Deals

Romanian rights to Elif Shafak’s THE SAINT OF INCIPIENT INSANITIES to Bogdan Stanescu of Polirom by Michael Radulescu for Marly Rusoff Literary Agency

ITTY BITTY KITTY DITTIES by illustrator Alex Boies with writer Tim Hodapp a gift book with drawings of cats for every letter of the alphabet and witty cat profiles to executive editor David Cashion at Abrams Image by agent Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency in a nice deal (NA)

Dutch rights to Ron Rash’s SERENA in which a lumber baron and his new bride arrive in the North Carolina mountains of 1929 and kill or vanquish anyone who comes in the way of their ruthless ambition to De Geus by Jacqueline LeDonne on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

UK rights to Kate Brennan’s pseudonymous IN HIS SIGHTS, the harrowing true story of a woman stalked by a wealthy and ruthless ex-boyfriend to Juliet Annan at Penguin at auction by Anna Jarota on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency and Korean rights to Wisdom House Publishing by Eric Yang Agency on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

Complex Chinese rights to William Poy Lee’s THE EIGHTH PROMISE to China Times Publisher in Taiwan at auction by Gray Tan of JIA-XI Books on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

Complex Chinese rights to Judy Merrill Larsen’s ALL THE NUMBERS to Sun Color Publishing in Taiwan by Gray Tan of JIA-XI Books on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

Complex Chinese rights for Masha Hamilton’s THE CAMEL BOOKMOBILE to Yuan-Liou Publisher at auction and simplified Chinese rights to Horizon Media by Gray Tan of JIA-XI Books on behalf of Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

Croatian rights to Elif Shafak’s THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL just long listed for the Orange Prize and sold in other 16 countries to Hena Com by Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency.

THE INHERITANCE by Simon Tolkien — Simon Tolkien’s THE INHERITANCE, in which an aging police inspector decides to travel from England to France to delve into a possible World War II theft and crime hoping to save an upper-class student set to hang for murdering his father, an Oxford historian with a questionable military record, to Peter Wolverton and Thomas Dunne at Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s by agent Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Agency in a two book good deal. (NA)

TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING by Hester Rumberg — Hester Rumberg’s TEN DEGREES OF RECKONING, pitched as part Adrift, part Civil Action, the story of Judith Sleavin, the lone survivor of the shipwreck of her family’s boat the Melinda Lee that was hit due to the recklessness of a freighter near the shores of New Zealand, including her search for justice, and the friendships that have sustained her through such catastrophic loss, to Amy Einhorn at Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, in a significant deal, at auction, by Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA)