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Table of contents About Leor Literary Agency Literary fiction 8 A French based agency Contemporary fiction 16 Located in Vannes, Western France and in Lille, Northern France, Leor litera- ry agency is a foreign and domestic rights agency. We work on a behalf of a Feelgood novels 18 broad group of French publishers and promote their catalogues on the inter- national literary scene. Thrillers 20 Romance 44 French excellence Romantic comedy 48 By selling translation rights on behalf of their clients, our agents aim to pro- mote French excellence across the world and always make sure to remain Dark romance 50 sharp and frosty as they prospect new deals for publishers as well as writers. French literature thrives far beyond the country’s borders especially when it Romantasy 53 comes to children’s books, comics and fiction. Science Fiction - Dystopia 58 High quality indie publishers Fantasy 70 With very dynamic publishing houses, like Locus Solus, Apogée or la Pim- Urban fantasy 72 pante, whose ambition and high standards are often welcomed warmly by foreign publishers, independent French publishers are indeed very active and Dark fantasy 85 allow Leor literary agency to promote French culture overseas. Historical fantasy 86 Historical novels 90 The team Hit the green button to Click on the publi- have access to each sher’s name to have Yannaelle Boucher Jean-Pierre Le Mat Jérome Delattre publisher’s full rights list. access to its website. Co-Founder / Manager Co-Founder Manager Literary Agent Marketing executive Rights List Locus Solus Publishing yannaelle[@]leor.bzh contact[@]leor.bzh 2 3
Fiction publishers Locus Solus Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Inceptio Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Locus Solus is the perfect publishing house for any reader in search of ex- If you are looking for a book to help you escape your daily life, Inception Edi- cellent fiction and non-fiction books, created with a high sense of aesthetic. tions might have just what you need. Proposing dystopian Science Fiction, ac- From their colourful youth literature to mesmerizing Nature books and thought- tion-filled Fantasy and dark Thrillers, Inceptio publishes modern, original titles ful essays, Locus Solus is a talented and ambitious company. and takes the reader on a journey they will not forget. Published genres: Art | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | Illustrated Books | Published genres: Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Young Adult | Juvenile Novels Children’s books | Juvenile Novels | Thrillers | Sci-Fi La Trace Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Faralonn Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List La Trace Editions is above all a story of friendship, between authors, readers, Faralonn éditions is a publishing house originally from Saint-Etienne. It is booksellers, lovers of literature, stories, art, beautiful images... They want to oriented towards imaginary literature, youth, teens, young adults, fantasy, pa- publish what and who we really love and nothing else! To privilege the freedom ranormal thriller but not only that. Soon 3 new collections will see the light of of authors: they are looking above all for authors who are vagabonds, hermits, day: comics, graphic novels, Western-Fantasy. dissidents, word smugglers... Published genres: Thrillers | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Children’s Books | Juvenile Published genres: Literary Fiction | Thrillers Novels Le Temps Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List La Plume et le Parchemin Publishing •••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Le Temps publishing is a broad church for anyone who is looking for cheeky, Éditions la Plume et le Parchemin is a Reunionese publishing house speciali- culturally diverse books. This company, founded by seasoned publishers zing in fantasy for adults and young adults. Thierry Jamet and Hélène Dupuis, aims to publish books that can connect people, no matter their age, culture or social background. Leor literary Agency Published genres: Fantasy | Juvenile novels | Graphic Novels manages the rights of their thriller collection “Noirs premiers” as well as of their Urban Fantasy titles. AngelFall Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Published genres: Art & Cinema | Thrillers | Fantasy | Children’s Books Angelfall editions is a young publishing house from Quinssaines (Montluçon, France). Since its origin, its vocation has been to discover new authors and to Libre 2 Lire Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List publish romance, children’s books and thrillers. Libre 2 Lire editions is a publishing house from Aragon, France, and is oriented Published genres: Romance | Fantasy towards general literature, fantasy, thrillers and romance. It publishes all genres with one thing in common: to make readers want to “turn the page”, with quality writings that leave the feeling of having had a good time dreaming, existing, Hatanna Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List imagining … Hatanna Editions is a publishing house originally from Gargas, France. It’s through its legend that Hatanna comes to life. Great devourer of books, pries- Published genres: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Romance | Contemporary Fiction tess of ancestral knowledge, it sails at night to publish during the day. In search of fantasy texts. Published genres: Adult Fantasy | Literary Fiction 4 5
Plumes du Web Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Shingfoo Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Launched in November 2016, the young publishing house Plumes du Web Shingfoo is a young publishing house specilized in romance and fantasy ro- was born from a simple observation: the relative complexity, for an author who mance. has made his debut on the Web, of finding a professional able to listen to his Published genres: Contemporary Romance needs, his expectations and his dreams for recognition. Fantasy, romance, thriller, young adults, ... are genre published by Plumes du Web. Published genres: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Contemporary Romance | Historical Chambre noire Editions •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Romance | Thrillers | Young Adult Chambre Noire (Dark Room) is a young independent publishing house based in France, whose mission is to thrill its readers with fiction books ranging from detective stories to thrillers, and horror novels. Always looking for the most Tri Nox Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List immersive experience, we also publish all our books in paperback, digital and TriNox editions (an imprint from Stephane Batigne éditions) open new doors audio formats. to quality popular literature, varied, inventive. Historical novels, black novels, Published genres: Thrillers | Juvenile Novels thrillers, fantasy, adventure novels, anticipation are the genres that they want to explore as a priority. Published genres: Thrillers | Fantasy | Historical Fantasy Editions du 38 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Founded in 2015, Éditions du 38 is well established in the publishing indus- try for Fiction literature through an extensive list of detective stories, thrillers, Yoran Embanner Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List science fiction, fantasy, historical novels, classics and children’s novels. Fully Yoran Embanner publishing is a house dedicated to the promotion and de- committed to Popular literature, at Éditions du 38 we have the ambition to fence of European national minorities. With high-quality dictionaries of rare develop our collections around authors who know how to tell beautiful stories, languages and historical books about cultural minorities in Europe, Yoran Em- take the readers into their universe and make them want to share their rea- banner actively advocates for a more culturally sensitive Europe so that no dings. one, no matter where they come from, ever feels left out. Published genres: Thrillers | Sci-Fi | Historical Novels Published genres: Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Illustrated Books | Es- says Kadaline Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Editions Kadaline lives according to the philosophy that literature is an Apogée Publishing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List elsewhere, a door to a thousand secrets and a thousand epics. Born in autumn This publishing house is open to the pleasure of meeting, with the ambition of 2019 in French-speaking Switzerland and founded by Marilyn Stellini, Editions sharing beauty, creation, talent, ideas, visual artists in their universe of shapes Kadaline has a generalist line. Literature, poetry, stories, juvenile literature, and colors, renowned academics, poets and writers have wanted to give to romance and fantasy come together to build up the catalog, which is filled with read their imaginations, their experiences and their research. Apogée éditions around 10-12 new titles each year. is mostly specialized in Non-Fiction. Published genres: Romance | Fantasy | Romatasy | Young Adult Published genres: Non-Fiction | Philosophy | Social Science | Travel Sudarènnes Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List M + Publishing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rights List Sudarènes Editions, offers a great editorial flexibility and allows its authors a M+ editions was created in 2018 and has a generalist orientation. They spe- great freedom in the design of their work. Our books are produced with the cialize in contemporary litterature, thrillers, fantasy, science-fiction, romance greatest care in order to meet the needs of both authors and readers. and spirituality. Published genres: Fantasy | Romance | Romantasy | Sci-Fi Published genres: Thrillers | Romance | Children’s Book 6 7
LITERARY FICTION LITERARY FICTION TOM ROMAN TOM NOTI - NOTI TOM TOM NOTI TOM NOTI OUR SILENCES ARE NOTI THEY WERE NO LOVE SONGS WAITING FOR ME Elles Elles Tom Noti m’attendaient...Tom Noti Tom Noti m’attendaient... EL L ES M’ATTEN DA I EN T… Deux personnes s’aiment et leurs solitudes s’aimantent. Cela ressemble à une histoire d’amour simple et When Aldino receives lumineuse, mysterious mais c’est sans compter text messages sur les ombres from Fatherhood is a commitment that worries Max. Abused que Max cache derrière ses silences… his dead mother, he questions himself, becomes as a child, he has never known love and does not know suspicious and Tom ends Noti up being curious about the Il vit au creux de montagnes what a family is, nor how he should love his child. source. The desire to followracontent through majestueuses qui sont son oxygène. Ses histoires with the mystery les gens qui avancent, vaille que vaille, avec leurs sentiments will help him accept himself en bandoulière as hequ’ilsis.trimballent. et les casseroles Il est l’auteur de plusieurs romans dont «Les naufragés de la salle d’attente». FORMAT: 220 x 150 | PAGES: 256 | WORDS: 55,000 ISBN: 979-10-97515-17-1 ISBN 979-10-97515-17-1 PRICE: 20.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 11/2020 18 € www.editionslatrace.com FORMAT: 150 x 220 | PAGES: 160 | WORDS: 40,000 www.editionslatrace.com www.facebook.com/editionslatrace ROMAN ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE 9 791097 515171 ROMAN PRICE: 18.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 01/2020 www.facebook.com/editionslatrace ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author(s) The Work The Author Aldino has never been lucky in life. He calls himself a Tom Noti lives in the hollow of the majestic mountains Two people love each other and their loneliness are Tom Noti lives in the hollow of the majestic mountains bad brother, a bad partner, an unreliable friend. which give him his oxygen. His stories are about people magnetized. It sounds like a simple and luminous love which give him his oxygen. His stories are about people Already as a child, he felt “out of the picture”. How who go forwards, no matter what, their feelings weighing story, but it is without counting on the shadows that who go forwards, no matter what, their feelings weighing could he really exist alongside a brother whose perfec- heavily on their shoulders as a burden to be carried. He Max hides behind his silences ... heavily on their shoulders as a burden to be carried. He tion reveals his own flaws? He tried his best to do well, has written several novels, including Les naufragés de la has written several novels, including Les naufragés de la to attract interest and enthusiasm, but could hardly salle d’attente, published by Paul&Mike and the successful Max is rather introverted and highly sensitive though, salle d’attente, published by Paul&Mike. convince even his own parents. Elles m’attendaient, published by La Trace éditions, and and somewhat distant too, even with his colleagues on So he shut himself up in silence, taking refuge in soli- winner of the Lettres Frontière Award in 2020. building sites. When Halley finds out she is pregnant, tude. His girlfriend, Emilie, is his best ally against the they decide to get married. blows and wounds he is used to suffer. Having given up Key Sales Points following his own path, letting his passion for music - A book winner of the Lettres Frontière Award in 2020. Selling Points Fatherhood is a commitment that worries Max. Abused - An original and well written story which unsettles all aside, he embarked on a career in a debt collection as a child, he was placed in a foster family at a very - By the author winner of the Lettres Frontière Award in of our certainties. company. His love life is far from being satisfying. His young age. He has never known love and does not 2020 for his book They were waiting for me. - A social panorama that illustrates the vicious spiral of procrastination drives Emilie away and she kicks him know what a family is, nor how he should love his child. - A book rated best book of the week by Lecteurs.com. an abused child becoming homeless out of love. out of the house. - Sometimes all it takes to realize one’s destiny is an - Readers become truly attached to the characters of So when he receives mysterious text messages from his The birth of little Rosie will be the start of Max’s orange ladybug, a few mysterious text messages, the this moving story. How can a child grow up in such a mother, which he believes to be from another world, descent into hell, caught up in the whirlwind of uncon- desire to follow through with the mystery and the singular family? since his parents have died, he gets annoyed, questions ditional and boundless fatherly love. courage to face the unknown. - A tormented love story, told with great modesty, himself, becomes suspicious and ends up being curious - This book brings a slightly melancholic lightness to a finesse and delicacy. about the source. And wanting to discover others, he Out of love for his daughter and to avoid her suffering sensitive subject that a touch of humor nicely highlights. will learn to know himself better and accept himself as as he suffered as a child, Max decides to live on the he is, with an awareness that will turn his life upside streets. Rosie will have to learn to grow up with this down. different father, whom she seeks to hide not to be rejected by the other children at school. Leor Literary Agency Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 8 Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France 9
LITERARY FICTION LITERARY FICTION THE CHINESE WOMAN ULYSSES’ CHILDREN IN THE PAINTING Carole Declercq Florence Tholozan After the dramatic dismantling of the camp of Idomeni, in Macedonia, Feriel, a little Afghan girl, tries A contemporary love story, faithfully reproduced in to reach Austria with her brother. They will meet an a historical painting, directly leads a couple on a old woman, who will change the course of their tragic mysterious journey into the heart of China. story. FORMAT: 150 x 220 | PAGES: 219 | WORDS: 54,000 FORMAT: 145 x 220 | PAGES: 276 | WORDS: 73,000 PRICE: 20€ | PUBLICATION DATE: 05/2020 PRICE: 15.80 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 12/2019 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE RIGHTS SOLD: German (Drachenhaus Verlag) The Work Chinese painting. Driven by an irresistible curiosity and The Work The Author guided by their feelings for each other, they make many Melisende teaches Mandarin and is passionate about The camp of Idomeni in Macedonia, whose accommo- A teacher of literature and ancient languages, with a discoveries about their common destiny, each more China. Guillaume is an architect. Their meeting seems dation conditions for migrants are terrible, has just passion for history, sociology and life stories, Carole surprising than the last. unexpected yet predestined. Without knowing why been dismantled. Even if the road to the Balkans will Declercq cannot imagine writing without anchoring her their love for each other seems absolutely obvious to not reopen. Every day, every night, more migrants are actions in a historical or social context that leads us to them, a real love at first sight. turned away at the border, and many young people reflect and resonate with characters who are always One day, as Melisende and Guillaume are browsing the The Author have disappeared into the wilderness. strong, romantic, almost emblematic. Disarticulating stands at a garage sale, their gaze falls upon a strange Florence Tholozan is a qualified teacher of clinical Feriel, a little Afghan girl trying to reach Austria with the psychological mechanics that provoke gesture, painting. In the foreground, they see a serene Chinese psychology and The Chinese woman in the painting is her first her brother is a painful example. Having no other alter- action, commitment, this is what she likes when she woman while in the background they spot a couple novel. It was submitted for the 2019 prize for an author’s native but to leave the camp, at the risk of being forced writes. She loves Elsewhere and Others. Writing is also who might easily be taken themselves. They are further first work and was a finalist for the 2019 Romantic Book to return to Afghanistan, they take refuge in the for her to carry the voice of those who do not dare. intrigued when they notice that Guillaume’s precious Prize. surrounding mountains. watch is faithfully reproduced and it seems that the But a meeting, a sharing with Elliniki, a very old Greek painting really does depict them as a much older lady who lives in a secluded place in the wild Paiko Key Sales Points couple. How can such a coincidence be possible? Or is massif will change the course of this tragic story. Key Sales Points - The tragedy of migrants in Europe, a hot topic! it possible? Overwhelmed by so much misery, she will open her - Winner of the Authors words Award in 2020 and fina- - The Idomeni camp, a humanitarian catastrophy in When they decide to have this odd painting examined, heart, which had been closed off by her own history, list for the 2019 Romantic Book Award. Europe, a terrible context where Carole Declercq Melisende and Guillaume do not yet imagine all of the that of a people uprooted by war. She reaches out to - The mysteries that lie behind the characters’ meeting describes a luminous story where a meeting makes secrets that the Chinese woman is hiding and how the two teenagers to welcome them into her modest and their relationship to the painting. everything possible ... much their view of life will change. home. - Finding out about China with a detailed and faithful - A powerful story told with sensitivity, poetry and even To unravel its mysteries, the two lovers set off on a She will display cleverness and love for these two exiles description of its civilization a touch of humour. great journey through China during which they disco- lost in a strange world far from their sufferings. ver the source of their unconditional love. Their shared So different but not indifferent ... and abiding feeling of déjà vu at last makes sense in the Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 10 Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France 11
LITERARY FICTION LITERARY FICTION DISSONANCE FURTIVA LAGRIMA Amélie Noel Céline Guarneri Behind her perfect-little-girl facade, Noemie is hiding One evening, Louis, an absent and authoritarian father, a deep emotional emptiness and a tortured soul, but writes a letter to each of his children before myste- two dramatic events allow her to get back her taste riously dying in an accident. for life. FORMAT: 150 x 220 | PAGES: 134 | WORDS: 27,000 FORMAT: 220 x 150 | PAGES: 263 | WORDS: 65,000 PRICE: 20.00€ | PUBLICATION DATE: 01/2020 PRICE: 20.00€ | PUBLICATION DATE: 01/2020 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author The Work The Author While Noemie, an unusual child, hides behind a smooth, Amélie Noël is a doctor specialising in pain and pallia- In his twilight years, Louis Maurand, a renowned critic, Céline Guarneri is an author and consultant in commu- “perfect-little-girl” appearance, her head is a whirlwind. tive care. Writing has always been part of her daily life takes stock of his past. nication and project management. In 2019, she created That’s because she is one of those people with “high and one of life’s fractures has given her the urge and the In his art gallery, over the years, he must have pinned L’écrit devant soi (The writing before you) to offer her cognitive and emotional potential.” Her lonely life desire to share this path of words and pain. Dissonance is up many examples of feminine curves - evening stars in experience in training and education to the fields of flows by in gloomy emptiness, emotionally neglected her first novel. a loveless sky; yet, his Mona Lisa still paints herself in literature, management and personal development. She by intellectual parents who are dizzy from work, confe- his eyes like a furtive tear, a sweet memory, far away is the winner of the 2000 “Lire en fête” competition for rences and world travelling. but still very much present, forever hanging on the her text, Les femmes et le XXe siècle (Women and the 20th Key Sales Points white walls of his life. century) and was also awarded a prize for her short When her much older sister, Marie, escapes this An absent, heartless, authoritarian and calculating story Le héros en littérature (The Hero in Literature) in the - A moving, poignant novel, Dissonance will not leave you emotional deprivation, she is left alone and invisible, father, he has also carefully prepared, throughout his literary programme “Vol de Nuit” in 2008. indifferent, nor unscathed. but on his own, her brother Jean recognises what is life, the wooden frames within which his children’s - Another look at high-potential people and more gene- wrong and the dissonance in her life. They become professional and sentimental lives are inscribed. But the rally at those who are “different”. inseparable and as their weak, exhausted mother is canvases of their lives will forever stay untouched by Key Sales Points consumed by her bright social setting, they deal with fatherly love. Louis Maurand does not share the the wounds from lack of love and break free from the - The author sculpts her characters with accuracy, spotlight. toxic homelife where they sense a fatal fall. emotion and tenderness, depicting the interweavings That evening, however, he will write a letter to each of of family to the sad air of a tango, where exile is some- them before leaving this world. Is his leaving intentional Then there is the drama and total darkness of a times the easiest score to play. or accidental? life-threatening accident when a car hits Noemie. - Around a family secret, a furtive tear crosses, gathers, After all these years of absence, indifference and This accident, followed by a second one, although separates and reunites the threads of the past. unspoken family issues, Beatrice, Stanislas, Maxime and dramatic, will lead to hope for survival, or rather a Hadrien set off in search of this shadowy father and a return to life, and the chance to finally exist by being truth that is drawn on the very verge of tears... oneself. Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 12 Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France 13
LITERARY FICTION ROMAN JACK JACK - BOLAND JACK BOLAND BOLAND DEAD END CRÈVE Jack Boland LA FIN JACK BOLAND A sickly painter trapped in his psychoses, is suddenly dazzeled with success and becomes a prey to financial speculators. The descent will be even faster than the climb. C R ÈVE L A FI N FORMAT: 150 x 220 | PAGES: 200 | WORDS: 50,000 www.editionslatrace.com ROMAN PRICE: 20.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 11/2019 www.facebook.com/editionslatrace ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work One day however, he stops swallowing his medications and gradually discovers the extent of the plot Since childhood, Julien has been obsessed with death. orchestrated by his wife. It fascinates him with the beauty he finds in it and for him it is the ultimate goal in life. THE moment not to be missed. As an adult, going from squat to squatting, he paints The Author death in all its forms with passion. One day, during an Jack Boland was born in Paris in 1936. He began painting exhibition, he meets Sigismonde, a young and trendy at a very young age and wrote his first texts at the age gallery owner. She is impressed by his work, buys his of fifteen. In 1983, he created a theatre company, perfor- paintings, and organizes an exhibition. They become ming his own plays. closer and closer and eventually get married. In 2001 he wrote L’Algérie à en Mourir, followed in 2004 by Julien begins a successful artist’s life. His quota is at the Revers de Mémoire, published by Actes Sud. highest, his fortune too. His couple is the darling of high society and he is invited to TV shows. However, his runaway success is built on the “trashy side” of his Key Sales Points paintings. Buyers see it only as a speculation, an invest- - Dead end is a satire and an unforgettable tragedy, a tale ments to hide in a safe, and have no interest in the from which you do not emerge unscathed. artist’s message. - This text plunges into the intimate torment of creati- The descent will be even faster than the climb. During vity, the all-consuming need to breathe through art and a walk in the countryside, he stumbles upon the corpse utterly and stubbornly give oneself up to painting - a of a young girl. Fascinated, he spends hours looking at kind of genius bordering on madness that frightens her. His wife, frightened by his behavior, has him ordinary people. confined under medical supervision in a psychiatric - In a psychiatric hospital, the artist becomes a perfectly hospital. From then on, he lives in a golden cage, controlled creation machine. Deprived of his life, he between his studio and his bedroom. He paints, but aims not to be deprived of his death. drugged, he is not much aware of anything. Yannaelle Boucher-Durand ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 14 Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France 15
CONTEMPORARY FICTION CONTEMPORARY FICITON Cynthia Sardou VIRALATA Cynthia Sardou Le film Le film THE CAIMAN’S SON THE FILM L Sébastien Acacia ouise Godwin est une jeune actrice douée de 23 ans et qui décroche sa première nomination aux Oscars américains pour le film « Secret dans la nuit ». Cette nomination lui tient beaucoup à cœur, non seulement parce que c’est l’aboutissement de sa passion et de son travail de plusieurs années, mais aussi à cause du rôle particulier Cynthia Sardou qu’elle joue dans le film. Elle incarne le personnage d’une femme tourmentée, victime de la domination et de la violence de son mari. Pour attendre le verdict des Oscars, Louise est accompagnée de Kevin, son charmant agent californien. Mais pourquoi Kevin ne sourit pas quand What would you do if an anonymous message told la nomination de Louise est mentionnée ? Qui est cet homme qu’on rencontre souvent au fil des pages sans arriver à le cerner ? you that you had a son 18 years ago? Especially when Ce que Louise ne sait pas c’est que sa vie va prendre un tournant hitchcockien. La fiction rejoint la réalité ; sa propre vie tourne au you dream of giving your autistic child a brother? cauchemar. Contrairement au film qui l’a rendue célèbre, pourra-t-elle s’en sortir ? Ce roman met en scène des femmes qui marquent le monde du cinéma Louise, a promising and awarded actress is quickly par leur talent et leur ténacité... trapped in the twists and turns of domestic violence. Her own life seems worthy of the film that made her famous. Cynthia Sardou a travaillé comme journaliste en France, en Californie et au Canada. Elle est Le film auteure et co-auteure de plusieurs ouvrages autobiographiques et autres (Aimer, Encore et Toujours, Éditions Druide, 2016). Dans Illustration couverture : ©Line Lévêque ce premier roman, elle s’est principalement inspirée de son expérience à l’étranger et de sa connaissance du monde du cinéma pour y raconter une fiction. FORMAT: 130 x 200 | PAGES: 260 | WORDS: 69,000 FORMAT: 140 x 225 | PAGES: 200 | WORDS: 36,000 ISBN : 978-2-81220-232-2 PRICE: 16.50 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 09/2020 Prix : 19 € www.ramsay.fr PRICE: 19€ | PUBLICATION DATE: 03/2021 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author The Work The Author Chemotherapy, hospitals, doctors? Martin knows it Sébastien Acacia is an author and film director, trained Louise Godwin is a 25-year-old talented actress with a Cynthia Sardou worked as a journalist in France for well: he doesn’t have much time left to live. He is not in Fine Arts at the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de brilliant career ahead of her, launched by “Secret in the I-Télé news channel, now known as Cnews, and was a afraid to die, yet he is terrified. One question obsesses Besançon and in Cultural Anthropology at the Pontifical Night” which notably deals with domestic violence. reporter in California for film events such as the Oscars. him: who will take care of Antonin, his twelve-year-old Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. From a She is happy and her career is about to take off. She She was invited to attend the Golden Globes the son with a severe form of autism, when his wife will very young age he has had a passion for the humanities, and Kevin fall under each other’s spell and soon the following years. Later, she moved to Canada to host her also have left this world? Remorse gnaws at him: he the history of ancient civilizations and religions but also lovers get married. own cultural radio show... She is the author and co-au- regrets more than ever not having offered him a brother and above all, for science. After learning that his little thor of several autobiographical books, and among or sister who could have looked after him. boy was suffering from an orphan disease when he was Yet soon, everything in Louise’s life goes wrong. She others, the anthology: Aimer, Encore et Toujours (Druide not yet 3 years old, he decided to dedicate some time feels that her husband, Kevin, is following her and her Eds). In The Film her first novel, she was mainly inspired So, when a mysterious message informs him that to him and to fulfill his old dream of writing novels. friends and colleagues worry about the influence he by her experience abroad and gives us her vision on the Marcia, his first love, has had a child with him many has on the young actress. Louise’s acting in the films she world of cinema. years ago, he doesn’t even think for a second: he leaves is offered deteriorates and soon her career is at a for Brazil, in the hope of finding the woman he loved Selling Points standstill. Olga and Karl, Louise’s best friend and father so much 18 years ago and meeting this child, this unhoped-for older brother of whom he knows nothing - This book is a novel about tenderness. A strong novel. respectively, set out on a real investigation to shed light Sales Points A novel of love beyond life. Beyond death. A gift of on who Kevin is. It is found that he is none other than - This novel features talented and determined women about. oneself to perpetuate life. To make up for a lack of love. Colin Martin, a former sociopathic actor who got into who influence the world of cinema. - A beautiful book that will mark the readers’ souls and drugs. - A Hitchcockian fiction between shadow and light, In spite of the pain caused by his cancer, in spite of the make them dream long after the word “end”. between a dream come true and the reality of life. suffering caused by the parting with his wife and son, It is then that Louise discovers that she is living in a - A great love story that turns into a nightmare. in spite of the imminent death that awaits him, Martin scenario worthy of the very film that made her famous. - A compelling novel to which many women will sinks into the heart of the Amazonian forest, deter- mined to survive until the end of this desperate quest, identify. hoping to leave this world with a peaceful heart... 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FEEL GOOD FEEL GOOD THE LITTLE HAPPINESS FACTORY SHINE, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE! Alice Quinn Alice Quinn A feelgood reading at the time of the coronavirus, to Learning that she has breast cancer, Anita decides she regain hope and optimism, managing to transform will end her days herself instead of waiting for death anxiety into confidence. to come. But life is full of (good) surprises! FORMAT: 130 x 180 | PAGES: 442 | WORDS: 107,000 FORMAT: 130 x 180 | PAGES: 230 | WORDS: 56,000 PRICE: 15.99 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 06/2020 PRICE: 12,99 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 11/2018 RIGHTS SOLD: Greek (Pedio Publishing) RIGHTS SOLD: French audiobook (SAGA Egmont) The Work The Author The Work The Author Meryl is a young dancer broken at the beginning of a Alice Quinn lives in the south of France with her family “My name is Anita Moreau, I live in a two bedrooms Alice Quinn lives in the south of France with her family promising career by an accident. She finds refuge by and cats. She is the happy author of a series of cosy-fun apartment in Jersey, just above a Thai restaurant. Today and cats. She is the happy author of a series of cosy-fun becoming a waitress at The Little Factory, a café mystery novels: Au pays de Rosie Maldonne whose Un Palace is my birthday. I won’t tell you how old I am because it’s mystery novels: Au pays de Rosie Maldonne whose Un Palace crowded with people wounded by life. There she en Enfer, (éd. Michel Lafon), was Best Seller number 1 in been agreed that we ladies keep things like that a en Enfer, (éd. Michel Lafon), was Best Seller number 1 in meets Robin, a sportsman who hides his injury behind digital sales for the year 2013, and Top 100 US sales in its secret. Everything is ready. The Champagne, the dress. digital sales for the year 2013, and Top 100 US sales in its an anti-social behaviour. A tender love story is woven English version by AmazonPublishing: Queen of the trailer I even bought myself a perfume. It smells like vanilla, English version by AmazonPublishing: Queen of the trailer through the pages of this feelgood novel, under the park. She has also written historical detective novels: Une like a trip to the tropical islands. And I’m going to spray park. She has also written historical detective novels : benevolent gaze of people ‘damaged’ by life, who are enquête à Cannes à la Belle-Époque (AmazonPublishing and some on my bed. It’s quite an exceptional event. I don’t Une enquête à Cannes à la Belle-Époque (AmazonPublishing trying to rebuild themselves. City éd.). The Little Happiness Factory is part of her feelgood want to miss it. I want my ‘big leap’ to be a success.” and City éd.). With Shine as Long as you Live, she initiated a This tale of intertwined destinies, woven of emotions, collection that she initiated with Brille, tant que tu vis But now, Anita feels cheated on. She refuses to be feel good book collection, Fnac-Kobo best-seller in takes place at the time of the coronavirus, an unin- (Alliage éd.), Fnac-Kobo best-seller in 2020. fate’s pawn. And yet, she is forced to postpone her big 2020. The Little Happiness Factory, finalist of the amazon tended player who unexpectedly enters the novel as in plans because of an unexpected phone call from her contest Les plumes francophones in 2020 is part of it. our daily lives, with its share of fear and uncertainties. doctor telling her she has breast cancer. But life, full of Fortunately Amanda, the owner of The Little Factory, Selling Points surprises, plays tricks on even the most methodical. On is keeping an eye on things. With her literary snacks, she the road to Noirmoutier island, a handsome obscure Selling Points - The characters, with whom we can all identify, who man crosses her path and she discovers that she isn’t gives hope to the most broken. have been deeply affected by life, show solidarity and - A beautiful love story, unusual, too, but so beautiful, To rebuild her life, Meryl will discover that she’s not the unaffected by him. Nevertheless, she refuses this resilience in order to rebuild themselves. moving, fascinating. only one suffering and that she can help others. Will emotional upheaval with all her might. Anita wants to - The beginning of the Covid 19 crisis, is brilliantly - A story of forbidden love, a story of second chances. she find the strength to look at the rising sun? Some- fight in order to reach her goal — ending her days portrayed and reflects everything that each of us has With infinite tenderness, the author brings characters times all it takes is a simple pancake, a hot chocolate, a herself, not to let the desease decide her fate — and felt in recent months. to life with disarming accuracy. lucky cat and a good book to get the taste of happiness doesn’t realize that her plans have changed without her - This novel is to be enjoyed with a homemade biscuit - A book that stirs the desire to love. back again, all sprinkled with the spark of friendship knowing it. What if existence isn’t always as calibrated and hot chocolate. as a haiku, for worse, but sometimes for better? and the irresistible power of love. 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THRILLER THRILLER KILLER KILLS KILLERS THE HUMANIST KILLER Danny-Philippe Desgagné David Zaoui During a serial killers’ congress, participants are killed Babinsky is a hitman. A hitman, alright, but also a one after another in the same way they used to kill humanist! who has made it a point of honor to his job their victims. A killers’ killer in on the loose. as killer: to make his future victims happy before killing them. FORMAT: 190 x 300 | PAGES: TBC | WORDS: 148,000 PRICE: TBC | PUBLICATION DATE: 05/2021 FORMAT: 110 x 180 | PAGES: 196 | WORDS: 41,000 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE PRICE: 7,40 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 06/2021 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author After one crime, then a second, then a third perpe- Danny-Philippe Desgagné grew up in a mining town in The Work The Author(s) trated most likely by one or more serial killers, Sepp northeastern Quebec, with a detective father and a Babinsky has a gift. A gift from heaven. He aims and David Zaoui is a film director and writer. He has been must team up with Helene, a profiler. But quickly, the mother at home. First a letter carrier for 7 years, then a shoots like no one else. Taken in by a professional directing short films since the age of 13 in the district of duo is kidnapped by an organization: a serial killers’ bailiff for a few years, he was tired of working for others criminal in the orphanage where he grew up, he beco- Paris where he grew up. Then, he returned to the Cours society organizes a Konvention (with a “k” for “killer”) to make a living and started a business with his brothers. mes a contract killer in spite of himself. But beware! He Florent, where he learned film directing. He did small in a grand hotel. On the program: workshops to learn Following the death of his scriptwriter brother ten years is a hitman, all right, but he is also humanist! who has jobs to pay for his classes and kept on directing short how to cover their tracks, the latest FBI tracking ago, he decides to take up and finish the work they had made it a point of honor to make his future victims films. Zaoui worked as a film director and producer for methods, training with the most modern detection started to write together: Killer kills Killers. Danny-Philippe happy before killing them. several years, mainly in the United States. Winner of the and jamming tools, testimonies, and more... But the is also the author of Irimi (éditions Félix), La flamme et 2018 Chambery First Novel Festival for I am a humanist Konvention rules are strict and forbid killers to give in l’abîme (éditions Triskele), and Le Sicarier (éditions SM). Meticulously, he carries out his contracts and increases, killer, he now dedicates himself to writing. Sois toi-même, to their impulses throughout the state and for the in spite of himself, his feelings of guilt and discomfort. tous les autres sont déjà pris, published in 2019 by JC Lattès period of the Konvention. However, a serial killer kills What meaning should he give to his life? He only knows editions, is his second novel, and Le financier en chef, congress participants, one after the other, imitating Selling Points how to make others happy to the expense of his own published in 2020 by JC Lattès editions, is his third novel. their practices. Sepp and Helene are instructed by the happiness. - This book features endearing characters, for whom organizers, under threat of seeing their relatives personal difficulties and traumas are constantly tortured and killed, to pretend to be two congressmen, First of all, his relationship with an eccentric psycholo- in order to expose the killer. But working for killers has intertwined with their work and their forced underco- Selling Points ver job. gist, then with one of his future victims, will gradually consequences and they witness the murder of the real - Winner of the 2018 Chambery First Novel Festival, - Very human investigators confronted with inhuman bring him the gratitude and love/friendship he longs people they to the place of. The killings follow one when first published 2016 by Paul&Mike éditions. monsters, but who hide it well. for, gripping the vicious circle in which he got another and their employer gives them little time to - The humor is slightly offbeat or even dark, suspense - The reader is kept on the edge of his seat until the last trapped. investigate before any evidence is removed and their in each chapter, a novel with mysterious and intriguing page. characters. access to information is restricted. Will Sepp and “To love others, we must first learn to love Helene manage to arrest the killer? Will they be able to - A modern tale that reads avidly and takes conventions ourselves...”. do so without any collateral damage? all the way around. Leor Literary Agency Leor Literary Agency 20 Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 21
THRILLER THRILLER HYSTERIA THE LIST Beth Draven Florian Dennisson Seattle. Kerry Park. A young woman wakes up with no A strange man introduced himself to the police station memory. She has forgotten even her own name and claiming responsibility for the murder of four people. why she is covered in blood, or even who it belongs Four names on a list. Four unknown victims. to... FORMAT: 150 x 230 | PAGES: 426 | WORDS: 89,000 FORMAT: 150 x 230 | PAGES: 366 | WORDS: 81,000 PRICE: 17.99 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 12/2020 PRICE: 15.99 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 01/2020 ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author(s) The Work The Author(s) Four names on a list. Four unknown victims. How to After a first life made of music bands, tours around the Seattle. Kerry Park. A young woman wakes up with no Beth Draven, a 37-year-old mother of two little girls identify them and break the silence? world and studio recordings of albums, Florian Dennis- memory. She has forgotten even her own name and from Lille (France), also works in the public administra- son traded his guitar for a pen. As a passionate reader why she is covered in blood, or even who it belongs tion where she specializes in social relations manage- Sergeant Maxime Monceau, a specialist in non-verbal of Agatha Christie’s novels from a very young age, his to... ment. Passionate about writing since childhood, she has speech, has been assigned to investigate a mysterious favourite genre was the thriller, but generally speaking, developed over the years all the discipline, precision case that puts the Police Investigation Unit at a dead he likes to tell any story where suspense plays a major At the hospital, Mrs. X finds her only ally in the person and creative balance necessary to achieve her first end. A strange man has turned himself in to the station, part. Every day, he digs deeper and deeper to imagine of the strange Dr. Scott, a neurologist in the psychiatric series: Stalking, which was published in 2018. accusing himself of murder. endearing characters and unexpected twists! unit who seems to have lost his right to exercise his profession. He is a doctor about to be fired, an alcoho- The problem is that, apart from a single sentence that lic, because one of his patients, Susan Fields, committed Selling Points he chant over and over again, the stranger remains Selling Points suicide after he had developed a strong emotional totally silent about his identity and the reasons that led - Amazon N°1 bestseller for over a year, more than - An Amazon bestseller since release. bond with her. And this patient haunts him. him to commit murder. 10,000 copies sold in 14 months. - A thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - Maxime Monceau, the main character has a complex, all along. When the police attempt to investigate the disturbing The clock is ticking and, without evidence or victims, tortured personality, he is both strong and frail. We feel - A woman who doesn’t know what her amnesia is circumstances of the discovery of Mrs. X, one of the this suspect could be set free and carry on with his that he is hiding something, but what? What maybe this hiding and who comes to wonder if it wouldn’t be most powerful men in the city finally gives her back her murderous madness. secret that disturbs him so much? Is he really ready to better to never remember. Sometimes the past hides identity by claiming to be her husband. Yet many go back to work after several weeks off? And why these dark demons that are best left alone. shadows remain and images of violence suddenly A nameless killer appears out of nowhere, invisible weeks of leave? An endearing character, well defined - Each character has its own importance. They are emerge. victims and only one lead to hold on to: a list. from the beginning, who will reveal himself as the story disturbing and sow doubt in your mind about the role unfolds. they play in this story. Simple nightmares or true memories? - The style is addictive, no long and useless descriptions, - A delightful writting skill, each word is carefully just what it takes to jump in. Enough twists and turns to measured, balanced and perfectly arranged. make us want to keep reading. A delight! Leor Literary Agency Leor Literary Agency 22 Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh 23
THRILLER THRILLER CONSPIRACIES THE ELEVEN ORPHANS OF MRS. LI Florian Dennisson Pascal Vatinel A private and secluded island, five people claiming a mysterious inheritance, no way out... Immerse your- What dark secret hides behind the disappearances of self in the breathless suspense of this book that begins eleven children of an uncommon Chinese orphanage, as an oppressive lock-up and takes you on the tracks housing disgraced children casted aside by the society? of an intriguing conspiracy. FORMAT: 145 x 225 | PAGES: 320 | WORDS: 89,000 FORMAT: 130 x 180 | PAGES: 426 | WORDS: 76,000 PRICE: 18.00 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 05/2018 PRICE: 14.99 € | PUBLICATION DATE: 03/2019 RIGHTS SOLD: German (Drachenhaus Verlag) ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE The Work The Author The Work The Author(s) In charge of protecting a 5-year-old orphan girl wanted Pascal Vatinel is a renowned China specialist and 2013 by the police, inspector Wen meets Ms. Li, the director winner of the Institut Français’, Prix Stendhal. As well as A private and secluded island, five people claiming a After a first life made of music bands, tours around the of an uncommon orphanage. A place that houses child- having published many children’s books for Actes Sud mysterious inheritance, no way out... world and studio recordings of albums, Florian Dennis- ren whose parents have been sentenced to death: Publishing, he has written several detective novels, A small Breton island, a private island, without any son traded his guitar for a pen. As a passionate reader disgraced children casted aside by the society. published by Rouergue. Repeatedly recognized for the access to the outside world. It is on this island that of Agatha Christie’s novels from a very young age, his She agrees to hide little Wang Hua and in return, makes quality of his work, he was the chosen author of the Hugo, Harold, Eugenie, Victor and Naima come favourite genre was the thriller, but generally speaking, the police officer promise to investigate the recent and prominent radio station France Inter in 2012 and was following the invitation they received. They don’t really he likes to tell any story where suspense plays a major worrying disappearances of eleven of her protégés. selected by the Fnac bookshop in 2013 for his novel understand why they are here, but this legacy story part. Every day, he digs deeper and deeper to imagine Gradually found dead across the streets of Beijing, Parce que le sang n’oublie pas. He also won the 2012 Dérives intrigues them a lot. endearing characters and unexpected twists! many of them are showing traces of Crystal in their de l’Orient prize for L’Affaire du cuisinier chinois. On several When they arrive they get to know each other, they blood. This “happiness drug” causes devastating side occasions, he has been a finalist for the Intramuros Prize realize that they have absolutely nothing in common, they don’t come from the same town, they don’t come Selling Points effects that turn those who consume it into human as well as the prestigious Cognac festival of detective - An Amazon bestseller since release. More than 20,000 bombs. Little present in China, it seems to be slowly fiction. from the same family, they don’t have the same origins, copies sold. spreading around the country via a network in which they don’t have the same age, they don’t have the - A scary plot, between the And Then There Were None and many children seem to find themselves drawn in. same jobs. They don’t understand how such different During his investigation, Inspector Wen will discover Key Sales Points people can be bound by the same inheritance. But very an escape game. that a strange link unites the orphanage with this crimi- - Short-listed for the prestigious Cognac Award for soon mysterious events will show them that they - A story that’s not what it seems to be at first. nal organization. But it is when little Wang Hua also French thrillers. should have been cautious. - The characters are totally distraught by what is happe- disappears that the investigation takes on a whole new - An exotic thriller that give readers a glimpse of the Why do Naima, Eugénie, Hugo and Victor find them- ning to them. They will have to dig deep inside them- dimension for the police officer. shadowy side of a still mysterious China. selves confined on the island of Saint-Riom? Who is selves to untangle the real from the fake. What dark secret hides behind the disappearances of - A breathless, skilfully managed plot from beginning to this mysterious ancestor whose identity is jealously - Sometimes it doesn’t take much for our life to take a the eleven children? And most of all behind the little end. kept secret? Who is secretly pulling the strings of this dangerous turn. Especially when we find ourselves in the 5-year-old’s disappearance? - A multiple-award-winning author, recognized by publi- mysterious plot? grips of some people’s dark intentions. shers and critics for the quality of his work. Leor Literary Agency Yannaelle Boucher-Durand • Foreign Rights Agent • e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh • +33 7 67 69 39 13 • www.leor.bzh 24 Yannaelle Boucher ● Foreign Rights Agent ● e-mail: yannaelle@leor.bzh ● +33 7 67 69 39 13 ● www.leor.bzh Agence littéraire Leor, 141 rue du commerce, PIBS, CS 82605, 56011 Vannes Cedex, France 25
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