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2019
SIMON & SCHUSTER
RIGHTS GUIDE
Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10020
Attention: Marie Florio, Vice President, Director of Subsidiary Rights
marie.florio@simonandschuster.com
All titles and publication dates are tentative and subject to change
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MASTERS AT WORK SERIES 2 -- 9
NON-FICTION 10 -- 28
FICTION 29 -- 37
TED 38 -- 43
CO-AGENTS 44 -- 46
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NEW SERIES LAUNCHED
MASTERS AT WORK
Choosing a profession begins with imagining yourself in a career. The Masters at Work series,
written by acclaimed long-form journalists, uses stories of real practitioners in the field. These
guides offer fascinating real-life anecdotes about someone who has mastered a profession, allowing
each book to impart practical knowledge about the risks and rewards of the jobs we long to have.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic/Audio/Film: Simon & Schuster
Spring 2019:
Tom Chiarella April 2019
Becoming A Real Estate Agent SR
What makes a great real estate agent? Is it just numbers? Sales-volume? How do
you get to the top of the market in boom times? How do you survive a soft market?
What tools must you bring to the job? Esquire writer Tom Chiarella speaks to the
requisite skills needed to thrive in various real estate scenarios. Showcasing the
individual tools used to develop a successful real estate career, Becoming a Real
Estate Agent profiles individuals who live a life of thrilling improvisation, action and
instinct.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Kate Bolick April 2019
Becoming a Hair Stylist KM
Becoming a Hair Stylist focuses on the daily life of Parlor, a two-location hair salon
in the East Village and Brooklyn, and also is a profile of the salon owner, Gwenn
LeMoine, a pioneer with four decades of expertise in styling eccentric celebrity
personalities. Her work has been featured on television (SNL, VH1, ETV), in
magazines (Real Simple, Nylon, New York Times, and Paste) and at awards shows
such as the Tony’s, and Emmy’s. John Colapinto is an award-winning journalist,
author, and staff writer at the New Yorker.
Becoming A Hairdresser will show young people what it takes to become a force of nature in the
hair industry and how to excel at it.
Kate Bolick's first book, the bestselling Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, was named a New York
Times Notable Book of 2015. A contributing editor for The Atlantic, Bolick writes for a variety of
publications here and abroad, including The New York Times, The New Republic, The Wall Street
Journal, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Vogue.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
John Colapinto April 2019
Becoming a Neurosurgeon KM
The story of becoming a neurosurgeon, the most technically and emotionally
demanding of surgical disciplines, is vividly rendered using the experiences of the
Chief of Neurosurgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Joshua Bederson
allows writer John Colapinto into his experience and his entire department,
allowing us to see all facets of his work, from brain operations, to one-on-one
consultations with patients, to staff meetings with fellow surgeons and students.
Since Mt. Sinai is a teaching hospital, we learn how Bederson trains
neurosurgeons, passing along the knowledge and skills he has honed over decades.
John Colapinto is an award-winning journalist, author, and staff writer at the New Yorker.
Manuscript available
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
176 pages
5 B&W line illustrations throughout
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Boris Kachka April 2019
Becoming a Veterinarian SR
A behind-the-scenes, honest, and inspiring look at the day-to-day life of a
veterinarian, through the eyes of four people who have made it their life’s work.
There’s Michael, who thought he would be an architect, but instead works with
urban pets at the ASPCA in New York; Elisha, who studied dance before she began
treating cows, cats, and horses; Idina, who after a car accident was forced to find a
second career; and Chick, who was earning a Master’s in economics when he began
working nights at an animal hospital that changed his life. With each, Kachka dives
into every element of the job: science, surgery, financials, finding a program, and
everything in between. Boris Kachka is a contributing editor for New York magazine.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
Virginia Morell April 2019
Becoming a Marine Biologist MH
Becoming a Marine Biologist explores how successful marine biologists made their
careers, and what they suggest to young people today who feel called to study the
sea and its inhabitants. Many of the researchers Morell met and interviewed didn't
set out to become marine biologists or to study marine mammals. Most of them
had a lifelong passion for the natural world, and by volunteering, found themselves
drawn to working with marine life or some other aspect of the sea. Virginia Morell
is the author of Ancestral Passions, Blue Nile, and Wildlife Wars, which she co-
authored with Richard Leakey. She is contributing correspondent for Science and a
regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Gary Rivlin April 2019
Becoming a Venture Capitalist SR
Investigative reporter Gary Rivlin gives an armchair tour of the world of venture
capitalism, while providing vivid case studies illustrating how to get started in the
field. He shows how once-small companies such as Facebook, Instagram, and
Amazon used venture capitalism to transform into the icons they are today, and
the VCs that made a fortune in the process. Readers will learn what series funding
is, the difference between an angel and super angel investor, and how to go about
identifying ideas worthy of funding. Rivlin, an investigative reporting fellow at The
Nation Institute, is a former New York Times reporter and the author of five books,
including Katrina: After the Flood and Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.—How the
Working Poor Became Big Business. (Manuscript available)
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
176 pages
Summer 2019:
Tom Chiarella May 2019
Becoming a Life Coach SR
Tom Chiarella is a longtime writer for Esquire where he profiles celebrities,
athletes, and political figures and pens two columns for Golf and Influence. He’s
also a contributing editor at Popular Mechanics and Chicago Magazine. He has also
written for Golf Digest, Outside, Wired.com, BleacherReport.com, Elle
UK, Fashion (Canada), Euroman, and Mr. Porter. He is the author of Foley’s
Luck, Thursday’s Game, Writing Dialogue, and Becoming a Real Estate Agent.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Elizabeth Greenwood May 2019
Becoming a Yoga Instructor MH
Journalist Elizabeth Greenwood takes readers along as she studies with teachers
across the country to figure out how these women and men rose to the top of their
profession—and how they stay there. In these pages, you’ll take a private lesson
with Abbie Galvin, a rock star instructor whom other yoga teachers fly around the
world to learn from. You’ll visit a small business owner as she opens up her very
first studio, and meet newbies hustling as they figure out how to stand out from
the competition, whether by leading yoga retreats to Costa Rica, helping veterans
struggling with PTSD, or teaching classes over YouTube.
Bursting with inside information about the yoga industry, and the spiritual, physical, and
psychological benefits that daily practice can bring to your life, Becoming a Yoga Instructor is a
perfect virtual internship for anyone contemplating turning their love of yoga into a career.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
Patric Kuh May 2019
Becoming a Restaurateur EG
Award-winning journalist and food writer Patric Kuh explores the restaurant industry—
based on the experiences of Lien Ta and Jonathan Whitener’s Here’s Looking at You
restaurant in Los Angeles—and reveals essential details for anyone considering a path
to this risky profession.
Becoming a Restaurateur takes readers behind the scenes of one of America’s trendiest
new restaurants, revealing how Lien Ta and chef Jonathan Whitener managed to beat
the odds. With valuable information about what daily life for a professional is like, this is an
entertaining, practical guide to what makes a master restaurateur, from writing the business plan to
opening night and beyond.
Patric Kuh is the author of The Last Days of Haute Cuisine: The Coming of Age of American Restaurants,
which won the 2002 James Beard Award for writing on food. He is the restaurant critic for Los Angeles
Magazine.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Howie Kahn May 2019
Becoming a Private Investigator KM
Journalist Howie Kahn follows a private investigator in the field to offer us a behind-
the-scenes, entertaining, and practical look at how it's done and what it takes to pursue
a path to this alluring profession.
Kahn puts a seemingly out-of-reach profession within the reader’s grasp. Weaving
practical how-to advice with inspiring case studies, Kahn provides actionable steps
anyone can take to pursue a career as a P.I.
Howie Kahn contributes to Details, GQ, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Wall Street Journal
and Grantland. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine,
Men's Journal, Departures, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine and other publications. Kahn has been
anthologized by the Times and, twice, in McSweeney's Grantland Quarterly. He is a James Beard Award
winner, a Hopwood Award winner, and a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Sarah
Lawrence College MFA program.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
Gary Rivlin May 2019
Becoming an Ethical Hacker SR
Investigative reporter Gary Rivlin gives an easy-to-digest primer on what white hat
hacking is, how it began, and where it’s going, while providing vivid case studies
illustrating how to become one of these "white hats." He shows how companies
pay these specialists to break into their protected systems and networks to test
and assess their security. Readers will learn how these white hats use their skills to
improve security by exposing vulnerabilities before malicious hackers can detect
and exploit them.
Rivlin puts a seemingly out-of-reach profession within the reader’s grasp. Weaving practical how-to
advice with inspiring case studies, Rivlin provides actionable steps anyone can take to pursue a
career in cybersecurity.
Rivlin is the author of Katrina and his writings have appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The
New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Mother Jones, among other publications.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Fall 2019:
Holly Brubach September 2019
Becoming a Curator SR
An illuminating guide to a career as a curator written by acclaimed journalist Holly
Brubach and based on the real-life experiences of an expert in the field—essential
reading for someone considering a path to this challenging, yet rewarding profession
Esteemed journalist Holly Brubach takes readers to the front lines to offer a candid
portrait of the modern curatorial profession. Brubach shadows Elisabeth Sussman of
the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York to reveal how a top curator
actually works. Holly Brubach writes about art, fashion, culture, and dance. She is a
former staff writer at The New Yorker and the former Style Editor at The New York Times Magazine.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
144 pages
Lindsay Peoples September 2019
Becoming a Fashion Designer SR
The exciting, glamorous world of fashion is a billion-dollar business and now Lindsay
Peoples takes readers through the world of fashion and shows the hours and months
of work that go into the garment that ends up on the runway or on the red carpet.
Lindsay Peoples is the Fashion Market Editor at New York Magazine and The Cut.
She works on fashion editorials, celebrity styling, consulting and special projects.
Prior to joining the Cut, Lindsay worked at Teen Vogue and
Style.com/Vogue.com, Elle UK, Oprah, Essence and Brides. She has appeared on
WNYW’s “Good Day New York,” Amazon’s StyleCode Live, CBS’s “The Insider,” CBSN, NY1, WPIX, and
other outlets. Lindsay won a 2017 ASME Next award honoring outstanding achievement by magazine
journalists under the age of 30.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
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Rosie Schaap September 2019
Becoming a Sommelier SR
A sommelier, or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional
who specializes in all aspects of wine service in fine dining restaurants. A sommelier
is often responsible for the development of wine lists and for the delivery of wine
service and training for the other staff. Working along with the culinary team,
they pair and suggest wines that complement each food menu item. This entails the
need for how food and wine, beer, and other beverages work in harmony. Rosie
Schaap takes readers through this specialized aspect of the culinary world.
Rosie Schaap is the author of Drinking With Men: A Memoir. She has also been a bartender, a
fortuneteller, a librarian at a paranormal society, an English teacher, an editor, a preacher, a
community organizer, and a manager of homeless shelters. Her writings have appeared in
atlantic.com, Marie Claire, and Saveur. Schaap writes the monthly "Drink" column for The New York
Times Magazine.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
Janelle Zara September 2019
Becoming an Architect SR
An illuminating guide to a career as an architect written by art and design journalist
Janelle Zara and based on the real-life experiences of two experts in the field.
Go behind the scenes and be mentored by the best to find out what it’s really like,
and what it really takes, to become an architect. Design critic Janelle shadows
acclaimed architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of the prestigious Los Angeles-
based firm Johnston Marklee. Readers learn from the founders as they near the
unveiling of their major new building, the Menil Drawing Institute. Architects must
juggle hundreds of items to ensure their ideas come to life as planned. Zara shows that good architects
must have artistic vision as well as organizational acumen.
Janelle Zara is a journalist specializing in art, design, and architecture. She has writer for T
Magazine, Architectural Digest, Artforum, and The Wall Street Journal.
Specs:
Hardcover
5x7
128 pages
--9--SIMON & SCHUSTER NON-FICTION
--10--Tony Robbins SF
LIFE FORCE March 2020
The #1 bestselling author now explores the frontiers of health and medicine. The book will offer
practical advice from experts in science who are preventing disease and extending life
Author of six internationally bestselling books, including the recent New York Times #1
bestseller MONEY: Master the Game and UNSHAKEABLE, Tony Robbins has
empowered more than 50 million people from 100 countries through his audio, video and
life training programs. He created the #1 personal and professional development program
of all time, and more than 4 million people have attended his live seminars.
He is the chairman of a holding company comprised of 40
privately held businesses with combined sales exceeding $5
billion a year. He has been honored by Accenture as one of the
“Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World”; by Harvard
Business Press as one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus”; and by
American Express as one of the “Top Six Business Leaders in
the World” to coach its entrepreneurial clients. Fortune’s recent
cover article named him the “CEO Whisperer,” and he has been
named in the top 50 of Worth Magazine’s 100 most powerful
people in global finance for two consecutive years.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Dupree Miller/Shannon Marven (214) 559-2665
Fax: (214) 559-7243; shannonmarven@dupreemiller.com
100 Highland Park Village, Dallas, TX 85205
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
--11--Sarah Frier SF
UNTITLED ON INSTAGRAM October 2020
From Bloomberg technology reporter Sarah Frier comes the dramatic story of Instagram – an app that
has become a pillar of our culture today, dramatically changing everything from dining to travel to
fashion, because of decisions the founders made about fostering Instagram's community.
This is a story of two friends at Stanford who developed a simple but
culturally defining app, Instagram. It’s also the story of how Facebook
came to rely on Instagram to be their savior. Frier provides an in-depth
look at how Instagram's founders built the company from a mere idea into
a way of life, disrupting multiple industries and forging thousands of new
celebrities in the process.
With unprecedented access, Frier introduces readers to the vibrant
characters at Instagram and gives us an inside look at the hard decisions
Instagram's founders had to make, as they navigated their own growth while avoiding the mistakes of
their parent company. Their success, or their failure, will forever change Facebook.
Sarah Frier is the technology reporter for Bloomberg, reporting on Facebook and social media. Her
reporting on Facebook was cited in Congressional questions for CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the same week
she published a Businessweek cover story about Instagram. Her cover story has already prompted
several Wall Street analysts to cite Instagram as the key to Facebook's future.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Williams and McCormick Literary Agency/Pilar Queen
(212) 691-9726; pq@mccormicklit.com
150 West 28th Street, Suite 903, New York 10001
British: Random House UK
Chinese (SI): Citic
Korean: Random House Korea
Russian: Eksmo
--12--Charles Fishman BL
ONE GIANT LEAP June 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wal-Mart Effect, comes
the untold true story of the men and women charged with taking the United
States to the Moon.
When President John F. Kennedy announced to Congress that the United
States would land a man on the Moon by 1970, no group was more surprised
than the engineers at NASA. On the day of the historic speech, America had a
total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience—with just five of those
minutes outside the atmosphere. In fact, Soviet canines had more spaceflight
experience than U.S. astronauts.
To fulfill President Kennedy’s mandate, NASA engineers had to invent space travel. When Kennedy
announced his goal, no one knew how to navigate to the Moon. No one knew how to build a rocket
big enough to fly to the Moon. No one knew how to build a computer small enough to put on that
rocket. No one knew how to feed astronauts in space, and no one knew how astronauts would even
use the bathroom in space. And NASA had just nine years to make it happen. In One Giant Leap,
Charles Fishman introduces readers to the men and women tasked with putting a man on the moon.
This is the captivating story of men and women charged with changing the world as we know it—
their leaders, their triumphs, their near disasters, all of which led to arguably the greatest success
story of the 20th century.
Charles Fishman is the acclaimed author of One Giant Leap, A Curious Mind (with Brian
Grazer), The Wal-Mart Effect, and The Big Thirst. He is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb
Award, the most prestigious prize in business journalism.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: ICM-Sagalyn/Raphael Sagalyn (301) 718-6440
rafe@sagalyn.com
730 Fifth Avenue, New York 10019
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
Estonian: Helios
--13--Mo Rocca EG
MOBITUARIES November 2019
A charmingly irreverent companion book to Mo Rocca’s upcoming
podcast Mobituaries that celebrates the dead people who made life worth
living.
Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries – reading about the remarkable
lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators and artists. But not
every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. With Mobituaries,
Mo profiles the people who have long fascinated him—from the 20th
century’s greatest entertainer … to sitcom characters gone all too soon …
to a shamefully forgotten Founding Father. Even if you know the names,
you’ve never understood why they matter…until now.
In these pages, Rocca chronicles the stories of the people who made a difference, but whose
lives—for some reason or another—were never truly examined. There’s Thomas Paine,
whose Common Sense lit the fuse for the American Revolution—and whose paltry obit
summed up his life thusly: "He had lived long, did some good, and much harm.” And then
there’s screen icon Audrey Hepburn. She remains a household name, but how much do we
know about her wartime upbringing and how it shaped the woman we fell in love with.
As a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the host of The Henry Ford’s Innovation
Nation, Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller. With his rigorous reporting and trademark
wit, Rocca brings these men and women splendidly back to life like no one else
can. Mobituaries is an insightful and unconventional account of the people who made life
worth living for the rest of us.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Greater Talent Agency/Don Epstein (212) 645-4200
dre@greatertalent.com
437 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
--14--Brian Grazer JK
EYE CONTACT September 2019
New York Times bestselling author and iconic Hollywood producer Brian Grazer
reveals a new secret to forge a happier and more successful life. Through his own
personal stories, discover how eye contact—a power available to nearly
everyone—can change your life and forge a connection between people.
Eye contact has the power to offer validation, show generosity, create intimacy,
and—most importantly—establish genuine human connection. Even as
technology takes on a bigger and bigger role in our lives, from self-driving cars to
the smartphones in our pockets, no machine will ever be able to replace the unique
and powerful benefits of eye contact. As one of the most acclaimed Hollywood producers in the
world, Grazer transports you into the moments from his life where eye contact proves to be the key to
unlocking power, emotion, and insight. These are moments like a high-powered CEO conference
with Bill Gates; a surprise date with supermodel Kate Moss; a tough conversation with Eminem
when creating the movie 8 Mile; a tête-à-tête with George W. Bush; and encounters with
personalities like Taraji Henson, Airbnb Founder Brian Chesky, and Chance The Rapper.
Brian Grazer is an Oscar–winning producer whose film and television credits include A Beautiful
Mind, Apollo 13, Splash, Arrested Development, 24, 8 Mile, J. Edgar, and Empire, among others.
Grazer’s movies and shows have been nominated for forty-three Academy Awards and 149 Emmys.
In 2007, he was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is the co-founder
of Imagine Entertainment (with Ron Howard).
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Creative Artists Agency/Simon Green (212) 277-9000
Fax: (212) 277-9099; sgreen@caa.com
162 Fifth Avenue, New York 10010
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
A CURIOUS MIND (April 2015)
Chinese (CC): Business Weekly
Chinese (SI): Shanghai Dook
Hungarian: Gabo Kiado
Japanese: Kadokawa
Korean: Yolimwon
Portuguese (B): CDG Editora
Romanian: Grup Media Litera
Russian: Eksmo
Spanish (W): Obelisco
Turkish: Garaj
Thai: Post Publishing Company
Vietnamese: Alpha Books
--15--Christopher Leonard PP
KOCHLAND September 2019
An explosive exposé of how Koch Industries, the largest privately-owned multinational
corporation, consolidated its power over the past fifty years.
Koch is everywhere. It controls the fertilizers at the foundation of our food system. It controls the
synthetics that make our diapers and carpets. It controls the chemicals that make our bottles and
pipes. It controls the building materials that make our homes and offices. And it controls much of
the Wall Street trading in all of these commodities. It makes money globally at every end of almost
every deal.
The annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Google, Goldman Sachs and Kraft
Foods combined. But very few people have ever heard of Koch Industries because the billionaire
Koch brothers want it that way. Now, in Kochland, Christopher Leonard has managed what no
other journalist has done before: to tell the explosive inside story of how the largest private
company in the world became that big. In doing so, Leonard also tells the epic tale of the evolution
of corporate America over the last half-century, in all its
glory and rapaciousness.
For five decades, CEO Charles Koch has kept Koch
Industries quietly operating behind a veil of secrecy, with a
view toward very, very long-term profits. When Wall Street
came calling twenty years ago, trying to take Koch public,
Charles Koch said no. He’s a genius businessman: patient
with profits, able to learn from his mistakes, determined that his employees develop an almost a
worshipful dedication to free-market ruthlessness, and a master disrupter. Koch’s business acumen
has made him and his brother David (Koch Industries’ co-owner) together richer than Bill Gates.
But there’s a dark side to their story and the book reveals it.
Leonard, with unprecedented access, is the first journalist to break through Koch’s thick veil of
secrecy to tell the story of how the company came to control the industries at the center of our lives,
from our food to our homes. It’s an epic tale of canny patience, ruthlessness, and masterful
disruption.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Aevitas Creative Management/David Kuhn
(212) 765-6900; dkuhn@aevitascreative.com
19 West 21st Street, Suite 501, New York 10011
--16--Tembi Locke EG
FROM SCRATCH May 2019
In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death—in Tembi
Locke’s case, it is both. A poignant and transporting, cross-cultural love story that
explores food, family, and forgiveness set against the lush backdrop of the Italian
countryside.
It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, but these young
lovers were in for a fight, or rather a series of them. First, to win over his family who
didn’t want Saro to marry a black woman, then to adopt their miracle baby, then to
fight Saro’s cancer, and finally, there’s Tembi’s fight to rebuild her life after Saro’s
death, which involves spending summers in the Sicilian countryside and letting food, family, and
forgiveness heal her.
The book chronicles three summers she spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela as she tries to piece
together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Slowly but surely, her
footing in life is renewed at the table of her Sicilian mother-in-law. It’s there that she learns that the
slow road through loss is made gentler with the fragrance of fresh oregano pushing through sautéed
eggplant. Featuring 6-10 original recipes, From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big
love, fought for what mattered most, and needed a powerful reminder that life is…delicious.
Tembi Locke is an accomplished actor who has appeared in over forty television shows and films,
including The Magicians, NCIS: LA, Animal Kingdom and Dumb and Dumber To. She is also a TEDx
speaker. She is the creative voice behind The Kitchen Widow, a web series and grief support community
that has received mentions in The New York Times and The Guardian.
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: 3 Arts Entertainment/Richard Abate (212) 213-4245
rabate@3arts.com
27 West 24th Street, Suite 301, New York 10010
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
--17--Michele Filgate KM
WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT May 2019
Based on the author’s viral Longreads essay, this anthology explores the many ways
that what we don’t talk about with our mothers affects us, for
better or for worse. Fifteen years ago, Michelle Filgate started
writing an essay about being abused at the hands of her
stepfather. It took many years for her to realize what she
was actually trying to write about: her mother being complicit in
the abuse.
When her essay, What My Mother And I Don't Talk About, was published by
Longreads in October of 2017, it went on to be one of the most popular Longreads
exclusives of the year, and was shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, Lidia
Yuknavitch, and many other writers who all had their own individual codes of silence to be broken. The
outpouring of response gave Filgate an idea and the resulting anthology offers personal and poignant
perspectives across this universal theme—the powerful things that we can’t discuss with the person who
is supposed to know us and love us the most.
Contributors include:
Cathi Hanauer Kiese Laymon
Melissa Febos Carmen Maria Machado
Alexander Chee André Aciman
Dylan Landis Sari Botton
Bernice L. McFadden Nayomi Munaweera
Julianna Baggott Brandon Taylor
Lynn Steger Strong Leslie Jamison
“These are the hardest stories in the world to tell, but they are told with absolute grace. You will devour these
beautifully written—and very important— tales of honesty, pain, and resilience.”
--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love
Territory: World
1st Serial/British/Translation/Electronic Version/Audio: Simon & Schuster
Electronic Adaptation/Film: Janklow & Nesbit/Melissa Flashman (212) 421-1700
mflashman@janklow.com
285 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor, New York 10017
Audio: Simon & Schuster Audio
Russian: Mann, Ivanov & Ferber
--18--Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. EG
POTATOES NOT PROZAC, Revised and Updated September 2019
Newly revised and updated, this classic bestselling book draws on new research to
help the millions of people who suffer from sugar sensitivity – without even being
aware of it.
Consumatoin of large quantities of sweets, breads, pasta, or alcohol and those
foods can trigger exhaustion and low self-esteem. If you are sugar sensitive, their
biochemical impact makes you crave them even more, doing more harm to your
body. This vicious cycle can continue for years, leaving sufferers overweight,
fatigued, depressed, and sometimes alcoholic.
In this updated and revised edition, Dr. DesMaisons explains the cutting edge science behind sugar
sensitivity, the behavioral consequences of it and then takes readers step by step through her
acclaimed program for healing it. Armed with years of further research and patient feedback, she
has improved her groundbreaking plan to make it even more effective and easier to follow. The
book will include a new Introduction, a new chapter and revisions and updates throughout.
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--19--Matt Goulet with illustrations by Andrew Janik SM/ZK
THIS IS THE BOOK YOU GIVE YOUR DAD May 2019
A catchall illustrated gift book for the number one dude in your life—Dad!—exploring pop culture and
practical wisdom, fully illustrated in four color.
This is the Book You Give Your Dad is brimming with facts, fun, wit and
wisdom—just like dad. With a custom design-your-own and fill-in-the-blank
dedication page, readers can even give off the illusion of putting real effort into
their gift giving.
The author—Matt Goulet, a senior editor for Men’s Health—has written sharp and
humorous investigations to the most pressing issues of fatherhood, from practical
guides like ‘The Power of the Power Nap: A How-To’ and ‘How to Give a Toast for Any Occasion,’ to
exaltations of fatherhood like ‘A Quick History of the Polo Shirt’ and ‘The Recliner: A Paean to the
Place Where You Sit.’ Accompanying these priceless bits of information are engaging, sleek
illustrations and infographics to make them pop off the page.
The book is 8x8 with 224 pages, four-color illustrations throughout.
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--20--Jean Case PP
BE FEARLESS January 2019
Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the
five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that change
the world. This book is a call to action for those seeking to live extraordinary
lives and bring about transformational change.
When National Geographic Chairman Jean Case set out to investigate the core
qualities of great change makers, past and present, from inventors to
revolutionaries, she found five surprising traits all had in common. They
weren’t wealth, privilege, or even genius. It was that all of these exceptional
men and women made a big bet, took risks, learned from their failures, reached
beyond their bubble, and let urgency conquer fear.
Jean Case is an actively engaged philanthropist, investor and a pioneer in the world of interactive
technologies. Her career in the private sector spanned nearly two decades before she and her
husband, Steve Case, created the Case Foundation in 1997.
The Case Foundation has already planned a yearlong marketing campaign to promote this book. Jean
Case will also call upon her extensive network – including the Case Foundation’s 300+ nonprofit
partners, the thirty-five philanthropic organizations of which she has served on the board, and high-
profile friends including Sheryl Sandberg and Bill and Melinda Gates – to support the book on social
media.
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Chinese (SI): Citic Press
Korean: Philmac Publishing
Portuguese (B): Alta Books
--21--Saeed Jones JC
HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES October 2019
A coming-of-age memoir, examining questions about the collision of manhood,
desire and race through the prism of the author’s own life.
How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning work written at the crossroads where
sex, race, and power collide. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course
across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and
adolescence — into tumultuous relationships with his mother and grandmother,
into passing flings with lovers, friends and strangers. Jones tells the story of a
black, gay boy from the South, as he comes to understand his identity, his
dreams, and the barbed-wire barriers that stand in his way.
Saeed Jones is the author of the acclaimed, award-winning poetry collection, Prelude to Bruise,
winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. Currently Buzzfeed’s Literary Editor, Jones
writes of growing up in the South as a gay black man. The book expands outward to take on
universal themes and questions about sexuality, race, family ties and the crooked paths we take to
establish our own identities in the world.
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--22--Nagoski, Emily Ph.D. JH
THE COME AS YOU ARE WORKBOOK June 2019
A new, practical workbook from the New York Times bestselling author
of Come As You Are that allows you to apply the book’s groundbreaking
research and understanding of why and how women’s sexuality works to
everyday life.
Come As You Are proved that the most important factor in creating and
sustaining a woman’s sex life is not what the parts are, but how you feel
about them. Which means that things like stress, mood, trust, and body
image are not peripheral factors in a woman’s sexual wellbeing; they are
central to it.
The Come As You Are Workbook is a practical companion to this bestselling guide, filled
with new activities, prompts, and thought-provoking examples to help you exercise and
expand on the knowledge you’ve learned. This collection of worksheets, journaling prompts,
illustrations, and diagrams is a practical and engaging companion for anyone who wants to
further their understanding of their own bodies and sex lives.
Educated and experienced, Emily Nagoski has worked with the leading minds in the field of
sexuality and women’s health and teaches the most popular class at Smith College, where
she is an esteemed educator and campus favorite. Her blog, The Dirty Normal, reaches
25,000 readers per month.
Praise for Come As You Are:
Nagoski’s book deserves plaudits for the rare achievement of merging pop science and the sexual self-
help genre in prose that’s not insufferably twee. . . . [Come As You Are] offers up hard facts on the
science of arousal and desire in a friendly and accessible way.” —The Guardian (UK)
This is the best book I have ever read about sexual desire and why some couples just stop having sex,
and what they can do about it. Come As You Are is an absolutely necessary guide for all couples who
want to understand the ups and downs in their own sex life. It is a must read!” —John Gottman,
Ph.D., author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
“Emily Nagoski has written one of the most important books about sex any woman (or anybody else)
could ever pick up, full of insights that are both fascinating and deeply useful. Synthesizing new
research and theory about sexuality with old-school sex-positive information of the sort you didn’t
learn in sex ed (unless, perhaps, you are a Unitarian, or Scandinavian, or lucky enough to be in Dr.
Nagoski’s class), I guarantee Come As You Are will open minds and change lives.” — Carol Queen,
Ph.D., Founding director, Center for Sex & Culture
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--23--COME AS YOU ARE (March 2015)
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Serbian: Laguna
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Ukrainian: Hemiro
--24--Alexandra Sacks, M.D. and Catherine Birndorf, M.D. MH
WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU April 2019
A practical and reassuring guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early
motherhood, from two top reproductive psychiatrists.
When you are pregnant, you get plenty of advice about your growing body
and developing baby. Yet what every pregnant woman really wants to know:
is this normal? Is it normal for my sex drive to disappear or to go into
overdrive? Is it normal to have nesting urges or an overloaded “mommy
brain”? Is it normal not to feel love at first sight for my baby? Is it normal to
argue with my partner? For Dr. Sacks and Dr. Birndorf, the answer is yes.
In What No One Tells You, Drs. Sacks and Birndorf provide a road map for mothers-to-be,
detailing the complicated emotions that bubble up and explaining the psychological and hormonal
backstory as to why. With 30 years of combined experience counseling mothers, the authors help
new mothers feel less guilt and more self-esteem, less isolation and more kinship, less resentment
and more intimacy, less exhaustion and more pleasure, and learn other tips to navigate the ups
and downs of this exciting, demanding time.
Alexandra Sacks, MD, is a reproductive psychiatrist affiliated with the Women’s Program at the
Columbia University Medical Center. A leading expert in “matrescence,” she is known for popularizing
the concept in her TED talk with over one million views worldwide, and in her New York Times article
“The Birth of a Mother,” the number one most read piece of 2017 for the “Well Family” section, where
she is a regular contributor.
Catherine Birndorf, MD, is Co-founder and Medical Director of The Motherhood Center, a treatment
center in New York City for pregnant and new moms experiencing anxiety and depression. Dr. Birndorf
is Founding Director of the Payne Whitney Women's Program at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics &
Gynecology. She is the author of The Nine Rooms of Happiness, co-authored with Lucy Danziger.
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Romanian: Elena Francisc Publishing
--25--Jean Edward Smith RB
THE LIBERATION OF PARIS July 2019
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the dramatic story of
the liberation of Paris during World War II—a triumph that was achieved through the
remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, all racing to save the city
from destruction.
Following their breakout from Normandy in late June 1944, the Allies swept across
northern France in pursuit of the German army. The Allies intended to bypass Paris
and cross the Rhine into Germany, ending the war before winter set in. Charles de
Gaulle, the leading figure of the Free French government, urged General Dwight
Eisenhower to divert forces to liberate Paris and against the advice of most of his staff,
Eisenhower did.
In The Liberation of Paris, Jean Edward Smith puts this dramatic event in context, showing how the
decision to free the city came at a heavy price: it slowed the Allied momentum and allowed the
Germans to regroup. After the war, German generals argued that Eisenhower’s decision to enter Paris
prolonged the war for another six months. Was Paris worth this price? Smith answers this question in
his superb, dramatic history of one of the great events of World War II—published seventy-five years
after the liberation.
Jean Edward Smith is the author of Bush, a biography of the 43rd president; Eisenhower in War and
Peace; FDR, winner of the 2008 Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians; Grant, a
2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist; and John Marshall: Definer of a Nation.
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65 Bleecker Street, New York 10012
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--26--Barry Strauss RB
TEN CAESARS March 2019
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss tells the story of three and a half
centuries of the Roman Empire through the lives of ten of the most important
emperors, from Augustus to Constantine.
During these centuries, the Roman Empire reached from modern-day Britain to
Iraq. By the fourth century, the time of Constantine, the Empire had changed so
dramatically in geography, ethnicity, religion, and culture that it would have
been virtually unrecognizable to Augustus. Strauss examines this enduring
heritage through the lives of the men who shaped it: Augustus, Tiberius, Nero,
Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Diocletian
and Constantine. Over the ages, they learned to maintain the family business—the government of an
empire—by adapting when necessary and always persevering no matter the cost.
Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University, is a leading expert on ancient
military history. He has written or edited several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan
War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, and The Death of Caesar.
“No one knows the secrets, the curses, the power and the glory of the Imperial families of Rome better
than Barry Strauss. His Ten Caesars is captivating--essential reading for Romanophiles and for
everyone who seeks to understand the most formidable personalities of the Roman Empire.”
—Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons and The Poison King
"In a single volume, Barry Strauss delivers the near-impossible: a straightforward, factual, insightful
survey of the vast and turbulent history of Rome’s emperors from Augustus to Constantine. The writing
is lively and incisive. Any reader, from novice to expert, will arrive at the final page with a clearer
understanding of the men (and sometimes women) who oversaw the shifting fortunes of Rome for over
three hundred years." —Steven Saylor, author of The Throne of Caesar and the New York Times
bestseller Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
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Italian: Giuseppe Laterza & Figli
Russian: Olymp Business Publishers
Spanish (W): Edhasa
--27--DEATH OF CAESAR (March 2015)
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French: Albin Michel
German: WBG
Greek: Fantastikos Kosmos
Italian: Giuseppe Laterza & Figli
Portuguese (B): Pensamento
Russian: Olymp Business
Spanish (W): Palabra
Swedish: Natur Och Kultur
Turkish: Say Yayinlari
--28--SIMON & SCHUSTER FICTION
--29--JUST ACQUIRED
THE ROXY LETTERS
by Mary Pauline Lowry
Publication: March 2020
A quirky, funny, completely irresistible novel that will make you think of The Rosie Project and Bridget
Jones Diary and put a smile on your face from page one to the end.
The novel is entirely comprised of letters our winsome 28-year old
heroine is writing to her ex-boyfriend (and roommate)
Everett. The letters unfold with a captivating stream of
consciousness and showcase Roxy’s charming idiosyncrasies and
observations. The narrative chronicles a few pivotal months in
Roxy’s life, which unfold with delightful
randomness and unpredictability.
Whether it’s protesting a corporate
giant destroying her beloved Austin
neighborhood, meeting a one of a kind
new best friend, getting revenge on the meth heads that live
next door, dabbling in something called, “Orgasmic Meditation,” or her various romantic
entanglements, Roxy’s life is never boring. Along the way, complementing the hijinks and
laugh out loud quips, is smart and subversive commentary about gentrification,
capitalism and how hard it is to find your way.
Mary Pauline Lowry is the author of the novel Wildfire and she is a regular contributor to O, the Oprah
Magazine. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The
Millions, Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications.
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--30--JUST ACQUIRED
FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS
FOREVER
By Rachel Beanland
Publication: August 2020
Florence Adler Swims Forever is a heartwarming, tender family saga with nuanced characters and a propulsive,
twisty plot that raises fascinating questions about the lengths we go to in order to protect the people we love the
most, all set against the wonderful backdrop of the Jewish community in 1930s Atlantic City.
The novel opens in June of 1934 in Atlantic City, with the drowning death of Florence Adler, who has recently
returned home from college with one goal in mind: to swim the English Channel by summer’s. In the wake of
Florence’s death, her family and friends must negotiate her loss over the course of one summer. The tragedy
occurs unbeknownst to Fannie Feldman, Florence’s older sister, who is pregnant again
after recently losing a baby and on bedrest at the hospital. Her mother, Esther, fears the
news will be too much for Fannie to bear and decides that the family must keep
Florence’s death a secret—at least until the baby is born. This decision will have dire
consequences, and its resulting tensions become the backdrop against which long-buried
family dramas resurface as the Adlers try to pick up the pieces of their former lives.
Told from rotating points of view, the novel features a diverse cast of richly drawn and
unforgettable characters. Staying with the Adler family is Anna Epstein, a young Hungarian woman, almost
exactly Florence’s age, who Joseph recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany. Her connection to the family
becomes apparent as the story unfolds.
For readers of Beatriz Williams and Anita Diamant. the novel offers a trenchant and often humorous look at the
dysfunctional relationships inherent to every family. With the brisk pace of a beachside page-turner, the second
half of the book unfolds with an indelible love story that is both captivating and surprising, and ultimately,
uplifting.
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--31--Megan Miranda MSR
THE LAST HOUSE GUEST June 2019
From New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and Perfect
Stranger comes another deep, dark, and twisty tale that confirms Megan Miranda’s
reputation as one of the most exciting voices in suspense. In this new novel, the
summer after a wealthy young summer guest dies under suspicious circumstances,
her best friend lives under a cloud of grief and suspicion.
Littleport, Maine has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave
for the wealthy and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose
livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. A close friendship developing between a
local and a summer girl is unusual – but that’s just what happened with Avery Greer and Sadie Loman.
Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable – until Sadie is found dead. While the police
rule the death a suicide, Avery can’t help but feel there are those in the community, including a local
detective and Sadie’s brother Parker, who blame her.
Someone knows more than they’re saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name, before the facts get
twisted against her.
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ALL THE MISSING GIRLS (June 2016)
British: Atlantic Books
Croatian: Znanje
Czech: Euromedia
Dutch: Uitgeverij De Fontein
Estonian: Kirjastus Gallus
French: Editions de La Martiniere
German: Penguin Verlag
Hungarian: Agave Konyvek
Indonesian: Noura Books
Italian: Piemme
Japanese: Futami Shobo
Lithuanian: Kitos Knygos
--32--Polish: Znak
Portuguese (B): Verus Editora
Portuguese (P): Topseller (20/20 Editora)
Russian: Exmo
Slovak: Ikar
Spanish: Malpaso
Thai: Jamsai
Turkish: Indigo Kitap
THE PERFECT STRANGER (April 2017)
British: Atlantic Books
Czech: Euromedia
French: Editions de La Martiniere
German: Penguin Verlag
Hungarian: Agave Konyvek
Latvian: Agpads
Lithuanian: Kitos Knygos
Polish: Znak
Portuguese (P): Topseller (20/20 Editora)
Russian: Eksmo
Turkish: Indigo Kitap
--33--Trish Harnetiaux SM
WHITE ELEPHANT October 2019
A crackling Christmas mystery that combines murder and blackmail at a
holiday office party, in a mashup reminiscent of Big Little Lies and Clue.
White Elephant gifts are unusual or fun gifts meant to entertain and
exchange anonymously at Christmas parties
There are only a few rules in a White Elephant gift exchange: Everyone
brings a wrapped gift. No name. Numbers are drawn to decide who picks
first. You don’t want to draw an early number, because anyone who picks
after you can steal your gift, and anyone after them can steal their gift, and so
on. Gifts don’t need to be pricey—and often they’re downright tacky.
But things are a little different in Aspen, Colorado, at the office holiday party for the tony real estate
firm owned by Dan McCallion and his ex-wife, Ottoline. Each Christmas sparks a contest among the
already competitive staff to see who can buy the most coveted gift, the one that will get stolen the
most times, the one that will prove just how many more commissions they earned that year than their
colleagues. This year, though, there’s a strange gift in the mix: an antique crystal vase. At least the
sales agents are guessing it’s an antique. It’s certainly not very pretty or expensive-looking. In fact,
the gift makes sense only to Dan and Ottoline. The vase is the weapon Dan used to commit a murder
years ago, a murder that helped start his company, a murder that Ottoline helped cover up. She swore
that no one would ever be able to find the vase or trace it to their crime. So which of their employees
did? And why did they place it in the White Elephant? What could possibly be their endgame?
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--34--Cara Wall MSR
THE DEARLY BELOVED October 2019
A luminous debut novel for fans of Ann Patchett and Courtney Sullivan that traces
two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become
co-pastors at a famed New York city parish in the 1960s.
Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They are brought together in Greenwich Village
in 1965 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic First
Presbyterian Church. In The Dearly Beloved, we follow these two couples
through courtship and marriage, to their inevitable connection in New York City
in 1965. While Charles and James are complementary, Lily’s antipathy for Nan is
instant. Against the backdrop of massive changes facing the city and the church’s parishoners, these
four forge their own paths. Through their evolving relationships – marital and otherwise – each of
these indelible character struggles with uncertainty and faith, joy and heartbreak.
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--35--. Liza Wieland CG
PARIS, 7 A.M. July 2019
A stunning literary novel that reimagines the life of the great American poet,
Elizabeth Bishop, centering on the time she spent in Paris in 1937, early in her
career when the axis of Hitler and Mussolini began to loom in Europe.
Elizabeth Bishop received the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for her collection, Poems:
North & South/A Cold Spring and her Complete Poems won the National Book
Award in 1970. In this brilliant novel, Wieland follows Bishop from Vassar to her
latter days in Brazil. They novel begins in June 1937 when Elizabeth arrives in
Paris in search of an escape and inspiration from her protective world of Vassar
College where she was expected to find a husband and act accordingly. But the world was changing,
and as she and her roommate arrive in the City of Light, the larger threats of fascism and occupation
are looming large. There, they meet a community of upper-crust ex-patriates who not only bring
them along on a life-changing adventure, but also into an underground world of rebellion that will
alter the course of their lives forever.
This sweeping, stirring novel follows Elizabeth on her journeys throughout Europe and Brazil,
bringing the reader along in the years leading up to, during, and after the Second World War.
Liza Wieland is the 2017 winner of the Robert Penn Warren Prize from the Fellowship of Southern
Writers, previously awarded to Cormac McCarthy, Madison Smartt Bell, and Dorothy Allen, among
others. Her other work has won two Pushcart Prizes, the Michigan Literary Fiction Award, and a
fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her novel-in-stories, Land of
Enchantment, was a longlist finalist for the 2016 Chautauqua Prize.
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