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Music journalist, radio host, and Nashville insider Hunter Kelly's THE JUDDS, a multi-generational biography of the six-time Grammy award-winning mother/daughter duo The Judds who rose out of poverty and anonymity to take the world of country music by storm, weaving together the complex lives and characters who populate this American saga with a critical exploration of their sound and contributions to music, both as women and as artists, based on new interviews with Wynonna and Naomi Judd and their inner circle, to Haley Bracken at Liveright, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA). Rights: ashley@waxmanagency.com

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and author of THE RISE: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality Mike Sielski's GOING THE DISTANCE: STALLONE, PHILLY, AND THE STORY OF "ROCKY", the full story of the making of the underdog movie, drawing on new interviews and research to debunk its myths and celebrate its enduring legacy, examining its authentic, gritty milieu and its snapshot of 1970s urban America, timed to the 50th anniversary of its premiere, to Pete Wolverton at St. Martin's, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA). Rights: ashley@waxmanagency.com

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kenneth J. Cooper's ON LIGHTNING: A RAINBOW FAMILY IN THE CHEROKEE NATION, a tri-racial story that explores the history of the Cherokee Freedmen (freed slaves and free blacks who lived in the tribe), inspired by the author's own ancestors and based on deep historical and genealogical research, to Abby West at Amistad, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Founder and executive director of the Center for Food As Medicine and distinguished lecturer at Hunter College (Emeritus) Dr. Charles Platkin's EAT TO CHEAT DEATH: HEALTHIER, BETTER, STRONGER, a guide that leverages the doctor's research of over 2,000 peer-reviewed studies to cut through nutritional misinformation, analyze and synthesize current findings on how food and dietary supplements can be used as medicine to enhance health and longevity, and offer science-backed strategies that teach readers to thrive, not just survive, to Christine Belleris at HCI, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Sports Illustrated writer Emma Baccellieri and WNBA writer and podcast host Jordan Robinson's COURT QUEENS: THE RISE AND REIGN OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, an illustrated history of women's basketball that charts a narrative of progress, from the sport's origins at Smith College to the birth of the WNBA and the great college dynasties to the arrival of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, to Lisa Tenaglia at Black Dog & Leventhal, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter contributor Hadley Meares's THE MAD MONK'S DAUGHTER, the true story of the brave and bold Maria Rasputin, the daughter of notorious mystic, zealot, and eventual outcast Grigory Rasputin, who was raised playing with the Romanov princesses—and even schemed to save them from their tragic fate—but was forced to flee revolutionary Russia for a vagabond life in Europe and America, parlaying her famous last name into a career as an author, cabaret dancer, circus animal trainer, and eventually, a Los Angeleno in search of a better life, to Julianna Haubner at Avid Reader Press, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Oxford American contributor and author of A MOST TOLERANT LITTLE TOWN Rachel Louise Martin's ROSALYNN, about Rosalynn Carter, celebrating her unsung political genius and using her life to explore what happens when a person's values collide inside her and she's forced to reckon with being a person of faith without being a conservative and a proper lady while challenging the status quo, again to Megan Hogan at Simon & Schuster, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

P. Paramita's APPETITE, about the friendship forged between a 23-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant and a famous white wrestler, exploring the dynamics of parasocial relationships, the blurred lines between public and private, the loneliness of young professional life, and the authentic connection shared by chosen family, to Katy Nishimoto at Dial Press, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Graywolf press director and publisher Carmen Giménez has acquired world rights to Party Line, the debut poetry collection by Kyle Carrero Lopez, cofounder of Legacy, a Black queer artist collective in Brooklyn. Graywolf said the collection “draws inspiration from Lopez’s Afro-Cuban heritage” and “questions the way power travels within and beyond the arbitrary lines we draw, and whether we can feel at home outside of homogeneity.” Carrero Lopez is represented by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary. Party Line is slated to be published in spring 2026.

Stephan Talty's THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF SPIES, the story of an American team of archaeologists-turned-spies known as "the Greek desk," who were deployed by the OSS to infiltrate Greece during World War II in order to outwit the Nazis who were quickly closing in on Athens and determined to seize or destroy some of the most enduring and irreplaceable relics of western civilization, to David Howe at Dutton, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Longtime NFL writer and author of ONCE A GIANT Gary Myers's BRADY V. BELICHICK, a deep dive into of one of the most debated arguments in NFL history—who was the key to the legendary success of the New England Patriots dynasty: QB Tom Brady or coach Bill Belichick?—based on insider access, new reporting, and creative analysis, to Peter Wolverton at St. Martin's, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Las Vegas bookmaker Art Manteris's THE BOOKIE, a no-holds-barred memoir going inside the author's four decades setting the odds for the biggest events in sports to reveal the inner workings of sports betting, featuring a motley cast of characters including some of the biggest names in sports, entertainment, and business as well as lessons and warnings for the more than fifty million people in the U.S. now laying down sports bets, to Stuart Roberts at Dey Street Books, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency.

Sports Illustrated golf writer and author of TIGER & PHIL and DRIVE Bob Harig's JACK VS. TIGER, a lively examination of the greatest argument in golf—who was better, Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods—exploring the records, rivalries, statistics, and context of their illustrious careers, including the intangibles that made them both icons, timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Nicklaus's 1986 Masters victory and Woods's 50th birthday, again to Peter Wolverton at St. Martin's, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Horse expert, trainer, and neuroscientist Janet L. Jones's A HORSE'S WORLD, pitched in the spirit of Sy Montgomery and Peter Godfrey-Smith, an exploration of the emerging science of horse minds and behavior, from communication patterns to a deep dive into the prey/predator relationship, including what our centuries-long bond with these enigmatic animals reveals about ourselves, as told through the author's budding kinship with a young horse named True North, to Pronoy Sarkar at Little, Brown, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of MARRIED AF Jen Marie Wiggins's THE GOOD BRIDE, in which the Gulf Coast's wedding of the year turns tragic; a twisting tale of old family wounds and newfound celebrity amid the struggle to rebuild a hurricane-ravaged town, to Tara Gavin at Crooked Lane, for publication in fall 2024, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

Former Sports Illustrated staffers Adam Duerson and John Walters's THE MASTHEAD, a sweeping, uncensored oral history of the wild ride that was/is Sports Illustrated, drawing on extensive archival material, hundreds of original interviews, and a combined 35 years of the authors' institutional memory, to Jofie Ferrari-Adler at Avid Reader Press, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Fox Sports analyst Ric Bucher's COACHABLE: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND GREAT, an exploration into the concept of coachability and how that has proven to be the surprising difference maker—above raw talent, skill, work ethic, and IQ—in the pursuit of greatness in sport and in life, based on interviews with dozens of iconic elite athletes and coaches across sport, including Michael Jordan, Steve Young, Tom Brady, Diana Taurasi, Landon Donovan, and more; pitched in the vein of THE CAPTAIN CLASS and RANGE, to Jacob Surpin at Avery, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT and THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY A.J. Baime's BIRD MAN, the story of the rise of American airpower and the man who made it fly, General "Hap" Arnold, often called "The Father of the Air Force," detailing the man v. machine creation of the B-29 Superfortress bomber, a visionary feat of engineering that cost more than the Manhattan Project and changed warfare forever, to Matt Harper at Mariner, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Elle features editor and former contributor to Vanity Fair and the WSJ Adrienne Gaffney's QUEENS OF CHIC: ANNE KLEIN, DONNA KARAN AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORKING WOMAN, the story of the unlikely partnership between two icons of American women's fashion, their vision for the pivotal cultural moment they occupied, and the legacy of their influence on generations of working women, to Lindsey Schwoeri at Viking, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

The Athletic senior writer Paul Tenorio's THE MESSI EFFECT, the behind-the-scenes story of international soccer great Lionel Messi's arrival in America to play out the last act of his legendary career, at once an examination of his brilliant game, career and legacy, but also an insider view of the $150 million shock deal involving MLS, Apple, and Messi himself, aimed at elevating the game in the U.S. to never-before-seen heights, to Peter Wolverton at St. Martin's, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

DEADLINE: “101 Studios Acquires Rights To NYT Bestseller ‘White House By The Sea: A Century Of The Kennedys At Hyannis Port.’” 101 Studios secured the rights to the NYT bestseller White House By The Sea: A Century of the Kennedys At Hyannis Port and are fast-tracking it for a television adaptation. Written by Rolling Stone‘s Kate Storey and published June 27 by Scribner, White House By The Sea is the multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod. The estate is where they’ve celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds – and Storey’s book is based on more than one hundred interviews.

Edward R. Murrow Award-winning reporter who covers business, culture, and politics on NPR and Planet Money Sonari Glinton's BLACKENOMICS, an exploration of how racism adversely affects the economy that upends conventional wisdom of what drives financial success, and an argument on how unlocking our economy's full potential requires equal access to markets, to Emi Ikkanda at Dutton, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world English).

Outside correspondent and veteran backcountry skier Devon O'Neil's NATURE'S BARGAIN, the harrowing true story of three families who embark on an overnight ski adventure in the mountains of Colorado only to suffer a grave and mysterious loss when a massive storm moves in, and the way in which that loss devastates their small community and calls into question their mountain living ethos, pitched as INTO THE WILD meets AMERICAN FIRE, based on exclusive access to the parties involved, to Elizabeth Mitchell at Harper One, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Editor-in-chief of literary magazine Taco Bell Quarterly M. M. Carrigan's JUNK: THE BRANDS THAT RAISED US, THE STUFF THAT SHAPED US, AND WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND, a narrative history of the branded junk that has shaped our culture and identities—from Happy Meal Toys to Pogs to Coca-Cola bottles—reckoning with the symbiotic relationship between capitalism and nostalgia, the impact of consumerism on the environment, and how to reclaim ourselves from the money machines of America before all this stuff buries us alive, to Emily Polson at Scribner, in an exclusive submission, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of SOUL OF GENIUS Jeffrey Orens's SELLING BASEBALL: GEORGE WRIGHT, ALBERT SPALDING, AND THE RISE OF AMERICA'S GAME, hearkening back to baseball's origin story through the prism of two seminal figures in the game—Spalding, the wealthy entrepreneur, and Wright, the headline-stealing baseball star—who together gave rise to professional baseball in America, to Christen Karniski at Rowman & Littlefield, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Loren Grush's THE SIX, to Social Sciences Academic Press (China), in a nice deal, by Yichan Peng at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

Former journalist Christine Kuehn's FAMILY OF SPIES, a genealogical detective story recounting how the author's grandparents got swept up in the Nazi party, were sent by Joseph Goebbels to Hawaii as spies, where they helped to lay the groundwork for the attack on Pearl Harbor (her grandfather was the only person ever convicted for the bombing), and how her father denounced the family eventually serving for the U.S. in the Battle of Okinawa, based on family confessions, long hidden photos and correspondence, FBI files, and archival research, to Ryan Doherty at Celadon Books, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world English).

Influencer of Facebook's Making Over a Mansion Jamie Arty, with fellow historic home restorer and author of SCENT OF THE MISSING Susannah Charleson's THE CHANCELLOR'S MANSION, the story of a young family of color who resurrect a crumbling 19th-century mansion at risk for demolition—only to discover its surprising role in the early American abolitionist movement, to Aliya King Neil in her first acquisition at Andscape, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Journalist and Town & Country digital editor Caroline Hallemann's THE KENNEDYS AND THE WINDSORS: THE STORY OF TWO DYNASTIES, ONE BORN AND ONE MADE, a dual narrative of the world's most famous dynasties, charting the moments their paths crossed, the many parallels between the families, and the surprising ways they influenced one another over the last century in matters of politics, philanthropy, fashion, family dynamics, the press, and the shared mantle of ambition and tradition, to Michelle Howry at Putnam, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of THE MASTER Christopher Clarey's THE WARRIOR, a biography of Rafael Nadal and his epic rise as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, including his particular genius at making history at Roland Garros, his kingdom of clay, again to Sean Desmond at Twelve, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Actress and AAPI advocate Nancy Kwan's THE WORLD OF NANCY KWAN, with Deborah Davis, about the author's trailblazing life and career, as the first Asian actress to become a mainstream superstar with her roles in the 1960s blockbusters The World of Suzie Wong and Flower Drum Song, to Lauren Marino at Hachette Books, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Yale researcher and lecturer James Kimmel Jr's THE SCIENCE OF REVENGE, uncovering the biological roots of the rage, retribution, and violence plaguing our country—a pathological desire for justice in the form of revenge—combining neuroscience, sociology, law, history, and psychology to help readers gain a new understanding of the forces that drive human behavior and how we can stop revenge addiction on a personal and global scale, to Michele Eniclerico at Harmony, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world English).

Hughes Norton and editor of LINKS Magazine George Peper's THE RAINMAKER, about Norton's meteoric rise as golf's first superagent until his abrupt ouster, offering new anecdotes of encounters with Nike CEO Phil Knight and life with IMG's mercurial founder Mark McCormack while architecting the multi-million dollar careers of marquee players including Tiger Woods and Greg Norman, with singular insight into their opposing PGA/LIV positions, to Amar Deol at Atria, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world English).

Mike Sielski's THE RISE, to China Machine Press (China), in a nice deal, in a pre-empt, by Yichan Peng at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

Host of The Creative Nonfiction podcast Brendan O'Meara's THE GIFT: STEVE PREFONTAINE AND THE DAWN OF THE MODERN ATHLETE, a retrospective—the first in decades—of iconic distance runner Steve Prefontaine, using dozens of original interviews and new archival research to tell the story of the Oregon outcast whose grit made him an international sensation, the first face of Nike, and a countercultural icon, all before his tragic death at age 24, to Matt Harper at Mariner, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Ursula Villarreal-Moura's LIKE HAPPINESS, to Laura Macaulay at Pushkin Press, for publication in winter 2024, by Rachel Clements at Abner Stein, on behalf of Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

Journalist and author of Pitchfork and Rolling Stone best music book of 2022 HER COUNTRY Marissa R. Moss's WHAT SHE NEEDS IS A GOOD DEFENSE, a personal feminist reclamation of the nineties through the underappreciated genius and chart-topping women rock stars of the era, to Lauren Marino at Hachette Books, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Journalist Cassidy Randall's THE HARDEST CLIMB, the narrative of six women who, in 1970, pushed through the glass ceiling in the sky to summit Denali, becoming the first all-female expedition to stand atop one of the world's high peaks, and debunking the then commonly held notion of women as the weaker sex who had no place in high altitude pursuits, pitched as FLY GIRLS meets INTO THIN AIR, to Jamison Stoltz at Abrams Press, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Former D1 athlete and licensed marriage and family therapist Katie Steele and University of Oregon faculty member and licensed therapist Dr. Tiffany Brown PhD with journalist Erin Strout's MIND GAMES, drawing on hundreds of real girls' and women's stories to lift the veil on the mental health crisis in women's sports, exposing a broken athletics system and unpacking the risks and obstacles that often befall them—eating disorders, anxiety, depression, abuse, and more—and providing real solutions, pitched as REVIVING OPHELIA for the female athlete, to Marisa Vigilante at Little, Brown Spark, in a significant deal, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Journalist Chris Sweeney's THE FEATHER DETECTIVE, a narrative history of scientist Roxie Laybourne's pioneering work at the Smithsonian Institution and the lab there that uses feathers and other animal remains to solve mysteries and calamities ranging from bird-struck airplanes to homicides to poaching, to Ben Loehnen at Avid Reader Press, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Explorer, National Geographic photographer, and author of the upcoming memoir THE COLOR OF EVERYTHING Cory Richards's untitled photography book, chronicling two decades of his art, much of which has never been seen, including high-risk assignments to the most remote corners of the globe and work that passionately explores the human experience through topics such as climate change, conflict, disappearing cultures, mental health, and conservation, to Julie Bennett at Ten Speed Press, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of LABYRINTH OF ICE winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and the BANFF Adventure Travel Award Buddy Levy's REALM OF ICE AND SKY: TRIUMPH, TRAGEDY, AND HISTORY'S GREATEST ARCTIC RESCUE, a narrative history of the airship (dirigible) attempts to reach the North Pole, from American explorer Walter Wellman's pioneering efforts in 1905-07, to the airship Norge 1926 expedition with legend Roald Amundsen aboard, to the crash of the airship Italia in 1928, which set off the largest rescue effort in the history of Arctic exploration; a fresh look at the arctic from the air that makes the new claim the Amundsen, not Robert Peary, was the first to reach the North Pole, to Marc Resnick at St. Martin's, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Science writer for NYT, Discover, and WP, and author of WHAT MAKES A HERO? Elizabeth Svoboda's PACE YOURSELF: HOW THE SCIENCE OF PACING CAN TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE, an exploration of how the science of pacing, traditionally used in athletic realms, can be deployed in all facets of life to achieve peak performance and optimal balance mentally, physically, and emotionally; featuring new findings about endurance and rest, mental skills training, and the application of surprising strategies for measurable results, to Leah Miller at Simon Element, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Executive producer of Netflix's movie Girl in the Picture and investigative journalist Matt Birkbeck's THE LIFE WE CHOSE: THE LAST SECRETS OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL CRIME FAMILY, a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes and ears of William "Big Billy" D'Elia, who spent his adult life as the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who for more than 50 years ran organized crime from his home in Pittston, Pennsylvania, to Mauro DiPreta at William Morrow, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Columnist for the Nation Magazine and the author of A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF SPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES Dave Zirin's THE PEOPLE'S HISTORIAN, a biography of Howard Zinn that examines his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him and America, based on access to Zinn's papers and the full cooperation of his family, to Brent Howard at Dutton, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Adventurer and National Geographic photographer Cory Richards's THE COLOR OF EVERYTHING, about a life spent in pursuit of the world's highest peaks and most far flung places, including surviving an avalanche in the Himalaya and summiting Mount Everest without oxygen, set against the reality of a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder and childhood trauma, until the remarkable moment of clarity when he realized he no longer had to risk his life in order to save it, including photos from his legendary career, to Kaeli Subberwal at Random House, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

National Geographic and NYT journalist and author of ONE MOUNTAIN THOUSAND SUMMITS Freddie Wilkinson's CANOE STORY, a multilayered narrative of his canoe journey across the northeastern United States that reveals the history and culture of the waterways that have connected diverse peoples for centuries, pitched in the tradition of Robert MacFarlane and Mark Kurlansky, to Hilary Black at National Geographic, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Author of STEVE KERR: A LIFE Scott Howard-Cooper's KINGDOM ON FIRE: KAREEM, WOODEN, WALTON AND THE TURBULENT DAYS OF THE UCLA BASKETBALL DYNASTY, a narrative history of the UCLA Bruins dynasty under John Wooden, from the arrival of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) in 1965, to the departure of Bill Walton in 1974, reexamining these unbeatable (seven titles, three undefeated seasons, and an 88-game winning streak) yet complicated teams against the backdrop of the volatile political climate of America in the late '60s and early '70s, to Sean deLone at Atria, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2024, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and author of THE RISE: KOBE BRYANT AND THE PURSUIT OF IMMORTALITY Mike Sielski's SLAM, a social and cultural history of the evolution of basketball through a single shot—the slam dunk—which has served not just as two points but as a revolutionary agent in the sport and the world at large, drawing on unique access to the game's great practitioners of the shot, to Peter Wolverton at St. Martin's, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of THE RACE UNDERGROUND Doug Most's LAUNCHING LIBERTY, the story of FDR, Henry Kaiser, and the race to build the 3,000 Liberty ships that helped turn the tide of World War II, to Robert Messenger at Simon & Schuster, in a pre-empt, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Inclusion advocate, educator, and the first openly transgender Division I men's athlete Schuyler Bailar's HE/SHE/THEY: HOW WE TALK ABOUT GENDER AND WHY IT MATTERS, an inquiry into today's gender landscape, laying the groundwork for productive conversations about gender on an individual and national level, pitched as in the vein of SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, to Renee Sedliar at Hachette Go, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Investigative journalist Lise Olsen's THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER, an upside down detective story of a Texas forensic anthropologist who, determined to close the cases of the notorious 1970s Houston-area serial killer Dean Corll, has painstakingly deployed the latest science to identify his victims who had become known as the Lost Boys of the Houston Heights, in a narrative of forensic science, missing persons, and unsolved crimes, to Mark Warren at Random House, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency.

Naismith Hall of Fame sports writer, special contributor at Sports Illustrated, and NYT-bestselling author of DREAM TEAM Jack McCallum's ATTUCKS RISES: OSCAR ROBERTSON AND THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF BASKETBALL IN INDIANA – AND AMERICA, the true story behind Crispus Attucks High School and the all-Black basketball team that created an underdog story even more dramatic than the fictional Hickory High depicted in the classic movie Hoosiers, pulling back the curtain on the unheralded underdog playing the game at the highest level in the 1950s in a racially divided Indiana, and the history of their school and community, to Brant Rumble at Hachette Books, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Sarah Lawrence MFA graduate Ursula Villarreal-Moura's LIKE HAPPINESS, pitched in the vein of LUSTER and TRUST EXERCISE, in which a young woman who spent many years in an intense relationship with a legendary author is forced to reconsider their connection when a journalist exposes his dark side—catalyzing a reckoning with gender, ambition, Latinx identity, and the wholly unexpected ways power dynamics can manifest, to Cecily van Buren-Freedman at Celadon Books, at auction, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Biographer of John Jay, William H. Seward, Edwin Stanton, and Salmon P. Chase, Walter Stahr's TAFT, arguing while we remember William Howard Taft as a mediocre president, his presidency was among the least remarkable aspects of his five decades in public service, which included years as an anti-colonial colonial governor in an age of American territorial expansion and as the most consequential Supreme Court Chief Justice since John Marshall, to Megan Hogan at Simon & Schuster, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Founder of TrueHoop.com Henry Abbott's BALLISTIC, the story of the NBA's silent injury epidemic through the work of a doctor whose revolutionary methods use body position, mechanics, and other trackable data to prevent injuries before they happen; a work of sports science about how pro techniques might help all of us stay active longer, to Tom Mayer at Norton, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

Kaitlin Culmo and Emily McDermott's ACTUALLY: RECLAIMING WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THE MEN WHO TOOK THE CREDIT, revealing the hidden stories of some of the world's most pivotal breakthroughs accredited to men but actually created by women, illustrated by Kezia Gabriella, to Kate Zimmermann at Union Square & Co, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency (world).

"Bear Whisperer" Steve Searles with longtime LATimes columnist Chris Erskine's WHAT THE BEARS KNOW, a memoir of a life spent among the black bears of Mammoth Lakes, California, offering insights into the physical and emotional lives of bears and what they can teach us about tolerance, patience, perseverance, and unity, pitched in the vein of John Muir meets Bear Grylls, to Jessica Case at Pegasus, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Joy Peskin at FSG has acquired Disappearing Act, a YA memoir in verse by Jiordan Castle, whose poetry has appeared in the New Yorker. The summer before the start of high school, Jiordan's middle-class Jewish family on Long Island begins to unravel when her father is incarcerated. Publication is slated for spring 2023; Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency did the deal for world English rights.

Brendan Borrell's THE FIRST SHOTS, to Linking (Taiwan), in a nice deal, in a pre-empt, by Jennifer Lee at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

Former investigative reporter for the Boston Globe and Providence Journal Judy Rakowsky's JEWS IN THE GARDEN, the story of a crime reporter and a Holocaust survivor's search for family history in Poland, and the buried secrets of heroism and local complicity they unearth along the way, to Anna Michels at Sourcebooks, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA). UK: Victoria Hobbs Audio/foreign: ashley@waxmanagency.com.

Feature writer and senior editor at Glamour Macaela MacKenzie's SECOND CLASS CHAMPIONS, elevating the women athletes who are fighting for respect, opportunity, and pay equity on and off the field—and showing us how their achievements might point the way forward for women's equality in the workplace and beyond, to Emma Berry at Seal Press, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency.

National Geographic and Sierra Magazine journalist Aaron Teasdale's THIN ICE, an investigative narrative that examines the soul—and business—of modern adventure through he story of legendary adventurers Horn and Ousland's 2019 attempt to traverse the North Pole and melting Arctic Ice Cap, juxtaposed against other recent controversial polar "firsts," to Hilary Black at National Geographic, in an exclusive submission, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (world English).

Historian Rachel Louise Martin's OUT OF THE SILENCE, the story of the first school in the South to desegregate in the wake of Brown v. Board, painting an ominous portrait of a small town living through big history, to Megan Hogan at Simon & Schuster, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

National Geographic journalist and podcaster Neil Shea's FROSTLINES, a look at the changing face of the arctic today that follows the author as he circumnavigates the region, from Canada and Alaska through Russia, Norway, and Greenland to explore how political forces are reshaping the area, how climate change is transforming its animals, ecology, and people—and how all of this will impact our lives, to Denise Oswald at Ecco, in a major deal, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Marine biologist and shark expert Greg Skomal with Ret Talbot's CHASING SHADOWS: MY LIFE IN PURSUIT OF THE GREAT WHITE SHARK, an account of the resurgence of sharks in the North Atlantic from the vantage point of the real life "Matt Hooper" in charge of preserving these creatures but also with protecting the beach-going public, to Mauro DiPreta at William Morrow, in a significant deal, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Middlebury College sociologist and author of WORKED OVER Jamie McCallum's HARD WORK FOR HARD TIMES, offering an investigation of essential work and essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic and beyond, and making the case for a new politics of and for America's working class, to Brian Distelberg at Basic, by Ashley Lopez at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Author of THE GOOD ASSASSIN Stephan Talty's KORESH, a comprehensive account of the life of David Koresh and the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians at Waco that credibly disproves some myths and confirms others, contextualizing Koresh's upbringing and motivations and illuminating the roles of the FBI and ATF in the siege, to Ivy Givens at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2023 for the 30th anniversary, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

Verge.com senior reporter and child of NASA engineers Loren Grush's THE SIX, a biographical narrative pitched as in the vein of HIDDEN FIGURES and CODE GIRLS, focused on the six women chosen from 8,000 applicants to be America's first female astronauts and the challenges they faced in their quest to fly on the Space Shuttle, to Rick Horgan at Scribner, in a major deal, at auction, by Susan Canavan at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).

HBO & Adam McKay Developing Adaptation Of COVID-19 Vaccine Hunt Book ‘The First Shot’

Deadline understands that the premium cable network has optioned The First Shot, a non-fiction narrative book by The Atlantic and New York Times writer Brendan Borrell.

McKay’s Hyperobject Industries will produce the Untitled Vaccine Project and he will exec produce alongside Todd Schulman and Borrell.

The book, which was sold at auction to publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Sugar23 Books, tells the story of the global coronavirus vaccine race. It will explore the companies and individuals putting everything on the line to save lives, the science that it is based on, and the challenges playing out around politics, access, and safety.