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Publishers Marketplace Super Search rights postings job board report a deal site guide help Lunch Weekly for Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Some Deals As usual, here are 10 deals from last week's report of 278 deals in all. (We've already posted 48 new deals since then.) To see the complete deal flow (including entire categories generally omitted from this version) and get a complete deal round-up every week (with more pricing information) instead, sign up now for our full service. Click to register https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/register/ The Key A handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. "nice deal": $1 - $49,000 "very nice deal": $50,000 - $99,000 "good deal": $100,000 - $250,000 "significant deal": $251,000 - $499,000 "major deal": $500,000 and up Note that the deal sections Canada, Digital, and UK (if any) are denoting the publisher, not the rights acquired. Canadian and UK publishers can acquire local or world rights; digital publishers can and increasingly do also acquire print rights, and will some times do full offset print runs with mainstream distribution; etc. Deal Reports Report your deals using our online form. And please report translations rights sales using the dedicated form. FICTION Women's/Romance NYT-bestselling author Beth Harbison's THE COOKBOOK CLUB, in which three women—each with her fair share of secrets, mistakes, and bad decisions—discover that the secret to surviving life's curveballs is a simple recipe with two ingredients: good food and friendship, to Lucia Macro at William Morrow, in a two-book deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world English). General/Other Author of THE LIGHT WE LOST, a Reese's Book Club pick, and MORE THAN WORDS Jill Santopolo's EVERYTHING AFTER, about a woman whose perfect life in New York City is threatened by the secrets of her past, to Tara Singh Carlson at Putnam, by Miriam Altshuler at DeFiore and Company (world). Author of BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE Ruth Emmie Lang's THE WILDERWOMEN, about two sisters, one who can see into the future, and the other who can see into the past, who embark on a journey to find their mother after her mysterious disappearance, to Peter Wolverton at St. Martin's, by Andrea Somberg at Harvey Klinger (world English). Gish Jen's RESISTERS, her first novel in a decade, about an underground baseball league's girl prodigy who threatens the carefully controlled society of an automated future America, again to Ann Close at Knopf, for publication in spring 2020, by Molly Friedrich and Lucy Carson at Friedrich Agency (NA). NONFICTION Advice/Relationships Poet and self-care storyteller, host of the hey.girl podcast, and Instagram influencer Alex Elle's AFTER THE RAIN, personal essays accompanied by meditations, affirmations, and prayers to offer readers lessons on self-accountability and self-love while cultivating courage, grace, and joy along the way, to Rachel Hiles at Chronicle, at auction, by Cindy Uh at Thompson Literary Agency (world). Cooking BALANCING IN HEELS and TRUE ROOTS author, reality TV show star, and entrepreneur Kristin Cavallari's TRUE COMFORT, celebrating cozy, comfort foods that promise not to leave you feeling full and sluggish, and featuring meals the author makes her own family on weeknights at home, longer recipes to make when having friends over on weekends, and the snacks and coffee drinks she enjoys between meals, to Dervla Kelly at Rodale, by Margaret Riley King at William Morris Endeavor (NA). History/Politics/Current Affairs Retired commander in the U.S. Navy Guy Snodgrass's HOLDING THE LINE: INSIDE TRUMP'S PENTAGON WITH GENERAL MATTIS, a behind-the-scenes look at the Department of the Defense, navigating through the tumult and chaos of the Trump era, to Bria Sandford at Sentinel, for publication in fall 2019, by Keith Urbahn and Matt Latimer at Javelin (NA). Rights: carlini@javelindc.com Historian Catherine Grace Katz's THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA, the story of Sarah Churchill, Anna Roosevelt, and Kathleen Harriman, three young women who seized a fleeting moment to capture a special place beside their famous fathers at a pivotal moment in history—the Yalta Conference in February 1945—as the Alliance teeters on the precipice between World War and Cold War, to Deanne Urmy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for publication in 2020, by Michael Carlisle at Inkwell Management. Rights to Arabella Pike at Harper UK, and film rights optioned to Amy Pascal at Sony Pictures by Bruce Vinokour at CAA. Memoir Former CIA operative Amaryllis Fox's LIFE UNDERCOVER: COMING OF AGE IN THE CIA, about her life as a clandestine agent, to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf, at auction, for publication in October 2019, by Erin Malone at William Morris Endeavor (NA). Rights to Sara Cywinski at Ebury (UK), by Matilda Forbes Watson at William Morris Endeavor; Hr. Ferdinand (Denmark), Lattes (France), Carl Hanser (Germany), Enalios (Greece), Ambo Anthos (Holland), Keter (Israel), Longanesi (Italy), and Czarna Owca (Poland), by Tracy Fisher at William Morris Endeavor. Translation: TF@wmeagency.com Science Researcher on near-death experiences and University of Virginia School of Medicine professor Dr. Bruce Greyson's AFTER: A SKEPTICAL SCIENTIST'S JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE, DEATH, AND BEYOND, which reveals the evidence from 45 years of research and interviews with more than a thousand people, suggesting that consciousness is not produced by the brain and may continue after death, to George Witte at St. Martin's, at auction, for publication in winter 2021, by Doug Abrams at Idea Architects (NA). UK rights to Susanna Wadeson at Transworld, at auction, by Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein. Translation: camilla@marsh-agency.co.uk george.witte@stmartins.com   Reader Services Add yourself or your clients to the Who Represents database Change your information in the Contact database Change the e-mail address for your Lunch subscription by signing up again Get Lunch Use this to subscribe and/or to change your address Brought to you by Cader Books.

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