About the Author/Illustrator

Little Green
An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins is back (almost literally from the dead after the car wreck that ended
Blonde Faith, his last outing) and cruising the hippified streets of the Sunset Strip
circa 1967, in search of a young black man who has gone missing--and maybe of
his own rebirth.
Walter Mosley burst on the literary scene in 1990 with Devil in a Blue Dress (recently
named one of the L.A. Times's best novels about L.A.), the first Easy Rawlins mystery, a
combustible and irresistible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright that
future president Bill Clinton picked up on, as did hundreds of thousands of other
readers. Eleven books later, Easy Rawlins is one of the small handful of private eyes in
contemporary crime fiction who can be called immortal. So it is great news on every front
that this major figure's new mystery features the return of his signature and most
resonant character.
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
BISAC 2: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled
BISAC 3: Fiction - African American - Mystery &
Detective
Page Count: 304
Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 35/32 Carton Count: 12
THE FIRST EASY RAWLINS NOVEL SINCE 2007.
AND EASY LIVES! At the very end of the last Easy Rawlins mystery, Blonde Faith, a car crash
occurs in which Easy's survival was very much in the air.
TERRIFICALLY FRESH SETTING: The year is 1967 and the "mean street" that Easy is walking
and cruising is the Sunset Strip, at the height of its hippie glory--although he finds more mayhem
and murder than peace and love.
WALTER MOSLEY IS NOT JUST A MAJOR CRIME WRITER: He's an important literary figure,
period. For instance, he is one of only two crime writers, along with Chester Himes, to be
represented in Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Norton Anthology of African American Literature.
WALTER MOSLEY IS MULTITALENTED IN ALL GENRES: In addition to two other crime series
featuring Leonid McGill and Fearless Jones, his forty-one-plus books include literary novels,
erotica, sci-fi, political works (often race-related), young adult novels, and even a graphic
Fantastic Four novel.
EASY RAWLINS MAY JUST COME TO TELEVISION: A development deal for a series has
been signed with NBC.
MORE MOSLEY TO COME: In 2014 we'll publish his L.A. porn noir, let's call it Debbie Doesn't
Do It Anymore. This will be followed by another Easy Rawlins mystery, Rose Gold, set in the
Patty Hearst era of violent radical politics.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Marketing and Publicity
National Media Appearances, including
NPR
National Print Features
Pre-Publication Bookseller Tour: Los
Angeles, Boston, New York
8-City Author Tour: Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Dallas,
Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia
Local Author Promotion: New York
BEA Promotion
National Print Advertising
Online Banner Advertising, including
Shelf Awareness
Facebook Advertising
Cross-promote on
www.WalterMosley.com
Scribd and GoodReads.com promotions
Post on EverydayEBook.com
Featured in Doubleday and Random
House newsletters
Jacket blow-ups available
Galley distribution to accounts,
mystery/thriller, and fiction bloggers
Promote on all Doubleday social media
platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr
WALTER MOSLEY is the author of more than forty-one books, most notably eleven
Easy Rawlins mysteries, the first of which, Devil in a Blue Dress, was made into an
acclaimed film starring Denzel Washington. Always Outnumbered was an HBO film
starring Laurence Fishburne, adapted from his first Socrates Fortlow novel. A native of
Los Angeles and a graduate of Goddard College, he holds an MFA from CCNY and lives
in Brooklyn, New York. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry
Award, a Grammy Award, and PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Riding The Rap/Leonard, Elmore/HC
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978-0-385-53599-1
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9781594488245
9780316734592
9780446617901
9780316073028
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9780440214434
9780385308465
9780385308472
9780440214410
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5/13
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8/08
9/05
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DDay Gen Adult
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Penguin/Riverhead
Hachette/Little Brown
Hachette/Grand Central
Hachette/Little, Brown
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Dell Books
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Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Asian American
BISAC 2: Fiction - Contemporary Women
BISAC 3: Fiction - Family Life
Page Count: 416
Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 41/32 Carton Count: 12
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National Media Appearances
National Print Features
Select Author Appearances
Local Author Promotion: New York City
BEA Promotion
National print advertising, including The
New York Times
Online advertising campaign, including
NYTimes.com, Gawker.com,
PerezHilton.com, etc.
Crazy Rich Asians Pop-Up Store in
NYC curated by the author
Facebook campaign to give yourself a
"Crazy Rich" makeover
Giveaway promotion on LibraryThing
and Goodreads
Crazy Rich Asians Instagram and
Tumblr feeds
Facebook and Twitter ad campaigns
Outreach to fashion, Asian lifestyle, and
luxury-living blogs
Plum Sykes meets Amy Tan in this outrageously funny debut novel about three
superrich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming
that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings
home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend,
Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island,
and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that
Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes
than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might
as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond
imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family
practically lives in the pages of Hong Kong Tattler; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable
mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should
not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich
Asians is an insider's look at the Asian Jet Set, a perfect depiction of the clash between
old money and new money, between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese, and a
fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, disgustingly rich.
TOTALLY ORIGINAL: Nobody has written a novel about the Chinese super-rich. And only an
insider like Kevin Kwan could make it this much fun!
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Every week we see a new story about the growing number
of millionaires in China and the Chinese luxury consumer (accounting for 50 percent of luxury
goods sold). Kwan pulls the curtain back on this fascinating world.
FASHION, FOOD, AND FIVE-STAR RESORTS: Filled with racks of Givenchy, Dior, and Dries
Van Noten; satays, spicy noodles, and trays of savory treats; yachts, private islands, and VVIP
casinos--the book is catnip for fashionistas, foodies, and would-be jet setters.
"Crazy Rich Asians is an unputdownably funny, original, modern novel. An outrageous
satire of the Asian squillionaire set, this book is like a Chinese Dallas meets Pride and
Prejudice. The combination of gold homewares, couture, private jets, absurd social rules
and snobbery is utterly hilarious. I actually couldn't put this book down to eat or to watch
Downton Abbey." --Plum Sykes, bestselling author of Bergdorf Blondes
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: New York, NY
Author Hometown: Singapore
Born and raised in Singapore, Kevin Kwan has worked for Martha Stewart Living and
Interview Magazine and in 1998 joined M&Co, where he developed commercial and
cultural projects for such clients as The Museum of Modern Art, Vitra, and The New York
Times. Kwan is the co-author of the nonfiction special markets hit Luck: The Essential
Guide (Collins, 2008), which has been translated into nine languages. For over a
decade, he has been sought after as a creative consultant to publishers and authors as
a specialist in celebrity and visually-driven projects. Crazy Rich Asians is his first novel.
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The Lovebird
Natalie Brown
A spectacularly original, vibrant, and spirited debut narrated by a shy, sensitive
college student who, in her search for love and family, must flee everything she
knows.
Margie Fitzgerald has always had a soft spot for helpless creatures. Her warm heart
breaks, her left ovary twinges, and Margie finds herself smitten with sympathy. This is
how Margie falls in love with her Latin professor, a lonely widower and single father who
trembles visibly in class. This is how Margie joins a band of ragtag student activists
called H.E.A.R.T. (Humans Encouraging Animal Rights Today) in liberating lovebirds
from their pet-store cages. And this is how Margie becomes involved in a plan so
dangerous, so reckless, and so illegal, that she must flee her California college town, cut
off contact with her dear old dad, and start fresh in a place unlike anywhere she has
ever been. Introducing one of the most unforgettable heroines in recent fiction, The
Lovebird is a novel about a girl who can't abandon a lost cause, who loves animals, and
who must travel to the loneliest place on earth to figure out where she really belongs.
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Contemporary Women
BISAC 2: Fiction - Coming Of Age
BISAC 3: Fiction - Humorous
Page Count: 336
Trim Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Spine/Depth: 38/32 Carton Count: 12
Marketing and Publicity
National Media Appearances
National Print Features
Local Auhtor Promotion: Iowa City, IA
Establish author's social media
presence on Facebook and Twitter
Early galley giveaways on GoodReads
and LibraryThing
Blogger outreach: literary, women's
fiction, mommy bloggers
Reading group outreach and promotion
National print advertising
Secondary outreach to animal rights
groups, animal lovers, and pet bloggers
COMPS: Think Seating Arrangements and The Weird Sisters. The Lovebird showcases verbal
dexterity and a gift for characters in keeping with writers like Maggie Shipstead, J. Courtney
Sullivan and Eleanor Brown. Fans of smart, joyful, and wonderfully offbeat fiction have found
their new favorite writer.
SETTING: Ranging from the sunny streets of San Diego to the open sky of the Crow Indian
reservation in Montana, Brown writes what she knows. She went to school in California and
Montana and has master's degrees in English and Native American Studies.
AUTHOR: Natalie Brown is lovely, beautiful, and artistic. Picture Zooey Deschanel in a
home-sewn sundress.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Iowa City, IA
Author Hometown: Orange County, CA
NATALIE BROWN grew up in Orange County, California. She earned a BA in Literature
from the University of California at San Diego, and MA degrees in English and Native
American Studies from Montana State University. She lives in Iowa. The Lovebird is her
first novel.
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Audio: Yes
British: No
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Book Club: Yes
Translation: No
Agency: CHALBERG & SUSSMAN LLC
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978-0-307-59946-9
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DDay Gen Adult
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Knopf
Knopf
Hyperion
Voice
Amy Einhorn Books
Berkley Trade
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1st Serial: Yes
Special Markets:
Agent: TERRA
CHALBERG
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Price
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Kiss Me First
Lottie Moggach
A chilling and intense first novel, the story of a solitary young woman drawn into
an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating
a glamorous but desperate woman.
When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people
who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often
struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on Red Pill, a chat forum for ethical
debate, Leila comes into her own, impressing the Web site's founder, a brilliant and
elusive man named Adrian. Leila is thrilled when Adrian asks to meet her, flattered when
he invites her to be part of "Project Tess." Tess is a woman Leila might never have met
in real life. She is beautiful, urbane, witty, and damaged. As they e-mail, chat, and
Skype, Leila becomes enveloped in the world of Tess, learning every single thing she
can about this other woman--because soon, Leila will have to become her. An
ingeniously plotted novel of stolen identity, Kiss Me First is brilliantly frightening about
the lies we tell--to ourselves, to others, for good, and for ill.
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Psychological
BISAC 2: Fiction - Technological
BISAC 3: Fiction - Thrillers
Page Count: 336
Trim Size: 6-1/4 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 38/32 Carton Count: 12
Marketing and Publicity
National Media Appearances
National Print Features
Major National Print Advertising
Campaign
Extensive Online Advertising Campaign
ARC title--large quantity distribution,
Indie box, Amazon Vine
Major social media promotion on all
Doubleday platforms: Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram
Shelf Awareness Pro galley giveaway
Large Good Reads giveaway of both
ARCs and finished books
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER: Kiss Me First is chock full of psychological intensity, skillful
unfurling of information, and razor-sharp writing. This is a genre on the rise, and we have an
incredible opportunity to introduce a deliriously talented new writer.
MASTERFULLY PLOTTED: The storytelling in this debut novel is airtight. The narrative twists
and turns, creating a hypnotizing reading experience.
CHARACTERS: Leila and Tess are masterful creations. As the reader turns the pages, Leila
slowly reveals herself--and the revelations are shattering. Tess is seductive, and just like Leila,
the reader is drawn to her like a moth to a flame.
EARLY BUZZ: Kiss Me First has sold in heated auctions around the world. Doubleday was able
to preempt this hotly anticipated novel, and the buzz is already high.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: London
Author Hometown: London
A London native from a family of acclaimed writers, LOTTIE MOGGACH attended
Sussex University before she began a career in journalism at The Times. There, she
worked as a feature writer, book reviewer, and columnist for several years. She currently
publishes in a variety of newspapers and magazines including Financial Times, Time
Out, Elle, GQ, and others. Kiss Me First is her first novel.
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Translation: No
Agency: SALLY WOFFORD-GIRAND
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978-0-385-53750-6
ISBN
9780062060556
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7/13
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1st Serial: Yes
Special Markets:
Agent: SALLY
WOFFORD-GIRAND
Publisher
DDay Gen Adult
Publisher
Harper
Harper
Price
Price
$25.99
$14.99
Blue Plate Special
An Autobiography of My Appetites
Kate Christensen
That the greatly admired novelist Kate Christensen has turned to the memoir form
after six novels makes this book an event. Readers of memoirs of high literary
quality, particularly those with food themes--most conspicuously Ruth Reichl's
Comfort Me with Apples and Gabrielle Hamilton's Blood, Bones, and Butter--as
well as admirers of M. F. K. Fisher and Laurie Colwin will be a large and eager
audience.
This memoir derives from Kate's popular foodcentric blog
(http://katechristensen.wordpress.com), in which she shares scenes from an unusual
upbringing and an unusually happy present-day life, providing an audience for this book
that is already primed. That it is written by Kate Christensen means it will be a delicious
reading experience in every sense--a compulsively readable account of a knockabout
life, full of sorrows and pleasures, many of the latter of the sensual, appetitive variety.
A MUCH ADMIRED WRITER POISED, WITH THIS SHIFT IN DIRECTION, TO MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL LEAP UPWARD: Kate Christensen has devoted fans all
throughout the literary-industrial complex who really want her to succeed--and who will help her
do so.
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EXPECT QUOTES (AND MORE) FROM BIG GUNS IN THE FOOD/LIT NEXUS: Ruth Reichl
and Gabrielle Hamilton are likely blurbers, as is Cheryl Strayed, all of whom Kate knows and/or
has written for.
978-0-385-53626-4
$26.95/$32.00 Can.
DERIVES FROM THE AUTHOR'S MUCH ADMIRED AND INCREASINGLY
WELL-TRAFFICKED BLOG: Which has received much attention, including from editors at other
houses offering book contracts.
Category: Memoir
BISAC 1: Biography & Autobiography - Personal
Memoirs
BISAC 2: Biography & Autobiography - Culinary
BISAC 3: Cooking - Essays & Narratives
Page Count: 368
Trim Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Spine/Depth: 41/32 Carton Count: 12
Marketing and Publicity
National Media Appearances
National Print Features
6-City Author Tour: New York, Boston,
Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco
Local Author Promotion: Portland, ME
Galley mailing with a recipe card from
Kate
Additional galley distribution via Shelf
Awareness Pro giveaway banner ad
Pre-pub Facebook ads to increase
Kate's following
Outreach to food bloggers and literary
bloggers
Broaden the reach of Kate's blog via
Doubleday's Facebook and Twitter feeds
National Print Advertising in a
high-profile venue such as The New
York Times or The New Yorker
Finished-copy mailing to chefs, foodies,
literary and culinary influencers
KATE NOW HAS A COLUMN IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: She now will be writing
regularly for them about cocktails, in a column titled "With a Twist."
TRACKS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY FROM SADNESS AND DISSATISFACTION TO A
SATISFYING, VERY AU COURANT ENDING: Not to be coy, love and happiness with a much
younger, terrifically attractive man.
YEAH, THERE ARE RECIPES: Not too many, but after reading about these delicious repasts,
you'll want to get to the market and into the kitchen.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Portland, Maine
Author Hometown: California
KATE CHRISTENSEN is the author of six previous novels, most recently The Astral.
The Great Man won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award. She has written reviews and essays
for numerous publications, most recently The New York Times Book Review,
Bookforum, Tin House, Elle, and Open City. She also has a new column in The Wall
Street Journal, "With a Twist." Her blog can be accessed at:
http://katechristensen.wordpress.com
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Book Club: Yes
Translation: No
Agency: 3 ARTS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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978-0-385-53627-1
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978-0-385-53091-0
978-0-307-47335-6
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978-1-4000-6872-2
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978-0-8129-8088-2
9780375501951
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1st Serial: No
Special Markets:
Agent: RICHARD ABATE
Publisher
DDay Gen Adult
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DDay Gen Adult
Anchor
DDay Gen Adult
DDay Gen Adult
Publisher
Random House
Random House
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Random House
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The Light in the Ruins
Chris Bohjalian
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sandcastle Girls, a
spine-tingling novel of love, desperation, and revenge, set in the war-ravaged
countryside of Italy.
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills of Tuscany, the Rosatis, an Italian family of
noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa can keep them safe from the
war raging across Europe. Cristina, only eighteen years old, spends her days swimming
in the pool, playing with her niece and nephew, and wandering amid the olive groves.
But when two soldiers, a German and an Italian, arrive at the villa asking to see the old
family burial site, the Rosatis' bucolic tranquillity is shattered. A young German soldier
begins to court Cristina, Allies descend expecting hospitality, and what was once a
sanctuary soon becomes a battleground.
1955: Serafina Bettini, an investigator with the Italian police department, has her
demons. A beautiful woman, Serafina carefully hides her scars along with haunting
memories of the war. But when she is assigned to a gruesome new case--a vengeful
serial killer targeting the Rosati family--Serafina finds herself digging deeper into the
past to find out who wants to murder this family in cold blood.
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary
BISAC 2: Fiction - Historical
BISAC 3: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical
Page Count: 320
Trim Size: 6-1/4 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 36/32 Carton Count: 12
BESTSELLER: The Sandcastle Girls was a #7 New York Times bestseller, also hitting the lists
of USA Today, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and IndieBound. Bohjalian's backlist sales now
approach the 3 million mark.
GROWING FAN BASE: After a major national tour for The Sandcastle Girls, Bohjalian has
captured legions of new readers.
MURDER IN ITALY: Bohjalian's newest has it all: a sun-drenched Italian villa, a doomed love
affair, a fascinating slice of Italian history, and a serial killer hell-bent on revenge. A smoldering
page-turner that combines his great gifts for history and psychological suspense.
Praise for The Sandcastle Girls:
"A deeply moving story of survival and enduring love." --USA Today
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Lincoln, VT
Marketing and Publicity
National Media Appearances
National Print Features
8-City Author Tour
Local Author Promotion: Vermont
National Print Advertising, including The
New York Times
Online Advertising Campaign
Major Facebook Advertising
Extensive Reading Groups Promotion
Major Social Media Push
Extensive Blogger Outreach
Blow-ups available
CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the critically acclaimed author of sixteen books, including the
New York Times bestsellers The Sandcastle Girls, Skeletons at the Feast, The Double
Bind, and Midwives. His novel Midwives was a number one New York Times bestseller
and a selection of Oprah's Book Club. His work has been translated into more than
twenty-five languages, and three of his novels have become movies (Secrets of Eden,
Midwives, and Past the Bleachers). He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter. Visit
him at www.chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook.
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British: No
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Book Club: Yes
Translation: No
Agency: GELFMAN SCHNEIDER LITERARY
AGE
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Stranded
Alex Kava
New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava returns with another action-packed
thriller featuring special agent Maggie O'Dell, who is on the hunt for a "truck stop"
serial killer.
Tired travelers and weary truckers have stopped at rest areas on the nation's
highways for decades to refuel, grab a bite, and maybe get some shut-eye, but one
man's rest stop is another's hunting ground. For decades the defenseless, the weary,
and the stranded have disappeared along the highways and byways, vanishing without a
trace, but these seemingly unconnected incidents are no coincidence, and a madman
stalks the freeways.
When FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner, Tully, discover the remains of
a young woman in a highway ditch, the one clue left behind is a map that will send
Maggie and Tully on a frantic hunt crisscrossing the country to stop a madman before he
kills again.
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Page Count: 352
Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 39/32 Carton Count: 12
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As the body count rises and Maggie races against the clock to unmask the monster
who's terrorizing the nation's highways, she turns to a former foe for help since he
seems to know just what the killer's next move will be. As she gets closer to finding the
killer, it becomes eerily clear that Maggie is the ultimate target.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Alex has established a loyal fan base with her ten previous Maggie
O'Dell thrillers, which have appeared on The New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists,
among others.
ELEVENTH BOOK IN A STRONG SERIES: Fans love Maggie, and Stranded promises to give
Kava's following the thrills and great characters they've come to expect while also serving as a
chilling stand-alone adventure for those who've yet to meet the whipsmart investigator.
PRAISE FOR HOTWIRE:
"O'Dell could be Reacher's long-lost twin." --Lee Child
"Alex Kava is a master. Her heroine, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell, is one of the classic
characters of the thriller genre." --Steve Berry
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Omaha, NE; Pensacola, FL
ALEX KAVA is the author of ten novels, including the internationally bestselling mystery
series featuring FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell. Her novels have been published in over
twenty countries around the world. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and
divides her time between Omaha, Nebraska, and Pensacola, Florida.
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Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
A Novel
David Rakoff
From the incomparable David Rakoff, a poignant, beautiful, witty and wise novel in
verse whose scope spans the 20th Century
Through his books and his radio essays for NPR's "This American Life," David Rakoff
built a deserved reputation as one of the finest and funniest essayists at work today.
Written with humor, sympathy and tenderness, this intricately woven novel proves him to
be the master of an altogether different art form.
Category: Fiction
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Page Count: 128
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Illustrations: 10 4/C ILLUS BY SETH; 4/C ENDS
LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH leaps cities and decades as
Rakoff sings the song of an America whose freedoms can be intoxicating, or brutal. Here
the characters' lives are linked to each other by acts of generosity or cruelty. A critic
once called Rakoff "magnificent," a word which perfectly describes this wonderful novel
in verse.
FILE RAKOFF UNDER 'ESSAYIST, BRILLIANT' : So says The New York Times. And
as Salon points out "once his rapier wit has sliced the buttons off his target's clothing,
revealing the quivering, vulnerable mass within, his fundamental sense of decency gets
the best of him"
A MODERN "THE WILD PARTY": Like that successful Pantheon edition (30,725 net in
HC; 19,984 in TP) this is a vivid, fun and readable novel in verse.
A BEAUTIFUL OBJECT: Chip Kidd has lent his design talents to fashion a gorgeous
illustrated volume (with images created by mononymous artist, Seth, on every chapter
opening) which does justice to the unique nature of the book. We'll have samples to
show in the New Year.
A DECADE IN THE MAKING, PREVIEWED ON "THIS AMERICAN LIFE": Rakoff
worked on this book for ten years, and previewed sections on "This American Life," to a
hugely enthusiastic response.
COMPLETELY READABLE AND FUN: This is not verse as in Wallace Stevens,
opaque and allusive, it's like this:
Susan had never donned quite so bourgeois
A garment as Thursday night's Christian Lacroix
In college--just five years gone--she'd have abhorred it
But now, being honest, she fucking adored it
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Author Residence: New York, NY
Author Hometown: Quebec, Canada
David Rakoff was The New York Times bestselling author of the books Fraud, Don't Get
Too Comfortable, and Half Empty. A two-time recipient of the Lambda Literary Award
and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, he was a regular contributor to
"This American Life." He died in August 2012 at the age of forty-seven, shortly after
finishing this book.
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The People in the Trees
A Novel
Hanya Yanagihara
ON SALE 8/13/2013
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Literary
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Page Count: 384
Trim Size: 6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Spine/Depth: 42/32 Carton Count: 12
Illustrations: ENDPAPER MAPS
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Readers of exciting, challenging and visionary literary fiction--including admirers
of Norman Rush's Mating, Ann Patchett's State of Wonder, Barbara Kingsolver's
The Poisonwood Bible, and Peter Matthiessen's At Play in the Fields of the
Lord--will be drawn to this astonishingly gripping and accomplished first novel. A
decade in the writing, this is an anthropological adventure story that combines the
visceral allure of a thriller with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when
cultures collide. It is a book that instantly catapults Hanya Yanagihara into the
company of young novelists who really, really matter.
In 1950, a young doctor called Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul
Tallent for an expedition to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu'ivu in search of a
rumored lost tribe. They succeed, finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest
dwellers they dub "The Dreamers," who turn out to be fantastically long-lived but
progressively more senile. Perina suspects the source of their longevity is a hard-to-find
turtle; unable to resist the possibility of eternal life, he kills one and smuggles some meat
back to the States. He scientifically proves his thesis, earning worldwide fame and the
Nobel Prize, but he soon discovers that its miraculous property comes at a terrible price.
As things quickly spiral out of his control, his own demons take hold, with devastating
personal consequences.
DELIVERS THE LITERARY EXCITEMENT THAT ONLY A KNOCK-IT-OUT-OF-THE-PARK
FIRST NOVEL CAN: Readers and critics will be genuinely abuzz.
FOR ALL ITS WEIGHTY THEMES, THIS NOVEL OFFERS THE PROPULSIVE AND
DREAMLIKE EXPERIENCE OF AN ADVENTURE THRILLER.
IT GRAPPLES WITH THE MOST URGENT OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES WITHIN A
SUPERB NOVELISTIC SETTING: Civilization vs. the primitive (so-called); the Faustian nature
of Western science; whether a "great man" (so-called) exists outside the regular boundaries of
morality.
HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THIS NOVEL IS FIRMLY BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Details to
follow, but great publicity fodder.
WELL-CONNECTED AUTHOR (A VETERAN OF BOOK PUBLISHING AND MAGAZINES)
WITH A FASCINATING BACKSTORY: The People in the Trees was written over a decade with
nobody--nobody--knowing what the author was at work on.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: NYC
Formerly a member of the Vintage publicity department, Hanya Yanagihara is an
editor-at-large at Conde Nast Traveler. She lives in New York City.
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Memories of a Marriage
A Novel
Louis Begley
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - Contemporary Women
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Page Count: 208
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From the author of Wartime Lies and About Schmidt, an irresistibly entertaining
novel about a man struggling to understand his friends' seemingly charmed
marriage, which may have been doomed from the start.
In the unforgiving class system of the 1950s, Lucy de Bourgh, daughter of one of
Rhode Island's first families and beneficiary of an ample trust fund, was married to
Thomas Snow, son of a Newport garage owner and his bookkeeper wife. It hardly
mattered that Thomas was a graduate of Harvard Business School, or that he went to
work for a great Wall Street firm and succeeded beyond expectations. In Lucy's eyes, he
remained irremediably a "townie." Decades later, a chance meeting brings Lucy together
with Philip, our narrator. They'd known each other earlier, and he remembers her as a
ravishing, funny, ready-for-anything hellion with a well-earned reputation for generosity
with sexual favors. He also remembers Thomas, killed in a freak accident years after his
and Lucy's divorce, and is shocked to hear Lucy refer to Thomas insistently as "that
monster." How is he to reconcile that unexpected and overflowing reservoir of bitterness
and resentments with his own memories? Almost against his will, Philip sets out on a
quest that soon becomes an obsession to discover who exactly these friends were
whom he had understood so incompletely, and what happened in their marriage.
Through Philip's patient probing, a brilliant portrait emerges of Begley's heroine: infinitely
complex, irresistible as well as insufferable, capable of extremes of arrogance and
submission, and driven by sexual appetites she cannot control. Lucy de Bourgh is
without doubt one of Begley's strongest and most outrageous creations.
CRITICS' FAVORITE: Begley's good old-fashioned style ("comedy of manners so dry it
crackles" --The New Yorker) have made him a consistent favorite of reviewers.
SETTING: Like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Henry James, Begley paints a vivid portrait of the East
Coast elite who traverse the privileged corridor between the Hamptons and Fifth Avenue, and he
writes about them with lapidarian wit. Filled with private clubs, gin martinis, and ladies who
lunch, Memories of a Marriage will appeal widely to readers.
CHARACTER: Begley has created an unforgettable character in Lucy de Bourgh, a wealthy
divorcée who is always intriguing, like dynamite ready to explode.
HUMOR: Begley mines the darkly humorous side of a glittering but aging social circle whose
members are forced "to be considerate and indulgent, even with tiresome acquaintances" as
their ranks become fewer.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: NYC and Bridgehampton, NY
Author Hometown: Stryj, Poland
LOUIS BEGLEY's previous novels are Schmidt Steps Back, Matters of Honor,
Shipwreck, Schmidt Delivered, Mistler's Exit, About Schmidt, As Max Saw It, The Man
Who Was Late, and Wartime Lies, which won the Hemingway/PEN award and was a
finalist for the National Book Award. His work has been translated into eighteen
languages.
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Scissors
A Novel
Stéphane Michaka
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Category: Fiction
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Page Count: 192
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professors at top universities
Based on the life of the great short-story writer Raymond Carver, particularly his
last ten, postalcoholic years, Scissors is that rare thing, a funny, compassionate,
and convincing portrayal of the creative life: its compulsions, its rewards, its
frustrations, its affinities with tragedy.
Raymond is a writer whose life is fraught with personal and creative struggle. His first
marriage, to Marianne, is intense, passionate, and unhealthy. After his divorce, he finds
new love and support with Joanne, a poet. All the while Raymond (and to some extent,
each of his wives) is in an escalating conflict with his editor, Douglas, who both assists
and distorts Raymond's work. As his success and confidence grow, Raymond strives
harder and harder to ensure that his stories, the most important part of his life, are
published as written. Douglas, who considers the stories as much his as Raymond's, is
determined to present them in the heavily edited form he's given them. Four of
Raymond's stories, presented in full at four different points in the novel, reflect his life,
his relationships, and the creative process itself; and then Douglas goes to work on
them. Raymond's former alcoholism and his past and present relationships always lurk
in the background; Marianne and Joanne offer their own perspectives on both; and in
the end, after Raymond's death, Joanne finally confronts Douglas in a way that
Raymond never could.
SUBJECT: Carver's stories are still very popular; he's taught in colleges and universities all over
the country, and, as they say, the legend lives on.
BEYOND THE HEADLINES: The Raymond Carver-Gordon Lish relationship continues to
generate controversy, as evidenced by the headlines in 2007 when Tess Gallagher had some of
Carver's stories republished in their "original" form. The novel takes readers behind closed
doors and reveals the intricacies of their creative struggle.
TRANSLATOR: John Cullen is a prize-winning translator, awarded both the Independent
Foreign Fiction Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his translation
of Philippe Claudel's Brodeck.
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Paris, France
STEPHANE MICHAKA was born in Paris in 1974. He studied at Cambridge University
and taught French in South Africa before embarking on a writing career. He has written
theater pieces, children's books, television scripts, and radio plays. Scissors is his third
novel.
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On the Come Up
A Novel, Based on a True Story
Hannah Weyer
Based on a true story, an impassioned and propulsive debut novel about a
headstrong girl from Far Rockaway, Queens, who's trying to find her place in the
world.
Written in an urban vernacular that's electrifying and intimate, On the Come Up
introduces a heroine who is raw, moving, funny, and unstintingly honest.
Thirteen-year-old AnnMarie Walker dreams of a world beyond Far Rockaway, where the
sway of the neighborhood keeps her tied to old ideas about success. While attending a
high school for pregnant girls, AnnMarie comes across a flyer advertising movie
auditions in Manhattan. Astonishingly, improbably, and four months before she's due to
give birth -- she lands a lead role. For a time, AnnMarie soars, acting for the camera,
flying to the Sundance Film Festival, seeing her face on screen. But when the movie
closes and the realities of her life set in, AnnMarie's grit and determination are the only
tools left to keep her moving forward. Told with remarkable compassion, On The Come
Up is a triumphant novel of aspiration and inspiration that powerfully illuminates the lives
of the urban unseen.
ON SALE 8/6/2013
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Category: Fiction
BISAC 1: Fiction - African American - Urban
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BISAC 3: Fiction - Lesbian
Page Count: 320
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BASED ON A TRUE STORY: Weyer met Anna Simpson, the inspiration for AnnMarie Walker,
while working on the independent film Our Song in 2000. This semibiographical debut novel
performs an incredible act of ventriloquism and has a tempting publicity hook.
VOICE: Like Junot Diaz, Weyer writes in an idiom that's electrifying and distinct. AnnMarie is
willful, outspoken, and precariously naive. Like Sapphire's Precious Jones, she talks herself off
the page and into your heart.
CONNECTION: A book for readers who like to expand their horizons. Weyer offers a
humanizing and empathetic portrait of a fascinating, isolated community that's a subway ride
away but worlds apart.
Y.A. APPEAL: Strong potential for crossover. This unflinching and inspirational story will appeal
to readers of Coe Booth (Tyrell) and Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak).
Praise for On the Come Up:
"On the Come Up is the kind of novel I am always looking for but so rarely find. Hannah Weyer
captures the voices of her characters and describes their world with clarity and humanity. An
auspicious start for a talented writer." --George Pelecanos
"I couldn't put this book down. This world, this voice, this young woman are all so vividly raw and
honest, my heart was broken open, and I was hooked until the very last page." --Kerry
Washington, actress, Django Unchained and Ray
About the Author/Illustrator
Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Author Hometown: Montana
HANNAH WEYER is a filmmaker who has won awards at the Sundance, DoubleTake
Documentary, and South by Southwest film festivals. Her screenwriting credits include
Life Support, starring Queen Latifah. For fifteen years she has mentored at-risk youth
with her husband, filmmaker Jim McKay.
Rights
Territories: US, Canada, open market
Audio: No
British: No
Restriction: US, Canada, Open Mkt
Return indicator: Full copies only
Book Club: Yes
Translation: No
Agency: JEAN V NAGGAR LITERARY
AGENCY,
Other Editions
E-book
Comp Titles
Precious (Push MTI)/Sapphire/TR
Push/Sapphire/TR
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky/Durrow, H…
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky/Durrow, H…
Girl in Translation/Kwok, Jean/TR
Girl in Translation/Kwok, Jean/HC
We the Animals/Torres, Justin/HC
Salvage the Bones/Ward, Jesmyn/HC
ISBN
978-0-385-53733-9
ISBN
978-0-307-47484-1
9780679766759
9781616200152
9781565126800
9781594485152
9781594487569
9780547576725
9781608195220
OS
8/13
On sale
10/09
4/97
1/11
1/10
5/11
4/10
8/11
8/11
Reprint: Yes
1st Serial: Yes
Special Markets:
Agent: ALICE TASMAN
Publisher
Nan A Talese
Publisher
Vintage
Vintage
Algonquin
Algonquin Books
Riverhead
Riverhead
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Bloomsbury
Price
Price
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