The Business of Publishing

The Business of Publishing, Part Four: Inside Deesha's Book Deal


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This week we’re excited to share a very special episode of Ursa Short Fiction — a Member Exclusive where Dawnie Walton chats with Deesha Philyaw about this week’s big news: Deesha has just signed a seven-figure book deal with Mariner Books for a new novel, THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN, and short story collection, GIRL, LOOK. The novel is due out in 2025. 

Links

  • Author Deesha Philyaw has a 7-figure deal for her next two books (Associated Press) 
  • “Back Then” (Mike Jones)
  • Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women (anthology edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley)
  • Mariner Books
  • Rakia Clark
  • Punch Me Up to the Gods (Brian Broome) 


    More from Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton:

    • The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
    • The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)


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      Associate producer: Marina Leigh

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