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London 2020 HighlightsDYSTEL, GODERICH & BOURRETAdult Nonfiction***STEPHANIE FOOStephanie Foo is a writer and radio producer. She most recently was a producer at the radio show This American Life, which reaches 5 million listeners every week. Before that, she helped create the public radio show Snap Judgment, where she produced nearly 200 stories in 4 years. Her radio work has aired on podcasts like Reply All, 99% Invisible, Radiolab, Nancy, Bodies and Today, Explained. Foo is an acclaimed advocate for diversity in all forms. She wrote a viral article for Transom about the importance of diverse workplaces, particularly in newsrooms, and speaks frequently on the topic of diversity and inclusion. She wrote another viral article for Vox on the importance of Crazy Rich Asians for Asian-Americans. Foo occasionally works in video, and produced a series of short films for This American Life called "Videos 4 U." One of these shorts was nominated for three Daytime Emmy awards, and won an Emmy for Best Directing, Special Class. Foo is a noted speaker and instructor. She’s a 2019 Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University and has spoken at Columbia, Vassar, Yale, Berkeley and CUNY. She has taught workshops for the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies, Transom and UnionDocs, and has given speeches for Argentina’s Tecnópolis, ABC Radio Australia, The Journalism and Women Symposium, and PRX. Foo is a 2019-2020 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow and will be presenting THE UNMAKING to Rosalynn Carter and a panel of mental health experts at the 2020 Fellowship Meeting in September. THE UNMAKINGPopular ScienceBallantine (publication date TBD)47879000Stephanie Foo was an accomplished journalist, a producer at?This American Life, won an Emmy, and launched a podcasting app, but behind her office door she was having panic attacks. ?At the age of 30 she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD. ?Finding few resources to help her heal, Stephanie set out to write her own guide, THE UNMAKING. With the determination and curiosity of an award-winning journalist, Stephanie investigates the science behind Complex PTSD and how it has shaped her own life. She interviews experts and tries a variety of therapies. ?She also dives into her past of extreme child abuse and neglect and uncovers family secrets. THE UNMAKING will be a science-based, remarkably candid account of what it's like to heal from Complex PTSD. While someone can develop PTSD from a single traumatic event, Complex PTSD blooms when the trauma happens over and over and over, over the course of years. Risk factors include being hit or verbally abused by a caretaker, having mentally ill, alcoholic or addict parents, or even facing poverty. Those numbers alone add up to around 50 million people. And that’s not including the large populations of those who may have developed Complex PTSD through domestic abuse, continual health issues, or POC and queer people living in threatening and discriminatory environments. They need help. And yet…nobody is talking about it. THE UNMAKING will describe how C-PTSD is, essentially, brain damage, and the tragic impact it has on bodies and minds. But unlike the academic books on C-PTSD, Stephanie will also share how it feels to learn that science as a survivor. She writes about her doubts, anguish, terrible setbacks, and ultimately, successes. She breaks down potential treatments for C-PTSD—a multitude of drugs, acupuncture, meditation, EMDR, even hyperventilating in a room. In the end, THE UNMAKING is a fascinating exploration of a psychological phenomenon we’re only beginning to understand and a relevant and powerful narrative of reckoning and healing. THE UNMAKING sold at auction in the US and there is already substantial international interest.A proposal is available for submission. A complete manuscript should be available in 2021.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available. ***JONATHAN BALCOMBEJonathan Balcombe was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and What a Fish Knows, a New York Times bestseller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection.SUPER FLYThe Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful InsectsPopular SciencePenguin Books/November 2020Flies may be the most successful group of animals on Earth. Their numbers are exceeded only by ants, and in diversity they are poised to dethrone beetles, with 1,600 new species being discovered yearly. SUPER FLY, by ethologist and critically acclaimed author Jonathan Balcombe, presents a glittering extravaganza of the improbable, audacious, and miraculous ways that flies get on in a world that otherwise only seems to be run by humans. Flies’ astonishing constellation of lifestyles finds them inhabiting deserts, oceans, polar regions, even petroleum deposits. The cheese skipper is named for its maggots’ role in ripening a type of sheep’s milk cheese produced for centuries in Sardinia. Notoriously, these paragons of parasitism also invade the bodies of countless hosts. Some intrepid flies prey on injured ants, then use the decapitated head capsule as a safe haven. Another shacks up in the leg joints of a spider where, sometimes years later, the developed larvae induce the spider to obligingly spin a protective web that provides shelter for the flies’ pupal stage. Much to our chagrin, it is flies, most notably mosquitoes, that have opted enthusiastically for another form of parasitism: stealing blood, with consequences ranging from annoying to dire. But we have much to thank flies for. Without their janitorial services we would soon be awash with organic waste, and disease, and squalor would run rampant. Fly pollinators are crucial to global food supplies, and as members of food webs, flies are indispensable as consumer and consumed. Even forensics gets a fly boost; the presence of their larvae has helped solve hundreds of murder cases and exonerated many falsely accused. Drawing on biology, history, culture, and personal experiences, SUPER FLY book inspires wonder at the diversity, complexity, and success of flies, and raises awareness that our very existence hinges on a network of interacting species.1724660000Praise for What a Fish Knows:Longlisted for the 2017 PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardOne of the 10 Best Popular Science Books of 2016: Biological Sciences, ForbesOne of the Week's Best Science Picks, NatureA "Must Read" Book, The Sunday Times (London) One of the Best Books of the Year, National Post"Latest Reads to Pique Your Curiosity," The Toronto Star“Numerous books have shown me how utterly ignorant I am about most creatures I share this planet with, but none humbled me more than What a Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe.” ―Cornelia Funke, The Observer"In What A Fish Knows, Jonathan Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings. I hope reading it will help people become more aware of the benefits of vegetarianism and the need to treat animals with respect." ―The Dalai Lama"An extended exploration of the world from a piscine perspective . . . Balcombe makes a persuasive case that what fish know is quite a lot." ―Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books"[An] exhaustively researched and elegantly written argument for the moral claims of ichthyofauna." ―Nathan Heller, The New Yorker"With the vivacious energy of a cracking good storyteller, Balcombe draws deeply from scientific studies and his own experience." ―Publishers WeeklyA complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in summer 2020.DGB controls translation rights. Penguin controls U.K. rights.All rights are available.***JESS PHOENIXJess Phoenix is a volcanologist, host of the Catastrophe! podcast, and co-founder of environmental scientific research organization Blueprint Earth. She also ran for United States Congress against a climate science denier. Her expertise is in lava flows and natural hazards, with an emphasis on volcanic hazards. Her work has taken her to six continents, where she has organized and led over 25 scientific research expeditions. She has been chased by narco-traffickers in Mexico, dodged armed thieves in remote Peru, raced horses across Mongolia, worked on the world’s largest volcano in Hawaii, piloted the Jason2 submersible on an undersea volcano, and explored deep in the Australian Outback. Jess is a Fellow in The Explorers Club and the Royal Geographical Society, a featured scientist on the Discovery and Science Channels, an invited TEDx speaker, and she has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, in Wired, Fast Company, on National Public Radio, on CNN, NBC, and the BBC. She was recently invited to serve on the Geological Society of America's Geosciences and Public Policy Committee to work directly with the United States federal government.MS. ADVENTURE My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and LifePopular ScienceTimber Press/Spring 20215130800889000Volcanologist, natural hazards expert, Twitter sensation, and founder of Blueprint Earth Jess Phoenix has dedicated her career to making scientific exploration accessible to as many people as possible. That work has taken her to jungles and glaciers across the globe as well as to university classrooms and Discovery Channel studios; she’s found herself at glittering cocktail parties in Manhattan’s elite Explorers Club and fixing a flat tire on the side of the world’s largest volcano with a ballpoint pen, bubblegum, and duct tape.? ?MS. ADVENTURE is the story of how she earned acceptance into the extraordinary world of exploration—and how her curiosity shoved her headlong into deep-sea submersibles, congressional races, and numerous pairs of Caterpillar work boots in the quest to open up the birthright of exploration and science to every human. MS. ADVENTURE is a hybrid of Wild and Lab Girl that offers a much-needed kick in the pants for each and every one of us to get out of our comfort zones and start exploring our rapidly changing world. ?Jess Phoenix has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Popular Science, Earth, Nature, Science, on CNN, NBC, CBS, PBS, Seeker, AJ+, The Verge, NPR, and more, and has built an active social media platform of 90k+ followers. A complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in late 2020.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.***SARAH HAYS COOMERSarah Hays Coomer is a "diet abolitionist," a Certified Personal Trainer with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, a certified Nutrition and Wellness Coach and Prenatal Fitness Specialist with the American Fitness Professionals & Associates, and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Sarah is the author of two books: Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist (2018, Seal Press/Hachette) and Lightness of Body and Mind: A Radical Approach to Weight and Wellness (2016, Rowman & Littlefield). Her work has been featured in Shape, MSN, The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Huffington Post, and Bustle, among others. She has spoken at organizations and universities nationwide including Google, Vanderbilt University, the Women's March 2019, and others.THE HABIT TRIPSelf-HelpRunning Press/Fall 202045446953175000THE HABIT TRIP is an actionable, "choose your own adventure,"?Oh, The Places You'll Go?romp—for grown-ups lost in a dizzying wonderland of ambition, passion, frustration, and fatigue. Raise your hand if you have zero aches and pains, no bad habits, and no stress. If that's you, put this book down and step away. You are super-human and should make yourself scarce before the rest of us either deify you or imprison you for crimes against humanity. If, on the other hand, you generally feel more like a Tasmanian devil than a Zen monk, settle in. Take a look around. You have landed at the central intersection of your life, at the place where ten primary aspects of your health and happiness meet: Time, Sleep, Food, Fitness, Space, Play, Community, Money, Spirit, and Voice. Author, health coach, personal trainer, and "diet abolitionist,"?Sarah Hays Coomer will offer you a bottle of water, a bag of trail mix, and a sun-bleached, fill-in-the-blank roadmap. By the end of THE HABIT TRIP you will have identified which areas of your life are working, which are not, and how you plan to fix the ones that aren’t with personalized reinforcements for both high- and low-stress periods of your life. Your challenges. Your solutions. Your way.?You already have all of the answers you need. This book will help you find them.A complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in summer 2020.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.******JOHN GLATTEnglish-born John Glatt is the author of more than twenty books, and has over thirty years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, including Dateline NBC, Fox News, A Current Affair, BBC World News, and A&E Biography.THE PERFECT FATHERTrue CrimeSt. Martin’s/July 2020In THE PERFECT FATHER, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Colorado family whose storybook life turned into a nightmare.In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family’s safe return.But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: he had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The perfect mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family’s Facebook accounts was slipping—and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, sexual ambivalence, and boiling rage.In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century.1315720000Praise for John Glatt:“Thoroughly researched and thoroughly disturbing.” ―Booklist on The Family Next Door"This chilling portrayal of abuse and secrecy may leave readers looking differently at their neighbors." ―Publishers Weekly on The Family Next Door"Chilling." ―People on My Sweet Angel"The murder case John Glatt recounts in lurid detail...is too bizarre for a work of fiction." ―New York Times Book Review on The Prince of ParadiseA complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in late spring 2020.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.***SARA FAITH ALTERMANSara Faith Alterman is a writer and producer. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Architectural Digest, The Boston Phoenix, McSweeney's, and, most recently, the anthology 'Modern Loss: Candid Conversations About Grief' (Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer, Harper Wave, 2018). For over a decade she's been producing the New England chapter of Mortified, the long-running stage show and podcast featuring adults sharing the hilariously awkward artifacts of their youth.?LET’S NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS AGAINMemoirGrand Central/June 2020 5053965000Samantha Irby meets Bettyville in this darkly funny and poignant memoir about love, loss, Alzheimer's, and reviving her father's pornographic writing career from?Mortified?writer and producer Sara Faith Alterman.12-year-old Sara enjoyed an G-rated existence in suburban New England, filled with over-the-top birthday cakes, Revolutionary War reenactments, and nerdy word games invented by her prudish father, Ira. But Sara's world changed for the icky, when she discovered that Ira had been shielding her from the truth; that he was a campy sex writer who'd sold millions of books in multiple languages, including the wildly popular 'Games You Can Play with Your Pussy.' Which was, to the naive Sara's horror, not a book about cats. For decades the books remained an unspoken family secret, until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease...and announced he'd be reviving his writing career. With Sara's help.In this cringeworthy, hilarious, and moving memoir, Sara shares the profound experience of discovering new facets of her father; once as a child, and again as an adult. LET’S NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN is a must-read confessional from a woman who spent years trying to find humor in the perverse and optimism in the darkness, and succeeded.A complete manuscript is available for submission and translation.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights. All rights are available. ***LEE VAN DER VOOLee van der Voo is an award-winning investigative and environmental journalist. Her work has appeared in Reuters, the New York Times, High Country News, Atlantic, Slate, the Guardian, and others. Lee’s reporting has been supported by significant awards and fellowships, including the Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship, an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and the Lizzie Grossman Grant for Environmental Health Reporting. Her 2016 book The Fish Market, which chronicles the gentrification of the sea in the name of sustainable seafood, won an Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction. Lee is deeply involved in nonprofit journalism, formerly working as the Managing Director of the nonprofit journalism studio InvestigateWest.AS THE WORLD BURNSPopular ScienceSeptember 202051435001778000In 2015, a group of kids sued the federal government over climate change. Their case has the potential to be the civil rights trial of our century, but it hasn’t happened yet. Instead, both the Obama and Trump Administrations have deployed legal tactics to stymie the case, leaving our nation’s courts in a tangle. In AS THE WORLD BURNS, Lee van der Voo tells the plaintiffs’ story. Readers are introduced to 16-year-old Jayden Foytlin, whose Louisiana home has already flooded twice during her short lifetime, and to 21-year-old Jacob Lebel, whose Oregon farm is threatened by the planned path of a natural gas pipeline with dubious benefit. No matter their circumstances, all of the plaintiffs are fighting to prove that the government continues to knowingly destroy and endanger the climate system. Timely, important, and urgent, AS THE WORLD BURNS reveals the human side of the climate crisis, the dire effects of decades of inaction, and the potential pitfalls of tackling our environmental issues in the courts.Praise for Lee van der Voo's The Fish Market:"Bold, important, engaging, and intimate, The Fish Market will be especially appealing to readers who connect with environmental problems through personalized accounts." —Booklist"In The Fish Market, Lee van der Voo uses her gifts for storytelling and imbedded reporting to skillfully lay out the economic, environmental, and societal trade-offs of privatizing American commercial fishing. A timely page-turner of a book!" —James McClintock, author of A Naturalist Goes FishingA complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in summer 2020.DGB controls translation rights. Timber controls U.K. rights.All rights are available.***SHREVE STOCKTONShreve Stockton?is an author, photographer, cow whisperer, coyote wrangler, and all-around adventurer. She authored?The Daily Coyote, a memoir on raising an orphaned coyote. In 2010, she founded Star Brand Beef, a company devoted to keeping cattle out of feedlots and raising grass-finished pastured beef, prioritizing the humane treatment of animals and ethical stewardship of the land.MEDITATIONS WITH COWSWhat I’ve Learned from Daisy, the Dairy Cow Who Changed My LifeMemoirTarcher Perigee/September 20205211445889000In MEDITATIONS WITH COWS, Shreve Stockton inspires a reverential attitude toward these affectionate and intelligent creatures as she shares captivating stories and photos of ranch life.At the center of the narrative is Daisy, the matriarch of the herd. Through the daily ritual of milking, Stockton forges a relationship with Daisy that transcends seasons: "When you have a milk cow, you are together every day, no matter the weather, no matter either of your moods. The hind leg of this 1,200-pound animal towers over you as you crouch beside her... both of you aware of the fact that one well-aimed kick could kill you if she wished. Yet, you are allowed to rest your cheek and forehead against her warm belly as you milk... her trust in you entwined with your trust in her, you become family."For anyone who loves animals or cares about the environmental impact of their food, Stockton explores conservation and the important role of cattle in local ecosystems, models the humane treatment of animals, and shows how pastured cattle can be our allies in averting climate crisis. Blending together narrative, science, and thoughtful reflection, MEDITATIONS WITH COWS offers a moving portrait of the rhythms of work, life, and death on the ranch.A complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in late spring 2020.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.***STACEY STEINBERGStacey is a legal skills professor at the University of Florida. She writes about family, law, photography, and culture. Visit her website at GROWING UP SHAREDHow Parents Can Share Smarter on Social Media-and What You Can Do to Keep Your Family Safe in a No-Privacy WorldParentingSourcebooks/August 20205429250444500Is it okay to share details about my child's life on social media? What kinds of pictures should I avoid posting? Am I taking away my kids' ownership over their future online footprint?It has never been easier to share our lives online―from meals to selfies and relationship statuses to locations, information about our daily activities flows freely. But what about our right to share our kids' lives? In today's age of ""sharenting"", striking the right balance between engaging in online communities and respecting a child's privacy and safety can be difficult. In Growing Up Shared, Stacey Steinberg, law professor, mother, and expert on the intersection of social media and parenting, shares her insights. From her years of research, Steinberg outlines what parents should and should not feel comfortable sharing, while providing suggestions and ideas for a wide range of approaches, including: How we can benefit from sharing, and how screens can connect us; The dangers of oversharing; How to model behavior online; The difference in how parents and kids view online sharing; The importance of educating kids about technology. Engaging, approachable, and with concrete takeaways for today's parents, GROWING UP SHARED investigates the benefits and risks of sharing our kids' lives on social media, and will help any parent decide on the right path for their family to follow in the online world.A complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in spring 2020.DGB controls translation rights. Sourcebooks controls U.K. rights.All rights are available.***MARK BITTMAN and DAVID L. KATZ, MDMark Bittman is the author of thirty acclaimed books, including the How to Cook Everything series, the award-winning?Food Matters,?and the?New York Times?number-one bestseller,?VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00. For more than two decades his popular and compelling stories appeared in the?Times,?where he was ultimately the lead food writer for the Sunday magazine and became the country’s first food-focused Op-Ed columnist for a major news publication. Bittman has starred in four television series, including Showtime’s Emmy-winning?Years of Living Dangerously.?His 2007 TED talk has had more than a million views. In 2015 he was a distinguished fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; he is currently a fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Bittman’s previous books have sold in Brazil (Leya); Netherlands (Karakter); Russia (Azbooka/Atticus); and Taiwan (Yuan-Liou and Walker Cultural Enterprises).?David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM?is the founding director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin?Prevention Research Center, Past-President of the?American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Founder/President of the True Health Initiative He invented the research method known as “evidence mapping;” is the principal inventor of the?Overall Nutritional Quality Index?(ONQI) algorithm; and invented the dietary intake assessment method called?Diet Quality Photo Navigation.? He has authored roughly 200 peer-reviewed publications and many hundreds of health columns both on-line and in print. Katz is recognized globally for expertise in nutrition, weight management and the prevention of chronic disease. Katz’s previous books have sold in Germany (Mozaik). Mark Bittman and David L. Katz are co-authors of HOW TO EAT. Bittman is represented for this title by Angela Miller of Miller Bowers, but DGB is taking the lead on foreign submission for the title on behalf of both authors and Miller Bowers.HOW TO EATAll Your Food and Diet Questions AnsweredHealthHoughton Mifflin Harcourt/March 202049637958255000Bestselling author Mark Bittman and physician David Katz cut through all the noise on food, health, and diet to give you the real answers you need?What is the “best” diet? Do calories matter? And when it comes to protein, fat, and carbs, which ones are good and which are bad? Mark Bittman and health expert David Katz answer all these questions and more in a lively and easy-to-read Q&A format. Inspired by their viral hit article on Grub Street—one of?New York?magazine’s most popular and most-shared articles—Bittman and Katz share their clear, no-nonsense perspective on food and diet, answering questions covering everything from basic nutrients to superfoods to fad diets. Topics include dietary patterns (Just what?should?humans eat?); grains (Aren’t these just “carbs”? Do I need to avoid gluten?); meat and dairy (Does grass-fed matter?); alcohol (Is drinking wine actually good for me?); and more. Throughout, Bittman and Katz filter the science of diet and nutrition through a lens of common sense, delivering straightforward advice with a healthy dose of wit."Bittman and Katz are the Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle of eating."?—Sanjay Gupta, MD, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNNA complete manuscript is available for submission and translation.DGB controls translation rights. HMH control U.K. rights.All rights are available.Adult Fiction***LAYNE FARGOLayne Fargo is the author of the thrillers Temper and They Never Learn. She’s a Pitch Wars mentor, Vice President of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the cocreator of the podcast Unlikeable Female Characters. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.THEY NEVER LEARNThrillerScout Press/October 202046875701587500From the author of the "raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless" (USA Today bestselling author Wendy Walker)?Temper?comes an addictive psychological thriller?about two?women who give bad men exactly what they deserve.Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder.Every year, she finds the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided suspicion so far, but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school appoints her alluring colleague Dr. Mina Pierce to probe into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close, Scarlett insinuates herself into the investigation?(and Mina's bed).?Everything’s going according to her master plan—until she loses control with her latest victim, putting her secret life at serious risk of exposure.Meanwhile, Gorman student Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year. Finally free of her emotionally abusive father, all Carly wants is to focus on her studies and fade into the background. Her new roommate has other ideas. Allison Hadley is cool and confident—everything Carly wishes she could be—and the two girls quickly form an intense friendship. When Allison is sexually assaulted at a party, Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay . . . and turning her violent revenge fantasies into a reality.With Layne Fargo’s signature “propulsive writing style” (Kirkus) and “violently sensuous suspense” (BookPage),?THEY NEVER LEARN is a?feminist serial killer story perfect?for fans of?Killing Eve?and Chelsea Cain. “This gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller follows a college professor doing the lord's work: taking out the rapists, predators, and abusers the college and court system consistently lets off the hook. Fargo explores the mind of a killer with incredible nuance while taking us behind the scenes of competitive academia, challenging us to come up with a better solution if we feel distaste for her protagonist's crimes. THEY NEVER LEARN is a feminist powerhouse of a thriller that will shock readers as much as it satisfies them.” - Wendy HeardA complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in summer 2020.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.***COLLEEN HOOVERColleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and international bestselling author of It Ends With Us, Ugly Love, Hopeless, Slammed, Never Never (with Tarryn Fisher), and many others. She lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. She is the founder of The Bookworm Box, a non-profit book subscription service and bookstore in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Colleen’s other books have been published in the US (Atria), Italy (Rizzoli, Fanucci), Brazil (Record), Turkey (Epsilon), Czech Republic (Euromedia), Slovak Republic (Ikar), Hungary (Konyvmolykepzo), Romania (Epica), Spain (Debolsillo/PRH; Planeta), Vietnam (ThaiUyen), Russia (Azbooka-Atticus), Germany (dtv), France (Fleuve Noir, Hugo & Cie), Serbia (Dereta, Laguna), Poland (Otwarte), Greece (Papadopoulos), Albania (Morava), UK (S&S), Slovenia (Mladinska Knjiga), Croatia (Algoritam, Naklada Neptune), Taiwan (Thinkingdom), Netherlands (VBK), Korea (Random House Korea, Mirae Media), Indonesia (PT Gramedia), Bulgaria (Egmont, IBIS), Macedonia (Ars Lamina, Sakam Knjigi), Portugal (Topseller), Estonia (Pegasus), Israel (Ahavot, Kinneret-Zamora-Dvir), Japan (Villagebooks), Lithuania (Alma Littera), Norway (Gursli Berg), China (Shanghai Dook, Chu Chen), Thailand (Kaekwarn), and Denmark (L&R).ISLAWomen’s FictionMontlake/December 20204902835952500A young couple returns to the bed and breakfast where they first met and fell in love to try to rekindle the spark in their relationship after a terrible tragedy. When they begin to experience eerie things they can’t quite explain, their love and trust in one another is put to the ultimate test.Colleen Hoover’s ISLA is women’s fiction with an eerie twist, delivering on the moving romance her fans have come to expect layered with the mind-twisting suspense of her recent bestseller Verity. Praise for Colleen Hoover: “There is plenty of trademark Hoover emotion and surprises in this engrossing read…This twisting novel will instigate excellent book discussions about regrets and second chances.” —Booklist“Betrayals, secrets, and shifting family loyalties keep the pages turning in this excellent contemporary from Hoover…This is Hoover at her very best.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review“The emotions run high, the conversations run deep, and the relationships ebb and flow with grace.” —Kirkus“A fantastically raw story about love, grief, and family.” —HelloGiggles“Colleen Hoover’s new novel delivers moments that are heartbreaking and heartfelt…a stirring mother-daughter story full of hope, loss, and great love.” —Woman’s World“A poignant, addictive read.” —PeopleA complete manuscript should be available for submission in March and for translation in fall 2020.DGB controls translation rights. Montlake controls U.K. rights.All rights are available. ~FINDING PERFECT (novella)Contemporary RomanceDigital Original/December 2019Finding Perfect is a novella that brings back several of Colleen Hoover's most beloved characters from Hopeless, Losing Hope, Finding Cinderella, and All Your Perfects. Told from the point of view of Daniel from Finding Cinderella, readers will finally get the conclusion they've been hoping for. A complete manuscript is available for submission and translation.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.All rights are available.***LIBBY HUBSCHERLibby Hubscher holds a doctor of philosophy in molecular toxicology and, when she isn’t writing novels, works as a value communications writer for a health economics research boutique. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, two young children, and a menagerie of pets.MEET ME IN PARADISEContemporary RomanceBerkley/May 202146831254191000Marin Cole has never seen the ocean. Ever since her journalist mother’s death when she and her younger sister Sadie were in high school, Marin has kept close to home, playing it safe—even ending things with a perfectly good guy when he got the travel bug. Meanwhile Sadie has followed in her mother’s footsteps, trotting the globe, taking any photo assignment, no matter how remote or risky. When Sadie finally comes home after a long time away looking a little worse for wear, Marin reluctantly agrees to a sisters’ spa weekend in the Caribbean. But then her lifelong fear of travel is confirmed when she?ends up with the wrong luggage, the worst turbulence of all time, and some arrogant guy named Lucas Tsai sitting in her sister’s seat on the plane.?What Marin doesn’t know is that Sadie never planned on coming to the tiny tropical island of Saba—the whole trip was a setup. And now, with a mysteriously missing passport, Marin is stuck on Saba, staying in luxury she could never afford thanks to Lucas—who, as it turns out, is an international hotel magnate—and forced to follow Sadie’s demands: If she wants to get home, she’ll have to go on all sorts of adventures, from skinny dipping to zip-lining, and document it all under the hashtag #ProjectParadise.?As Marin explores the island with Lucas and gets to know the people he relies on to keep the resort running smoothly, she begins to open her eyes and heart. Maybe everything that seemed so terrifying all these years was actually exactly what she needed to thrive. With each new breathtaking experience, Marin gets closer to rediscovering her real self and finding out the truth about the Paradise Project, Sadie, and Lucas—one that will ultimately break her heart.??Sexy, hilarious, and heartbreaking, MEET ME IN PARADISE by Libby Hubscher is a romcom debut for fans of Kevin Kwan and Katherine Center, perfect for the beach, the plane, and everywhere in between. ?A complete manuscript is available for submission and should be available for translation in early 2021.DGB controls translation. Penguin controls U.K.All rights are available.***HAYLEY DEROCHEHayley DeRoche holds an MLS from the University of North Texas, and a BA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's, MUTHA Magazine, and various local news and blog columns. She lives on a farm outside Richmond, Virginia. Her debut novel HELLO LOVELIES is available from Audible Originals. HELLO LOVELIES!Women’s FictionAudible Originals/May 2019For fans of Sophie Kinsella and Kevin Kwan comes a laugh-out-loud debut that takes listeners inside the cutthroat world of mommy blogging. Ruthie St. James—formerly a political communications strategist, currently a stay-at-home mom, and all of a sudden friendless after her daughter's peanut butter cookie sends another toddler to the hospital - needs a break. And when she wins an all-expenses paid cruise vacation with her idol, the superstar mommy blogger Jesca Pine, she can't wait to connect with other moms IRL. But the cruise is not the Instagram-worthy getaway Ruthie had in mind: Firstly, the other bloggers aren't here to make friends—they're here to impress a major talent agent who's been spotted on the ship, and they'll do just about anything to get her attention. On top of that, someone aboard keeps leaking scandalous (and off-brand) stories to an unforgiving gossip site, and Jesca's losing her followers as quickly as her sanity. All this leaves Ruthie walking on eggshells, and after a scandal of her own, she has only one more chance to salvage her vacation: using her political savvy to negotiate with the team of ruthless saboteurs behind Jesca Pine's demise...Jesca's own teenage daughters.HELLO LOVELIES! is a joyous, irreverent debut about friendship, motherhood, and what it takes to survive and thrive in today's digital world.11830050HELLO LOVELIES! was published by Audible Originals, a division of Audible that publishes books as audiobooks before they’re published in print or e-book editions. Translation rights for print and e-books are now available to sell and translated editions can be published any time after 23 May 2020."As a former mommy blogger, I couldn't stop laughing at the misadventures of poor Ruthie St. James as she finds herself on a cruise with a group of die-hard blogging moms. This is a great cautionary tale of 'be careful what you wish for.'" - Laurie Gelman, author of Class MomHELLO LOVELIES! made Audible’s Best of 2019 So Far list in July 2019.A complete manuscript is available for submission and translation.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights. Audible controls audio rights in all languages.All rights are available.***PENELOPE DOUGLASPenelope Douglas is a New York Times, USAToday, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her books include the Fall Away series, Corrupt, and Misconduct. The author’s books have sold in Romania (Epica), Hungary (Pioneer), Brazil (Universos dos Livros), UK (Piatkus), France (AdA), Germany (Sieben), Russia (AST), Slovak (Ikar), Czech (Euromedia), Turkey (Aspendos), and Poland (Helion).CREDENCEContemporary RomanceDigital Original/January 202050222158255000From New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new standalone romance.Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue...Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she?Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them. And as a part of them. She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching. One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he…He’s going to keep her.A complete manuscript is available for submission and translation.DGB controls U.K. and translation rights.Rights Sold: Russia (AST)***KENDALL RYANA New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 3 million books. Her books have made nearly 100 appearances on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine. She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons. Her books have been published in Brazil (Pandorga and AllBook), Croatia (24 SATA), Germany (LYX), Hungary (Publish & More), Israel (Adel), Italy (Newton Compton), Poland (Pascal), Portugal (20/20 Editora).PLAYING FOR KEEPS; ALL THE WAY; TRYING TO SCORE; CROSSING THE LINE; DOWN AND DIRTY; WILD FOR YOU; TAKING HIS SHOTContemporary RomanceDigital Originals/August, 2019, 2019, January 2020, March 2020, April 2020, June 2020I've never been so stupid in my entire life. My teammate's incredibly sweet and gorgeous younger sister should have been off-limits, but my hockey stick didn't get that memo. After our team won the championship, and plenty of alcohol, our flirting turned physical and I took her to bed. Shame sent her running the next morning from our catastrophic mistake. She thinks I don't remember that night—but every detail is burned into my brain so deeply, I’ll never forget. The feel of her in my arms, the soft whimpers of pleasure I coaxed from her perfect lips…And now I’ve spent three months trying to get her out of my head. Which has been futile, because I’m starting to understand she’s the only girl I’ll ever want. I have one shot to show her I can be exactly what she needs, but Elise won’t be easily convinced. That’s okay, because I’m good under pressure, and this time, I’m playing for keeps.Get ready to meet your new favorite hot jocks in this USA Today and Wall Street Journal series of stand-alone novels. If you like sexy, confident men who know how to handle a stick (on and off the ice), and smart women who are strong enough to keep all those big egos in check, this series of athlete romances is perfect for you!2449830000"Delicious and steamy hockey goodness!?Playing for Keeps?is my pick for?hottest romance of the summer!"?-?New York Times?bestselling author Elle Kennedy"Who doesn't love a?red-hot hockey player hero with a heart of gold??Justin and Elise are perfect together, and their?chemistry is off the charts.?I devoured Playing For Keeps! "??- J.S. Scott, New York Times bestselling author"Kendall Ryan?+ hockey = a dream come true! Justin is a sexy beast, and watching him fall for Elise was a delight!"??- Sarina Bowen, USA Today bestselling author of Superfan"Sexy, smart, fun, and just a damn good time, Kendall Ryan delivers?with Playing for Keeps!"?- Avery Flynn, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best selling author of Parental Guidance"Playing for Keeps is a?sweet, sexy sports romance?that will have you?laughing one minute and swooning the next.?Justin and Elise stole my heart from the very first chapter. Kendall Ryan has outdone herself with this one."??- Kelly Elliott, New York Times bestselling author"Sexy. Sweet. Emotional. And so much FUN! I devoured PLAYING FOR KEEPS in two days!"?- New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy??"The?secondary characters in this story were AMAZING. I love the entire team?and Elise's group of friends. When the entire gang was together it was FULL of laughs."?- Book Addict ReviewsComplete manuscripts of books 1-4 are available for submission and translation.DGB controls translation rights.Rights Sold: Croatia (24 SATA) ***Lauren E. Abramo+1-212-627-9100 x13VP & Subsidiary Rights Directorlabramo@ ................
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