For Ballantine Trade Paperbacks, Jill Schwartzman has acquired NYT bestseller Gotcha Capatalism and MSNBC contributor Bob Sullivan’s Ten Things Every Consumer Should Know, which explores why America’s corporate culture is built on manipulating (and downright cheating) consumers, and how savvy consumers can fight the system. The World Rights deal was made by Daniel Lazar at Writers House.
For Ballantine, Judy Sternlight has acquired North American rights to three new books by New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. Pure Gold is a memoir about the remarkable animals who have loved, endured and taught her over the years. And launching an exciting, new mystery series, two untitled novels about an investment banker with high self-regard who inherits her aunt’s farm and discovers (the hard way) that the qualities that made her successful in her business may not be useful in the country. Luckily she has two dogs, one from the city and one she finds in the country, who do their best to guide and support her. The agent is Wendy Weil at The Wendy Weil Agency.