What We’ve Acquired Thus Far
Dear me, I have been lax with updating you all about the goings-on in the office! We have been extremely busy since the new year, having acquired three new authors for our New Adult endeavor, bringing our stable of authors up to seven! The stats and projects are as follows:
Nonfiction
WORKING GIRL: How To Have A Fabulous Life on 30 Grand by Laurel House
Lifestyle and fitness guru Laurel House writes a how-to guide for post-collegiate and young professional women, including ways of making your dollar stretch to your best advantage without having to sacrifice the things you want. I have to say that as a poor publishing professional, her tips were quite useful!
THE ROARING TWENTIES: Adulthood Redefined by Hannah Seligson
Hannah is a wonderful young writer and journalist, and she examines what it means to be an “adult” in today’s society, focusing on the milestones between the ages of 18 and 30. A comprehensive look at most walks of life, it is part memoir, a large part research, part anecdotal, and entirely awesome.
DATING IN THE NUDE by Harlan Cohen
Harlan is best known for his college survival guide THE NAKED ROOMMATE, which was an extensive look at the emotional and practical aspects of going away to school. Having spoken at length with many “new adults”, he now parlays the insight he gained from talking to young people into a dating/relationship advice book.
DEAL OF THE CENTURY by Frank Sennett
Y’all know of Groupon? Y’all know how awesome it is? Wanna know about how the company got started, why they didn’t sell out to Google, and what its social media oriented business is about? This is the book for you!
Fiction
SWEET VALLEY CONFIDENTIAL: Ten Years Later by Francine Pascal.
Ever wonder what Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield were like as adults in their twenties? Francine Pascal reveals all in this long-awaited novel. Released March 29, 2011.
UNION STREET by Gemma Burgess
The first in a series about six young women living together in a Brooklyn brownstone, figuring out life, love, and adulthood together. The first book features Pia, a Swiss-Indian third culture kid and a recent college graduate. (Can I just say here: HAPAS FOR THE WIN!)
THE PFEFFERNOOSE CHRONICLES by Nora Zelevansky
A young college undergraduate from a quirky, Royal Tenebaums-esque Upper West Side family gets a gig writing a blog for dazzling (and possibly magical) socialite Veruca Pfeffernoose–getting swept in Veruca’s whirlwind and glitzy life.
I won’t lie when I say fiction has been much more difficult than nonfiction to acquire. Many of the things we’ve seen have been too young without crossover potential. Thus far we’ve only acquired contemporary, but we would love to find some more genre here, myself in particular. I love me some fantasy and historical. Send me stuff!
Oh, I just saw DEAL OF THE CENTURY in Publishers Lunch! Also, ROARING TWENTIES sounds awesome.
Heh, UNION STREET sounds good too. Hapas FTW for sure!
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These all sound amazing. Where would one look if they were interested in submitting something New Adult?
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I so want to be a part of this new endeavor! I’m the creator/coordinator/writer for The Broke and the Bookish blog — a book blog written by college students. We review both YA and Adult (as well as non-fiction) because we are teetering right there between YAhood and adulthood. I also am the creator/moderator of the College Students group on Goodreads and we’ve been discussing this New Adult genre and are very interested in it collectively as a group!
If you are currently looking for bloggers, please email me at brokeandbookish (at) gmail (dot) com. I had sent an email to St. Martins a few months ago but hadn’t gotten a response about it so I wasn’t sure if the genre was still being actively pursued!
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A bit late for this, but yay for Gemma Burgess. I can’t wait for Union Street.
Love your blog, found it by searching for more news on Gemma’s books (loved her first two so I’m insanely excited for her new series).
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