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DeFiore and Company
Literary Management, Inc.
Winter 2022
PUBLISHING THIS SEASON
Jessamine Chan’s THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS (Simon &
Schuster)
Pub Date: January 4
Visit Jessamine at www.jessaminechan.com
Leslie Connor’s A HOME FOR GODDESSES AND DOGS, paperback
edition (Katherine Tegen Books)
Pub Date: January 18
Visit Leslie at www.leslieconnor.com
Agent: Miriam Altshuler
Maureen O’Connell’s UNDOING THE KNOTS (Beacon Press)
Pub Date: January 18
Visit Maureen at @theoethicist
Agent: Miriam Altshuler
Stephanie Graves’s A VALIANT DECEIT (Kensington)
Pub Date: January 25
Visit Stephanie at msstephgraves.com
Agent: Rebecca Strauss
Winter 2022 -1-
Morgan Thomas’s MANYWHERE (MCD)
Pub Date: January 25
Visit Morgan at morganhthomas.com
Mary-Frances O’Connor’s THE GRIEVING BRAIN (HarperOne)
Pub Date: February 1
Visit Mary-Frances at www.maryfrancesoconnor.com
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier
Laura Friedman Williams’s AVAILABLE, paperback edition (The Borough
Press)
Pub Date (UK): February 3
Visit Laura at @laurafriedmanwilliams
Agent: Caryn Karmatz Rudy
Christena Cleveland’s GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN (HarperOne)
Pub Date: February 8
Visit Christena at christenacleveland.com
Agent: Chris Park
Brenda Cooper’s THE SILHOUETTE SOLUTION (Clarkson Potter)
Pub Date: February 8
Visit Brenda at brendacooper.com
Agent: Caryn Karmatz Rudy
Dantiel W. Moniz’s MILK BLOOD HEAT, paperback edition (Grove)
Pub Date: February 8
Visit Dantiel at www.dantielwmoniz.com
Winter 2022 -2-
Leslie Connor’s ANYBODY HERE SEEN FRENCHIE? by Leslie Connor
(Katherine Tegen Books)
Pub Date: February 15
Visit Leslie at www.leslieconnor.com
Agent: Miriam Altshuler
Kate Pembrooke’s SAY YOU'LL BE MY LADY (Forever)
Pub Date: February 22
Visit Kate at katepembrooke.com
Agent: Rebecca Strauss
Michael P. Branch’s ON THE TRAIL OF THE JACKALOPE (Pegasus)
Pub Date: March 1
Visit Mike at michaelbranchwriter.com
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier
Alec Carvlin’s HOW TO BAKE A UNIVERSE (Norton Books for Young
Readers)
Pub Date: March 1
Visit Alec at aleccarvlin.com
Agent: Tanusri Prasanna
Sam Cohen’s SARAHLAND, paperback edition (Grand Central)
Pub Date: March 8
Jennifer Murphy’s SCARLET IN BLUE (Dutton)
Pub Date: March 8
Agent: Miriam Altshuler
Winter 2022 -3-
Amy Julia Becker’s TO BE MADE WELL (Herald Press)
Pub Date: March 15
Visit Amy Julia at amyjuliabecker.com
Agent: Chris Park
Thema Bryant PhD’s HOMECOMING (TarcherPerigee)
Pub Date: March 15
Visit Dr. Thema at drthema.com
Agent: Chris Park
RECENT FICTION DEALS
Author of story collection Friday Black and winner of the PEN/Jean
Stein Book Award Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's untitled novel. Sold
to Pantheon.
Visit Nana at www.defliterary.com/authors/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winner Shannon Sanders's
COMPANY, a linked story collection that spans three generations of
one Black family in and near Washington, DC, exploring the
revelations and complications that arise when visitors come calling,
the long reach of history, and the challenges of love in its many
forms, pitched in the tradition of talented chroniclers of family life
such as Angela Flournoy, Asako Serizawa, Ayana Mathis, and Edward
P. Jones. Sold to Graywolf by Reiko Davis.
Visit Shannon’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/shannon-sanders
Winter 2022 -4-
RECENT NONFICTION DEALS
Author of Sexless in the City Anna Broadway’s SOLO PLANET, a first-
of-its-kind account of singleness in the global church, featuring the
stories of Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians from nearly
forty countries across six continents, exploring how the church can be
a place where single believers can thrive. Sold to NavPress by Chris
Park.
Visit Anna at www.annabroadway.com
Stanford-trained structural engineer Wayne Kalayjian's SAVING
MICHELANGELO'S DOME, the story of how the cracking dome at St.
Peter's Basilica was saved from disaster by three mathematicians and
the pope who had asked them for help, the backlash they faced when
defying conventional thought, and how this new way of solving
problems with math and science unknowingly invented the profession
of engineering as we practice it today. Sold to Pegasus Books by
Laurie Abkemeier.
Visit Wayne’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/wayne-kalayjian
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Julia Keller's QUITTING: A Life Strategy,
which debunks the myth of perseverance, reveals the surprising new
neuro- and behavioral science of giving up, and shows that quitting
is, counterintuitively, the key to success and self-care, pitched in the
vein of How to Do Nothing meets Think Again. Sold to GCP Balance
by Lisa Gallagher.
Visit Julia’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/julia-keller
Rotten Tomatoes columnist and contributor to Vulture Kimberly
Potts's IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, a behind-the-scenes
account of how three friends spent $200 to create a cult hit and the
longest-running live-action sitcom in history--and helped build the FX
network. Sold to Gallery Books by Laurie Abkemeier.
Visit Kim’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/kimberly-potts
Winter 2022 -5-
Award-winning artist and author Yumi Sakugawa’s THE YUMIVERSE
COLORING BOOK, focused on meditation and self-care. Sold to
Andrews McMeel by Laurie Abkemeier.
Visit Yumi’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/yumi-sakugawa
Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack PhD's two books from longtime
road manager and band confidant Mal Evans's archive, in conjunction
with the family and estate—a biography based on a manuscript for
an unfinished memoir, and a fully illustrated accompaniment that will
include material from never-before-seen diaries, photographs and
writings. Sold to Dey Street by Matthew Elblonk.
Visit Ken at kennethwomack.com
Author of Ultralearning Scott Young's next book promises to be a new
vision for achievement that draws on extensive research in cognitive
science and uses examples from many successful creatives and
entrepreneurs to show how we improve most. Sold to HarperBusiness
by Laurie Abkemeier.
Visit Scott’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/scott-young
RECENT CHILDREN’S DEALS
Lettering artist and graphic designer Jocelyn Chung’s WHEN LOVE
IS MORE THAN WORDS, a celebration of all the unique ways her
Taiwanese-American family expresses I love you, including
painstakingly prepared food, sacrificial acts of service, shared
laughter, and tears of compassion. Sold to Nancy Paulsen Books by
Chris Park.
Visit Jocelyn at www.jocelynchung.co
Author of Stealing Greenwich and Going Wild Brittany Geragotelis's
third book in the Infamous Frankie Lorde series, in which the former
international kid thief launches a mission to dismantle a group of
Greenwich's elite after a classmate's invention is stolen the day
before a competition to win a scholarship, uncovering a corrupt
school admissions ring. Sold to Pixel+Ink by Reiko Davis.
Visit Brittany’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/brittany-geragotelis
Winter 2022 -6-
Husband/wife, author/illustrator duo Matthew Swanson and Robbi
Behr's COOKIE CHRONICLES series, books 4 and 5, about the perils
of taking one's fortune cookie fortunes too literally; in THE COOKIE
THIEF, a third grader appeals to the court of the schoolyard to
retrieve a fortune stolen by the school bully, and in THE COOKIES
OF CHAOS, he consults a rapid succession of contradictory fortunes
while solving the mystery of a lost wallet. Sold to Knopf Children’s.
Visit Matthew and Robbi’s author page at www.defliterary.com/authors/robbi-
behr
NEWS
The agency will be closed on January 17 for the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on
February 21 for Washington’s Birthday.
For more news, visit our website at www.defliterary.com/news.
Winter 2022 -7-
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