Pamela Dorman, who has an eponymous imprint, acquired North American rights to The Shampoo Effect, by Knopf executive editor Jenny Jackson (pictured l.), from Brettne Bloom at the Book Group. Foreign rights have sold in Canada, Germany, Italy, and the U.K. The book, the publisher said, “follows an ambitious young New Yorker who moves to seaside Massachusetts and falls into a tight-knit social scene, only for a burgeoning romance and an unexpected pregnancy to upend decades-long loyalties.” Publication is set for next summer.

David Shulman at the U.K.’s Pluto Press took world rights to A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine, by United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian human rights Francesca Albanese, from coeditors Mandy Turner and Lex Takkenberg. The book, the publisher said, “compiles Albanese’s indispensable and damning reports on Israel’s conduct in Palestine since October 2023.” All royalties will be donated to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Pluto’s U.S. distributor is University of Chicago Press and the book is set to be released this month.

Christa Désir at Bloom preempted North American rights, in a four-book deal, to the Immortals Untold series by Kresley Cole from Caitlin Mahony and Alyssa Reuben at WME. Aubrie Artiano at Head of Zeus acquired U.K. rights from Suzy Ball at WME. The publisher described Immortals Untold as “a sizzling new series seasoned with forbidden love, dark magic, violent twists, and supernatural shocks, imagining a parallel universe to Cole’s Immortals After Dark series.” The first book in the series, Ravenous, is set for release in spring.

Joe Taylor at the University of West Alabama’s Livingston Press preempted world rights to Romances Without Words/In Solitary by Paul Verlaine, translated from the French by Larry Beckett, unagented. The book, the publisher said, combines two midcareer works by the 19th-century French poet: “Romances Without Words, written while Verlaine was traveling with Arthur Rimbaud, and Cellulairement, written while in prison for shooting Rimbaud.” In the former, the dedication to Rimbaud has been restored for the first time in this edition; the latter marks the first English-language translation of the original manuscript. Publication is set for April 2026.

Vicki Lame at Saturday bought North American rights, at auction, to Monique Hazel’s The Dreamwitch from Andrea Blatt at William Morris Endeavor, who negotiated the deal on behalf of Francesca Ali at WME. The book, per the publisher, is the first in a romantic horror duology about “a gifted dreamwitch and her brooding bodyguard, who uncover the dark secrets surrounding a decaying manor where nightmares bleed into reality and love may be the most dangerous thing of all.”

In Brief

  • Karen Kosztolnyik at Grand Central bought North American rights, at auction, to nonfiction author Eli Rallo’s debut novel I Hope Eden Reads This, “an incisive, heart-wrenching portrait of childhood female friendship and how it evolves, fractures, and competes with romantic love,” from Mia Vitale and Sarah Passick at Park & Fine. Pub date TBD.

  • Drew Henry at Dey Street picked up U.S., Canadian, and open market rights to Days of Our Lives and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills actor Lisa Rinna’s memoir You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It from Brandi Bowles and Albert Lee at UTA, for release in February 2026.

  • Chantelle Aimee Osman at Simon Maverick took world English rights to 2025 Locus Award winner Alexander Boldizar’s “darkly absurdist crime novel” Ride or Die Girl from Mark Tavani at the David Black Agency, for release in October 2026.

  • Tess Banta at 23rd Street took world rights to E.K. Weaver’s webcomic Shot & Chaser, “taking place over the course of 24 tumultuous hours in the lives of soulmates and amateur storm chasers Tre and Olly as they follow a supercell,” from Anjali Singh at the agency of the same name, for a 2027 release.

This article previously stated that the deal for Monique Hazel’s The Dreamwitch was negotiated by Francesca Ali at WME. It was negotiated by Andrea Blatt at WME on behalf of Ali.