Jezebel: book deals

God Bless America

Anna — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:20:00 EST

Congratulations are in order to Jezebel editor Anna North, who, a mere 7 months after graduating with an M.F.A. in fiction from the Iowa Writers Workshop, has sold her first novel. [Publisher's Weekly]

Released Journalist Pens Memoir

Intern Katy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:20:00 EDT

Formerly detained journalist Roxana Saberi has announced that she is working on a memoir to be released in March 2010. The book will cover her arrest in January, her trial and sentencing, and eventual release. [AP]

Daddy's Girl

Sadie — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:40:00 EDT

Tiny Art Director is one blog so cute we don't begrudge its book deal! Graphic artist Bill Zeman draws things according to his four-year-old daughter's exacting instructions (ie, "A dinosaur eating a R and an O and an S and a I and a E"), she critiques the result. [BoingBoing]

To All Our Fans, With Love, From Lizzie

Anna — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

It's never fun to return to work after a sojourn in the South Pacific, but my arrival back on American soil has been made sweeter with this news: Jezebel contributor Lizzie Skurnick has sold a nonfiction title inspired by her increasingly-popular Friday feature about beloved, classic children's and young adult books, Fine Lines. (Congratulations, Lizzie!) The lucky suitor? Publishing behemoth HarperCollins, which, thanks to editor Carrie Feron and agent Kate Lee, will be publishing the book — featuring work that has appeared on Jezebel as well as new content — sometime next summer. And Jezebel readers can help, namely, telling Lizzie what sort of accompanying online content and reader participation opportunities you'd love to see — "book clubs, podcasts, interviews, e-book downloads and cover galleries are things we're kicking around," she says — and, of course, title suggestions.

Lucky for me, I'll be helping out with the book in some as yet-to-be determined capacity, including but not limited to repeated demands that Lizzie include mention of my personal favorite and as-yet-to-be Fine Lined book, Harriet the Spy. As always, those with ideas, or simply congratulations to share, can reach Lizzie at jezziefinelines@gmail.com. And for those who want to see our entire collection of Fine Lines columns, click here.

Earlier: All Fine Lines Posts
Harriet The Spy: Iconoclastic, American Lezebel Icon

Related: Lizzie Skurnick [The Old Hag]