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Boylan and Picoult team up for Ballantine
Crazy honey by successful authors Jennifer boylan and Jodi picoult was acquired by Ballantine’s Jennifer hershey in a global rights agreement (excluding the British Commonwealth). The editor said the novel, which grew out of an exchange the authors had on Twitter, is about “what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind.” Crazy honey is scheduled for October 2022. Boylan was represented in the agreement by Kris dahl at ICM Partners, and Picoult was represented by Laura Gross from the Laura Gross Literary Agency.
Atria catches the TikTok sensation of Armas
For Atria, Kaitlin Olson won the North American rights, at auction, to Spanish love deception and its sequel, The American roommate experience, through Elena armas. Spanish love deception was self-published in February and went viral, largely via TikTok, according to Atria. The novel follows “colleagues who are enemies of lovers who get tangled up when you need a date for a wedding in Spain”. Jessica watterson at the literary agency Sandra Dijkstra represented Armas, and her firm has also entered into a number of foreign rights contracts for books, notably with houses in Croatia, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Atria will publish a new print edition of Spanish love deception in February 2022.
Baker gets ‘rooted’ at One World
Rooted through Brea bakery was preempted by Nicole counts at One World. North American Book Rights Agreement, subtitled The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Black Land Ownership Movement, was negotiated by Johanna castillo at the House of Writers. Rooted focuses on land theft, which the publisher says is a major contributor to the racial wealth gap and “one of the nation’s foremost sins.” Baker, writer and activist, explores her own family history in the book to show the legacy of land theft and “chart a course forward.”
Cain is “bittersweet” for Crown
Gillian blake at Random House’s Crown imprint acquired the North American rights to Susan cain‘s Bitter. The book, subtitled How grief and desire make us whole, is scheduled for April 2022 and has been sold by Richard Pin at Inkwell Management. Calm, Cain’s 2012 book on the positives of introversion, has sold more than four million copies, according to the publisher. Bitter, who, according to the Crown, “employs the same skill and sensitivity” as Calm, explores “the powers of a bittersweet and melancholy vision” and asks why we have historically “been so blind to its value”.
Brown Re-ups in Putnam
In a global rights deal, bestseller Eléonore Brun (The weird sisters) has sold a new novel to its longtime publisher, GP Putnam’s Sons. Any other family was acquired by publisher Putnam Exit Kim of Elizabeth winick rubinstein at McIntosh & Otis. The novel, scheduled for summer 2022, explores “the nuances and intricacies of the relationships between three groups of parents who form a family after adopting biological siblings,” Putnam said. Gabriella Mongelli in Putnam will edit the title.
TikTokker finds “Faith” with Zondervan
Books by Zondervan ‘ Carolyn mccready preempted the worldwide English rights to Andy dooley‘s Faith, Family, Fitness. The editor said the author is a fitness trainer and TikTok influencer who has over 1.5 million fans on the platform. The book, scheduled for fall 2022, is a collection of readings intended to “inspire and motivate the whole family to live a healthy Christian life.” Kathleen ortiz of New Leaf Literary & Media represented Dooley.
A version of this article appeared in the 9/27/2021 issue of Editors Weekly under the title: Book offers: Week of September 27, 2021
