New Deal : TRIPPING ARCADIA BY Kit Mayquist pre-empted by Stephanie Kelly at Dutton

A fan of everything spooky and indulgent, Kit Mayquist is a queer, Gothic writer who can be found in the historic shadows of Boston, MA, hunched over his desk with a sullen Persian cat in his lap and surrounded in antiques. He has a MA degree in Medieval History from the University of Iceland, and a BA from Portland State University (and if you ask him, yes, Stumptown will always have the best coffee).

His debut novel, TRIPPING ARCADIA (Dutton, 2022) is a Contemporary Gothic which follows a young woman as she recounts her role in the death of her billionaire employer through a series of poisons at Gatsby-esque parties in 21st century Boston, while uncovering the mystery of his drunken, poetic heir’s illness, and battling growing feelings for his disgraced daughter.

He is represented by Emmy Nordstrom Higdon at The Rights Factory.

New Deal : INTO THE UNKNOWN by Tamara Goranson

Tamara Goranson’s INTO THE UNKNOWNis the first book in Vinland Vikings, a feminist revisionist trilogy which recounts the lives of the Norsewomen whose stories have been neglected in the Viking sagas. Freydis, daughter of explorer Erik the Red, finds herself trapped in an abusive marriage. To break the chains that prevent her from divorcing her husband, Freydis becomes the first and only woman to lead a Viking expedition to North America. Sold to Charlotte Ledger and Bethan Morgan at One More Chapter of Harper UK in a three-book deal, byEmmyNordstrom Higdon at The Rights Factory.

New Deal : ON HEALING by Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran (Non-Fiction: Health)

Public health-trained physician-journalist and contributor to the New York Times Well section, Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran's ON HEALING, in which the author grapples with what it means to heal and be healed, through the lens of science, reportage, and personal reflections, ultimately informing where conventional medicine and so-called 'alternative approaches' might finally find common ground for both individuals and our society, particularly in a post-pandemic world, to Craig Pyette and Anne Collins at Random House Canada, by Sam Hiyate at The Rights Factory (WORLD). 

Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran is a physician, epidemiologist, speaker, and nonfiction writer who has published in the New York Times, Wired, Atlantic, Scientific American, Atavist magazine, Boston Globe,  The Walrus, Maclean's magazine, and the Globe and Mail, among others.