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Foreign Rights
| Haylen Beck | HERE AND GONE (Crown) | |||
| The children of a young mother driving across America in flight from an abusive husband are taken from her and seem to vanish. Film rights for HERE AND GONE sold to Random House Studio in conjunction with Meridian Entertainment | ||||
| Verus Domino HarperCollins DTV Uitgeverij Q Yediot La Nave di Teseo Czarza Owca Presenca Herg Benet Salamandra Harvill Secker |
Brazil Czech Republic France Germany Holland Israel Italy Poland Portugal Romania Spain U.K. |
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| FOR WE ARE MANY [forthcoming] (Crown) | ||||
| When tech entrepreneur Casey McKenna makes a throwaway comment in an interview, she has no idea it will put her and her children in danger. As the vicious attacks of internet trolls begin to spill over into the real world, Casey knows she must fight back or lose everything - perhaps even her life. | ||||
| Versus Domino HarperCollins DTV Uitgeverij Q Yediot La Nave di Teseo Harvill Secker |
Brazil Czech Republic France Germany Holland Israel Italy U.K. |
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| William Boyle | GRAVESEND (Broken River Books) | |||
| The brother of a murder victim, just released from prison, seeks venegeance. Set in Brooklyn. | ||||
| Rivages Polar Verlag Polis No Exit Press |
France Germany Greece U.K. |
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| A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF [forthcoming] | ||||
| In a disparate pairing, two women in their 60's - the widow of a Mafia captain and an ex-porn star - join forces in some of the funniest and deadliest scenes in fiction. | ||||
| Gallmeister No Exit Press |
France U.K. |
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| Wiley Cash | THE LAST BALLAD [Fall 2017] (Morrow) | |||
| A mystery surrounds the murder of an activist millworker in the 1920's South. | ||||
| Faber & Faber | U.K. | |||
| Chad Dundas | MISSING PIECES [forthcoming] (Putnam) |
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| A returning veteran, suffering partial memory loss, finds himself implicated in a murder which has startling links to an unsolved murder in his past. | ||||
| T. J. English | THE CORPORATION [Winter 2018] (William Morrow) The amazing true story of the rise and fall of a Cuban/American gang whose leaders were trained by the CIA for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and later supported as heroes. Film rights sold to Paramount for Leonardo DiCaprio/Appian Way; to star Benicio Del Toro |
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| Pan Macmillan HarperCollins Flammarion Heyne Piemme Hayakawa Debate Blink |
Australia Brazil France Germany Italy Japan Spain U.K. |
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| Jordan Harper |
LOVE AND OTHER WOUNDS (Ecco) A gripping and violent debut story collection. |
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| Actes Sud Simon & Schuster |
France U.K. |
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| SHE RIDES SHOTGUN (Ecco) |
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| A father and his precocious daughter on the run from both the police and a vicious Aryan gang. Film rights sold in a major deal to multi-award winners Parkes + MacDonald with the author writing the script. | ||||
| Actes Sud Ullstein Einaudi R.H. Korea Ltd. Simon & Schuster |
France Germany Italy Korea U.K. |
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| SAVAGE YEAR [forthcoming] |
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| A high school teacher seemingly gets away with a triple homicide. | ||||
| Ullstein Einaudi Simon & Schuster |
Germany Italy U.K. |
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| Stuart Neville | THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND (Soho Press) Past horrors come to light as a woman detective investigates crimes in Northern Ireland. From an Edgar Award finalist. A Richard & Judy Selection. |
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| Rivages Bruna Sendik Navona Harvill Secker |
France Holland Israel Spain U.K. |
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| SO SAY THE FALLEN (Soho Press) Detective Serena Flanagan is called to the scene of an apparent suicide. As she picks at the threads of the dead man's life, a disturbing picture emerges and she realizes the wealthy widow is not what she seems... |
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| Harvill Secker | U.K. | |||
| Viet Thanh Nguyen |
THE SYMPATHIZER (Grove) A literary spy novel set in Saigon and Los Angeles. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the MWA Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the ALA Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Center for Fiction's Debut Novel Award. |
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| Arab Scientific Publishers Alfaguara Empuries Shanghai Translation Publishing Jota Belfond Karl Blessing Verlag Utopia Uitgeverij Marmer Babel Neri Pozza Hayawaka Minumsa Muza Elsinore - 20/20 Editura Art Corpus Laguna Absynt Planeta Marco Polo Press Epsilon Yayinlari Corsair Hemiro Ltd Nha Nam |
Arabic Brazil Catalan China Czech Republic France Germany Greece Holland Israel Italy Japan Korea Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Taiwan Turkey U.K. Ukraine Vietnam |
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| THE REFUGEES (Grove) A short story collection. |
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| Shanghai Translation Publishing Belfond Uitgeverij Marmer Neri Pozza SolumBokvennen Elsinore - 20/20 Planeta Marco Polo Press Epsilon Yayinlari Corsair Phuong Nam |
China France Holland Italy Norway Portugal Spain Taiwan Turkey U.K. Vietnam |
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| THE COMMITTED [forthcoming] (Grove) The sequel to the author's award-winning debut novel - which opens in Paris. |
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| Alfaguara/Companhia das Letras Belfond Karl Blessing Verlag Neri Pozza Hayakawa Elsinore: 20/20 Corsair |
Brazil France Germany Italy Japan Portugal U.K. |
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| Brian Panowich | BULL MOUNTAIN (Putnam) A multi-generational story of a violent criminal family in rural Georgia in this novel and its sequel. Film rights optioned by ITV. |
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| Shanghai Translation Publishing Actes Sud Suhrkamp NN Editore Siruela Head of Zeus |
China France Germany Italy Spain U.K. |
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| LIKE LIONS [sequel, Winter 2018] (Head of Zeus) | ||||
| Shanghai Translation Publishing Actes Sud Suhrkamp NN Editore Head of Zeus |
China France Germany Italy U.K. |
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| Dr. Rajiv Parti with Paul Perry |
DYING TO WAKE UP (Atria) The story of Parti's exceptional Near Death Experience and his resulting philosophy of self-healing. With a forward by Dr. Raymond Moody. |
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| Allen & Unwin Sextante Euromedia Gyldendal Tredaniel Ansata UAB Eugrimas Cappelen Damm Illuminatio Eksmo Ikar Planeta Hay House |
Australia Brazil Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Lithuania Norway Poland Russia Slovakia Spain U.K. |
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| Richard Russo |
EVERYBODY'S FOOL (Knopf) |
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| Citic Press Corporation La Table Ronde DuMont Signatuur Navona Allen & Unwin U.K. |
China France Germany Holland Spain U.K. |
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| TRAJECTORY (Knopf) | ||||
| A book of short fiction comprised of four novellas, TRAJECTORY proves that Richard Russo is the master of every genre. Just as in his novels, Russo manages to create characters that jump off the page and tug at the heart. | ||||
| La Table Ronde DuMont Verlag Navona Allen & Unwin U.K. |
France Germany Spain U.K. |
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| Laura Lee Smith | THE ICE HOUSE [December 2017] (Grove) | |||
| From a writer of wry humor and warmth, a heartrending tale of a man on the verge - of losing his livelihood and of losing forever his relationship with his only son. |
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| Peter Swanson | THE GIRL WITH A CLOCK FOR A HEART (William Morrow) |
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| A debut literary thriller in which a man living an unexceptional life is lured into a web of murder and intrigue when the woman who was his first love re-enters his life. Finalist for Los Angeles Times Book Prize |
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| Novo Conceito Ciela Publishing House Ara Llibres Chinese Friendship Publishing Anton & Ludwig Calmann-Levy Blanvalet Cargo/De Bezige Bik Einaudi Village Books Purunsoop Kontinent Cappelen Damm Albatros Presenca Azbooka Planeta Eurasian Altin Kitaplar Faber & Faber |
Brazil Bulgaria Catalan China Denmark France Germany Holland Italy Japan Korea Latvia Norway Poland Portugal Russia Spain Taiwan Turkey U.K. |
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| THE KIND WORTH KILLING (William Morrow) |
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| A twisty tale involving two psychopathic women who know how to get away with murder. U.K. Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger nominee. A Richard & Judy selection and an international bestseller. | ||||
Globo Bard Ara Llibres Chinese Friendship Publishing Znanje Paseka Anton & Ludwig Paikese Kirjastus Calmann-Levy Blanvalet Dioptra Publishing Cargo/De Bezige Bij GeneralPress Dani Books Einaudi Tokyo Sogensha Ltd. Purunsoop Kontinent Alma Littera Ltd. Sakam Knigi Cappelen Damm Marginesy Presenca Litera Byblos Ltd. Laguna Aktuell Planeta Kalla Kulor Forlag Eurasian Jamsai Altin Kitaplar Faber & Faber |
Brazil Bulgaria Catalan China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Holland Hungary Israel Italy Japan Korea Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand Turkey U.K. |
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| HER EVERY FEAR (William Morrow) |
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| Fleeing the trauma of her past, a young Englishwoman swaps apartments with a cousin in Boston - only to be confronted with her worst nightmares. | ||||
| Paikese Kirjastus Calmann Levy Blanvalet GeneralPress Dani Books Einaudi Prunsoop Cappelen Damm Marginesy Hemiro Ltd Altin Kitaplar Faber & Faber |
Estonia France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Korea Norway Poland Russia Turkey U.K. |
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| ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIES [Spring 2018] (William Morrow) | ||||
| A grieving son, a manipulative woman, and a heartbroken mistress end up on a collision course in small town Maine, where death stalks the innocent and the guilty. | ||||
| Calmann-Levy Blanvalet Cappelen Damm Marginesy Faber & Faber |
France Germany Norway Poland U.K. |
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