Publishers Marketplace: Janet Reid

Fiction/Debut:
Winner of the 2010 William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers Stephanie Evans's FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, in which a Church of Christ minister discovers that listening is not just "an act of love;" it's dangerous, to Shannon Jamieson Vazquez at Berkley, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2012.

Literary Fiction:
Sean Ferrell's (NUMB) second novel MAN IN THE EMPTY SUIT to Juliet Grames at Soho Press. World English.

NonFiction: Contemporary issues
National Journal correspondent Marc Ambinder and The Atlantic contributor D.B. Grady's SECRETS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AND WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW, a portrait of the inner workings of the most secretive levels of the federal government, to Eric Nelson at Wiley, at auction, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management (NA).

YA
Agent Janet Reid, at FinePrint Literary Management, sold, for high six figures, a debut YA trilogy to Kristin Daly Rens (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins). Rens pre-empted world rights to the currently untitled series, by Elizabeth Norris, just a few hours after receiving it, buying the work at 3 p.m. after getting the manuscript at 10 a.m. Book one in the series, Unraveling, is a romantic thriller about a 17-year-old girl who briefly dies after being hit by a car and is drawn into a tense relationship with the male classmate she is convinced saved her. The series has already been pre-empted in Germany, after an offer came in last week, and Hollywood has also shown strong interest. Reid pitched Unraveling, scheduled for 2012, as Lauren Oliver’s YA novel Before I Fall meets the TV show Fringe.

YA
Dan Krokos's debut FALSE MEMORY, featuring a girl with no memory who discovers she's a genetically altered weapon of mass destruction and must uncover the truth of her identity in order to save her city, to Catherine Onder at Disney-Hyperion, in a significant deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management on behalf of Janet Reid.

Fiction
Evan Mandery's Q: AN UNLIVED MEMOIR, a twisted love story of a successful writer who meets his future self, who advises him not to marry Q, the love of his life, to Carl Lennertz at Harper

Mystery/Crime
Bill Cameron's DAY ONE, the third novel to feature former cop Skin Kadash, this time in a multi-skeined story about a troublesome unsolved murder that gathers to a bloody standoff in Portland's Mt. Tabor Park, to Ben Leroy at Tyrus Books, in a nice deal, for publication in Summer 2010

Fiction: Thriller
Dana Haynes's CRASHERS, in which a jetliner crashes in the lush lovely Willamette Valley of Oregon, triggering a response from the NTSB team of "crashers"-the investigators; usually they have months to find the cause of the crash; this time it's 70 hours, to Keith Kahla at Minotaur, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010

Non-fiction: Narrative
Warren Richey's SHARKCHOW, the action adventure love story of the Ultimate Florida Challenge -- a grueling 1,200 mile one-man boat race around Florida -- that explores the inevitable question of why would anyone want to do that and what happens when you do, to Matt Martz at St. Martin's, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2010

Memoir:
Robin Becker's BRAINS: a zombie memoir, the first-person account of a college professor-turned-zombie who retains his sentience and recruits others like him on a heroic quest to fend off the living while searching for the meaning of un-life, to Gabe Robinson at Harper, in a nice deal, for publication in Summer 2010.

Fiction:
Sean Ferrell's NUMB, literary action/adventure novel about a man who wanders into a circus, and discovers he feels no pain and has no memory of how he got that way; and is then discovered by fame, fortune, and a New York talent agent, to Gabe Robinson at Harper, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2010

Non-fiction: Narrative
Evan Mandery's THE KILLING COURT, the story of two landmark Supreme Court cases: Furman v Georgia in 1972 that abolished the death penalty and Gregg v Georgia that reinstated it a mere four years later, focusing on the people involved: the justices themselves, the lawyers and the plaintiffs; and, what happened in those four years that made the Court "change its mind," to Christopher Lehmann-Haupt at Delphinium, in a nice deal, for publication in 2011

Mystery/Crime--Gary Corby's THE EPHIALTES AFFAIR, set in Periclean Athens, to Keith Kahla at Minotaur, with Kathleen Conn editing, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2010.

Memoir--Alysia Sofios's WHERE HOPE BEGINS, memoir of the author's investigation of the 2004 Wesson Murders in Fresno, California in which she risked her reporting career and safety to help free the remaining members of the Wesson family from the psychological clutches of their murderous father and husband, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, in a significant deal.

Thriller--Electric Church and Digital Plague author Jeff Somers's fourth and fifth books in the Avery Cates, post-apocalyptic thriller series, to Devi Pillai at Orbit, in a nice deal.

Fiction--Dreaming of Gwen Stefani author Evan Mandery's FIRST CONTACT, about love, aliens and politics that owes a debt of gratitude to Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Allen and Thomas Pynchon, to Carl Lennertz at Harper, in a nice deal.

Memoir--Dr. Lucy Hornstein's 10 LAWS OF THE DINOSAUR: Saving the Family Doctor from Extinction, in which a family practitioner tells stories of her experiences and lessons learned over her career in a shrinking field, to Michael Sprague at Kaplan.

Non-fiction: Pop Culture---Dawn Rae Downton's THE LITTLE BOOK OF CURSES AND MALEDICTIONS FOR EVERYDAY USE, the modern day guide to exacting stylish revenge using spells, incantations, hexes, imprecations, and execrations for the worst messes (and people) in your life, to Ann Treistman at Skyhorse.

Non-fiction--Adam Eisenberg's A DIFFERENT SHADE OF BLUE, the first on-the-record, in-their-own-name look at what it's like to be a female cop told by officers in the Seattle Police Department, and focusing on The First Nine female beat officers, to Lynn Price at Behler.

Fiction: Debut --Kennedy Foster's ALL ROADS LEAD ME BACK TO YOU, in which a rancher and a ranch hand come to love each other in the austere terrain of Eastern Washington; overcoming cultural misunderstandings, the threat of deportation, the looming menace of a lien holder, and the problems of a loving family, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, in a nice deal.

Mystery/Crime--Lost Dog author Bill Cameron's CHASING SMOKE, in which the hero finds himself investigating four suspicious 'suicides' of men linked only by their doctor, who is also the hero's doctor while he struggles to recover from cancer, to Ben Leroy at Bleak House, in a nice deal.

Thriller --Younger brother of Lee Child, Andrew Grant's debut EVEN, introducing David Trevallyan, described as Jack Reacher's younger brother if Reacher had a brother who'd joined the British Navy, and taken James Bond's career path, to Peter Wolverton at Thomas Dunne Books, in a significant deal.

Memoir--Poet, Oregon Arts fellow, and PW book reviewer Amy Minato's chronology of her "unplugged year wriggling free from a consumer life" on SIESTA LANE with seven people, eight acres, one telephone, three cars, seven unheated cabins, one main house and fifteen miles to the nearest town, to Ann Treistman at Skyhorse, in a nice deal.

Thriller--Patrick Lee's two untitled Travis Chase thrillers, starring an ex-convict who's a combination of Jack Bauer and Jack Reacher, with supernatural suspense reminiscent of Dean Koontz and James Rollins, to Sarah Durand at William Morrow, in a pre-empt.