The Age of Vice (Riverhead, January 3, 2023. Editor: Sarah McGrath. Agent: Anna Stein, ICM — now CAA.) Deepti Kapoor worked for several years as a journalist in New Delhi. The author of the novel Bad Character, she now lives in Portugal. Age of Vice is a Good Morning America Book Club pick and a New York Times bestseller. How did you find your agent? Through Hanya Yanagihara at a breakfast buffet. Seriously. I had been invited to the Sydney Writers’ Festival because I’d contributed to an anthology about Indian Women. I’d seen that Hanya had said some nice things […]
Archives for February 2023
Ask An Expert: Literary Agent Heather Jackson
Heather Jackson became a literary agent in 2016 after a career as a trade editor for Crown, St. Martin’s, Rodale, and other houses. In her 20+ years as an editor she had dozens of New York Times bestselling authors, including: Tim Ferriss, Suzanne Somers, Joy Bauer, Dr. Robert C. Atkins, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Alice D. Domar, Mallika Chopra, Barbara Sher, and Martina Navratilova among many others. When you are reviewing a submission, what is your process for analyzing a writer’s platform? How do you decide whether the writer seems like the best person to write that book right […]
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Oprah, B&N Book Club Selections
Oprah chose Susan Cain's Bittersweet as her next book club pick.
Forthcoming: Amanda Gorman’s “Something, Someday”
Amanda Gorman’s next book SOMETHING, SOMEDAY, a children’s picture book illustrated by Christian Robinson, will be published by Viking Children’s on September 26. The publisher writes in the release that the book “pairs Gorman’s inspiring text with Robinson’s iconic art to deliver a timeless message of hope.” Gorman said, “I wrote Something, Someday to show that though it might be difficult, when we work together, even the smallest acts of kindness can lead to the largest positive change. I’ve long admired Christian’s art and having the opportunity to collaborate with him has been a dream come true. I hope that […]
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At Pamela Dorman Books, Jeramie Orton has been promoted to senior editor. Marie Michels has been promoted to associate editor.