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
17 comments:
Congrats on the new hottie!
Very nice. :-) Brothers are HOT.
Kudos. (Where did that word come from, anyhow?) Congratulations to both you and Andrew. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Congratulations! I'll look forward to reading :)
Woo-HOOO! Congratulations!!
Whee!!!!
Way cool! Congrats to you both.
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.
Yawn. Conway Sax could beat up Jack Reacher, his hypothetical brother, and any other hypothetical siblings he might have. And never break a sweat.
There's no verb in that sentence.
Conway Sax punched out all the verbs.
(OK, OK, somebody's a bit jealous over that six-figure advance!)
A significant deal. Woo hoo! You go, girl. Oh, and congrats to the author, too.
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.
So . . . you're stalking David Trevellyan now?
Congrats on the deal to you both!
deadlyaccurate -- thanks for answering my pre-empt question. That makes the deal even better! Congrats again, Janet.
It's like all the planets suddenly went into alignment! Congratulations, and I hope the figurative bed don't get too crowded.
Congratulations!!!!
This is awesome news!!!
:-)
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