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Novelist and inspirational author Jan Goldstein devoted his podcast “All That Matters” to our deceased founder and president Linda Chester — a beautiful tribute to her spirit and personal mandate to spread compassion and knowledge through books.
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Lovely news: When Children Feel Pain by Rachel Rabkin Peachman and Anna C. Wilson is a Publishers Weekly Book of the Week.
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We are over the moon about Annalee Newitz' three starred reviews for The Terraformers. Here is the glowing Publishers Weekly review: "Newitz performs a staggering feat of revolutionary imagination in this hopeful space-opera."

Brava to author Joyce Maynard whose new novel, THE BIRD HOUSE, will be published by Arcade circa Mother Day's 2023. Per the publisher, THE BIRD HOUSE is a "big sweeping story spanning four decades narrated by an American woman escaping her tragic past in a small Central American village. It follows the gradual reclamation of her life through her experiences as an unlikely hotel owner and the many people she meets on her journey." The book is loosely informed by Joyce's experience at her breathtaking lake house on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, where she hosts memoir workshops and helps writers translate their own stories.
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Brava to client Rachel Rabkin Peachman whose article in The New York Times reveals the disturbing pattern of how children of color often have their pain ignored or devalued by clinicians. Rachel is the co-author, with Anna C. Wilson, of WHEN CHILDREN FEEL PAIN, a major work devoted to the subject of children and pain.
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Annalee Newitz: FOUR LOST CITIES
One of the pinnacles of pop culture success is having one's book be a part of Jeopardy answer. We were tickled to have this honor bestowed on Annalee Newitz's FOUR LOST CITIES!

Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman: THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG
Congratulations to Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman — their John Wick oral history, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIS DOG, was excerpted in Entertainment Weekly, and this story was picked up by Variety, IndieWire, the London Independent, Yahoo, NME, and more!
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Our first Mongolian language edition ever: Robert Zubrin's (with Richard Wagner) classic THE CASE FOR MARS! Robert visited Mongolia on behalf of this book, conducted research, and also gave a talk.

Kudos to agency partner and author, Laurie Fox, on the film adaptation of her second novel, THE LOST GIRLS, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Iain Glen and Louis Partridge! To support the film, this novel was re-released by Simon & Schuster as a paperback media tie-in edition. Vulture included THE LOST GIRLS' film release in Summer 2022.
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They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog, the John Wick oral history by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman published by St. Martin's Press receives a rave from Booklist!

FOUR LOST CITIES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE URBAN AGE by Annalee Newitz is showcased in the New York Times Paperback Row!

Brava to Gayle Brandeis, whose breathtakingly beautiful essay collection, DRAWING BREATH, was acquired by Overcup Press!

World-renown Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh passed away in January 2022. We are most grateful to representing his books, including THE ART OF POWER, that were published by HarperOne.
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A fabulous review of Laura Stanfill's SINGING LESSONS FOR THE STYLISH CANARY in Buzzfeed!

Major sale! James R. Hansen, author of the authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, First Man, that was made into the Oscar-winning major feature film of the same name, has a new biography in progress on the controversial and entirely riveting subject of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's marriage and exploits.

We kicked off 2022 with terrific news: Annalee Newitz's FOUR LOST CITIES was selected by NPR's Science Friday as one of the best science books of 2021.
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Felicitaciones to biographer and art professor Celia Stahr, whose extraordinary FRIDA IN AMERICA was published in Italian with this striking cover.

Gershwin Goes Country! Michael Feinstein, author of GERSHWIN AND ME, has released a new country album featuring some fabulous collaborators.
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A fascinating read, the marvelous and twisty tale of David Corbett's path to publishing his first novel, THE DEVIL'S REDHEAD We are honored to represent his 4 works of his masterful crime fiction and his brilliant book on writing characters, THE ART OF CHARACTER.
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Joyce Maynard's novel COUNT THE WAYS is named one of Amazon's 6 "Best Book Club Reads of 2021":
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Author of Looking for Miss America, Margot Mifflin is quoted in Rolling Stone's article on the Miss America pageant:
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Space and energy scientist and author Robert Zubrin is quoted in Time's "Person of the Year" cover story on Elon Musk: "Genius is a word that is frequently associated with Musk; wisdom is not," he says wryly.

Annalee Newitz's FOUR LOST CITIES is named an NPR Best Book of the Year: "Annalee Newitz sifts through the mystique around their demises in this graceful, engrossing urban history, unearthing not only fascinating narratives but poignant warnings about why some places slide into the past.
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Laura Stanfill's SINGING LESSONS FOR THE STYLISH CANARY is a Rumpus Book Club pick!
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The Wall Street Journal names Elizabeth Brundage's VANISHING POINT one of the Best Novels of the Year!
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David Bianculli, author of the Smothers Brothers biography, DANGEROUSLY FUNNY, is a riveting guest on Marc Maron's WTF podcast on "Canceled Comedy."
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Joyce Maynard's COUNT THE WAYS is named a Amazon Best Book of the Year: 2021, and wins the Grand Prix Francaise for Best American Novel!
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Father of the cell phone, Marty Cooper's memoir, CUTTING THE CORD, is featured on CBS News.

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We're delighted by this tender and knowing review of Erica Heller's collection ONE LAST LUNCH in Honeysuckle magazine by Michael James Moore: "The pulverizing essays by Erica Heller that begin and end this book of lamentations are superb."
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