Clients  and  Sales We represent clients writing everything from very young picture books to adult fiction and nonfiction. Our clients range from first-time authors to award winning, best selling authors with over one hundred titles. We protect our clients' confidentiality, so we don't give out personal information, but the following are some of our recent big deals: Tom Angleberger In Tom Angleberger's THE STRANGE CASE OF THE ORIGAMI YODA, a sixth-grade boy and his school friends are given advice about life, love, and friendship from an origami Yoda figure often found on the finger of their strange classmate. Sold to Abrams by Caryn Wiseman. Jay Asher Jay Asher's THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, a New York Times Bestseller! A debut about a high school student who receives a box of mysterious audiotapes from his first love, and follows her recorded voice on a strange night journey to discover why she committed suicide two weeks before, to Razorbill, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Laura Rennert. Audio rights sold, in a multiple offer situation, to Random House's Listening Library, by Laura Rennert. Tracy Barrett Tracy Barrett's KING OF ITHAKA, the events of Homer's Odyssey as seen from the perspective of Telemachos, who, with his two best friends—one of whom is a centaur—undertakes a quest to find his father Odysseus and, in the process, moves from indolent, privileged youth to the beginnings of responsible adulthood, to Reka Simonsen at Holt, by Laura Rennert. Tracy Barrett's THE MYSTERIES OF ZENA AND XANDER HOLMES series, involving an American sister and brother, direct descendants of Sherlock Holmes, who attempt to solve fascinating and puzzling cold cases of their famous ancestor while in London, to Reka Simonsen at Holt, with Dena Neusner at Parachute Publishing, in a four-book deal. Jennifer Berne MANFISH: A STORY OF JACQUES COUSTEAU by Jennifer Berne is a lyrical, lovingly wrought picture book biography of a curious little boy who grew up to be the world-famous undersea explorer and ardent conservationist. With beautiful paintings by award-winning illustrator Eric Puybaret, MANFISH has garnered starred reviews in Kirkus and Booklist. Sold to Chronicle by Caryn Wiseman. Robin Brande Robin Brande's FAT CAT, in which an overweight high school science genius decides to improve her life and win the science fair at the same time, by making herself her own science project and going prehistoric, the second book in the two book six figure deal to Michelle Frey at Knopf, by Laura Rennert. Audio rights sold in a pre-empt to Rebecca Waugh at Listening Library, by Laura Rennert. Robin Brande's EVOLUTION, ME, AND OTHER FREAKS OF NATURE, a debut about a high school girl kicked out of her church group, who then gets caught up at school in a controversy involving intelligent design, evolution, religion, and freedom, all the while trying to deal with a heart-racing crush, to Knopf, at auction, in an almost six-figure two book deal, by Laura Rennert. Audio rights sold, in a multiple offer situation, to Random House's Listening Library, by Laura Rennert. Sasha Cohen Olympic Silver Medalist figure skater, autobiography, FIRE ON ICE (HarperCollins), in a mid-five figure deal by Andrea Brown. Ying Compestine Cookbook and picture book author Ying Chang Compestine's debut work of fiction REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY, pitched as "Anne Frank in the Cultural Revolution," to Holt for cross publication in their adult and children's book catalogue, at auction, for publication in fall 2007, by Laura Rennert. Audio rights to Random House's Listening Library. Sarah Cross Sarah Cross' YA debut DULL BOY, in which a high school boy discovers that he, along with three other teens, has super powers and has to contend with the usual high school difficulties and the unusual ones of being tracked by a bizarre super-villainess and her super-powered son, to Dutton, by Laura Rennert. Kimberly Derting THE BODY FINDER. Sixteen year-old Violet Ambrose can find dead bodies, or at least those who have been murdered. She locates them by the imprints they leave behind on this world... and on their killers. She can hear, smell, and even taste, the echoes that linger in the wake of their deaths. When local girls start to go missing, and later turn up dead, Violet begins to realize that she may be the only one who can find their killer, but the closer she gets to figuring out who is behind the murders, the more likely it is that she herself will become the prey. Sold in a six-figure deal to Gretchen Hirsch, at Harper, by Laura Rennert. Laurie David and Cambria Gordon Juvenile nonfiction THE DOWN TO EARTH GUIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING by environmental activists Laurie David and Cambria Gordon. DOWN TO EARTH will be the definitive guide to global warming for children eight years old and up, in a mid-five figure deal by Jennifer Rofé to Orchard Books, Scholastic. Kathleen Duey Kathleen Duey's THE FAERIES' PROMISE, four books expanding on the world created in The Unicorn's Secret, about the escape of a young Faerie girl who has been imprisoned by the Lord who rules the land and her efforts to bring faeries and magic back into a world where they've long been viewed as dangerous and untrustworthy, to Ellen Krieger at Aladdin/Simon Pulse, by Laura Rennert. Nate Evans (author and illustrator), Vince Evans (illustrator), and Paul Hindman (author) HUMPTY DUMPTY, JR. HARD-BOILED DETECTIVE is a noir-style, highly illustrated chapter book series, in which Detective Humpty Dumpty, Jr. and his sidekick, Rat, solve crimes in "New Yolk City." The first three books in the series were sold to Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky by Caryn Wiseman. Nate Evans has also co-authored a picture book with Laura Numeroff, THE JELLYBEANS AND THE BIG DANCE (Abrams), which was a New York Times bestseller. A sequel, THE JELLYBEANS AND THE BIG BOOK BONANZA, is forthcoming. Kathryn Fitzmaurice Kathryn's middle-grade debut THE YEAR THE SWALLOWS CAME EARLY about an eleven-year-old who plans to use an inheritance to attend cooking school in the future only to discover that her father has gambled away the money, to appear on Brenda Bowen's debut list at the Bowen Press (HarperCollins), in a mid-five figure deal, for two books, by Jennifer Rofé. Debra Garfinkle Debra Garfinkle's SUPERNATURAL RUBBER CHICKEN series, in which twins inherit a magical and ornery rubber chicken from their surfer dude older brother that can grant a power decided on by the chicken's owners, if they can ever agree, to those in need, to Mirrorstone, in a six-book deal, by Laura Rennert. Two YAs, STUCK IN THE SEVENTIES and STORKY: HOW I LOST MY NICKNAME AND WON THE GIRL, to Putnam, and a YA series three book deal, THE BAND, to Berkley, by Laura Rennert. Ellen Hopkins Author of five NYT bestselling teen novels including the recent IDENTICAL, Ellen Hopkins' PERFECT explores the drive among teens to attain perfection through surgery, self-regulated eating and extreme exercise. A three book deal, to Emma Dryden at Margaret K. McElderry Books, for over half a million dollars, for publication in fall 2011, by Laura Rennert. Award winning and NY Times bestselling author of CRANK (Simon & Schuster), BURNED (Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster); IMPULSE (Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster), and GLASS (Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster). IRA Young Adults' Choices YALSA Teens Top Ten (TTT) Nominee 2005 Quills Award Nominee 2006 National Book Award Nominee Author of CRANK, Ellen Hopkins' new YA novel IDENTICAL, about the complex relationship of a pair of identical twins whose father is obsessed with one of them, though things may not be as they seem, to Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster, for six-figures, by Laura Rennert. Catherine Ryan Hyde DIARY OF A WITNESS, about the friendship between two boys who endure casual cruelty because of their position in the social hierarchy in high school until an accidental death outside of school changes the tenor of their response and their paths diverge in tragic and inexorable ways, again to Michelle Frey at Knopf, for publication in Summer 2009, by Laura Rennert. Best selling author of PAY IT FORWARD and ten other critically acclaimed novels, Catherine Ryan Hyde's CHASING WINDMILLS, about a Manhattan teenager's relationship with an older woman, again to Phyllis Grann and Suzanne Herz for Flying Point, for six figures, for publication in early 2008, by Laura Rennert. Catherine Ryan Hyde's young adult novel, THE DAY I KILLED JAMES, about a beautiful senior in high school whose neighbor kills himself because of unrequited love for her, again to Knopf, for publication in summer 2008, by Laura Rennert. LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE, about a teenage mother who drops off her asthmatic son with a twenty-five-year-old guy with commitment issues and never returns, to Doubleday, in a pre-empt, in a six-figure deal, by Laura Rennert. LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club 2007 and shortlisted for the British Book Awards. Author of PAY IT FORWARD (Simon & Schuster Feb. 2000), ELECTRIC GOD (Simon & Schuster Nov. 2000), and WALTER'S PURPLE HEART (Simon & Schuster 2002). PAY IT FORWARD has been translated into 20 languages for publication in more than 30 countries, and was chosen among the Best Books for Young Adults 2001 by the American Library Association. The mass market paperback was released in October 2000 and quickly became a national bestseller. PAY IT FORWARD was made into a major motion picture, by Warner Brothers, starring Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey. ELECTRIC GOD and WALTER'S PURPLE HEART are also optioned for film and currently in development, with Hyde retained to adapt Walter's Purple Heart. On April 21, 2005, Variety announced that Nicolas Cage has signed on to play Hayden Reese in the film adaptation of ELECTRIC GOD, which will be produced by Mission Pictures and Cage's Saturn Films, and directed by Mark Pellington. The film is now in production. Two more young adult novels, THE YEAR OF MY MIRACULOUS REAPPEARANCE, the story of a young girl who faces tough choices about family, obligation, and temptation, and BECOMING CHLOE, the story of two homeless teens, a guy and a girl, who embark on an unforgettable road trip across American in an effort to save the girl's life, to Knopf, in a six-figure deal, by Laura Rennert. Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood I SEE THE RHYTHM OF GOSPEL (Zonderkidz), by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood, author and illustrator of award-winning I SEE THE RHYTHM is an exploration of the history of gospel music in lyrical prose and paintings. Ji-li Jiang Author of RED SCARF GIRL: A MEMOIR OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION (HarperCollins), Ji-li Jiang's picture book, RED KITE, BLUE KITE, about a boy and his father, who are separated by the events of the Cultural Revolution and communicate with each other by flying kites, in a two-book deal to Hyperion by Caryn Wiseman. April Lurie April Lurie's THE LESS-DEAD, when his friend is murdered, a teen whose father hosts a Christian radio show starts piecing together clues to the crimes of a serial killer who leaves biblical quotes, not realizing he's being drawn into a cat and mouse game in which he is supposed to be the last victim, to Francoise Bui at Delacorte, by Laura Rennert. LK Madigan LK Madigan's debut novel FLASH BURNOUT chronicles a chaotic year for sophomore Blake, who, when he took a picture of a passed-out street person for his photography class, didn't expect to find himself ditching his girlfriend, prowling skid row and tracking down his best friend's long-lost mother. Sold to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt by Jennifer Laughran in a two-book deal for release in Fall '09. Katerina Makris and Shelley Frost Katerina Makris and Shelley Frost's YOUR ADOPTED DOG: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RESCUING AND CARING FOR A BEST FRIEND IN NEED, to Lyons Press, by Laura Rennert. Responding to the plight of millions of homeless dogs and the many humans who struggle to help them, the authors provide upbeat step-by-step guidance for rescuing, adopting, and caring for homeless dogs. Kevin Markey Middle-grade fiction, SUPER SLUGGERS series, with funny and folkloric stories featuring crackerjack third baseman Banjo H. Bishbash, known as the Great Walloper for his slugging prowess, and his baseball team, the Rambletown Rounders, to HarperCollins, in a four book deal, for mid-five figures, by Caryn Wiseman. Meg Medina Meg's middle-grade debut MILAGROS: THE GIRL FROM AWAY about a girl whose life on a Caribbean Island is turned upside down when inhabitants of a neighboring island attack, to appear on Christy Ottaviano's debut list at Christy Ottaviano Books (Holt). Christina Meldrum Christina Meldrum's debut YA, MADAPPLE, sold at auction for six-figures, to Knopf, in a two book deal, by Laura Rennert. A literary mystery in the vein of SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, about a sixteen-year-old girl from rural Maine on trial for murder, who may be innocent, delusional, or something far worse, and who inhabits a world where virgin births may be commonplace, where mythology and runic symbols are more real than the trappings of the modern world, and where plants are necessary to survival but may also be deadly weapons. Jenny Meyerhoff Chapter book THIRD GRADE BABY, about a girl whose out-sized personality makes up for her under-sized height, and YA novel, GIRL IN WAITING, a contemporary retelling of the Book of Esther on the high school football field, to FSG in a five-figure deal by Michelle Andelman. Cheryl Peevyhouse Debut middle-grade fiction, THE MELANCHOLY CHRONICLES OF KEEN AND RODDER, a dystopian sci-fi/fantasy in which the St. Doon family must keep the world from ending each year on Last Midnight, to Hyperion Children's in a five-figure deal by Michelle Andelman. Mitali Perkins THE SECRET SHARER, about the challenges a girl faces when her father goes to America for a job, leaving the rest of the family in India, and it falls to her to save her sister from an unwanted arranged marriage, to Francoise Bui, at Delacorte/Random House, by Laura Rennert. Award winning author of THE NOT-SO-STAR-SPANGLED LIFE OF SUNITA SEN (Little Brown), MONSOON SUMMER (Delacorte/Random House), BAMBOO PEOPLE (Charlesbridge), RICKSHAW (Charlesbridge), and ASHA MEANS HOPE (Delacorte/Random House). FIRST DAUGHTER: AN EXTREME AMERICAN MAKEOVER, a YA series about an adopted Pakistani-American young woman whose father campaigns for, and eventually wins, the American presidency, in a two book deal, for mid-five figures, to Dutton, by Laura Rennert. Daniel Pinkwater Daniel Pinkwater's BEAUTIFUL YETTA (THE YIDDISH CHICKEN), a picture book in English, Spanish and Yiddish, with illustrations by Jill Pinkwater. Beautiful Yetta must peck for herself when she gets lost in the strange and magical city of Brooklyn, New York...Oy! Sold to Feiwel and Friends by Jennifer Laughran. Daniel Pinkwater's BEAR IN LOVE, a comedy of mixed-signals and unexpected friendship in which Bear has a secret admirer who is much smaller, much cuter, and altogether much more bunny-like than any other bear in the forest. Sold to Candlewick by Jennifer Laughran. Laura Preble Laura Preble's next book in the QUEEN GEEK SOCIAL CLUB series, Mean Girls meets Princess Diaries, about high school girl geeks who start a club to find others of their kind and to wrestle control of the campus from the popular kids, again to Berkley, by Laura Rennert. Amjed Qamar Amjed Qamar's BENEATH MY MOTHER'S FEET is the story of a fourteen-year old girl who is forced to give up her middle-class life and loses everything that she holds dear. The story provides an authentic view into Muslim life in modern Pakistan. It was chosen as a 2008 B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick and has received starred reviews in Kirkus and a Junior Library Guild selection, to Atheneum by Caryn Wiseman. Christy Raedeke Christy Raedeke's debut PROPHECY OF DAYS, (Summer 2010) a YA Da Vinci code relating to the Mayan calendar which mysteriously ends in 2012, in which a teen, with the help of a gorgeous Scottish lad, must figure out her role in a cryptic prophecy while trying to outwit a secret society that will stop at nothing to control her, in a two book deal to Andrew Karre at Flux, by Laura Rennert. Deborah Raffin and Jane Wooster Scott MITZI'S WORLD: TRAVELS WITH MITZI THE DOG, a search and find picture book featuring paintings by Jane Wooster Scott, one of the leading painters of folk art and Americana today, and text by actress (7th Heaven) Deborah Raffin, to Abrams, by Caryn Wiseman. Sam Riddleburger Middle-grade fiction, THE QWIKPICK ADVENTURE SOCIETY, about a group of bored, smart, poor kids in southwestern Virginia who go on an epic quest to sneak into the sewage treatment plant and see the famed "fountain of poop" in their hometown, in a two book deal to Dial, for mid-five figures, by Caryn Wiseman. Sam's middle-grade novel, STONEWALL HINKLEMAN AND THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN, co-authored with Michael Hemphill, is forthcoming from Dial. Stonewall Hinkleman is sent on a journey back to the real Civil War when he finds a bugle at a Civil War re-enactment that he is dragged to by his parents. Rachel Rodriguez Rachel Rodriguez's, BUILDING ON NATURE: THE LIFE OF ANTONI GAUDI, a follow-up to the acclaimed THROUGH GEORGIA'S EYES. This whimsical journey through Gaudi's work reveals the way his sources of inspiration and idiosyncratic way of looking at the world found expression in his architecture, to Reka Simonsen at Holt, for publication in Fall 2009, by Laura Rennert Tammi Sauer DUCK MEANS BUSINESS. When Duck's peaceful routine is interrupted by some other animals who want to cool off on a warm day, duck doesn't take it well at all. But when he gets what he thinks he wishes for, he discovers something he didn't realize ... that everyone needs friends, sold in a multiple bidding situation, to Alexandra Penfold, Simon & Schuster, by Laura Rennert. Neal Shusterman Boston Globe/Horn Book Award winner for THE SCHWA WAS HERE (Dutton), DOWNSIDERS, EVERLOST (Simon & Schuster), DARK FUSION series (Dutton), in six-figure deals, by Andrea Brown, and many other titles including screenplays for Disney and Universal. Andrew Smith Andrew Smith's debut YA GHOST MEDICINE, exploring the friendship of three remarkable young men on the cusp of adulthood in ranch country, while tracing the terrible and tranformative events set in motion by a long-standing rivalry, sold at auction for six-figures, to Feiwel and Friends (Holtzbrinck), in a two book deal, by Laura Rennert. Rhonda Stapleton STUPID CUPID by Rhonda Stapleton is the first book of a trilogy in which a 17-year-old girl becomes a cupid for her high school, arranging matches with a tricked-out Palm Pilot, to Simon Pulse by Caryn Wiseman. Maggie Stiefvater Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER and LINGER, about the searing first love between a 16-year-old girl and a mysterious boy who spends his winters as a wolf, and who is fighting to stay human as the temperature drops, to Abby Ranger and David Levithan at Scholastic, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Laura Rennert. Audio rights sold at auction to Mary Gruetzke at Scholastic, by Laura Rennert. Dutch, German, Italian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, UK, French, Greek, and Spanish rights have been sold. Maggie Stiefvater's BALLAD: THE GATHERING OF THE FAERIE, sequel to Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (October 2008), a gifted teen at a music boarding school draws the attention of a dark faerie muse who strikes a Faustian bargain with her victims, and, when Halloween descends, he must choose between his long time friend/crush and the dark faerie herself, to Andrew Karre at Flux, by Laura Rennert. Jeff Stone Jeff Stone's THE FIVE ANCESTOR series, set in China 350 years ago, following the adventures of five young monks, each of whom specializes in a different style of 'animal' kung fu, who alone manage to escape a brutal attack on their secret Shaolin Temple that is led by a renegade 'dragon' brother monk (Random House Books For Young Readers) for over half a million dollars, for seven books, by Laura Rennert. Rights to Jeff's books have sold in Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Jeff Stone's THE FIVE ANCESTORS series has been sold to Nickelodeon Pictures for development as a film franchise. Randy Sutton Randy Sutton's TRUE BLUE, PROTECT AND SERVE, a follow up to to True Blue, portraying the adrenalized, gritty behind-the-scenes world of law enforcement, with first-hand accounts of officers killed in the line of duty, of the humorous side of law enforcement, of the toll of daily police work on officers, to George Witte at St. Martin's, for publication in spring 2008, by Laura Rennert. Melissa Thomson Melissa Thomson's series KEENA FORD, TROUBLE MAKER OF THE SECOND GRADE, an African-American Ramona, Keena is a spunky second grader with a funny perspective on the world and an inadvertent capacity for winding up in the middle of trouble, this time when she accidentally gives her new teacher the wrong date for her birthday, to Nancy Mercado at Dial, in a two-book deal, by Laura Rennert. Pamela S. Turner Non-fiction, A LIFE IN THE WILD: GEORGE SCHALLER'S STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE LAST GREAT BEASTS, by award-winning author Pamela S. Turner to Melanie Kroupa at Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This middle-grade biography will explore Dr. Schaller's career both as a scientist and as an advocate for vanishing wildlife. Deal by Caryn Wiseman. A non-fiction picture book, COMET CHASER: CAROLINE HERSCHEL SEARCHES THE SKY was also sold to FSG/Melanie Kroupa Books by Caryn Wiseman. It is the story of Caroline Herschel, the first professional female astronomer, who, built telescopes along with her brother and discovered eight comets. Another non-fiction project by Pamela Turner, WANDERING THE DEEP, a photo-essay about the tagging of deep sea creatures and what scientists have discovered by tracking them, was sold to Walker, in a two-book deal, by Caryn Wiseman. Pamela Turner's PROJECT SEAHORSE (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the story of biologist Amanda Vincent's efforts to protect seahorses from over-collection for traditional medicines, aquarium display and the curio trade, as well as the story of a Filipino fishing community banding together to save their reefs from the devastating effects of dynamite fishing, for the nonfiction Scientists in the Field series. Deborah Underwood SUGAR PLUM BALLERINAS is a chapter book series about a group of friends in Harlem, written with Whoopi Goldberg. The first six books in the series were sold to Hyperion by Caryn Wiseman. Deborah also has three picture books forthcoming from Hyperion, one from Greenwillow, and one from Houghton Mifflin. Rebecca Woolf Rebecca Woolf's ROCKABYE, FROM WILD TO CHILD. This memoir by a young author well-known in the blogosphere is "Sex in the City" meets "My So-Called Life" with a baby. It's a fish out of water story about a sexy wild girl who goes from life as a writer/odd-job-working/commitment-phobic/ carefree/chain-smoking/table-dancing/thinker who finds herself and learns to grow up through an unanticipated pregnancy, to Seal Press/Avalon by Laura Rennert.