BUSINESS Senior partners who have led McKinsey & Company's operations in China for decades Joe Ngai and Nick Leung's THE NEXT CHINA IS STILL CHINA, an argument that China, with its still strong growth and giant, STEM-educated workforce, continues to be the smart bet for businesses looking to expand despite new and complex challenges, to Rick Horgan at Scribner, in a significant deal, at auction, for publication in 2026, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world). Rights: Paul.O'[email protected]
ADVICE Cara Bedick's YOUR NEXT BIG CAREER MOVE: A GUIDED JOURNAL FOR JOB SEEKERS, based on the author's experience and research she conducted during her own job search, for people who are looking for a job after a layoff, seeking a career change, or entering the job market; featuring 99 prompts to inspire introspection, exploration, and action for readers while transforming uncertainty into opportunity and bolstering their spirits and confidence when those qualities are needed most, to Sara Zatopek at The Experiment, for publication in January 2026, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world).
BUSINESS CEO of the Americas of the Brunswick Group Nikhil Deogun's THE JUGAAD MINDSET, distilling an ethos that encapsulates a combination of ingenuity, adaptability, and resilience that has propelled Indian-born leaders into the CEO position at major companies such as Microsoft, PepsiCo, Mastercard, IBM, Google, FedEx, Adobe, Diageo, U.S. Bank, Honeywell, and Chanel, providing a roadmap for those seeking to make the most of their skills and opportunities personally and professionally, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in a significant deal, at auction by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (NA). Rights: [email protected]
ADVICE NPR reporter and contributor to the NYT and The Atlantic Anya Kamenetz's FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD AGAIN, exploring the state of our emotional lives in the face of the ongoing polycrisis, an emerging term that describes converging global disasters from the political to the environmental, drawing on the author's experiences and the work of global experts to offer new paradigms for mental health and well-being in a world that feels increasingly unstable, to Colleen Lawrie at Bloomsbury, by Sara Carder at Lynn Johnston Literary (world).
BUSINESS NYU Stern School of Business professors Hans Taparia and Bruce Buchanan's PEOPLE'S CAPITALISM, empowering workers, farmers, customers, and communities to take greater ownership and control of business, using existing tools of the market with no changes needed to the law, to improve lives and society in ways that the near-complete dominance of investor-led capitalism is incapable of, to Merry Sun at Norton, in a good deal, at auction, for publication in 2027, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world). Rights: Elisabeth Kerr: [email protected]
BUSINESS Former portfolio manager and creator of the Instagram @socialcapofficial and TikTok @socialcap accounts Tyler Gardner's MONEY BOSS, offering an approach to money based on self-awareness and self-compassion by providing clarity on how to align financial goals with personal values and addressing fears and misconceptions that keep people from getting rich, with concrete advice to start building wealth whether you have $1,000, $100,000 or $1 million to invest, to Merry Sun at Norton, in a major deal, at auction, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (North American). Rights: [email protected]
MEMOIR/HUMOR Annabelle Gurwitch's MY YEAR OF YEESH, a memoir in which a reluctant skeptic of a certain age, faced with her impending mortality, makes the unexpectedly positive and life-altering decision to embrace (almost) every opportunity that comes her way, like selling merch out of a van for a heavy metal band's European tour, to Zibby Owens and Kathleen Harris at Zibby Books, with Leigh Haber editing, at auction, for publication in 2026, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world English). Rights: [email protected]
BUSINESS Leadership coach and former venture capital executive Liz Tran's AQ: THE SUPER INTELLIGENCE WE NEED FOR AN UNSTABLE WORLD, arguing that leaders and ambitious young employees need to develop an “agility quotient,” a new kind of intelligence alongside IQ and EQ that will help them navigate a world filled with increasing change and uncertainty, based on the author's assessment of 200 successful founders and executives, to Amy Li at Crown Currency, in a good deal, at auction, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (world). Rights: [email protected]
ADVICE Dr. Evelyn Carter, PhD's DETECTING BIAS, challenging readers to go beyond overt forms of racial bias, such as racial slurs, to identify and respond to subtler expressions that often do more harm and that many white people have been socialized to ignore, to Talia Krohn at Little Brown Spark, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (North American). Rights: [email protected]
TELEVISION RIGHTS Annabelle Gurwitch's YOU'RE LEAVING WHEN, drawing from a chapter about girlfriends on a Golden Girls-esque adventure, to Hallmark, with Andi McDowell to star, the author cowriting with Emmy Award-winning TV writer Neena Beber, and Front Street Pictures producing, by Bradley Glenn at Don Buchwald & Associates and Jonathan Levy at UTA, on behalf of LynnJohnston at LynnJohnston Literary.
BUSINESS Founder of FirstGenLiving Maria Melchor's ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH, drawing on the author's experience growing up an undocumented immigrant and becoming the first in her family to create generational wealth to provide a formula for financial success, aimed at the growing community of first-generation professionals and those who do not have access to family money, to Karina Leon and Talia Krohn at Little Brown Spark, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, by Lynn Johnston at Lynn Johnston Literary (North American). Rights: [email protected]
How inspiring to watch young women of color take action to teach themselves and educate their peers about racial literacy. A good reminder that we have so much more in common than what separates us.https://t.co/HhzrRCzysS
