Book Deals: Week of June 24, 2024

Celadon Nabs ExxonMobil Exposé

In a prevention, ex New York Times editor Jill Abramson has sold the North American rights #ExxonKnew THE Bill Hamilton at Celadon Books. Suzanne Gluck at WME brokered the deal. Celadon said the book is Abramson’s investigative account of ExxonMobil’s attempt to “cover up the scientific evidence of the environmental damage it has caused to the planet” and his upcoming trial in Boston that will be “a long-awaited showdown between the third most profitable company in the world and the state of Massachusetts, environmentalists and members of the Rockefeller family, whose ancestor, John D. Rockefeller, was the founder of ExxonMobil’s corporate predecessor, Standard Oil.” The book will be published in 2026.

Matt Holt Wins ‘Best Kill’

Matthew Holt at Matt Holt Books has acquired world rights to the Iraq veteran and former West Point professor Matt CavanaughS ‘ Best Scar Earnings: How You Can Be More Than You Were Beforea memoir about how the author became the fastest living American kidney donor to ever run the Racing the Planet’s Four Deserts Grand Slam. Joseph Perry at Perry Literary handled the deal. Best Scar earnings is set for a fall 2025 release.

Kinsella’s “Personal” novella goes to Dial

Sophie Kinsellaauthor of the bestselling Shopaholic series, has sold the North American rights to a novella, how does it feelTHE Whitney Frick in Dial Press. The deal was negotiated by Kim Witherspoon at InkWell Management. Dial said the “deeply personal” book follows “a renowned novelist dealing with a devastating cancer diagnosis and learning to live and love again.” Kinsella said the book is “her most autobiographical work to date”; It comes after the author revealed in April that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and cancerous brain tumor. The book is expected to be published in October.

Saga Lands Edward’s Adult Fantasy Debut

Senior Editor Amara Hoshijo at Saga Press has acquired world English rights to An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern DatingDebut cozy adult fantasy from Australian middle grade author Remi Laiwriting as Cecilia Edward. Saga said the novel follows “a nearly 40-year-old witch who accidentally transports herself from the 16th century to the 21st with a broken love potion, catapulting her into the world of online dating and other creepiness of today”. Jim McCarthy at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret negotiated the deal. The book is expected to be published in the summer of 2025.

Book Woman re-ups at Sourcebooks

In a reported seven-figure deal, Kim Michele Richardson (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek) has sold world rights to the as-yet-untitled third novel in her Book Woman series to her longtime editor at Sourcebooks, Shana Drehs. Stacy Testa at Writers House brokered the deal. The publisher said Richardson’s books, which feature “beloved heroine” and “legendary book woman” Cussy Lovett, have sold more than a million copies to date. Release is planned for fall 2025 or spring 2026.

Hogarth takes on director A24’s first novel

After an auction, Hogarth’s editor-in-chief David Ebershoff has acquired North American rights to the director Jane Schoenbrunthe debut novel of Public Access After the World. The deal was negotiated by Bill Clegg of the Clegg Agency. Hogarth called the book “an epic blend of literary fantasy, coming-of-age, science fiction and horror” that traces “the mysterious transmissions of a secret television network” to “a wide cast of characters, including two teenage best friends. in a suburban New York basement, a housewife during the final days of World War II, and a young trans content moderator at a YouTube-like corporation who becomes an unlikely hero who can save a century of victims who have disappeared into the broadcast signal Schoenbrun’s latest film is I saw The Shining TV. No pub date has been announced.