Korean rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Sinbad Press by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to CITIC Press
International rights: Non-fiction. Simplified Chinese rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to CITIC Press by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: Number Two to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Memoir. Author of the national bestseller Anchorboy, Fox Sports Live co-host Jay Onrait’s Number Two: More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man, a sophomore collection of humourous stories about his career in international sportscasting and the outlandish trouble he gets into, to HarperCollins Canada, in a pre-empt (Canada, English).
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Nation Group Publishing
International rights: Non-fiction. Thai rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Nation Group Publishing by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Mentor Myth to Bibliomotion
Non-fiction: Business. Lean In Foundation platform partner, Young Presidents Organization board member, and CEO of Inspired HR Debby Carreau’s The Mentor Myth: How to Take Control of Your Own Success, examining the mistaken approaches people take to get to the next level of success including relying on others rather than on themselves to create a path towards inspired living, to Bibliomotion (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Tornado Media Group
International rights: Fiction. Korean rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, to Tornado Media Group.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Urano
International rights: Non-fiction. Spanish rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Urano by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Secrets of Lake Road and The Sisters of Blue Mountain to Yabanci Yayinlari
International rights: Fiction. Turkish rights to Karen Katchur’s The Secrets of Lake Road and The Sisters of Blue Mountain, to Yabanci Yayinlari.
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Penguin Random House UK
International rights: Non-fiction. UK & Commonwealth rights to No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career have been sold to Penguin Random House UK by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on behalf of author Larry Smith and P.S. Literary.
Sold: The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send to Goose Lane Editions
Non-fiction: Humor. Award-winning stand-up comedian and Canada’s funniest debate moderator as host of CBC Radio One’s The Debaters Steve Patterson’s The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send, a collection of mischievous missives that tackles everything from asinine world ambassadors to overzealous minivan drivers as well as everyone (and everything) in between, to Goose Lane Editions (Canada, English).
Sold: The New Canadian Garden to Dundurn Press
Non-fiction: Gardening. Canada AM’s gardening expert and bestselling author with over 500,000 books in print including A Greener Thumb, the bestselling gardening book in Canada ever, Mark Cullen’s The New Canadian Garden, tackling the how-to’s of gardening for a new generation of enthusiasts, to Dundurn Press (Canada, English).
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Non-fiction: Business. Based on his TEDx talk which has now generated more than 5 million views, University of Waterloo economics professor Larry Smith’s No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career, a “tough-love” approach to finding and then chasing one’s real passion in life, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (World, excl. Canada).
Sold: No Fears, No Excuses to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Business. Based on his TEDx talk which has now generated more than 5 million views, University of Waterloo economics professor Larry Smith’s No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career, a “tough-love” approach to finding and then chasing one’s real passion in life, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada).
Sold: I Can’t Believe it’s Not Better to Red Deer Press
Non-fiction: Humor. Monica Heisey’s I Can’t Believe it’s Not Better: A Woman’s Guide to Coping With Life, a how-to parody based on her She Does The City column The Grown Ass Woman’s Guide, to Red Deer Press (World).
Sold: Money Talks to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Popular television host of Til Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron and #1 bestselling author of Debt-Free Forever and Money Rules, personal finance expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Money Talks: When to Say Yes and How to Say No, bringing the author’s razor-sharp insight to helping people solve their thorniest financial problem: the people with whom they share their money, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Sold: Growing Up Gourmet to Atria Books
Non-fiction: Cooking. Organic baby food company Baby Gourmet founder Jennifer Carlson’s Growing Up Gourmet: 125 Healthy Meals for Everybody and Every Baby, a baby and toddler cookbook featuring 125 natural recipes, with a mix of new recipes and Baby Gourmet favorites, to Atria Books (World).
Sold: Whole Bowls to Skyhorse Publishing
Non-fiction: Cooking. YummyBeet.com blogger and food photographer Allison Day’s Whole Bowls: Complete Gluten-free and Vegetarian Meals to Power Your Day, recipes for plant-based meal-sized bowl combinations with an easy to follow ‘Whole Bowls Formula’ to mix sauces, grains, proteins, and vegetables for your own healthy one dish meals, to Skyhorse Publishing (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves to Mlada Fronta
International rights: Fiction. Czech rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves, to Mlada Fronta.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted, After I Do and Maybe in Another Life to Corint
International rights: Fiction. Romanian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, After I Do and Maybe in Another Life, to Corint.
Sold: After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves to Amber
International rights: Fiction. Polish rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves, to Amber.
Sold: After I Do to Sperling & Kupfer
International rights: Fiction. Italian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, to Sperling & Kupfer.
Sold: Losing the Light to Atria Books
Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Andrea Dunlop’s Losing the Light, a smart, obsessive, and sexy novel about a young American woman studying abroad in France, who finds herself in a glamorous world of art, money and decadence–and in the middle of a dark and dangerous love triangle, to Atria Books (World English).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Gidden Media
Film rights: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, starring Dakota Johnson, about a young widow who struggles with how to grieve the loss of her nine-day marriage and who must also forge a relationship with her new mother-in-law, who didn’t know she existed, to Gidden Media.
Sold: The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy to Quirk Books
Non-fiction: Pop Culture. Geek culture journalist Sam Maggs’ The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks, an illustrated handbook of fandom and feminism to help lady geeks live their nerdiest life, to Quirk Books (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted, After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Yabanci Yayinlari
International rights: Fiction. Turkish rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, to Yabanci Yayinlari.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted and After I Do to Urano
International rights: Fiction. Spanish and Catalan rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted and After I Do, to Urano.
Sold: After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves to Cappelen Damm
International rights: Fiction. Norwegian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves, to Cappelen Damm.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted and After I Do to Presenca
International rights: Fiction. Portuguese rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted and After I Do, to Presenca.
Sold: Maybe in Another Life to Record
International rights: Fiction. Brazilian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life, to Record.
Sold: The Secrets of Lake Road to Thomas Dunne Books
Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Karen Katchur’s The Secrets of Lake Road, in which the disappearance of a seven-year-old girl one summer in the Poconos dredges up secrets from the past, devastating a mother and daughter, two families, and a quiet lakeside town, to Thomas Dunne Books, in a two-book deal (North America).
Sold: Faking Perfect to Kensington Publishing
Fiction: Young Adult. Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Finalist Rebecca Phillips’s Faking Perfect, an issue-driven teen romance between a girl, whose parents include an alcoholic and a former drug addict, and the high school bad boy who she falls in love with despite her best attempts to hide her true self behind a perfect life, to Kensington Publishing, in a two-book deal (World).
Sold: After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves to Diana Verlag
International rights: Fiction. German rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves, to Diana Verlag.
Sold: The Stone Thrower to Groundwood Books
Non-fiction: Picture Book. CBC Bookie Award-winner Jael Ealey Richardson’s The Stone Thrower, the story of her father, the first African American Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year, based on her father-daughter memoir of the same name, with illustrations by Governor General’s Award-winner Matt James, to Groundwood Books (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves to Sefer Lakol
International rights: Fiction. Hebrew rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted and One True Loves, to Sefer Lakol.
Sold: Maybe in Another Life to Atria Books
Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Maybe in Another Life, pitched as reminiscent of Sliding Doors, in which a woman returns to L.A. to start over when two parallel universes develop into radically different stories-in one, she accepts a ride home from a party with her best friend; in the other, she goes home with her ex-boyfriend-raising questions about fate and true love, to Atria Books, in a two-book deal (World English).
Sold: The Wellness Kitchen to Adams Media
Non-fiction: Cooking. Registered Dietitian, Director of Nutrition at the California Health & Longevity Institute, and former Nutrition Expert on ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss Paulette Lambert’s The Wellness Kitchen: Fresh, Flavorful Recipes for a Healthier You, featuring the delicious, healthy, and disease preventative recipes that have already helped thousands of Americans lose weight on TV and at home, to Adams Media (World).
Winnipeg Free Press Bestsellers: Fiction
Not Quite the Classics by Colin Mochrie hit #1 on the Winnipeg Free Press hardcover fiction bestseller list.
Sold: Bench Bosses to Fenn/McClelland & Stewart
Non-fiction: Sports. Professional historian and hockey columnist Matthew DiBiase’s Bench Bosses: The NHL’s Coaching Elite, with a foreword by Scotty Bowman, a fact-based look at hockey coaches–to determine the top fifty of all time–using a unique ranking method that examines stats, coaching styles, idiosyncrasies, techniques and achievements to establish coaching success, to Fenn/McClelland & Stewart (North America).
Sold: Saving for School to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Bestselling author and popular television host of Til Debt Do Us Part, Princess and Money Moron, personal finance expert Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Saving for School: Understand RESPs, Take Control of Your Savings, Minimize Student Debt, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Client News: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted was chosen by Kirkus for their list, 11 Debut Novels We Love.
The Globe and Mail Bestsellers: Canadian non-fiction
Teaching: It’s Harder Than It Looks by Gerry Dee hit #1 on The Globe and Mail Canadian non-fiction bestseller list for 4 consecutive weeks.
Sold: Not Quite the Classics to Diversion Books
Fiction: Humor. Whose Line Is It Anyway? star and comedian Colin Mochrie’s Not Quite the Classics, a collection of humorous rewrites of modern classic short stories based on the Second City improv game, “First Line, Last Line”, to Diversion Books (World English, excl. Canada).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Cappelen Damm
International rights: Fiction. Norwegian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, to Cappelen Damm.
Sold: Yellow Vengeance to Insomniac Press
Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Author of Red Rover and Oranges and Lemons Liz Bugg’s Yellow Vengeance, the author’s third Calli Barnow mystery, this time the Toronto PI takes on a cold case and soon finds that the line between her personal and professional life blurs, to Insomniac Press (World English).
Sold: Stats Canada to Penguin Canada
Non-fiction: Humor. Stats Canada: Satire on a National Scale, a book of essays, graphs, timelines, maps, and photo illustrations from the anonymous creators of the Twitter parody account @Stats_Canada, to Penguin Canada (Canada).
BookNet Bestsellers: Canadian Non-Fiction
BookNet’s Canadian non-fiction bestsellers list, for the two weeks ending January 13, 2013, contains three entries from our client Gail Vaz-Oxlade who appears at #1 (Money Rules), #17 (Money-Smart Kids) and #20 (Debt-Free Forever).
Sold: Money Rules to Munhakdongne Publishing Group
International rights: Non-fiction. Korean rights to Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Money Rules: Rule Your Money, Or Your Money Will Rule You, to Munhakdongne Publishing Group.
Sold: In Sights to The History Press
Non-fiction: Memoir. Former soldier and battalion photographer in the Welsh Guards Tim Rees’ In Sights: The Story of a Welsh Guardsman, portraying the pride, tragedy and fellowship of a soldier’s life, from the Falklands War, Cold-War Germany and Northern Ireland, with previously unpublished photographs, to The History Press (World).
Sold: Ella and the Balloons in the Sky to Tundra Books
Fiction: Picture Book. Author Danny Appleby and illustrator Lauren Pirie’s debut Ella and the Balloons in the Sky, a whimsical story of a young girl coming to terms with the loss of her pets and learning to keep their memory alive, to Tundra Books (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Record
International rights: Fiction. Brazilian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, to Record.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted and Maybe in Another Life to Ambo|Anthos
International rights: Fiction. Dutch rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted and Maybe in Another Life, to Ambo|Anthos.
Sold: Anchorboy to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Memoir. Gemini Award-winning TSN SportsCentre host Jay Onrait’s Anchorboy: True Tales from the World of Sportscasting, very humorous essays, personal anecdotes and insider information about sportscasting in the tradition of David Sedaris, to HarperCollins Canada (North America).
Sold: Marriage Rescue to New Horizon Press
Non-fiction: Relationships. Host of the television show Newlywed Nearly Dead? and one of North America’s leading marriage experts Gary Direnfeld’s Marriage Rescue: Overcoming Ten Deadly Sins in Failing Relationships, to New Horizon Press (World).
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Sperling & Kupfer
International rights: Fiction. Italian rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, to Sperling & Kupfer, in a pre-empt.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Diana Verlag
International rights: Fiction. German rights to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, to Diana Verlag, at auction.
Sold: Forever, Interrupted to Atria Books
Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Forever, Interrupted, a captivating love story about a young widow who struggles with how to grieve the loss of her nine-day marriage and who must also forge a relationship with her new mother-in-law, who didn’t know she existed, to Atria Books, in a two-book deal (World English).
The 2012 BookExpo America – New York, June 4-7
The P.S. Literary team attended BookExpo America 2012 at the Javits Center in NYC June 4 to 7 representing client titles to a host of editors and scouts. In addition to attending BookExpo, PSLA spent the week criss-crossing NYC meeting with editors at numerous publishing houses.
The 2012 London Book Fair – London, April 16-18
The P.S. Literary team attended the 2012 London Book Fair at Earls Court April 16th to 18th presenting clients’ titles to sub-agents, scouts and foreign editors. The successful meetings led to two new partnerships: P.S. Literary will now be representing Futa Fata, Ireland, picture books in North America; and P.S. Literary will now be working with Joseph Veltre at the Gersh Agency who will represent film and television rights on behalf of the agency.
Sold: The Holders to Strange Chemistry
Fiction: Young Adult. Julianna Scott’s new YA series beginning with The Holders where The Summoning meets Evernight, which tells the story of two teen holders of supernatural powers, pawns in a rivalry between the good and evil of their kind, and the fight for knowledge, love, and their own lives set against the backdrop of their Irish boarding school community, to Strange Chemistry, in a two-book deal (World English).
BookNet Bestsellers: Canadian Non-Fiction
BookNet’s Canadian non-fiction bestsellers list, for the two weeks ending January 29, 2012, contains four entries from our client and personal finance guru Gail Vaz-Oxlade who appears at #6 (It’s Your Money), #7 (Debt-Free Forever), #16 (Money-Smart Kids) and #19 (Never Too Late).
Sold: Not Quite the Classics to Penguin Canada
Fiction: Humor. Whose Line Is It Anyway? comedian Colin Mochrie’s Not Quite the Classics, a fun literary spin-off of the Second City improv game First Line, Last Line taking the first line and last line from classic books, poems, and songs and recasting the stories in directions that will delight and entertain readers, to Penguin Canada, at auction (Canada, English).
Sold: Teaching to Doubleday Canada
Non-fiction: Humor. Top-three finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing season 5 and star of the CBC sitcom Mr. D. Gerry Dee’s Teaching: It’s Harder Than It Looks, riffing on the trials of teaching, reminiscing about his own school days and revealing the truths of parenthood, to Doubleday Canada (World English).
Sold: Once Upon a Second Chance to Omnific Publishing
Fiction: Women’s Fiction. Marian Vere’s debut Once Upon a Second Chance, a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion where a young woman breaks off her engagement only for her fiancee to come back into her life eight years later begging the question ‘what about the one that got away?’, to Omnific Publishing (World).
Sold: Oranges and Lemons to Insomniac Press
Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Author of Red Rover Liz Bugg’s Oranges and Lemons, the author’s second Calli Barnow mystery, this time the intrepid PI finds herself in the glamorous world of advertising following a twisted money trail that leads to murder, to Insomniac Press (World English).
The 2011 International Visitors Programme – Toronto, October 24
Principal Agent Curtis Russell, and Associate Agent Carly Watters, took over a dozen meetings at the International Festival of Authors with publishing professionals from five countries.
Media: Author Gail Vaz-Oxlade and Her Editor on the Writer/Editor Relationship
Bestselling author Gail Vaz-Oxlade and her editor Kate Cassaday at HarperCollins Canada discuss the writer/editor relationship on The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers on CBC Radio.
Sold: The 10-Pound Shred to Global Vision Press
International rights: Non-fiction. English-language rights in India to Tommy Europe’s The 10-Pound Shred: From Flab to Fit in 4 Weeks, to Global Vision Press.
Sold: Debt-Free Forever to Global Vision Press
International rights: Non-fiction. English-language rights in India to Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, to Global Vision Press.
Sold: Money Rules to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Star of CNBC’s and Slice network’s personal finance TV shows Til Debt Do Us Part and Princess and author of Debt-Free Forever and Never Too Late Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Money Rules: Rule Your Money, Or Your Money Will Rule You, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Sold: Gunship Ace to Casemate Publishers
Non-fiction: Biography. Journalist and author of Barrel of a Gun Al J. Venter’s Gunship Ace: The Wars of Neall Ellis, Helicopter Pilot and Mercenary, chronicling the career of the best-known mercenary combat aviator alive, to Casemate Publishers (World).
The 2011 BookExpo America – New York, May 23-26
The P.S. Literary team attended BookExpo America 2011 at the Javits Center in NYC May 23 to 26. We took several meetings and attended panel sessions discussing everything from e-books to online book discovery to global publishing issues. We can happily report a robust fair with buzzing industry discourse and bridging of new literary connections to support our growing list of clients.
Sold: The Happiness Equation to Hankyu Communications
International rights: Non-fiction. Japanese rights to Dr. Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee’s The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, to Hankyu Communications.
Sold: The Happiness Equation to Totem Books
Non-fiction: Science. Dr. Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee’s The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, to Totem Books (US).
Sold: Endangered to Egmont
International rights: Fiction. German rights to Pamela Beason’s first three titles, beginning with Endangered, in the Summer “Sam” Westin mystery series, to Egmont, at auction.
BookNet Bestsellers: Canadian Non-Fiction
BookNet’s Canadian non-fiction bestsellers list, for the two weeks ending January 30, 2011, contains multiple entries from our client and personal finance guru Gail Vaz-Oxlade who appears at #1 (Never Too Late), #6 (Easy Money) and #7 (Debt-Free Forever).
Sold: Blackjack Secrets to Skyhorse Publishing
Non-fiction: How-To. Author of The Most Powerful Blackjack Manual Jay Moore’s Blackjack Secrets: A Handbook for Beginners, to Skyhorse Publishing (World).
Sold: Endangered to Berkley
Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Daphne du Maurier Award-winner Pamela Beason’s Endangered: A Summer “Sam” Westin Mystery, when a two-year-old boy vanishes from a campground and the television news instantly convicts the park’s cougars, wildlife reporter Sam Westin is forced to battle a media blitz, the hysterical public, and a flash flood to expose the human kidnapper she believes is hiding in the wilderness, to Berkley, in a three-book deal (World English).
Media: Gail Vaz-Oxlade on NBC’s Today
Gail Vaz-Oxlade, author of Debt-Free Forever, appeared on NBC’s Today show with Al Roker.
Sold: Debt-Free Forever to Editions Transcontinental
Non-fiction: Finance. French-Canadian rights to Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s #1 national bestseller Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, to Editions Transcontinental.
The 2010 BookExpo America – New York, May 25-27
P.S. Literary Agency attended this year’s BookExpo, the largest publishing event in North America. To quote Publishers Weekly, “…BookExpo America concluded its first run as a midweek show May 27 with many calling the show a success.”
Sold: The 10-Pound Shred to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Health & Fitness. Former NFL and CFL defensive back turned fitness coach, personal trainer and star of The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp and Bulging Brides Tommy Europe’s The 10-Pound Shred: From Flab to Fit in 4 Weeks, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Media: An Interview with Bestselling Author Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Gail Vaz-Oxlade discusses her #1 national bestseller, Debt-Free Forever. Click or tap here to view the complete interview.
Sold: Never Too Late to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Bestselling author of Debt-Free Forever and host of Til Debt Do Us Part and Princess Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Never Too Late: Take Control of Your Retirement and Your Future, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
Sold: The Happiness Equation to Icon Books
International rights: Non-fiction. Lecturer in the Department of Economics & Related Studies at the University of York in Great Britain and one of the leading young scholars in the new science of happiness, Dr. Nattavudh (Nick) Powdthavee’s The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, drawing on the author’s research that it’s possible to accurately measure happiness and exploring the potential impact on society. For instance, using the new science of happiness to award compensation to non-market events (like death) in courts, or, government’s use of these findings to create new policies to maximize the happiness of its people, to Icon Books (UK & Commonwealth).
Sold: Debt-Free Forever to The Experiment
Non-fiction: Finance. Star of the CNBC personal finance TV show Til Debt Do Us Part Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, whose no-nonsense, tough-love approach to money management is now seen every Saturday following The Suze Orman Show, to The Experiment (US).
The 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair – October 14-18
P.S. Literary Agency was in attendance at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest trade fair for books. It afforded a great opportunity to network with our international rights partners from across the globe.
Sold: Barrel of a Gun to Casemate Publishers
Non-fiction: Memoir. Journalist and author of War Dog Al J. Venter’s Barrel of a Gun: A War Correspondent’s Misspent Moments in Combat, chronicling the author’s nearly forty years of covering conflicts around the globe, to Casemate Publishers (World).
Sold: Debt-Free Forever to HarperCollins Canada
Non-fiction: Finance. Bestselling author and television host Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s Debt-Free Forever: Take Control of Your Money and Your Life, to HarperCollins Canada (Canada, English).
The 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair – October 15-19
Our team made its debut at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the global gathering place for the book world, to meet with our international rights partners from countries as diverse as China, Turkey and Korea to name a few.
Sold: What Burns Within and The Frailty of Flesh to Shueisha
International rights: Fiction. Japanese rights to Sandra Ruttan’s What Burns Within, and The Frailty of Flesh, to Shueisha.
The 2008 BookExpo America – Los Angeles, May 30 – June 1
This year’s BookExpo proved to be light on attendance, but for the members of our team it afforded an excellent opportunity to network with industry colleagues, and gauge industry trends. BEA returned to Los Angeles for the first time since 2003.
Sold: What Burns Within and The Frailty of Flesh to Dorchester Publishing
Fiction: Mystery/Crime. Sandra Ruttan’s What Burns Within, a debut police procedural series set in the Vancouver Area, and the second book The Frailty of Flesh, in a two-book deal, to Dorchester Publishing (World English).
The 2007 BookExpo America – New York, June 1-3
Our team attended this year’s BookExpo and were among the many who jammed the aisles. To quote Publishers Weekly, “It was hot and crowded in most areas of the convention hall, but booksellers and publishers were upbeat about being back in New York.”
Sold: World Famous to AMACOM Books
Non-fiction: Business. David Tyreman’s World Famous: How to Give Your Business a Kick-Ass Brand Identity, to AMACOM Books (World).
Sold: Outsourcing and Management to Palgrave Macmillan
Non-fiction: Business. Dr. Thomas N. Tunstall’s Outsourcing and Management: Why the Market Benchmark Will Topple Old School Management Styles, revealing how and why governance structures, outsourcing techniques, and fluid enterprise boundaries will determine organizational success, to Palgrave Macmillan (World).
The 2006 BookExpo America – Washington DC, May 19-21
A few members of our team were at the 2006 BookExpo America. BEA returned to Washington for the first time in nearly 20 years. Attendees in general seemed to be pleased to be back in the Capital despite the maze-like navigation of the Center.
The 2005 Word On The Street Fair – Toronto, Sept. 25
From The Word On The Street: “You and your family, friends and neighbours are invited to celebrate the joy of reading at The Word on the Street Book & Magazine Fair. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the last Sunday in September, Vancouver, Calgary, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax will unite Canada in a national celebration of literacy and the printed word.”
The 2005 BookExpo Canada – Toronto, June 26-27
P.S. Literary Agency was in attendance at this year’s BookExpo Canada. It was a great opportunity to meet the best authors, publishers and editors that Canada has to offer.
The 2005 BookExpo America – New York, June 3-5
The BEA made its triumphant return to New York City. To quote Publishers Weekly, “Traffic on the show floor ranged from heavy to gridlock.” Our team enhanced their knowledge base with educational sessions, networked with industry professionals, and caught up on industry developments.
Sold: The Most Powerful Blackjack Manual to Kensington Publishing
Non-fiction: How-To. Jay Moore’s The Most Powerful Blackjack Manual: A Complete Guide for Both Beginners and Experienced Players, to Kensington Publishing (World).