Deals

Untitled two novels by Lisa Tucker — Two novels by Lisa Tucker, to Greer Hendricks at Atria, in a significant deal, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (world)

WIFE OF THE GODS by Kwei Quartey — Kwei Quartey’s WIFE OF THE GODS, about a big city detective in Ghana who is sent to a tribal place to investigate the murder of a young female medical student in the very area of West Africa where his mother had long ago disappeared, to Jane von Mehren and Judy Sternlight at Random House, at auction, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA).

THE WITCH’S TRINITY by Erika Mailman UK rights — Erica Mailman’s THE WITCH’S TRINITY, the story of a witch trial during a harsh winter in a small German town in 1487, to Kate Howard at Hodder & Stoughton by Anna Jarota and Michael Radulescu for Marly Rusoff & Associates.

FIRST DARLING OF THE MORNING by Thrity Umrigar — Thrity Umrigar’s FIRST DARLING OF MORNING, her coming-of-age story as a young Parsi girl in Bombay, that traces the path that made her a writer, again to Claire Wachtel at Harper, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA).

I WANT TO RELAX: GOLFING AND EATING IN ITALY by Roland Merullo — Roland Merullo’s GOLFING AND EATING IN ITALY, about a summer spent with family at Lake Como eating well, playing golf and learning to relax, to Zachary Schisgal at Touchstone Fireside, in a very nice deal, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA).

THE MIRACLES OF PRATO by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz —Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz’s THE MIRACLES OF PRATO, set in renaissance Italy, the story of painter-monk Fra Filippo Lippi and young nun Lucrezia Buti who becomes his muse, lover, and mother of his children, and the resulting scandal that went to the very power centers in Florence and Rome, to Jennifer Brehl at William Morrow, in a good deal, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA).

NO: Why Kids -of all Ages_ Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It by David Walsh, Ph.D. – Complex Chinese rights to David Walsh, PhD’s NO: Why Kids Of All Ages Need To Hear It And Ways Parents Can Say It, to Living Psychology, and Chinese simplified rights to East China Normal University Press, by Gray Tan of Jia-Xi Books and Michael Radulescu on behalf of Marly Rusoff & Associates.

Elif Shafak’s THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL – Chinese complex rights — Chinese rights to Elif Shafak’s THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL, to Eurasian Press, in a nice deal, in a pre-empt, by Gray Tan at Jia-Xi Books, on behalf of Michael Radulescu at Marly Rusoff & Associates.

THE BLUE SWEATER by Jacqueline Novogratz — Founder of the Acumen Fund (a non-profit venture capital firm providing business consulting and seed money to people in developing countries) Jacqueline Novogratz’s THE BLUE SWEATER, a coming of age story of a woman and a generation determined to tackle global poverty, offering her story and the stories of entrepreneurs, from unwed mothers in Africa starting a bakery to an ambulance service start-up in India, showing how charity often fails but modest investments in local businesses can make people self-sufficient and change millions of lives, to Carolyn Carlson of Viking, in a very significant deal, at auction, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (world English.)

Italian rights to A CARRION DEATH: A Detective Kubu Mystery by Michael Stanley the pen name of two South African professors who set their serial diamond mining related murders in Botswana to Sonzogno at auction by Michael Radulescu of Marly Rusoff and Associates.