Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Breaking News-I've stopped stalking Jack Reacher

The reason was announced on Publishers Marketplace today:

Younger brother of Lee Child, Andrew Grant's debut EVEN, introducing David Trevellyan, described as Jack Reacher's younger brother if Reacher had a brother who'd joined the British Navy, and taken James Bond's career path, to Peter Wolverton at Thomas Dunne Books, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in June 2009, by Janet Reid at FinePrint Literary Management (that would be me.)


The full story is here, on the Dead Guy blog
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17 comments:

  1. Margaret Yang3/4/08, 7:34 AM

    Congrats on the new hottie!

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  2. Unknown3/4/08, 8:33 AM

    Very nice. :-) Brothers are HOT.

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  3. Eric3/4/08, 8:34 AM

    Kudos. (Where did that word come from, anyhow?) Congratulations to both you and Andrew. I'm looking forward to reading it.

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  4. Liana Brooks3/4/08, 9:43 AM

    Congratulations! I'll look forward to reading :)

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  5. Susan Adrian3/4/08, 10:19 AM

    Woo-HOOO! Congratulations!!

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  6. Mindy Tarquini3/4/08, 10:46 AM

    Whee!!!!

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  7. Cornelia Read3/4/08, 3:34 PM

    Way cool! Congrats to you both.

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  8. Paige3/4/08, 6:04 PM

    Oh, he does have a brother! How wonderful. May I ask what pre-empt means? Might be none 'o my business, but I'm just curious. And it might be a common term I've just missed along the way.

    Big, huge, ginormous congratulations.

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  9. Anonymous3/4/08, 6:13 PM

    Yawn. Conway Sax could beat up Jack Reacher, his hypothetical brother, and any other hypothetical siblings he might have. And never break a sweat.

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  10. Twill3/4/08, 9:07 PM

    There's no verb in that sentence.

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  11. Anonymous3/5/08, 6:15 AM

    Conway Sax punched out all the verbs.

    (OK, OK, somebody's a bit jealous over that six-figure advance!)

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  12. astrologymemphis.blogspot.com3/5/08, 9:29 AM

    A significant deal. Woo hoo! You go, girl. Oh, and congrats to the author, too.

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  13. DeadlyAccurate3/5/08, 10:11 AM

    May I ask what pre-empt means?

    A pre-empt means the publisher tries to pre-emptively avoid the book going to auction by offering a good deal. Best definition I've ever seen is comparing it to the "Buy It Now" feature on an eBay auction.

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  14. Loretta Ross3/5/08, 12:15 PM

    So . . . you're stalking David Trevellyan now?

    Congrats on the deal to you both!

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  15. Paige3/5/08, 5:51 PM

    deadlyaccurate -- thanks for answering my pre-empt question. That makes the deal even better! Congrats again, Janet.

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  16. Sandra Cormier3/5/08, 8:51 PM

    It's like all the planets suddenly went into alignment! Congratulations, and I hope the figurative bed don't get too crowded.

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  17. Chris Eldin3/8/08, 9:56 AM

    Congratulations!!!!

    This is awesome news!!!
    :-)

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