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Maggie Shipstead's short story, Cowboy Tango, has been selected to appear in the 2010 volume of The Best American Short Stories.

Eric Blehm's title The Only Thing Worth Dying For hit the NY Times bestseller extended list.

Congratulations to Gretchen Rubin whose book The Happiness Project hit #1 on the NY Times bestseller list.

Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project debuted at #2 on the NY Times bestseller list.

Congratulations to Kathleen Grissom for The Kitchen House being chosen as a Book of The Month Blue Ribbon Book, given to a new author whose novel is chosen across all clubs as an extraordinary book selection.

Anahad O’Connor's title The 10 Things You Need To Eat hit the NY Times bestseller extended list.

Congratulations to Dave Coverly who won the Reuben Award Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonist Society for his syndicated cartoon "Speed Bump."

We welcome Anne Loder who has joined the company from the Gersh Agency. She will be working with Christy Fletcher on the day to day management of the company.

Congratulations to Ken Kalfus and Charles Marsh who were just awarded Guggenheim fellowships for their work in progress (a new novel and a biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, respectively).

Eric Siblin's The Cello Suites has landed at No1 on the national bestseller list in Canada.

Jonah Lehrer's How We Decide will be #12 on The New York Times Bestseller list for March 8th.

Breaking Lorca by Giles Blunt, just out from Random House Canada, hits #12 on the Canadian fiction list of the Globe and Mail.

Alex Caine's Befriend and Betray hits #1 on the bestseller list for the Globe and Mail in Canada (Random House Canada). UK rights with Mainstream Publishing, Australia & New Zealand rights with Pan Macmillan.

Fletcher & Company sets up The Rite at New Line, in co-production with Contrafilm.

The Last Season by Eric Blehm wins the B&N Discover Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year.

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath lands at #5 on The New York Times Bestseller list.

Made to Stick and The Knowing-Doing Gap selected as two of the best business books of all time, according to recently published Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten of 800CEOREAD.com.

Ken Kalfus' A Disorder Peculiar to the Country selected as a fiction finalist for the 2006 National Book Award.

Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

A.L. Kennedy's Day wins the Costa Novel Award 2007 (previously Whitbread Novel Award) and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award.

My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize.

Robert Sutton's The No Asshole Rule lands #5 on The New York Times Book Review Bestseller list and #4 on USA Today's Money Bestseller list.