The Latest On the 25th anniversary of Alex Haley’s ROOTS, travel writer and former college professor (and PublishersMarketplace.com member) Pearl Duncan is covered at MSNBC.com for her book-in-progress, DNA DAWNS BRINGING DAYLIGHT. Duncan “has combined extensive DNA testing with years of research to trace her lineage back to Ghana,” and is pictured in the article with one of her “ancestral cousins” from Ghana. For film and book rights, see Duncan’s Marketplace page. In deals, there’s a multi-book contract for What to Expect co-author Heidi Murkoff, lots of first fiction, and more. Our new simplified registration procedure seems to be working […]