Publisher’s Marketplace December 2, 2010
Dr. Sean Carroll’s SECRETS OF LIFE, the story of Nobel Prize-winning biologists Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob, and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Albert Camus, and the revolutionary scientific and philosophical ideas that arose from their close friendship in the years after World War II, to John Glusman at Crown, in a good deal, for publication in 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace November 9, 2010
Whitley Strieber’s THE ALIEN HUNTER, starting a new series about a human police detective employed by aliens to help catch alien criminals infiltrating human society, to Bob Gleason at Forge, in a good deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 4, 2010
Wayne Barlowe’s CRYPTOZOO, an original screenplay by the Initial Creature Designer of “Avatar,” who will also serve as Art Director, Creature Designer, and Executive Producer, about creatures from myth and legend and the explorer who discovers their secret, to Lloyd Levin (producer of WATCHMEN, HELLBOY) at The Foundry, in a major deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace August 23, 2010
Naturalist/traveler David Gessner’s THE TARBALL CHRONICLES, bringing us to the Gulf of Mexico coast to join him on his walk from Florida to Texas, encountering the natural and human environments that have been affected by the oil spill, to Patrick Thomas at Milkweed, in a nice deal, for publication in April 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace August 2, 2010
Sabrina Benulis’s ARCHON, the story of a high school student who learns soon after her arrival at a new school that she is an Archon - a human possessed by the spirit of a dead angel - and that she is wanted by both angels and demons for her access to secrets that can shift the balance of power in the Universe, to Diana Gill at Eos, in a three-book deal, for publication in Fall 2011, by Ann Behar at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World English).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 30, 2010
Rowan Jacobsen’s A SHADOW ON THE GULF: The Endangered Soul of Our Last Great Estuary, with the Deepwater Horizon disaster as its focal point, a narrative of the rich natural history of the Gulf of Mexico and the unique human culture of its coasts, as both collide with the unmanageable mega-engineering of today’s oil economy, to Kathy Belden at Bloomsbury, in a good deal, for publication in April 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 22, 2010
Whitley Strieber’s THE KEY, fresh insight into the nature of the universe and the soul of humanity, delivered to the author by a mysterious stranger who offers us the Key to our ultimate destiny as co-creators with and companions of God, to Mitch Horowitz at Tarcher, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 15, 2010
Charles de Lint’s untitled YA Series, drawn from the author’s lifelong obsession with the often blurry line between man, animal, and spirit, to Caitlin Drake at Penguin Canada, in a good deal, for publication in 2012, 2012, 2014, by Danny Baror at Baror International in association with Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 15, 2010
Carl Zimmer’s SCIENCE INK: TATTOOS OF THE SCIENCE-OBSESSED, represented on behalf of book packager Scott & Nix, 200 illustrations drawn from Zimmer’s blog featuring elaborate science-themed tattoos, with text by Zimmer exploring the role of science as a source of passion and meaning, to Nathaniel Marunas at Sterling, in a nice deal, for publication in 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 9, 2010
Juliet Marillier’s SHADOWFELL Trilogy, to Michelle Frey at Knopf Children’s, in a good deal, for publication in 2013, 2014, 2015, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency
Publisher’s Marketplace June 8, 2010
James Rollins’s New York Times bestselling SIGMA FORCE series, including a new storyline being developed especially for this deal, to Dino de Laurentiis at The Dino de Laurentiis Company, as a planned franchise, by Steven Fisher at APA and Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh.
Publisher’s Marketplace May 8, 2010
NYT bestselling YA author of LITTLE BROTHER and FOR THE WIN Cory Doctorow’s PIRATE CINEMA, a story of teens on the raw cutting edge of the Internet, pirates who set out to save the world from Hollywood and Hollywood from itself, to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor Children’s, in a significant deal, for publication in 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA). Foreign: Baror International
Publisher’s Marketplace April 20, 2010
Dr. Peter Hoffmann’s THE MOLECULAR STORM: A PHYSICIST’S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF LIFE, solving the age-old mystery of what it means to be alive on the molecular level and the natural phenomena behind the so-called “life force,” to T. J. Kelleher at Basic, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace April 19, 2010
Historian and journalist Thai Jones’s MORE POWERFUL THAN DYNAMITE, the story of the struggle between anarchists, progressives and plutocrats in early twentieth century New York, to Margaret Maloney at Bloomsbury, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 6, 2010
M.B. Brown’s DRAIN YOU, a cool, sexy and sarcastic girl’s teen ennui is shattered when she meets a boy and falls in love, learning soon thereafter that upscale southern California is crawling with the undead - and that he is one of them, to Tara Weikum at Harper Children’s, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012, by Ann Behar at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace March 31, 2010
David Wellington’s 32 TEETH, the concluding volume in the five book neo-horror series about a Pennsylvania State Trooper and her war against vampires, to Julian Pavia at Three Rivers Press, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 22, 2010
Esther Friesner’s SPIRIT’S PRINCESS and SPIRIT’S BRIDE, about the teenage years of a shaman queen of ancient Japan, to Suzy Capozzi at Random House Children’s, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2012 and 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 12, 2010
Jeanne Kalogridis’s THE INQUISITOR’S WIFE, in the early days of the Spanish Inquisition, a young wife recoils from her husband’s role in the torture and burnings and risks her life in an illicit affair, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin’s, in a good deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 12, 2010
Mira Tweti’s TAILS AND TEARS: EXCEPTIONAL ANIMALS AND THEIR EXTRAORDINARY RESCUERS, an investigation into the world of exotic pets, from rats to ferrets to raccoons, and the people who devote their lives to rescuing and caring for them after their callous owners abandon them, to Jason Gardner at New World Library, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 11, 2010
Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill’s THE SUNDOWNERS BOOK I: WEST OF THE MOON, a steampunk Western, in which three teens in 1867 Texas pool their skills to defeat a zombie army, to Margaret Miller at Bloomsbury Children’s, for publication in Fall 2011, by Ann Behar at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 5, 2010
Harry Turtledove’s SUPERVOLCANO, an epic disaster trilogy based on the terrifying scientific fact that an enormous volcano, bigger than any in recorded history, exists underneath Yellowstone National Park and could blow at any time, taking most of American civilization with it, to Susan Allison at Roc, in a good deal, for publication in 2012, 2013, and 2014, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 3, 2010
HOW IT ENDS author Chris Impey’s IN THE BEGINNING, the story of our origins as we travel out in space, back in time and through the history of cosmology, to Angela von der Lippe at Norton, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 2, 2010
Steven John’s untitled thriller, set in a city shrouded in an unnatural permanent fog that covers an unspeakable crime, to Eric Raab at Forge, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 17, 2010
Mark Harris’s ONE LAST, GREEN HOME, the story of how the author’s elderly parents built the most eco-friendly house in the state of Georgia; a mix of memoir, a meditation on aging and family, and a nuts-and-bolts primer on environmentally-sound construction techniques, to Susan Moldow at Scribner, with Whitney Frick to edit, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 10, 2010
Benson Bobrick’s THE STORY OF THE OLYMPICS, a sweeping history of the Olympics in sport and culture from ancient days until today, to Michelle Frey at Knopf Children’s, in a nice deal, for publication in Summer 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 29, 2010
Harry Turtledove’s THE WAR THAT CAME EARLY, Volumes 4, 5, and 6, the continuation of the epic World War II saga set in an alternate historical world in which the Allies did not appease Hitler, to Chris Schluep at Ballantine, in a significant deal, for publication in 2012, 2013, and 2014, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world English).
Publisher’s Marketplace January 18, 2010
Diana Gabaldon’s OUTLANDER VIII, the eighth volume in the bestselling family saga, to Nita Taublib at Delacorte Press, in a major deal, for publication in Fall 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (US).
Publisher’s Marketplace January 8, 2010
Expert in male psychology and professor at Florida State University Thomas Joiner’s THE BROTHERHOOD, a new look at how men’s ability to form friendships and create a socially comfortable network for themselves deteriorates in middle age, leading to self destructive behavior, to Luba Ostashevsky at Palgrave, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Weekly January 7, 2010
Christy Ottaviano of Christy Ottaviano Books at Henry Holt has bought world rights to author Whitley Strieber’s (Communion; The Wolfen) first YA novel, Beresford, about a teenage pop star who struggles with her atypical life of fame and develops an unusual relationship with the voyeur teen living in the walls of her posh high rise. The book is tentatively scheduled for fall 2011. Russell Galen of Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency was the agent.
Publisher’s Marketplace December 22, 2009
Ty Drago’s THE UNDERTAKERS: RISE OF THE CORPSES, chronicling the adventures of a twelve-year-old, who is unwillingly recruited into a child’s army doing battle against a mysterious and terrifying invasion of the walking dead - an invasion that only they can see, to Rebecca Frazer at Jabberwocky, for publication in Spring 2011, by Ann Behar at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace October 28, 2009
Naturalist/adventurer Tim Gallagher’s IMPERIAL DREAMS: SEARCHING FOR THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRD IN THE DRUG-WAR ZONE OF NORTHERN MEXICO. Searching for the Imperial Woodpecker, a magnificent bird long thought extinct, which may yet live in the remote Mexican mountains where the drug wars rage, to Leslie Meredith at Free Press, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world English).
Publisher’s Marketplace September 10, 2009
Eric Jay Dolin’s FAR EASTERN FORTUNE: THE AMERICAN CHINA TRADE IN THE AGE OF SAIL, a history of 80 years of nautical, commercial, and cultural adventure that laid the groundwork for today’s complex relationship with China, to Robert Weil at Norton, in a good deal, for publication in 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace August 27, 2009
James Rollins and Bram Stoker-award winning newcomer Sarah Langan’s The BLOOD GOSPEL Series, Books I-III, to Lyssa Keusch at William Morrow, in a major deal, for publication in 2011, 2012, 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace August 20, 2009
Dr. Amy Seidl’s ARROGANT FAITH: STORIES OF ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION, AND PERSISTENCE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, how living systems are adapting and evolving -
biologically, ecologically, and culturally - in an age of warming climate, to Alexis Rizzuto at Beacon Press, in a nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace August 17, 2009
Alan de Queiroz’s THE MONKEY’S VOYAGE, a biologist’s account, in the tradition of BASIN AND RANGE and SONG OF THE DODO, of an ongoing revolution in our understanding of the history of life, to T.J. Kelleher at Basic, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace July 21, 2009
Ted Kerasote’s PUKKA, 200 captioned photographs documenting the first six months in the life of Pukka, a puppy Kerasote is raising to honor the tradition of Merle, the subject of his 2007 book “Merle’s Door: Lessons From A Freethinking Dog,” to Andrea Schulz at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for publication in Fall 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 22, 2009
Will Stolzenburg’s ANGELIC ASSASSINS: Death and Resurrection on the Islands of Oceania, the story of a new wave of young, aggressive ecologist-adventurers who stop at nothing to eradicate invasive species from the world’s islands, restoring their original ecosystems, to Kathy Belden at Bloomsbury, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace February 11, 2009
Emma Marris’s RAMBUNCTIOUS GARDEN: CONSERVATION AFTER THE END OF THE “PRISTINE WILDERNESS” IDEA, a lively narrative about controversial ecologists who believe nature must be tended and controlled by man, like a half-wild garden, to Kathy Belden at Bloomsbury, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace January 6, 2009
Lynn McTaggart’s MANIFESTO FOR A NEW WORLD: REMAKING YOUR LIFE AS A PARTNERSHIP, a blend of hard science and spirituality for a prescription for changing the way we live, to Leslie Meredith at Free Press, in a significant deal, for publication in Fall 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace August 21, 2008
GOODKIND E-BOOK A KINDLE EXCLUSIVE
NYT Bestseller and fantasy novelist Terry Goodkind’s first novel, Wizard’s First Rule, originally published in 1994, is released today in e-book exclusively on Kindle from Rosetta Books. This is Goodkind’s first appearance in e-book format. His agent, Russell Galen, said: “Terry believes deeply that the power of novels is connected in part to the physical experience of reading a printed book, and so for years he refused to permit electronic editions of his work. A hands-on demonstration of the Kindle convinced him that here at last was a technology which provided that powerful reading experience.”
Publisher’s Marketplace August 5, 2008
Kate Milford’s GINGERFOOT, in which a young girl discovers the uncanny truth about a traveling medicine show that creaks into her sleepy crossroads town, and realizes she must put a stop to its awful mission, even if this means looking her greatest fears in the face, to Lynne Polvino at Clarion, in a nice deal, by Ann Behar at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace August 5, 2008
Dr. Craig Stanford’s THE LAST TORTOISE: A TALE OF EXTINCTION IN OUR LIFETIME, a natural history of tortoises, their bizarre and wonderful anatomy, their evolutionary history, and their role in modern ecosystems, to Michael Fisher at Harvard University Press, in a nice deal, for publication in 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace July 11, 2008
David Wellington’s FROSTBITE and sequel, a supernatural thriller about a woman who travels to the far north to seek revenge on the werewolf who killed her father, to Carrie Thornton at Three Rivers Press, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2009, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA; Danny Baror handles foreign rights).
Publisher’s Marketplace July 10, 2008
Whitley Strieber’s THE WHITE SHAMAN: in 2014, mankind deals with the aftermath of the catastrophe predicted by ancient peoples for the year 2012, to Bob Gleason at Tor, in a good deal, for publication in 2009. Also sold: HYBRIDS, a romantic thriller about a love affair between human and alien, also in a good deal, for publication in 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace July 9, 2008
Gerard Koeppel’s BOND OF UNION: BUILDING THE ERIE CANAL AND THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, a history of the creation of the Erie Canal and its profound impact on the development of early America, to Robert Pigeon at Da Capo, in a very nice deal, for publication in Spring 2009, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (world).
Publishers Weekly June 26, 2008
TERRY GOODKIND MOVES TO PUTNAM FOR THREE-BOOK DEAL
After a long career with Tor, bestselling fantasy writer Terry Goodkind is moving to Putnam. Ivan Held, president of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, acquired U.S. hardcover and paperback rights in a joint venture with Berkley Books. Putnam will publish the novels-which will be mainstream fiction, not fantasy-in hardcover; Berkley will publish the paperbacks. The first book will pub in fall 2009. Susan Allison, v-p, executive editor at Berkley, will edit all three books, which are standalones and not part of a series. Over the past 15 years, Goodkind’s books have sold some 25 million copies worldwide. Most recently, he wrote the final installment in the Sword of Truth series, Confessor, which Tor published in November. Goodkind’s literary agent, Russell Galen, said he and Goodkind examined a wide variety of publishing strategies for the new books, talking to Tor and many other publishers. “The presentation made to us by Putnam was the one that was the most confidence-inspiring, and so we made our deal there. We felt Putnam was best equipped to exploit the potential of these books,” and that Putnam will provide “the right foundation to launch [Goodkind] on an even bigger, bolder, more ambitious publishing adventure."
Publisher’s Marketplace June 23, 2008
Author of MERLE’S DOOR, Ted Kerasote’s WHY DOGS DIE YOUNG: AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, the story of his recovery from the grief of losing Merle and his search for a new dog to share his life, weaving in the science of why dogs live fewer years than we do and how we can extend those years to give them the longest and healthiest lives possible, to Andrea Schulz at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in a major deal, for publication in Fall 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 4, 2008
Stephen Giles’s SILAS AND THE WINTERBOTTOMS, to Claire Craig at Pan Macmillan Australia, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2009 and 2010, by Ann Behar at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace 14 February, 2008
S. M. Stirling’s THE CHANGE, volumes 7, 8, and 9, about a world thrown back into barbarism after the collapse of civilization, and A TAINT IN THE BLOOD, volumes 1, 2, and 3, the first three installments in a new series about a subspecies of Man with dark powers, responsible for much of the suffering and violence of the world, to Ginjer Buchanan at Roc, both in major deals, both series for publication in 2010, 2011, 2012, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace 27 January, 2008
Cory Doctorow’s FOR THE WIN, in which teen computer gamers in the very near future get caught up in a global war fought entirely online, to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace 8 January, 2008
Whitley Strieber’s MIDNIGHT, about a terrorist plan to blackmail the West into converting to Islam, to Bob Gleason at Forge, in a good deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace October 25, 2007
Esther Friesner’s untitled YA novel about Nefertiti, to Mallory Loehr at Random House Children’s, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010 and Spring 2011, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (World).
Publisher’s Marketplace September 19, 2007
Diana Gabaldon’s untitled penultimate book in the “Outlander Series” of time-travel/historical/adventure novels, to John Flicker at Bantam Dell, in a major deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (US).
Publishers Weekly August 6, 2007
Gail Winston at Harper won an auction for a memoir by bird rehabilitator Suzie Gilbert titled Flyaway, Inc.; Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen made the six-figure North American sale. Gilbert will blend the amusing and sometimes tragic stories of birds she has helped, or tried to, with musings about the relationship between people and wild animals, and her own story of personal growth as she sought to understand what drove her to help these creatures. The book’s title refers to the nonprofit corporation she established to fund her activities.
Publisher’s Marketplace July 10, 2007
Harry Turtledove’s THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART, an alternate history thriller set in post-World War II occupied Germany, in which Nazi “insurgents” attack U.S. forces and other Germans in a brutal campaign of terror, to Fleetwood Robbins at Ballantine, in a good deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 19, 2007
Esther Friesner’s BURNING ROSES, an historical novel about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, to Regina Hayes at Viking Children’s and Angelle Pilkington at Puffin, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 14, 2007
Benson Bobrick’s MINARET AND TOWER: THE SWEEP OF ISLAM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WEST, a narrative history of Islam from its origins to its cultural and military heyday, to Bob Bender at Simon & Schuster, in a good deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace June 11, 2007
Two untitled works of American history by Eric Jay Dolin, author of LEVIATHAN: THE HISTORY OF WHALING IN AMERICA, about the interplay of natural history, commerce, exploration, and military expansion in the rise of the United States, to Robert Weil at Norton, in a significant deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (World English).
Publisher’s Weekly May 21, 2007
James Rollins, whose last two thrillers, Map of Bones and Black Order, have been New York Times bestsellers, is developing a middle-grade series that has just been won at auction by Ruth Katcher at HarperCollins Books for Young Readers. Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen made the mid-six-figure, two-book North American rights deal. The series, the Lost Tribes, concerns an orphaned brother and sister on the lost continent of Pangea, a world where refugees from different cultures and eras all find themselves trapped. Tentative pub date for the first book, The Stone Dragon, is fall 2008.
Publisher’s Marketplace May 16, 2007
Dr. Sean Carroll’s IN UNTAMED LANDS: EPIC ADVENTURES AND GREAT MOMENTS IN NATURAL HISTORY, the romantic, adventurous history of field biology, from the voyage of the Beagle to today’s scientific explorers, to Andrea Schulz at Harcourt, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Publisher’s Marketplace April 30, 2007
Elizabeth Rosenthal’s TEACHER: LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF ROGER TORY PETERSON, bography of the naturalist, environmentalist, wildlife painter, and founder of modern birdwatching, to Mary Norris at Lyons Press, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (world).
Publisher’s Marketplace April 26,2007
Dr. Ken Croswell’s THE LIVES OF STARS, the life cycles of stars, illustrated with astronomical photographs, to Kent Brown at Boyds Mills Press, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 26 ,2007
Carrolly Erickson’s untitled novels in the author’s ongoing series based on the lives of prominent women in history, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin’s, in a major deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 5, 2007
Artist/naturalist Julie Zickefoose’s LIFE BIRDS, exploring the lives of birds over years of intimate, close-up observations, conveying an understanding of their individuality and inner lives in a new way, to Lisa White at Houghton Mifflin, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Publisher’s Weekly February 26, 2007
In a mid-six-figure deal, Allison McCabe acquired U.S. rights to a first novel by Jane Johnson, publishing director at HarperCollins UK, via Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen. Titled Crossed Bones, the book is about a London woman who becomes obsessed with the story of a Cornish girl kidnapped in 1625 by Moroccan pirates, and travels there to investigate the case. Johnson herself lives in a remote area of Morocco with her Berber husband. Tentative pub date is 2008; the book has already been sold in the U.K., Canada, Germany, Italy, France and Holland.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 14, 2007
Taylor Anderson’s THE DESTROYERMEN TRILOGY, about a battered American naval destroyer swept into an alternate world, where its World War II-era technology changes the balance of power in a genocidal world war, to Ginjer Buchanan at Roc, in a good deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace December 4, 2006
Cory Doctorow’s LITTLE BROTHER, a near-future YA/adult science fiction/mainstream crossover about tech-savvy teenagers who use the Internet to defeat a government attempt to suspend constitutional rights, to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace December 1, 2006
Lt. Colonel Michael Lee Lanning’s THE REVOLUTIONARY 100, brief entries on the 100 most important events of the American Revolution, to Sourcebooks, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 30, 2006
Lydia Denworth’s HOUSE OF THE BUTTERFLIES: THE STORY OF A SCIENTIST AND A DOCTOR WHO WON THE WAR AGAINST LEAD, the story of Herbert Needleman and Clair Patterson, who devoted their lives to investigating the effect of lead in the environment , to Brian Halley at Beacon Press, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 29, 2006
Benson Bobrick’s THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE: THE CONFEDERATE WATERLOO, about a dramatic battle which changed the outcome of the American Civil War, to Michelle Frey at Knopf Children’s, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 28, 2006
Whitley Strieber’s 2012, a new novel of alien invasion, sold to Bob Gleason at Forge, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 14, 2006
James Brady, who’s frequently called the poet laureate of the Marine Corps, now seeks answers to the ultimate question WHY MARINES FIGHT by asking those who’ve actually participated in battle, representing ranks from the highest to the lowest, to Pete Wolverton at Thomas Dunne Books, in a very nice deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 14, 2006
Syndrome X author Jack Challem’s THE PREDIABETES RECOVERY PLAN, a guide to preventing and reversing the combination of conditions including overweight that often lead to diabetes which is now reaching epidemic numbers, to Tom Miller at Wiley, in a very nice deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 10, 2006
Wall Street Journal writer David Kesmodel’s THE DOMAIN CRAZE describes the explosive evolution of the Internet domain name marketplace, chronicles the colorful exploits and strategies of the world’s leading domain owners, and shows how even the ordinary investor can play the game, to Brian Hampton at Nelson Books, in a nice deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace September 26, 2006
Alvin Townley’s LEGACY OF HONOR, portraits of Eagle Scouts such as Neil Armstrong, Bill Bradley, Michael Bloomberg, and Ross Perot, whose values and accomplishments have shaped our history and who are molding our future, to Peter Wolverton, with Peter Joseph editing, for Thomas Dunne Books, in a nice deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace August 22, 2006
Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award winner Karen E. Olson’s WATERLOGGED, the next Annie Seymour mystery, moving to Kristen Weber at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace July 25, 2006
Harry Turtledove’s THE BATTLE OF TEUTOBERG FOREST, about one of the most important battles in history, in which German tribes repelled the Roman legions; it was Rome’s Vietnam and marked the limits of their expansion, to Marc Resnick at St. Martin’s, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace July 10, 2006
Michelle Moran’s debut historical novel NEFERTITI, to Allison McCabe at Crown, in a pre-empt, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 22, 2006
Courtney Humphries’s SUPERDOVE: THE MAKING OF THE PIGEON, the story of a maverick scientist who, by studying the common pigeon, has revealed new insights into “synanthropy": the phenomenon of creatures living intertwined with man while remaining wild, to T. J. Kelleher at Smithsonian Books, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Publisher’s Marketplace June 1, 2006
Jules Watson’s THE SWAN MAIDEN, about Deirdre, the “Irish Helen of Troy,” whose beauty ignited a bloody war between two ancient Irish kingdoms, to Anne Groell at Bantam Spectra, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 1, 2006
Ed Lam’s DRAGONFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA, all 350+ species of North American dragonfly, combined with text on their natural history and identification, to Lisa White at Houghton Mifflin, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace May 25, 2006
Jeanne Kalogridis’s THE BLOODIEST QUEEN, the story of Catherine de Medici, the Italian princess who became Queen of France during an era of brutal religious wars, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin’s, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Publisher’s Marketplace May 2, 2006
Madhusree Mukerjee’s CHURCHILL’S CHOICE: EMPIRE, WAR AND THE GREAT BENGAL FAMINE, the story of the deliberate sacrifice of millions of innocent lives, subjects of the British Empire, in the effort to defeat Hitler, to Chris Greenberg and Lara Heimert at Basic, in a very nice deal, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Publisher’s Marketplace April 26, 2006
Carolly Erickson’s BIRD OF PARADISE: A NOVEL OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE, about the Caribbean seductress whose sexually adventurous life and bold personality led her to the heights as Napoleon’s wife and ultimately to the depths of imprisonment, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin’s, in a significant deal, in a two-book deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 6, 2006
Will Stolzenburg’s PHANTOM PAIN: WOUNDS OF THE MISSING PREDATORS, the story of a group of wildlife biologists who have made a discovery about the role of predators in evolution, and what that means to the environment now that the creatures at the top of the food chain are largely missing from the natural world, to Colin Dickerman at Bloomsbury, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 31, 2006
Pete Dunne’s PRAIRIE SPRING and ARCTIC AUTUMN, the first two in a proposed tetralogy about the human, animal, and plant dramas that characterize the seasons in specific locations in North America, to Lisa White at Houghton Mifflin, in a significant deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 24, 2006
James Rollins’s SIGMA FORCE IV, V, and VI, about the men and women of the Sigma Force, to Lyssa Keusch at William Morrow, in major deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 28, 2006
Marcia Kurapovna’s DRAZA’S MOUNTAIN, about the largest World War II rescue of Allied airmen from behind enemy lines by the Yugoslav Nazi resister Draza Mikhailovich, and his abandonment a few years later by the Americans and British to a Communist execution, to Hana Lane at Wiley, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace November 30, 2005
Ornithologist Dr. Donald Kroodsma’s BIRDSONG FOR ALL SEASONS, about his research into bird song, examining the role of the changing seasons in the behavior of birds, to Lisa White at Houghton Mifflin, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency
Publisher’s Marketplace July 22, 2005
Chin-Ning Chu’s WORKING WOMAN’S ART OF STRATEGY, a practical interpretation of the Chinese master Sun Tzu for women today, to Roger Scholl at Doubleday, in a pre-empt, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 29, 2005
Marcia Bartusiak’s COSMOS FIRMA: The Day We Found the Universe, about a group of scientists at the beginning of the 20th century who explored and debated the scale of the universe, climaxing with Edward Hubble’s discoveries that the universe is vastly larger than just the Milky Way and is expanding, to Edward Kastenmeier at Pantheon, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 27, 2005
Karen Abbott’s GETTING EVERLEIGHED: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Famous Brothel, the colorful, dramatic, and often outrageous true story of how two sisters, Minna and Ada Everleigh, (whose last name may have originated the expression “to get laid"), came to run the red light district of Chicago at the turn of the century, to Julia Cheiffetz at Random House, in a pre-empt, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace June 27, 2005
Daniel Mathews and James Jackson’s A FIELD GUIDE TO AIR TRAVEL OVER THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, an illustrated guide to what one can see out an airplane window in trips around the U.S., with geological and other features keyed to text descriptions on the facing page, to Lisa White at Houghton Mifflin, in a very nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace May 31, 2005
Harry Turtledove’s FORT PILLOW, about one of the most harrowing of all Civil War battles, in which the Confederates sought to annihilate freed slaves who had been armed by the Union, to Marc Resnick at St. Martin’s, in a nice deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 20, 2005
Dr. Chris Impy’s THE LIVING COSMOS, showing how technological advancements have brought the search for life from the realm of science-fiction to a plausible reality, arguing that not only is life a natural occurrence in the cosmos, we are on the brink of discovering evidence for it, to Chris Schluep at Random House, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace April 20, 2005
Dr. Shari Lieberman’s IS IT SOMETHING I ATE?: The Surprising Foods That May Be Sabotaging Your Weight and Your Health, focusing on gluten (to which anywhere from 35 and 50 percent of the US population may have a sensitivity), linked to weight gain, fatigue, join pain, depression, infertility and digestive distress and more, to Susan Berg at Rodale, in a good deal, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace March 23, 2005
Author of SACRED COWS Karen E. Olson’s second book, featuring the same character, police reporter Annie Seymour, to Kristen Weber at Mysterious Press, in a nice deal, by Jack Scovil at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 16, 2005
New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind’s untitled twelfth and final volume of the Sword of Truth series (which has sold 50 million copies worldwide), [sold] to Tom Doherty and Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor, in a major deal for seven figures, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace February 7, 2005
Prominent evolutionary biologist Dr. Sean Carroll’s THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST, discussing the latest science regarding DNA and how natural selection actually works on the molecular level, [sold] to Jack Repcheck at Norton, in a significant deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 31, 2005
Carolly Erickson’s THE LAST WIFE OF HENRY VIII, a novel about the tumultuous life and death of Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, [sold] to Charles Spicer at St. Martin’s, in a good deal, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 27, 2005
Glenn Wallis’s BUDDHIST TAPESTRY: READING THE SUTTAS, an effort to compile and translate the “heartwood” of Buddhism -- the core teachings in Buddha’s own words -- as well as provide a way for contemporary readers to engage with the text and find relevance, to Judy Sternlight and Will Murphy at Modern Library, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 22, 2005
Lawrence Sutin’s DIVINE INVASIONS: A LIFE OF PHILIP K. DICK, a biography of the widely-republished science fiction writer who loosed the bonds of the genre, ultimately making his reputation as a literary writer who happened to write speculative fiction, [which] is being reissued to coincide with the release of “A Scanner Darkly,” a film based on Dick’s novel of the same name, [sold] to Philip Turner at Carroll & Graf, for publication in fall 2005, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 14, 1005
Cardiologists Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James Roberts, M.D.’s book on the newest findings about the deadly role of plaque in cardiovascular disease, presenting a complete approach using the best of complementary and conventional medicine for reversing and preventing it, [sold] to Tom Miller at Wiley, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Marketplace January 14, 2005
Kathleen Cox’s SPACE MATTERS, a design book that draws on the ancient Indian science of Vastu to demystify the subject of interior design by explaining why spaces work or don’t work, and that will show, step-by-step, how to create an appealing home, [sold] to Marisa Bulzone at Stewart Tabori and Chang, by Anna Ghosh at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency.
Publisher’s Weekly January 11, 2005
A book examining the significance in Darwin’s evolutionary theories of his long fascination with orchids and how they are pollinated, was pre-empted for Harvard University Press. The deal, for a high five figures, was signed by the press’s Ann Downer-Hazell with agent Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen, for world rights. The author, Canadian biologist Dr. Robert Tuckerman, calls his book DARWIN’S ORCHIDS: HOW DARWIN’S RESEARCH ON ORCHIDS AND THEIR INSECT VISITORS SHAPED EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, and describes this little-known aspect of Darwin’s work, accompanied by Tuckerman’s own colored drawings of some of the exotic flowers and insects the great scientist studied.
