News covering book rights bought and sold, movie rights and foreign rights. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/Deals/47146.html?nid=3323 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:30:35 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6601874.html?nid=3323 Greenlaw Moves to Viking Viking’s Wendy Wolf has acquired two new nonfiction books by Linda Greenlaw in a world rights deal with Stuart Krichevsky. The first, to be published in summer 2010, marks her return this fall to swordfishing (the career that brought her to the public eye in The Perfect Storm), beginning with her first trip to the Grand Banks in over a decade. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6599906.html?nid=3323 Wilson's Novel Bob Weil at Norton has acquired world rights to Edward O. Wilson's first novel, The Anthill, as well as his next work of social biology, The Forces of Social Evolution, from John Taylor “Ike” Williams at Kneerim & Williams. The scientist's novel, to pub in 2010, deals with a young man whose life is shaped by poverty, a love of nature and a mission to save a unique... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6597694.html?nid=3323 To Catch a Thief Bob Wittman, the special agent who created the FBI's art theft recovery team and, until his retirement on September 19, was its only undercover operative, inked a deal to tell the story of his career, tentatively titled In Pursuit of the Priceless; Rick Horgan at Crown beat out five other publishers for North American rights via Larry Weissman. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6595917.html?nid=3323 Elements of Graphic Style Norton senior editor Maria Guarnaschelli beat four other publishers in an auction for Dona Wong's The Wall Street Journal Guide to Presenting Data, Facts and Figures; Lynn Johnston sold world rights. Aiming to be the Strunk & White of graphics, the book will instruct readers how to express themselves in a data-driven world in which the good graphics have become a... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6593579.html?nid=3323 Meister to Putnam Putnam's Rachel Kahan won North American rights to a new novel by Ellen Meister in an auction conducted by Andrea Cirillo at Jane Rotrosen. The book, The Silver Line, tells the story of a suburban mom expecting her second child who discovers that she might be able to slip through a wrinkle in time and return to her single life. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6591615.html?nid=3323 Michaels Re-ups with Kensington Kensington president Steve Zachariushas signed bestselling author Fern Michaels to a new five-book contract in a world rights deal negotiated by Martin Friedman at McLaughlin & Stern; Audrey LaFehr will edit. The new books, beginning with Under the Radar in June 2009, will continue the Sisterhood series, about a group of strong female friends who create their... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6589669.html?nid=3323 Laird to Viking Viking president Clare Ferraro has signed up two new novels by Nick Laird in a U.S. rights–only deal with Natasha Fairweather at A.P. Watt; Viking publisher Paul Slovak will edit. The first of the two books is tentatively titled Glover’s Mistake and examines the corrosive power of jealousy through the prism of an unusual threesome: a 30-something college teacher in L... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6587944.html?nid=3323 Big Memoirs to Crown Harmony publisher Shaye Areheart just signed up a new book by Brooke Newman with a preemptive six-figure offer to Sterling Lord, who sold North American rights. The working title is A Love of Numbers, and John Glusman will edit. Described as a memoir with poetic license, the book is set in Washington, D. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6585797.html?nid=3323 Miracle Movie In January 2006, Logan and Noah Miller's father, a homeless alcoholic, died in jail. The twins, aspiring filmmakers with no meaningful experience, had for years wanted to make an autobiographical film about their dad, and on the day he died, they vowed to make it happen. In Either You're In or In the Way, the Millers will describe how, without a dime to their name or a single Hol... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6583753.html?nid=3323 Free Press Preempts 'Stuff' Wylie O'Sullivan at the Free Press preempted world rights to Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff via Linda Loewenthal at David Black, who had four preemptive offers and 15 publishers interested. Leonard, the creator of the Internet short film phenomenon The Story of Stuff, which has gotten almost four million full views, will expand on the life of the stuff we use eve... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6581910.html?nid=3323 Rosen's Intuition Harper executive editor Sally Kim won an auction for psychic medium Rebecca Rosen's What's Your Damage? Using the Power of Intuitive Thinking to Move Past the Thing That's Holding You Back; Yfat Reiss Gendell at Foundry sold North American rights. Rosen, whose clients include Jennifer Aniston and whose waiting list is currently two years, will share a program that will enable ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6579803.html?nid=3323 Sibling Rivalry Atria senior editor Greer Hendricks won an auction for a first novel by Sarah Pekkanen titled Way Beyond Compare; Victoria Sanders sold world English rights. Pekkanen, a monthly columnist for Bethesda magazine, will, tongue in cheek, explore low self-esteem, the hunger to succeed and have it all, and the grueling but rewarding bond of sisterhood. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6577927.html?nid=3323 Major Deal for Minor Leaguer Viking's Wendy Wolf preempted Matt McCarthy's Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit with a substantial offer to Scott Waxman. McCarthy's fish-out-of-water memoir will describe getting drafted in the 21st round out of Yale to play in Provo, Utah, for the 2002 season alongside future stars like Prince Fielder, Bobby Jenks and Casey Kotchman. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6575879.html?nid=3323 Knopf Takes the Bacon Sonny Mehta has acquired the next work by de Kooning authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, to be a biography of artist Francis Bacon; Clare Conville at Conville and Walsh sold North American rights. Stevens and Swan will have full access to Bacon's archives and papers. No pub date yet; Knopf published de Kooning in 2004, and it went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6574047.html?nid=3323 Shaping the Court Laura Stickney and Ann Godoff at the Penguin Press have acquired a new book by presidential historian and Williams College professor James MacGregor Burns. Packing the Court will delve into the history of presidential Supreme Court “packing”; in Burns's review of the appointments of our most powerful presidents, he'll reveal the constant pressure to shape the bench... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6572653.html?nid=3323 Ann Godoff has won U.S. rights to a hot debut novel by Reif Larsen that Penguin Press will publish next summer. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:11:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6572084.html?nid=3323 LB Wins Zafón YA Titles Jennifer Hunt at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers bought North American rights to four YA titles by Carlos Ruiz Zafón in an auction conducted by Thomas Colchie on behalf of Antonia Kerrigan. The four books—The Prince of the Mist, The Midnight Palace, September Lights and Marina— launched Zafón's career before his bestselling adult debut, ... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6570307.html?nid=3323 Memoir Preempt Little, Brown executive editor Tracy Behar preempted North American rights to Thomas Buergenthal's memoir, A Lucky Child, via George Lucas at Inkwell on behalf of Profile Books in the U.K. Buergenthal, an expert in human rights law and a judge at the International Court in the Hague, will share the story of his odyssey as a child through two ghettos, Auschwitz, the Auschwitz deat... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6568716.html?nid=3323 HarperCollins has acquired North American rights to a currently untitled book about the 2008 presidential election to be written by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:32:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6568141.html?nid=3323 Pocket Wins Debut Anthony Ziccardi at Pocket was the victor in an auction for a first novel by Lisa Genova titled Still Alice; Vicky Bijur sold world rights. The book is about a successful 50-year-old professor and renowned linguistics specialist who has finally found time to enjoy her marriage and career now that her three children are grown, but whose accelerating memory lapses culminate in a... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST