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Soho Teen buys “Mercury Boys” by Chandra Prasad
Daniel Ehrenhaft at Soho Teen has bought Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad. Pitched as a little bit Heathers, a little bit Miss Peregrine, the YA thriller follows a secret society of girls who discover that when they handle liquid mercury, they are able to visit long-dead people who appear in daguerreotypes. Publication is planned for spring 2021; Marly Rusoff negotiated the deal for world English rights.
John Clinch’s “Marley” receives multiple accolades
October 14/19: People Magazine – “The Best New Books”
October 13/19: New York Times Book Reviews – “Editor’s Pick”
September 19/19: Seattle Times – MARLEY one of 10 Books to Watch for Fall 2019…
Publishers Weekly – September 23, 2019
Tom Roston’s “The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World” receives a Booklist starred review
Booklist Review has given Tom Roston’s THE MOST SPECTACULAR RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD, a ‘spectacular’ Starred review in its September 2019 issue.
Meg Waite Clayton’s “The Last Train to London” picked as season’s best new novel
Meg Waite Clayton’s THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON has been selected (Aug-Sep 2019) as one of the season’s best new novels by several media outlets including the BBC’s list of Ten Best Books of the Fall and a recent New York Post’s list of most anticipated upcoming novels.
ABA’s Indie Next List includes Rich Farrell’s “The Falling Woman”
One of our books makes INDIE NEXT PICK of American Booksellers Association.
The ABA’s INDIE NEXT LIST of the 10 NEW WRITERS TO WATCH includes Rich Farrell’s brilliant debut novel.
THE FALLING WOMAN, which is scheduled to be released next May by Algonquin Books.
We congratulate Rich on this wonderful and auspicious beginning for a first time novelist. The list is selected from all fiction and nonfiction books being published from January through May 2020, and comes with the invaluable support of the influential independent booksellers of America.
Indigo selects “Becoming Mrs. Lewis” top summer read
Patti Callahan with Heather Reisman the influential CEO of Indigo, Canadian’s largest book chain, who selected BECOMING MRS LEWIS as a top summer read, calling it ” a remarkable piece of fiction.” Heather invited Patti to Toronto where she was interviewed before a live audience July 17th.. The book has appeared on bestseller lists in both US and Canada.
John Clinch’s “Marley” receives a Kirkus starred review
Kirkus Review has given John Clinch’s MARLEY a Starred review in its August 2019 issue. This is the second title represented by our agency to receive a Starred Kirkus this month.
Tom Roston’s The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World receives a Kirkus starred review
Kirkus Review has given Tom Roston’s THE MOST SPECTACULAR RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD, a ‘spectacular’ Starred review in its August 2019 issue.
Haunting Paris from Mamta Chaudhry presented at Literature Lovers Night Out
Haunting Paris, Mamta Chaudhry’s just published lyrical first novel (Nan A. Talese Books/Knopf) was among the 4 novelists presenting recent works at a “Literature Lovers’ Night Out” program, hosted by Excelsior Bay Books’ lovely impresario Pamela Klinger-Horn. Agent Marly Rusoff and writer Patricia Hampl (The Art of a Wasted Day) were there to celebrate Mamta’s Midwestern debut. The event went national when it made the “Photo of the Day” on Shelf Awareness’s daily newsletter.
Kwei Quartey Begins New Series
Kwei Quartey, bestselling author of the Inspector Darko Dawson series, has begun a new series set in West Africa this one featuring a female detective. The first title is THE MISSING AMERICAN in a series aimed to please readers of “The Ladies Detective Agency” but with a darker edge. Quartey introduces ex-cop Emma Djan who joins a private investigation agency. Her first case seems to be an ordinary missing person challenge but it soon develops into a dangerous and tangled web of crime, the source of which leads her to the highest levels of the government.