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 11.3.2009 INTREPID MEDIA WRITER SIGNS MAJOR BOOK DEAL Jael McHenry Is The Latest Intrepid Media Member To Sell Novel Chapel Hill, NC (November 4, 2009) – Jael McHenry, Intrepid Media’s Editor-in-Chief and a founding writer for the website, has signed a publishing contract with Simon and Schuster for her first novel Simmer, for release in Spring, 2011. In one of the first hardcover acquisitions for Simon & Schuster's newly formed Gallery Books, executive editor Lauren McKenna bought world English rights to Simmer. McHenry is the latest in a string of writers from Intrepid Media who went on to make deals with major publishing houses after using the site to gain visibility for their writing. “We knew it was only a matter of time with Jael,” said Joe Procopio, President and CEO of Intrepid Media. “She’s always been brilliant, and this is only the beginning. The sky is the limit for her. We see more deals, movies, directing down the road, you name it” Simmer is the story of a socially awkward young woman who, after the deaths of her parents, finds that she can invoke ghosts by cooking from dead people's recipes—and that her happiness might just depend on a bowl of bread soup and a batch of Scottish shortbread. Elisabeth Weed at Weed Literary handled the pre-empt deal. View Jael's Profile on Intrepid Media View the Announcement in Publishers Weekly About Intrepid Media(.com) Intrepid Media is a 2nd generation social network and promotional tool for writers and other artists. Founded in 1999, Intrepid Media has grown to over 1000 members around the world, including New York Times bestselling authors, writers represented by major agencies, novelists, journalists, freelancers, technical writers, bloggers, students, and everything in between. Intrepid Media recently published Great Things Will Happen Today: The Intrepid Media 2008 Collection and will publish several more member-sourced books in 2010. Intrepid Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrepid Media, Inc. and can be found at www.intrepidmedia.com. |
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