The Biggest Deal News What did you miss from Friday’s deals? The memoir of a firefighter’s widow and her mission to advocate for fellow survivors victims, a biography of America’s first published poet, Larry Brown switches houses, an auction for a book on linguistics that challenges the orthodoxy, secrets of the World’s Fittest Man, and much more — along with dozens of deals from earlier in the week. Look for new reports live during the day, and searchable all the time (our database of transactions now has over 2,500 records, great for researching editors, agents, topics, and seasons), at PublishersMarketplace.com. […]