Rachel Deahl

Deals columnist (& news director) for Publishers Weekly. Avid consumer of stories. Professional chronicler of the storytelling biz. @LFC fan. Opinions my own.

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This account will be deleted after June 1st 2024. Below you can find ways to stay up to date on the latest book deals.

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@books_hoops @JohnHMaher @PublishersWkly Just to echo @johnmaher, publishing is a small ind & its workers—whatever their job, whatever they're level—would not want to hamper their ability to get jobs/do business with anyone because something they’ve said could be construed as controversial.

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@UnitedAirlines_ Just found out the email I got in Sept w my flt details and conf # is meaningless. Is it normal to email flight details but not book a ticket, never let a customer know they're not booked, then say this is SOP?? #unitedAIRLINES

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Joe Biden should announce that the first bill he’ll introduce as President is the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2021, a law that would guarantee every American the right to vote and the right to equal representation.

It would restore the Voting Rights Act, but also ensure:

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.@DervlaMcTiernan's having a great day!

This morning her book THE SCHOLAR won the @thrillerwriters BEST PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR & this afternoon a 7-figure, 3 book deal w/@HarperCollins announced by @DeahlsDeals in @PublishersWkly!
Congrats Dervla &The Story Factory/Shane Salerno

[Rachel Deahl @DeahlsDeals]

This made me LOL. Thank you, @NewYorker -- https://t.co/0k636GVAN0 #QuarantineLife

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The 💩 has officially hit the fan—we’ve lost our remaining snack cups. #QuarantineLife

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@RealSamTschida @jhanteigh You own it? In a non-ironic way?

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I’m feeling unusual fragile now that I just realized tonight’s episode of #LittleFiresEverywhere was the finale. #QuarantineLife

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Never a good when you hear the parent on duty yell, from upstairs, "You ate WHAT?!!" #ParentingInAPandemic

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BREAKING: BookExpo 2020 is canceled. Story to follow.

[Rachel Deahl @DeahlsDeals]

What's the best way to submit new material during a pandemic? For literary agents, there's no simple answer. Many says it's about employing new strategies, and being ready to pivot at any moment: https://t.co/hEq6R9ludO #publishing #submissions

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Decades from now, I feel like we’ll still be finding Cheerios lost during quarantine. #StayHome

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What are some of our favorite novels dealing with plagues and pandemics? @PublishersWkly has a list of some of the novels--by authors ranging from @stewartonan to @KThompsonWalker--we love on the subject: https://t.co/5Gh2fEecMm

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I spoke to @kairyssdal for @Marketplace about how book publishing is, and isn’t, weathering the Coronavirus. https://t.co/GFegqFfsbl

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Highlights and lowlights of the morning. Lowlight: my toddler spraying febreeze in my face. Highlight: smelling better than I have in a week. #StayHome

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I keep hearing my 1-year-old screech downstairs, while trying to work. The new movie of my life: “Jurassic Park.” #QuarantineLife