Recent Deals and Publications

Love in 90 Days by Dr. Diana Kirschner (Center Street Press)

What if it were possible to meet the man of your dreams- in just ninety days? Renowned psychologist Dr.Diana Kirschner has helped thousands of women do just that over the last twenty-five years. In LOVE IN 90 DAYS, she reveals her fail-proof guide for any woman to create a fulfilling relationship that lasts.

The Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson (William Morrow)

Among the longleaf pines and family farms of eastern North Carolina, days seem to pass without incident for Margaret Clayton and Bernice Stokes until they discover each other in a friendship that will take them on the most important journey of their lives. Margaret, droll and whip smart, has a will of iron that never fails her even when her body does, while Bernice, an avid country music fan, is rarely lucid. Irreverent and brazen at every turn, they make a formidable pair at the home where they live, breaking all the rules and ultimately changing the lives of those around them. Rich with irresistible characters whose uniquely musical voices overflow the pages, The Sweet By and By is a testament to the truth that the most vibrant lives are not necessarily the most visible ones.

Blood and Bone by William Lashner (William Morrow)

Amiable and handsome, Kyle Byrne was a star athlete with brilliant prospects until he flunked out of college and ruined his chances to go pro. But when his father’s former law partner is murdered, the cops see Kyle as a possible suspect and start asking uncomfortable questions about his father’s death 12 years before. Those questions propel Kyle into a search that leads from his father’s past to the highest pinnacles of power- and force Kyle to lay bare the deceptions and losses in his own life.

Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament by S.G. Browne (Broadway Books)

Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all of that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds kindred souls in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products, and Jerry, a car crash victim with an exposed brain. When the group meets a rogue zombie who teaches them the joys of human flesh, things start to get messy. Breathers is a rom-zom-com that will leave you laughing, squirming, and clamoring for more.

At Least in the City, Someone Would Hear Me Scream by Wade Rouse (Harmony Books)

Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions." In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan- a place with fewer people than their former spinning class. There, Wade discovers that the simple life isn’t so simple, but he does discover some things in the woods outside his knotty pine cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan that he always dreamed of but never imagined he’d find- happiness and a home.

Reunion by Therese Fowler (Ballantine)

Following the acclaimed success of Souvenir, Therese Fowler’s captivating new novel will resonate with every woman who has wondered what if- as a heartfelt drama of buried secrets and daring passion unfolds. Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television- she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all. But no one knows about the secret she has harbored for the last twenty years- as secret that could destroy her image, her reputation, and her career.

Conquer the Fat Loss Code by Wendy Chant (McGraw-Hill)

Conquer the Fat Loss Code takes the bestselling Crack the Fat Loss Code to the next level—for even faster, easier, longer-lasting results. Nutrition expert Wendy Chant builds upon her scientifically designed program of “macro-patterning”, a simple routine of alternating carb-up, carb-down, and baseline days to outsmart your body, increase your metabolism, and burn away fat. Once you “conquer the code”, you can conquer your dieting problems for life.

I Saw You…Missed Connection Comics, edited by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press)

This anthology of comics inspired by real-life missed connection ads posted on Craigslist and in local papers around the country will tug at your heartstrings and make you think. Lonely hearts, romantics, and even cynics pore over missed connection ads in search of love, to gawk and giggle, or out of curiosity. These posted stranger sightings and chance encounters lay bare the truths and oddities of real-life loneliness and attractions and bring out the voyeur in the best of us. I Saw You… takes this phenomenon and makes it even better.

Recent Deals:

Memoir: Caleb Daniloff's RANSOM ROAD, which explores the sobering and inspirational effects of running and competing in marathons in the many cities where he has lived -- including Boston, New York, Burlington and Moscow -- as the author overcomes his addiction to alcohol, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for publication in Spring 2011

Memoir: CHANGING SHOES by Tina Sloan, a star on The Guiding Light for 26 years, using humor and wisdom to show how the shoes women wear reflect the constantly changing roles they play and the way they feel about themselves, especially as they grow older, to Gotham for publication in September 2010

Memoir:  BIG BOX’ O WINE ,a hilarious and heartbreaking look at a year’s worth of unforgettable Rouse family holidays from celebrated memoirist Wade Rouse. To Harmony for Spring 2011.

Memoir: Lunch In Paris by Elizabeth Bard,  Australian, German, and Dutch rights sold.

Fiction: Todd Johnson's THE SWEET BY AND BY, about five unforgettable southern women, to Brilliance Audio for Spring 2010 publication

Fiction: Todd Johnson’s THE SWEET BY AND BY, Brazilian Rights sold.

Fiction, Brigid Pasulka’s A LONG LONG TIME AGO, Dutch rights sold.

Fiction: Joan Frances Turner's DUST about an undead girl whose existence is irrevocably altered as she faces a plague that is wiping out both humans and zombies alike and must deal with the harrowing return of the living family that she had given up hope of ever seeing again, to Ace for Fall 2010 publication

Fiction: Rebecca Rasmussen's THE BIRD SISTERS, about two elderly sisters who rescue fallen birds and the one heartbreaking summer of their youth that has bound them together forever, to Shaye Areheart Books for Fall 2010 publication

Fiction: Philip Stephens's MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE, a haunting story of folk music and murder, longing and renewal, and a songwriter's search for his sister that takes astonishing turns in his cave-strewn hometown in the Ozarks, to Plume for Fall 2010 publication.

Non-fiction: Why Does He Do That? author Lundy Bancroft and national authority on women's issues JAC Patrissi's SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?, a source of guidance and clarity for women who are struggling with a partner who is excessively moody, distant, controlling, or explosive, this book lays out how to decisively turn a relationship around -- or prepare yourself to let it go, to Berkley for Spring 2011 publication.

Non-fiction: SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS GO PHARM-FREE by Judy Converse, author of Special Needs Kids Eat Right and a foremost expert on nutrition/diets for kids with autism, adhd, and allergies. To Perigee for Spring 2011.

Todd Ritter’s debut novel DEATH NOTICE, in which small town police chief Kat Campbell must thwart a serial killer who is sending in obituaries to the local newspaper before the subjects end up gruesomely murdered, in a two-book deal to Minotaur, by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Editor of the comic anthology I Saw You and creator of the autobiographical comic The Fart Party, Julia Wertz's first full-length, autobiographical comic narrative chronicling the year she turned twenty five, moved from San Francisco to Brooklyn, and survived the most chaotic twelve months of her life against the backdrop of a tumultuous year in American history: 2008. World rights sold to Three Rivers Press by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Elia Anie's EVIL CATS: When Fluffy Cats Get Mean, a follow-up to her hugely popular EVIL PENGUINS, a new cartoon collection, to Headline, by Jenny Meyer, on behalf of Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Dutch rights to Brigid Pasulka's A LONG LONG TIME AGO, AND ESSENTIALLY TRUE, to Heleen Buth of Mistral Uitgevers by Jenny Meyer on behalf of Wendy Sherman Associates.

Rights previously to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the US, Sceptre in the UK, Nova Fronteira in Brazil and Kinneret Zmora in Israel.

Novella Carpenter, author of the forthcoming memoir FARM CITY, and Willow Rosenthal's THE COMPLETE URBAN FARMER, a hands-on guide to growing your own food in the city, including how to grow your own produce, raise your own animals, and preserve what you reap, again to Penguin, by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

S.G. Browne's BREATHERS: A ZOMBIE'S LAMENT, optioned to Fox Searchlight, with Geoff LaTulippe (GOING THE DISTANCE) to adapt and Mason Novick (JUNO, 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, JENNIFER'S BODY) and Diablo Cody to produce, by Sarah Self at the Gersh Agency, on behalf of Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Cat behaviorist and director of The Cat Behavior Clinic Mieshelle Nagelschneider's THROUGH THE EYES OF A CAT: Understanding Your Cat, Changing Problem Behaviors, and Living Harmoniously with Your Feline Friends, to Bantam Dell, at auction, by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Mieshelle Nagelschneider's THROUGH THE EYES OF A CAT, to Hodder & Stoughton in the UK, by Jenny Meyer on behalf of Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Nani Power's TASTING THE ELEPHANT APPLE OF GANESH, a narrative with recipes about the author's Craigslist ad "please teach me Indian vegetarian cooking" and the journey it launched into the traditional world of women teaching women to cook, to Counterpoint, for publication in Fall 2010, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Michele Young-Stone's THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS, following two lost souls who have been touched by lightning and are brought together by the titular handbook, to Shaye Areheart Books, in a pre-empt, by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.

NYT bestselling author of Crack the Fat Loss Code Wendy Chant's CONQUER THE FAT LOSS CODE: Revolutionary New Strategies for Reprogramming Your Metabolism to Melt Fat and Lose Weight Forever, to again to McGraw-Hill, by Wendy Sherman.

Author of Souvenir and Reunion, Therese Fowler's BREAKAWAY, about a woman caught in a custody battle over her son that is complicated by her troubling dreams -- some say visions -- that her son is in danger, and her ex-husband may be the source, to Ballantine, in a two-book deal, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman Associates.

Beer sommeliers Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune's THE NAKED PINT, a sophisticated, sassy guide to the world of craft and artisanal beers, covering everything from ales, lagers, stouts, pilseners, Barleywines, and witbiers, to the science behind beer, food and beer pairings, and brewing, to Perigee, in a pre-empt, by Michelle Brower at Wendy Sherman Associates.