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ecstatic Amy Einhorn preempted world rights to Matthew Flaming's first novel, The Kingdom of Ohio, for her imprint at Putnam; Stephanie Cabot at the Gernert Company made the sale. Set in New York City in 1901, the book revolves around a young workman on the first subway lines beneath the city and a beautiful mathematical prodigy, as the two are drawn into a tangle of overlapping intrigues involving Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and J.P. Morgan. Tentative pub date is 2009, with Berkley to follow in paperback.
I've seen people I love get married, receive graduate degrees, finish marathons, and find their dream jobs, but I don't think I've ever been as happy for another person as I am right now. Because getting married is really just an official recognition of something that was already there. Training for a marathon takes months; earning a J.D. or a Ph.D. takes years. But my brother has been writing seriously for his entire adult life, for nothing but the love of it, and now he is a professional author. If I could have wished this for only one person in the whole world, it would have been him. I've been waiting for this day since I was ten years old. If I wasn't at work, I'd be out on a street corner right now, handing out handmade advertising fliers for this book.
Further details and amazon.com pre-ordering info will be posted when available. You are all expected to buy copies for everyone you know.
December 14 2007, 00:07:01 UTC 4 years ago
I can't wait to read it -- it sounds good! :)
*http://merriamwebster.com/info/07wo
December 14 2007, 03:21:34 UTC 4 years ago
December 14 2007, 13:34:07 UTC 4 years ago
...Does this mean you now owe him a pair of leather pants?
December 20 2007, 18:11:29 UTC 4 years ago
What does "imprint at Putnam" mean?
Me no get it