WCA Deal Report for June 9, 2023

By Westwood Creative ArtistsJune 9, 2023News

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Award-winning author of SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, Joanne Levy‘s THE JOURNAL OF THINGS LOST AND FOUND, in which 12 year old Ruthie Sydner navigates her still-fresh feelings around the loss of a miscarried sibling while learning her mom is newly pregnant, to Sarah Howden at Orca Book Publishers, for publication in fall 2025, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

Foreign:

Kyo Maclear’s BIRDS ART LIFE renewed to AdMarginem (Russia), by Natalia Sanina at Synopsis Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

Kyo Maclear’s UNEARTHINIG to AdMarginem (Russia), by Natalia Sanina at Synopsis Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

Michael Ignatieff’s THE ORDINARY VIRTUES renewed to China Times Publishing Company (Taiwan), by Whitney Hsu at ANA Taiwan, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Michael Levine.

Leanne Toshiko Simpson’s NEVER BEEN BETTER to April Books (Netherlands), edited by Petra Kruijt, by Stella Nelisen at Marianne Schonbach Associates, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

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