Debut author Humayun Khan's young adult novel GHETTOSTAN, has been acquired by Dik Zweekhorst at Querido (The Netherlands). The deal was brokered by Liza Demaison at The Rights Factory and Lora Fountain at Lora Fountain & Associates, on behalf of Stacey Kondla at The Rights Factory.Â
Biologist, science writer, and author of LISTEN UP! Stephen Aitken's SAVING THE NIGHT, a middle-grade nonfiction book, which explores how light pollution is harming life on our planet and explores solutions to the loss of darkness, has been acquired by Andrew Wooldridge at Orca Books, with Kirstie Hudson editing, for publication Spring 2023. The author is represented by Stacey Kondla.
Pitched as FREAKONOMICS x GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL, Dr. Kari Nixon’s QUARANTINE LIFE: FROM CHOLERA TO COVID19—covering what pandemics teach us about parenting, work, life, and communities from the 1700s to today, and how this knowledge could be the greatest survival tool of all—has been acquired by Veronica Alvarado at Tiller Press (Simon & Schuster) for publication in Summer 2021. The author is represented by Cecilia Lyra.
