Tara Westover Returns to Random House for Second MemoirAndy Ward at Random House netted U.S. rights to
Brothers and Sisters, which reckons with the fallout from the publication of Westover’s hit debut memoir,
Educated, from
Deneen Howell at Williams & Connolly. Release is set for April 2027.
Viking Picks Up Beth Brower’s Hit Self-Published SeriesAllison Dobson landed U.S. rights to 13 novels in the Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion series, which Viking said has sold more than 1 million copies.
Georgina Capel, who has an eponymous agency, handled the deal. Volumes 1–8 will release in November.
Tordotcom Signs ‘Wicker’ Author Ursula WillsThe publisher will release e-book and audio editions of the short story, soon to be a major motion picture starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, in October, followed by a new story collection by Wills, releasing in all formats in April 2027.
Erika Tsang at Totdotcom acquired North American rights from
Julian Friedmann at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.
Coco Mellors Sets Second Novel at BallantineSara Weiss acquired North American rights to
Grenade from
Mollie Glick at CAA, for publication in April 2027. The novel follows a 34-year-old filmmaker as she spends three days in Paris for the premiere of her first feature film.
Slowburn Takes Four More from Brynne WeaverHayley Wagreich and
Sierra Stovall at Zando’s romance imprint won world English rights to two duologies by the author of the Ruinous Love trilogy in an eight-figure deal, brokered by
Kimberly Whalen at the Whalen Agency. The first title is set for 2028.
Kokila Signs Middle Grade Novel from Jason ReynoldsNamrata Tripathi, president and publisher of the Penguin Young Readers imprint, bought North American rights to the Newbery Honoree’s
The Lamplighter’s Son from
Elena Giovinazzo at Heirloom Literary & Media. A pub date has not been announced.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel
Kill Your Masters, which traces the heavy metal movement in the Coup Belt of West Africa; an economic survival guide from Sen.
Elizabeth Warren and her daughter
Amelia Warren Tyagi; and
Kalie Cassidy’s next romantasy duology.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
The Deathless Graces by
Mara Rutherford, a darkly romantic YA fantasy about an empire that stands on fallen gods and sacrifices girls to keep the dormant gods from waking;
Never Trust the Dark by
Kalynn Bayron, a ski lodge slasher novel in which a group of teenagers must evade a depraved killer who's picking them off one by one, in the vein of
I Know What You Did Last Summer; and
Once, Again by
Deborah Crossland, a contemporary YA romance told in dual POVs and timelines where a young woman with amnesia feels drawn to a familiar stranger while an aspiring filmmaker falls in love on set.
Flatiron Takes Vincent Yu’s Second Novel
