Random House Picks Up Lena Dunham’s Next MemoirAndy Ward at Random House acquired North American rights to
Famesick by
Lena Dunham from
Bill Clegg at the Clegg Agency. The publisher described the memoir as “a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between” in which the
Girls creator “explores—among many other things—whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain it’s caused.” Publication is set for April.
2025 Frankfurt Book Fair Rights ListingsFor the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair,
Publishers Weekly will run its annual literary agency rights listings online only. Literary agents wishing to submit titles for which rights will be available at the fair can add their information via a submissions form available at
publishersweekly.com/fbf25rights. Agencies are limited to four entries. Any questions can be emailed to John Maher at jmaher@publishersweekly.com.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are
Jennifer Michelle Herrera’s
Siren Says, about a young woman who must put a stop to the sacrifices her family has been making for more than a century while falling for her childhood friend turned nemesis;
Michael Mezzo’s
Dismissal, set at a storied private school in Connecticut on the day a beloved retired teacher’s death instigates a string of revelations about the decades-old disappearance of a student; and
Sheryl Underwood’s
I Am Fat Because of You, a memoir that brings Underwood’s fearless candor from the stage to the page, offering transparency about her life in Hollywood, the military, and her wounded family.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
The Secrets We Carry by
Tiffany Wang, first in a YA duology, featuring an immortal goddess and a boy who has vowed revenge against the gods who are caught in a political plot that could scorch the mortal realm and topple the heavens, while falling in love with each other;
Cruel Instincts by
Clare Edge, a YA speculative thriller in which a girl with a mysterious connection to birds gets drawn into the toxic orbit of a privileged clique as the consequences of her family’s twisted secrets come home to roost; and
Such a Lucky Girl by
Wendy Heard, in which a teen influencer’s ex-best friend summons a demon using a vintage self-help book to get revenge.
Tiny Rep Wins Hari Kondabolu’s Memoir at Auction
