Sobel Weber Associates, Inc.
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 |
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| Verus Domino HarperCollins DTV Metaixmio Uitgeverij Q Alexandra Yediot La Nave di Teseo Czarza Owca Presenca Herg Benet Salamandra Harvill Secker |
Brazil Czech Republic France Germany Greece Holland Hungary Israel Italy Poland Portugal Romania Spain U.K. |
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| LOST AND FOUND [forthcoming] (Crown) When a young boy goes missing, his desperate mother turns to the police. They manage to track down the kidnapper, but she refuses to release the boy, claiming that she is his mother. |
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| 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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| James Carlos Blake | THE WAYS OF WOLFE (Grove) A manhunt ensues when the heir apparent to the Wolfe criminal dynasty and an inmate with ties to a major cartel are chased down the Rio Grande and into the desert after escaping prison. |
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| No Exit Press | U.K. | |
| THE HOUSE OF WOLFE (Grove) When a member of the Wolfe family of notorious outlaws is kidnapped, her kin on both sides of the border try desperately to find her before it is too late. |
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| Rivages No Exit Press |
France U.K. |
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| THE RULES OF WOLFE (Grove) An introduction to the Wolfes, a clan whose roots run deep on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border and whose prevailing interests straddle both sides of the law. |
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| Rivages No Exit Press |
France U.K. |
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| William Boyle | GRAVESEND [September 2018] (Pegasus) The brother of a murder victim, just released from prison, seeks venegeance. Set in Brooklyn. |
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| Rivages Polar Verlag Polis No Exit Press |
France Germany Greece U.K. |
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| THE LONELY WITNESS (Pegasus) A character-driven novel of murder and mayhem, involving a woman who lives a solitary life until she sees a man killed and, instead of calling the police, begins to track the killer. |
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| Gallmeister Polar Verlag No Exit Press |
France Germany U.K. |
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| A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF [forthcoming] (Pegasus) 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. |
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| Gallmeister No Exit Press |
France U.K. |
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| Wiley Cash | THE LAST BALLAD (Morrow) A mystery surrounds the murder of an activist millworker in the 1920's South. Winner of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Fiction. |
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| Faber & Faber | U.K. | |
| Tom Clavin | DODGE CITY (St. Martin's) Bestselling book about the Golden Age of the American West |
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| Machado Libros | Spain | |
| T. J. English | THE CORPORATION (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 Otwarte Debate Blink |
Australia Brazil France Germany Italy Japan Poland 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) (U.K. title: A LESSON IN VIOLENCE) 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. A Mystery Writers of America 2018 Edgar Award Winner for Best First Novel. |
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| Actes Sud Ullstein Einaudi Hayakawa R.H. Korea Ltd. Simon & Schuster |
France Germany Italy Japan Korea U.K. |
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| Eugenia Kim | THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS [Fall 2018] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) From the award-winning author of THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER, the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the U.S., the other in South Korea, and the family that kept them bound together even as the Korean War kept them apart. |
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| Bloomsbury |
U.K. |
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| James L. Nelson |
The Norsemen Saga: Vikings in Ireland (Fore Topsail Press) Award-winning author James Nelson brings to life the dramatic, brutal, and little-known stories of the Vikings' descent on Ireland. |
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| FIN GALL |
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| Germany/Bastei Lübbe; Russia/Hemiro Ltd.; Spain/Pamies |
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| DUBH-LINN | ||
| Germany/Bastei Lübbe; Russia/Hemiro Ltd.; Spain/Pamies | ||
| GLENDALOUGH FAIR | ||
| Germany/Bastei Lübbe; Russia/Hemiro Ltd. | ||
| NIGHT WOLF |
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| Germany/Bastei Lübbe | ||
| RAIDER'S WAKE | ||
| Germany/Bastei Lübbe | ||
| LOCH GARMAN | ||
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| 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 Alexandra Babel Neri Pozza Hayawaka Minumsa Muza Elsinore - 20/20 Editura Art Corpus Laguna Absynt Planeta Tranan Marco Polo Press Epsilon Yayinlari Corsair Hemiro Ltd Nha Nam |
Arabic Brazil Catalan China Czech Republic France Germany Greece Holland Hungary Israel Italy Japan Korea Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Taiwan Turkey U.K. Ukraine Vietnam |
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| THE REFUGEES (Grove) A short story collection. |
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| Arab Scientific Publishers Shanghai Translation Publishing Belfond Karl Blessing Verlag Uitgeverij Marmer Neri Pozza SolumBokvennen Elsinore - 20/20 Editura Art Planeta Tranan Marco Polo Press Epsilon Yayinlari Corsair Phuong Nam |
Arabic China France Germany Holland Italy Norway Portugal Romania Spain Sweden 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: forthcoming] (St. Martin's Press) | ||
| Shanghai Translation Publishing Actes Sud Suhrkamp NN Editore Head of Zeus |
China France Germany Italy U.K. |
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| Richard Russo | EVERYBODY'S FOOL (Knopf) The bestselling follow-up to the author's beloved novel NOBODY'S FOOL, set ten years later, returning to the small town of North Bath, New York, and featuring some of the same quirky characters. |
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| Citic Press Coporation La Table Ronde DuMont Verlag Signatuur/Bruna Navona Allen & Unwin U.K. |
China France Germany Holland Spain U.K. |
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| TRAJECTORY (Knopf) Comprised of four novellas, TRAJECTORY demonstrates Russo's mastery of the short form. As in his novels, the author creates characters that jump off the page and tug at the heart. |
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| La Table Ronde DuMont Verlag Navona Allen & Unwin U.K. |
France Germany Spain U.K. |
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| THE DESTINY THIEF (Knopf) From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a collection of essays on writers, writing, and life. |
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| Allen & Unwin U.K. | U.K. | |
| Laura Lee Smith | THE ICE HOUSE (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 KIND WORTH KILLING (William Morrow) 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. |
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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 Southside Stories 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) Fleeing the trauma of her past, a young Englishwoman swaps apartments with a cousin in Boston - only to be confronted with her worst nightmares. |
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| Globo Paikese Kirjastus Calmann Levy Blanvalet GeneralPress Dani Books Einaudi Tokyo Sogensha Ltd. Prunsoop Cappelen Damm Marginesy Hemiro Ltd Altin Kitaplar Faber & Faber |
Brazil Estonia France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Japan Korea Norway Poland Russia Turkey U.K. |
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| ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIES (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. |
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| Bookmedia Blanvalet GeneralPress Dani Books Einaudi Kontinent Cappelen Damm Marginesy Litera Faber & Faber |
Czech Republic Germany Hungary Israel Italy Latvia Norway Poland Romania U.K. |
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| BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM [April 2019] (William Morrow) What starts with a neighborly dinner invitation spirals into madness and obsession that can only end in murder. |
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| Faber & Faber | U.K. | |