Brian DeFiore of DeFiore and Company announced today a major expansion of his agency with the addition of four new agents, Debra Goldstein, Laura Nolan, Matthew Elblonk and Karen Gerwin. The four, formerly of the agency The Creative Culture, which was founded in 1998 by Ms. Goldstein and Mary Ann Naples (who recently joined the start-up e-commerce site OpenSky) will join current DeFiore and Co. agents Laurie Abkemeier, Kate Garrick, Adam Korn and Adam Schear on March 1st. With nine agents and additional support staff, DeFiore and Co. is now a solidly mid-size agency with a broad list of non-fiction and fiction authors for adults and young adults. Clients that they bring to the agency include Lauren Conrad (LA CANDY) , Danica McKellar (MATH DOESN'T SUCK), SARK (SUCCULENT WILD WOMAN), Stacy Morrison, Lou Paget, MJ Ryan, Frances Cole Jones, Dr. Neal Barnard, and Gesine Bullock-Prado.

THE CW GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO CHEER!

The CW has given WBTV and Tom Welling Productions a green light to produce a pilot presentation for a drama series called "Hellcats," based on CHEER: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders by Kate Torgovnick (Touchstone, 2008).

PRANK BOOKS OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION

John Austin's PRANK UNIVERSITY (Three Rivers, 2006) and CUBICLE WARFARE (Collins, 2008) have been optioned to Michael Hirschorn's Ish Entertainment for development as a reality television series.

MARLEY AND THE KITTENS to Children's Book of the Month

John Grogan's fourth picture book, MARLEY AND THE KITTENS (Harper Children's, April 2010) will be a main selection of the Children's Book of the Month Club.

Grogan Essay Featured in Parade

John Grogan's original essay, "Bringing Marley Home," was featured in Parade magazine on January 3.

Half-Orange Is Hot

Harper's Bazaar chooses Amy Spencer's MEETING YOUR HALF-ORANGE for its Must-Read Books list.

MONSTRUMOLOGIST named Pritz Honor Book

Rick Yancey's THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST was one of the four "Printz honor books" named at the American Library Association.

McLeod to appear on GMA

Lisa Earle McLeod will appear on ABC's "Good Morning America" with co-host Sam Champion on January 1 to talk about viewers' resolutions for the New Year and to promote THE TRIANGLE OF TRUTH (Perigee, January 2010).

JASON STARR'S THE PACK to be developed as a TV series.

JASON STARR'S THE PACK sells to Twentieth Century Fox television, to be developed as a TV series, produced by Vertigo Entertainment.

THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE in the UK.

Benjamin Hale's THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE sells to Atlantic Books in the UK.

POSTSECRET is #1

Frank Warren's latest, POSTSECRET: CONFESSIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GOD hits #1 on the NY Times Hardcover Advice list.

CHEER! Heads to the Small Screen

Kate Torgovnick's CHEER!: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders was optioned to Warner Bros Television and Tom Welling Productions for development as a drama series for the CW, with Kevin Murphy ("Desperate Housewives") attached to write. "I read the book, got halfway into it and said, 'We have to do this,' " Murphy told Variety. "It's a group of people that for them, it's all about winning. Any time you have a series about people who want something desperately, it's fodder for a fantastic soap opera." Murphy will exec produce with Welling and A.J. Marcantonio, who heads up Welling's company. Murphy said he imagines the show as a cross between Election, Saved and Heathers.

Foreign sales for THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE

Ben Hale's THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE generated lots of foreign interest at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Sales have been made to Ponte alle Grazie (GeMS) in Italy and Intrinseca (Sextante) in Brazil.

Foreign sales for FOLLOWING ATTICUS

Foreign sales are being made for Tom Ryan's FOLLOWING ATTICUS. It was sold to Piper in Germany, Penguin in the UK, and Sperling in Italy.

POSTSECRET going back for reprint

Frank Warren's POSTSECRET: CONFESSIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GOD is going back for a reprint of 22,500 more copies

Marley's Latest Debut

John Grogan's MARLEY GOES TO SCHOOL debuted at #5 on the New York Times Children's Picture Books Best Sellers List for August 16, 2009. John goes on tour to promote this third children's picture book in September when he will be visiting Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Boulder, and Seattle.

Another great review for Jason Starr's PANIC ATTACK

In a Publisher's Weekly starred review, PANIC ATTACK is described as "Funny and suspenseful, this novel is Starr delightfully at the top of his game."

PRETTY IN PLAID is well-reviewed

The Onion and People review Jen Lancaster's latest memoir. People calls it "totally fresh" and "a treat for fans and new readers alike."

PRETTY IN PLAID is a wild success!

In just its first week, Jen Lancaster's PRETTY IN PLAID makes its mark on a number of lists: #8 on the New York Times bestseller list, #10 on The Washington Post, #11 on Wall Street Journal, and #15 on Publisher's Weekly.

Muller Wins NCBA!

Richard Muller's PHYSICS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS (Norton, 2008) won the 2009 Northern California Book Award in the general nonfiction category. The award was established by the Northern California Book Reviewers in 1981 "to honor the work of writers and recognize exceptional service in the field of literature in northern California."

PRETTY IN PLAID to hit the shelves on May 5, 2009

Jen Lancaster's highly anticipated fourth memoir will debut in hardcover on May 5th. To celebrate the book's release, Jen will be heading on a 17-city book tour. For more information, click here.

Great review for Jason Starr's PANIC ATTACK

Michael Connelly says, "This is the ultimate page turner -- a thriller that brilliantly blends psychological and physical suspense. It's rare that you get either one in a book, but Jason Starr delivers them both in spades."

BITTER IS THE NEW BLACK re-emerges on The Boston Globe's bestseller list.

Jen Lancaster's BITTER IS THE NEW BLACK re-emerged at #10 on The Boston Globe's bestsellers list for the week of April 11-15.

PHYSICS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS Nominated for NCBA

Recently featured in Forbes magazine, Richard Muller's PHYSICS FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS: The Science Behind the Headlines (Norton, 2008) has now been nominated for the Northern California Book Award in General Nonfiction as one of the best works by a northern California author published last year.

Another Anniversary for MARLEY & ME

MARLEY & ME celebrated 52 consecutive weeks on the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best Sellers List on March 22.

MARLEY & ME, the Movie, Enjoys Continued Success

A #1 movie when it opened in the U.S., "Marley & Me" hit the #1 spot at the international box office during the second weekend of March. And the DVD went on sale March 31.

I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY receives great reviews

The LA Times and Entertainment Weekly both give rave reviews for Diana Joseph's memoir, I'M SORRY YOU FEEL THAT WAY: The Astonishing But True Story of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man & Dog. The LA Times calls it a memoir with "natural charm" and EW writes that it is "nostalgic, sad, and pee-in-your-pants funny."

Frank Warren ranked #4 on Forbes.com 2009 Web Celeb 25 list

"Got a secret? Write it on a homemade postcard and send it to PostSecret, Frank Warren's ongoing community art project. Since its inception in 2005, the project has collected and displayed upward of 250,000 original pieces of art on its blog. Audiences have fallen for the formula: A 2008 survey by market research firm Youth Trends showed it was the 10th most popular site on the Internet among female college students. Four books of collected confessions have been published to date, most recently, A Lifetime of Secrets. As for Warren, he's hardly been keeping quiet: He's appeared on Today, 20/20, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Fox News and more."

Starred Booklist review for I'M PERFECT, YOU'RE DOOMED

"Very funny.... Abrahams is a natural writer whose prose flows effortlessly as she easily mixes throwaway humor and painful memories in a compelling narrative."

CHEER! available in trade paperback

Kate Torgovnick's critically acclaimed CHEER!: Inside the Secret World of Cheerleaders is now available in paperback. The Dallas Morning News said CHEER! is "an engaging, voyeuristic narrative that suggests college cheerleaders are as close to real-life superheroes as exist."

David Goodwillie's fiction debut.

AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE is a literary thriller about a journalist-turned-blogger and a young radical whose lives become intertwined in the wake of botched terrorist bombing of a private equity firm in New York, to Paul Whitlatch at Scribner.

MARLEY & ME is a box-office blockbuster!

The major motion picture based on John Grogan's best-selling MARLEY & ME opened on Christmas Day to become the #1 movie in America and hit the $100-million mark after just its second weekend in theaters.

Great early buzz for BEHIND THE YELLOW TAPE

Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch's follow-up to BODIES WE'VE BURIED comes out from Berkley Books in January and received a great early review in Publishers Weekly: "With as much suspense as any hour-long TV mystery, this should appeal to fans of CSI, its imitators, and the old-fashioned true-crime books that paved their way."

...and I'M PERFECT YOU'RE DOOMED

Kyria Abrahams' debut book from Touchstone is a memoir about growing up a Jehovah's Witness, and it hits bookstores in March. Kirkus raves, "Undoubtedly the cleverest lapsed Jehovah's Witness yet, Abrahams offers a graphic, mordant, wickedly distaff take on the first two decades of her current life. It's a confessional talking cure, melancholy as well as funny as it chronicles unharmonious family life, a short miserable marriage, foul boyfriends, booze and pervasive naïveté. As oddly engrossing as repeated slow-motion viewings of an accident in an amusement park."

THE LONGEST TRIP HOME debuts at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list.

John Grogan's 2nd memoir continues to receive critical acclaim and debuts at #9 on the New York Times bestseller list. Janet Maslin of the New York Times says John Grogan writes "with deeply felt humanity and pathos" and "has a knack for framing such tales with great charm." Frank McCourt reviews THE LONGEST TRIP HOME for The Philadelphia Inquirer and writes that Grogan's story is, "All energy and love, passion and compassion -- all leavened with a grand sense of humor."

Fox motion pictures acquires the rights to Adena Halpern's THE TEN BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE.

The touching and hilarious story of a hip young woman's surprising afterlife is set to become a major motion picture. Variety announces that attached to the project are actress Amy Adams and director Shawn Levy.

THE LAST GIG by Norm Green received starred Kirkus review.

Norm Green's forthcoming novel received a rave review from Kirkus, who said, "[Alessandra Martillo] fights like a Valkyrie, loves hard, runs scared at times, stands tall when it matters, is sexy, endearing and just about the freshest heroine to enhance genre fiction in forever. Don't miss her."

THE MAX nominated for an Anthony.

Jason Starr and Ken Bruen's THE MAX was nominated for the mystery world's prestigious Anthony Award at Bouchercon 2008.

THE LONGEST TRIP HOME is published on October 21 to critical acclaim.

John Grogan's new memoir received a starred Publishers Weekly review, a glowing Booklist, a four-star People review, and a photo-feature in USA Today. People raves, "[Grogan] proves he doesn't need a four-legged subject to write a winning book." And the Rocky Mountain News declares, "You don't have to be Catholic to enjoy Grogan's story of growing up outside Detroit in the 1960s. Filled with hilarious coming-of-age adventures and gratifying insights, THE LONGEST TRIP HOME is sure to appeal to a wide audience." Grogan's publicity tour launched with an appearance on "Good Morning, America" and includes New York, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Sacramento, Dallas, and Austin.

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