Little, Brown to Publish Joe Biden’s Memoir After MidtermsDavid Shelley and
Sally Kim acquired world rights to
Promise Me, America, the former president’s “personal account of his historic presidency,” in a deal brokered by
CAA.
Reagan Arthur will edit the book, which is slated for November 17.
Jonathan Karp’s Simon Six Imprint Lands Its First NovelKarp acquired world rights to
Andrew Lewis Conn’s
I Swore I’d Burn This Book, “a Nabokovian mystery,” from
Henry Dunow at Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner. Simon Six’s inaugural title,
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Take Me to Your Leader, released in May.
Taylor Jenkins Reid Returns to Atria for Next NovelPeter Borland at Atria acquired U.S., Canada, and open market rights to
The Last Days of Vic & Coco, about two con women in the 1970s, from
Celeste Fine of Park, Fine & Brower. Publication is planned for March 2027.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Gabe Converse’s horror novel about a trans man whose “pre-transition body washes up on the beach in his hometown and is coaxed back to life by his transphobic family”;
Seren Rose’s debut romantasy, about a siren who falls for the captain of a cursed pirate ship; and presidential historian
John Dickerson’s exploration of “the basic unit of curiosity—the question.”
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
We Brought Her Back by
Lindsay Ribar, a YA queer horror novel about a girl who resurrects her dead girlfriend, only to learn that the demon who caused her death has hitched a ride back to the land of the living;
Mistland by
Maggie Heinze, a debut illustrated middle grade fantasy that follows a girl whose archaeologist parents vanished pursuing a hidden world no one believed existed; and
The Monster Hunter's Daughter by debut author
Laura M. Rocha, a middle grade adventure inspired by Mexican folklore in which a young monster hunter must discover the truth about the colorful alebrijes all around her.
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