Indonesia: Maxima Creative Agency Israel: The Book Publishers Association of Israel/Beverley Levit Italy: The Italian Agency Japan: Japan UNI Agency Korea: Korea Copyright Center Netherlands: Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency Literary Services Netherlands *Children’s*: MO Poland: Book/Lab Literary Agency Romania: Simona Kessler International Copyright Agency Russia: Synopsis Literary Agency Scandinavia: Ia Atterholm Serbia/Croatia/Slovenia: Plima Literary Agency Spain/Portugal: RDC Agencia Literaria Taiwan/PRC: Bardon-Chinese Media Agency Thailand: Tuttle-Mori Thailand Turkey: Akcali Copyright Agency UK/Commonwealth: Writers House UK, Angharad Kowal GIVE ME YOUR HAND Megan Abbott Little, Brown & Company: Spring 2018 Translation: Writers House; UK: sold to Picador; Audio: with publisher Manuscript Status: Available April 2017 Coming on the heels of her bestselling YOU WILL KNOW ME and York Times Book Review. (“Shocking perfect”—New Hawkins), Megan GIVE ME YOUR HAND is a gripping psychological thriller about two “Exceptional”—Paula Abbott’s women, brilliant scientists and former classmates, reunited years later in a high-stakes laboratory, where their professional competition is intensified by a dark secret they share. Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eight novels, including THE FEVER and DARE ME. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. is in top form in this novel. She resumes her customary role of black cat, opaque and unblinking,filling her “[Abbott] readers with Senior for The New York Times queasy suspicion at every turn” –Jennifer by scene and moment to moment, she keeps you on edge—the “Scene same way “Breaking Bad” did, without the Sachs for The Chicago Tribune meth or machismo…un-put-downable…” –Lloyd Abbott is the mistress of Bryan Miller for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Megan noir.” –Sarah other writers in this genre, making her something of a Stephen King, whose work “Abbott [is] above hangs right on the edge of the literary while making Winik for Newsday your skin crawl.” –Marion
Indonesia: Maxima Creative Agency Israel: The Book Publishers Association of Israel/Beverley Levit Italy: The Italian Agency Japan: Japan UNI Agency Korea: Korea Copyright Center Netherlands: Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency Netherlands *Children’s*: MO Literary Services Poland: Book/Lab Literary Agency Romania: Simona Kessler International Copyright Agency Russia: Synopsis Literary Agency Scandinavia: Ia Atterholm Serbia/Croatia/Slovenia: Plima Literary Agency Spain/Portugal: RDC Agencia Literaria Taiwan/PRC: Bardon-Chinese Media Agency Thailand: Tuttle-Mori Thailand Turkey: Akcali Copyright Agency UK/Commonwealth: Writers House UK, Angharad Kowal GIVE ME YOUR HAND Megan Abbott Little, Brown & Company: Spring 2018 Translation: Writers House; UK: sold to Picador; Audio: with publisher Manuscript Status: Available April 2017 Coming on the heels of her bestselling YOU WILL KNOW ME (“Shocking and perfect”—New York Times Book Review. “Exceptional”—Paula Hawkins), Megan Abbott’s GIVE ME YOUR HAND is a gripping psychological thriller about two women, brilliant scientists and former classmates, reunited years later in a high-stakes laboratory, where their professional competition is intensified by a dark secret they share. Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eight novels, including THE FEVER and DARE ME. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. “[Abbott] is in top form in this novel. She resumes her customary role of black cat, opaque and unblinking,filling her readers with queasy suspicion at every turn” –Jennifer Senior for The New York Times “Scene by scene and moment to moment, she keeps you on edge—the same way “Breaking Bad” did, without the meth or machismo…un-put-downable…” –Lloyd Sachs for The Chicago Tribune “Megan Abbott is the mistress of noir.” –Sarah Bryan Miller for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Abbott [is] above other writers in this genre, making her something of a Stephen King, whose work hangs right on the edge of the literary while making your skin crawl.” –Marion Winik for Newsday
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