19 February 2014

Hot Off the Presses!

So excited to share this news about my very first picture book deal... and I can't think of a more fitting way for word to break than through Betsy Bird of A Fuse #8 Production.  She for all intents and purposes discovered me when I first started blogging way back in the day.
Minh Lê, the popular Kidlit blogger and opinionator (he has written for the Atlantic and Huffington Post, and is the voice behind such widely-shared features as “Put James Franco on All the Book Covers”) has sold his debut picture book. In collaboration with acclaimed illustrator Isabel Roxas, LET ME FINISH! is fittingly bookish in theme: it’s the first-ever picture book about spoilers, wherein one boy wants to be left alone to read in peace till the end of his book, but is continuously interrupted by animals who can’t resist sharing that infectious feeling we get when we love a story. Rotem Moscovich at Disney Hyperion won North American rights to the book, at auction, from Lê’s agent, Stephen Barbara at Foundry Literary + Media, and Elena Giovinazzo at Pippin Properties, who represented Isabel Roxas in the deal.
So excited to be working with the super-talented illustrator Isabel Roxas and Rotem Moscovich, the amazing editor who was willing to take a chance on this debut author.  And all the thanks in the world to our agents Stephen Barbara and Elena Giovinazzo for making this all happen.

And of course, thanks to my family for always being there and especially Aimee for... well, everything.

3 comments:

jama said...

Congratulations! So happy for you!!

nancy vo said...

Congratulations, Minh! Doing the happy dance for you.

Minh said...

Thanks Jama and Nancy!