*March, 2024. Publisher of Red Hen Press Kate Gale's SAILING THE MILKY WAY, about the author's upbringing in a right-wing Christian cult where music, art, and reading were banned?and how she nurtured her hunger for adventure and her love of books, despite constant punishment, to Sarah Ried at SJP Lit, in a pre-empt, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*March, 2024. Dolly Parton and Rachel Parton George's GOOD LOOKIN' COOKIN: A YEAR OF MEALS, a cookbook filled with beloved, crowd-pleasing family recipes and stories from the Parton sisters, to Matt Inman at Ten Speed Press, with Kelly Snowden editing, for publication in fall 2024, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world).
*September, 2023. Eowyn Ivey's BLACK WOODS, BLUE SKY, about a young woman who falls in love with a strange recluse and his off-the-grid way of life; when she follows him into the mountains with her six-year-old daughter, she discovers a life more beautiful, wild, and dangerous than she could ever have imagined; set in the same mythical Alaskan landscape as the author's previous novels, exploring life and death in the wilderness, the love between a mother and daughter, and the permanent scars of loss, to Andrea Walker at Random House, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management. UK rights to Tinder Press, for simultaneous publication.
*July, 2023. TikTok personality Sam Kelly's THIS IS HUMAN HISTORY ON DRUGS, an examination of the historical record to reveal a truth long hidden: that drug use by figures from Alexander the Great to Shakespeare to Queen Victoria to Elvis seriously and unexpectedly impacted human history, to Jill Schwartzman at Plume, at auction, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*May, 2023. The late legendary American musician Johnny Cash and son John Carter Cash with Cash family historian Mark Stielper's JOHNNY CASH: THE LIFE IN LYRICS, exploring the life of "The Man in Black" through his lyrics, rare photographs, never-before-seen personal writings and ephemera, and stories and commentary from friends and family, in an illustrated edition authorized by Cash's estate, plus a deluxe slipcased collector's edition and a future volume collecting the lyrics to all 600 of Cash's songs, to Michael Szczerban at Voracious, in a two-book deal, for publication in November 2023, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management and Josh Matas at Sandbox Succession (world).
*March, 2023. Dolly Parton's BEHIND THE SEAMS: MY LIFE IN RHINESTONES, a celebration of the global superstar's iconic sense of style, drawing on personal anecdotes and the largest reveal of her private costume archive to tell the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to fans around the world, to Matt Inman at Ten Speed Press, for publication in October 17, 2023, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world).
*March, 2023. THE GRAND OLE OPRY'S 100th ANNIVERSARY BOOK, an authorized celebration of the iconic institution's century of influence on the country music genre, drawing on never-before-seen archival material and ephemera, showcasing where The Opry has been and where they're going next, for publication in 2025; THE GRAND OLE OPRY PRESENTS: WOMEN IN COUNTRY, an illustrated history of the pivotal role women have played in country music's legacy; THE GRAND OLE OPRY PICTURE BOOK, a mix of photographs and original illustrations celebrating a century of country music, for young readers; and THE GRAND OLE OPRY ALPHABET BLOCK BOOK, featuring original illustrations based on the Opry's extensive archive, to Zachary Knoll at Abrams for the adult books and Howard Reeves at Abrams Children's for the children's books, in a major deal, at auction, in a print-only four-book deal, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world). Audio rights to THE GRAND OLE OPRY'S 100th ANNIVERSARY BOOK and THE GRAND OLE OPRY PRESENTS: WOMEN IN COUNTRY, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Katherine Odom-Tomchin, Jeff Kleinman, and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world).
*March, 2023. Author of The Nappily Ever After series and WHAT PASSES AS LOVE Trisha R. Thomas's THE LOST MATCHMAKER, about a young dressmaker who can foretell true love for her clients, with unintended and potentially dangerous consequences, to Rachel Kahan at William Morrow, in a two-book deal, by Jeff Kleinman and Claudia Cross at Folio Literary Management (world).
*December, 2022. Dolly Parton's BILLY THE KID MAKES IT BIG, in which Dolly Parton's god-dog must make new friends and find self-confidence to follow his dreams of making it in Nashville as a country music star after he comes up against bullies who don't think he has the right city style, to Francesco Sedita at Penguin Workshop, for publication in spring 2023, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world).
*June, 2021. Army veteran and country music star (?That's What I Love About Sunday,? ?Redneck Yacht Club?) Craig Morgan's GOD, FAMILY, COUNTRY: AMERICAN SOLDIER, COUNTRY STAR, FAMILY MAN, about the author's unconventional path to stardom while spending 17 years serving our country, including special operations missions, and how his faith carried him through the unimaginable and tragic loss of his son, written with Jim DeFelice (author of AMERICAN SNIPER), to Addi Black at Blackstone Publishing, in a major deal, by Steve Troha and Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*January, 2021. Musician Brendan Slocumb's THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY, in which a prodigal violinist discovers that his family's old fiddle is a Stradivarius, catapulting him into stardom, until the violin is stolen and he must race against the clock to get it back; and THE COMPOSER, in which a music historian and a computer linguist discover that America's most celebrated composer was a fraud, thief, and killer, and now the composer's family will do anything to ensure that the truth never comes to light, to Edward Kastenmeier at Anchor, in a major deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2022, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (NA). International rights: Chiara Panzeri Dramatic rights: Sylvie Rabineau at WME.
*October, 2020. Dan Riskin's FIONA THE FRUIT BAT, about a fruit bat learning to use her senses to take her first flight, illustrated by Rachel Qiuqi Li, to Sara Gillingham at Greystone Kids, for publication in spring 2022, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management for the author, and by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
*August, 2020. Chef Ronnie Woo's DID YOU EAT YET?: 100+ UNCOMPLICATED & CRAVEABLE ASIAN-AMERICAN RECIPES, combining the author's Asian-inspired cooking with Western techniques to create recipes for the everyday cook, to Sarah Kwak at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in a pre-empt, by Steve Troha and Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world English).
*June, 2020. Dolly Parton's DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER: MY LIFE IN LYRICS, a celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend, mining over 60 years of songwriting, highlighting 175 of her songs with personal stories behind the lyrics, and containing rare photos and memorabilia from Parton's archives, to Christine Carswell and Rebecca Hunt at Chronicle, for publication in November 2020, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (world).
Also, a separate, simultaneous audio original book to Brian Sweany and Troy Juliar at Recorded Books.
*May, 2020. Board-certified sleep specialist and the author of THE SLEEP SOLUTION Dr. W. Chris Winter's untitled examination of the varied sleep issues and disorders that affect children, to help parents get their children proper treatment, to Lauren Appleton at Avery, in an exclusive submission, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (NA).
*February, 2020. NYT bestselling author and country music legend Loretta Lynn's ME & PATSY KICKIN' UP DUST, a celebration of Loretta's iconic friendship with Patsy Cline, to Suzanne O'Neill at Grand Central, at auction, in a major deal, in a two-book deal, by Steve Troha and Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (World).
*October, 2019. NYT-bestselling author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN Garth Stein's THE CLOVEN, a series that follows the most successful genetically modified human organism ever created; conceived in a privately financed, top-secret laboratory on Washington's Vashon Island, he is a cross between a human and a goat?a cloven; book one takes the reader through his journey across the Pacific Northwest as he searches for his tribe?a fabled herd of feral cloven living in the Cascade Mountains, illustrated by cocreator of the Stumptown series Matthew Southworth, to Eric Reynolds at Fantagraphics, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, for publication in July 2020, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*October, 2019. Author of THE REMINDERS and DEAR EVAN HANSON: THE NOVEL Val Emmich's MAYBE WE'RE ELECTRIC, about two teen cliches?the shy outcast and the popular jock?each hiding secrets, who both reveal and reinvent themselves after a night spent trapped together inside the Thomas Edison museum during a snowstorm, to Farrin Jacobs at Poppy, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2020, by Jeff Kleinman and John Cusick at Folio Literary Management (world).
*September, 2019. Stonewall Book Award winner and Lambda Literary Fellow SJ Sindu's BLUE-SKINNED GODS, about a boy born with blue skin who believes he's the Hindu god Vishnu and can perform miracles?until he learns that the truth is something far darker, again to Mark Doten at Soho Press, by Erin Harris and Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (NA).
*July, 2018. Helena Dea Bala's CRAIGSLIST CONFESSIONAL, pitched as Humans of New York meets Post Secret, a collection of real-life stories that people were too ashamed, afraid, or embarrassed to tell anyone, until they met the author through a Craigslist ad, to Rebecca Strobel at Touchstone, at auction, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*July, 2018. Ravishly's "Ask Erin" advice columnist Erin Khar's HEROINE, about one woman's decade-long battle with her opioid addiction that explores the very nature of why people do drugs, casting light on the larger opioid crisis, written with the intention to destigmatize the topic of drug addiction, to Laura Brown at Park Row Books, at auction, by Jeff Kleinman and Erin Harris at Folio Literary Management (world).
*June, 2018. Brooke Fossey's YESTERLAND, set in an assisted living center, about an elderly man who, when his roommate's illegitimate granddaughter climbs into the window, risks everything he has left in order to discover what it really means to live, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (NA).
*June, 2018. Ana Johns's THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE KIMONO, a novel based on her own experiences, which tells the braided stories of an American journalist who discovers her father's long-buried secrets while, in 1950s Japan, a girl's life-altering choices have far-reaching consequences, to Erika Imranyi at Park Row Books, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management on behalf of Lorella Belli Literary Agency Ltd (NA).
*June, 2018. MFA from the Michener Center at the University of Texas, Lara Prescott's WE WERE NEVER HERE, an historical novel based on true events surrounding the publication of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago?which had been banned in the Soviet Union?and the role the CIA played in translating the book, smuggling it behind the Iron Curtain, and orchestrating its use as a weapon of propaganda for the West, to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf, in a major deal, for seven figures, reportedly for $2 million, at auction, for publication in spring 2020, by Jeff Kleinman and Jamie Chambliss at Folio Literary Management (NA). Rights to Selina Walker at Hutchinson, in a major deal, at auction, by Lorella Belli at the Lorella Belli Literary Agency (UK/Commonwealth, excl. Canada). Rights in Germany to Aufbau, in a pre-empt, by Thomas Schlueck Agency; in Italy to DeAgostini Planeta, in a pre-empt, by Susanna Zevi Agency; in France to Robert Laffont, at auction, by Michelle Lapautre Agency; in Spain to Seix Barral, in a pre-empt, by International Editors'; in Holland to The House of Books, at auction, by Marianne Schoenbach Literary Agency; in Norway to Gyldendal Norsk, in a pre-empt, and in Sweden to Norstedts, at auction, both by Sebes & Bisseling; in Poland to Otwarte, in a pre-empt, by Graal; in Israel to Modan, in a pre-empt, by The Book Publishers Association of Israel; and in Serbia to Laguna, by Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Jamie Chambliss, Jeff Kleinman and Melissa White at Folio Literary Management.
*May, 2018. Author of Pen Award winner The Perfect Horse and The $80 Champion Elizabeth Letts's FINDING DOROTHY, describing the twin origin stories of the Wizard of Oz book and movie: how Frank Baum wrote the book as a love story and apology to his wife Maud; and how, 50 years later, Maud tried to rescue a young Judy Garland from predatory Hollywood producers, to Susanna Porter at Ballantine, on exclusive, for publication in spring 2019, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world English).
*May, 2018. Astrophysicists and scholars Neil deGrasse Tyson, J. Richard Gott, Michael Strauss, and Robert Vanderbei's WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE IN 3-D, a 3-D astronomy book depicting the most dazzling images of the universe in true depth and brilliance, to Ingrid Gnerlich at Princeton University Press, in a major deal, at auction, for publication in Fall 2020, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (world).
*April, 2018. Author of Mockingbird and And So it Goes, Charles Shields' biography of Lorraine Hansberry, the playwright of the most anthologized and performed play of all time, A Raisin in the Sun, placing Hansberry in the context of twentieth century American history, to Serena Jones at Holt, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (NA).
*July, 2017. Keena Roberts's WILD LIFE, a fish-out-of-water memoir, pitched as Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight meets Mean Girls, about a young girl who comes of age spending half of each year in a primitive "baboon camp" in Botswana with her primatologist parents, the other half dropped into a ritzy private school in a Philadelphia suburb learning a very different kind of social hierarchy, to Millicent Bennett at Grand Central, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (World).
*Apr. 2017. John Greenya's GORSUCH: The Judge Who Speaks for Himself, the first biography of Neil Gorsuch, the newest Supreme Court Judge, to Natasha Simons at Threshold, for publication in September 2017, by Steve Troha and Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (World).
*Feb. 2017. Kathy McKeon?s JACKIE?S GIRL: My Life with the Kennedy Family, a memoir about how in 1964, 19-year-old Kathy, a poor farm girl from Ireland, found herself working as former first lady Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and spent the next thirteen years at Jackie's side, helping to raise young Caroline and John, and witnessing some of the twentieth century's most significant events, to Jennifer Bergstrom at Gallery, by Jeff Kleinman and Steve Troha at Folio Literary Management (World).
*Nov. 2016. Rhiannon Navin?s ONLY CHILD, narrated by a seven-year old boy, about the immediate and lasting effects that a school shooting has on his family and community, to Carole Baron at Knopf (NA) on a pre-empt by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management. UK rights to Sam Humphreys at Macmillan UK/Mantle, in a preempt, by Lorella Belli; Dutch rights to HarperCollins Holland, in a preempt, by Neeltje Smitskamp at Marianne Schoenbach Agency; Polish rights to HarperCollins Polska, in a preempt, by Justyna Pelaska at GRAAL; simplified Chinese rights to Beijing White Horse Time, in a preempt, by Gray Tan at the Grayhawk Agency; Portuguese rights and world Spanish rights to HarperCollins Iberica, both in preempts, by Jennifer Hoge at IECO; Hebrew rights to Miskal, in a preempt, by Beverley Leavitt at TBPAIL; with auctions pending for Germany, France, Italy and Brazil, and more territories expected shortly; international rights with Molly Jaffa at Folio. Dramatic rights with Steve Fisher, APA.
*Sept. 2016. Stephanie Land's MAID, a memoir based on a Vox essay gone viral about a young single mother who worked as a maid for five years and what she learned about life from cleaning other people's houses, in a pre-empt to?Krishan Trotman?in her first acquisition for?Hachette Books, by?Jeff?Kleinman at?Folio Literary Management?(NA).
*July, 2016. Sophie Chen Keller's THE LUSTER OF LOST THINGS, in which a lonely 12-year-old boy with an uncanny ability to find lost objects launches the most important search he?ll ever undertake (accompanied by his best friend, an overweight golden retriever), descending into the dark underbelly of a slightly fantastical New York City and befriending the extraordinary and forgotten in his quest to save his mother?s magical bakery ? the only place he?s ever called home, in a pre-empt to Tara Singh Carlson at Putnam for World rights (except German); German rights sold on a preempt to Ullstein by Molly Jaffa at Folio. Italian rights sold on a preempt to Nord.
*June, 2016. Author of Adopting the Racing Greyhound Cynthia Branigan's FLYING LESSONS FROM A DIVING HORSE, about how the author, lost and adrift, bought at a slaughter auction the last of the Atlantic City Diving Horses that leaped off 40' platforms into a 10' tub of water - and of how rescued horse and owner were profoundly transformed by the other, to Victoria Wilson at Pantheon, in a pre-empt, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management (World English).
*May, 2016: Founder of Backspace writers organization and Salt Cay Writers Retreat Karen Dionne's THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER, about how, when a notorious child abductor escapes from prison, his daughter must use the wilderness skills her father taught her to hunt him down before he can kidnap her and her two young daughters, to Mark Tavani at Putnam, in a two-book major deal, at auction, by Jeff Kleinman at Folio Literary Management. Rights previously sold to Verus in Brazil, in a pre-empt, by Riff Agency, Lindhardt & Ringhof in Denmark, in a pre-empt, by Ulf Toregard, Juritzen in Norway, by Ulf Toregard, De Fontein in Holland, at auction, by Marianne Schoenbach and Neeltje Smitskamp, and Altin in Turkey, by Molly Jaffa at Folio Literary Management. Dramatic rights: Sylvie Rabineau at RWSG.
*March, 2016: Charles Shields's substantially revised and updated edition of his 2006 bestseller MOCKINGBIRD, the biography of Harper Lee, re-framed from the perspective of the publication of Lee's GO SET A WATCHMAN, with new details and reporting about the decade between 2006 and Lee's death, to Serena Jones at Holt.
*February, 2016: Benjamin Ludwig's debut novel FOREVER GIRL, pitched as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime meets Room, told from the perspective of an adopted autistic teenage girl who's plotting to get herself kidnapped by her birth mother, to Liz Stein at Mira, in a major deal, in a 3-day exclusive pre-empt. Foreign rights sold to Holland, Poland, Italy, and France.
*November, 2015: YouTube Head of Culture and Trends Kevin Allocca's WHEN WE PRESS PLAY, an examination of the democratization of culture and art, to Bloomsbury, at auction.
*November, 2015: Actor and singer-songwriter Val Emmich's debut novel, THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF NEVER FORGETTING, the laugh-out-loud, heartbreaking story of a little girl who can't forget who befriends a man desperate to remember, sold on an aggressive preempt to Little Brown; translation rights already sold to Germany, Italy, Denmark, China, Israel, Brazil, and Holland; U.K and Commonwealth rights sold at auction to Picador U.K.; with several more deals in the pipeline.
*October, 2015: The "Sleep Whisperer" W. Chris Winter, M.D.'s SLEEP REVOLUTION, a game-changing approach to fixing your sleep, once and for all, to Berkley, at auction.
*October, 2015: 52 LESSONS FROM A CHRISTMAS CAROL author Bob Welch's CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY, the true story of the founding of America's first theme park, Santa's Workshop?heartwarming inspiration for the dreamer in all of us, highlighting enduring values like hope, joy, faith, wonder, giving back, and reaching for the stars, to Convergent.
*October, 2015: Celebrity dog trainer and star of the Emmy-winning CBS show Lucky Dog, Brandon McMillan's MAKE YOUR DOG A LUCKY DOG, which uses the author's 7 Common Commands to train?-playfully, carefully, and kindly?-any dog, of any age or breed, even the most problematic, in just 7 days, to Harper One, in a major deal, in a pre-empt.
*July, 2015: Journalist Herb Frazier, historian and College of Charleston professor Bernard Edward Powers Jr. Ph.D., and Poet Laureate of South Carolina Marjory Wentworth's FINDING GRACE: The Story of Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church & The Story of All of Us, which examines the Charleston Church's seminal role in U.S. history to understand the extraordinary selflessness and perseverance of its congregants, with in-depth interviews of victims' families and the survivors of the recent massacre, with a percentage of all proceeds going to the Pinckney Scholarship Fund, to Thomas Nelson, in a pre-empt.
*May, 2015: Ethel Rohan's THE KINGDOM KEEPERS, following a morbidly obese man who, in the wake of his teenage son's inexplicable suicide, begins a weight-loss campaign as the first step in his ambitious plan to rid the world of suicide, a plan that embarrasses his family and shocks his neighbors, but ultimately proves that with courage and love, one big man's small acts can change the world, to St. Martin's, at auction.
*April, 2015: American literature professor J. Aaron Sanders's SPEAKERS OF THE DEAD: A Walt Whitman Mystery, the first in a planned series featuring Walt Whitman as the protagonist; in this novel, a young Walt Whitman struggles to exonerate his friends from murder charges as he uncovers the dark world of grave-robbers who steal corpses for medical colleges, to Plume, at auction.
*January, 2015: NYT bestselling author Garth Stein's next two picture books, ENZO'S VERY SCARY HALLOWEEN, narrated by the lovable dog from Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain, with artwork by illustrator R. W. Alley, to Harper Children's, in a two-book deal.
*August, 2014: Melissa DeCarlo's THE ART OF CRASH LANDING, about a young woman who returns - penniless, pregnant, and homeless - to the small southern hometown she never knew she had, to Harper Perennial, at auction, in a two-book deal.
*July, 2014: Alex Sheshunoff's BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PARADISE, a humorous memoir of a guy who drops out of the rat-race and moves to the South Pacific in search of the capital-P in "Paradise," and along the way learns how to wear a loin cloth, build a thatched hut, diaper a baby monkey, fall in love, and ultimately find Paradise - but not the way he expected, to NAL, at auction.
*March, 2014: TREES MAKE THE BEST MOBILES author Jessica Teich's THE FUTURE TENSE OF JOY, a half-mystery, half-memoir, exploring the suicide of a beautiful young woman -- a woman whose life eerily echoes her own; what she learns is jarring, forcing her to confront her own demons, in this story of the human heart in search of its own peace, to Seal Press, in a very nice deal.
