News 22 February 2002

A major new signing this week is FRAMED by TOD VOLPE which was bought from the Sterling Lord Literary Agency in New York. It is an exposé of corruption within the international art world. At the age of 35 Volpe became a taste maker to the stars. Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Willis, Andy Warhol, Tim Curry and Isabel Goldsmith were amongst his clients. At the height of his success he crashed and burned in a widely publicised case of Art Fraud. Charged with heinous crimes, his story made international headlines. Opting for silence Volpe denied the US government a star studded trial. Instead he spent two years in a Federal prison. Now free from the underworld Volpe shares his intimate life with the stars, his personal downfall and the inside scoop on the art world. The book has just been optioned by Film Four in London with Aimee Peyronnet set to produce.

Another lead title which has just been signed for Autumn 2002 is WAR OF THE WINDSORS. It is a no holds barred investigation into the British Royal family revealing a well known figure to be the illegitmate child of a member of the Royal family and the routine use of euthanasia in dispatching those who inconveniently lingered. The book is the work of three academics including Stephen Prior whose book on Hess, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, was published by Little, Brown last year.
 

More serialisation has been confirmed for our Spring titles. THE FILTH will be extracted in a leading Sunday tabloid.

National Museums of Scotland are hosting an exhibition of Scotland and the Indians in 2003 which will give an extra boost to DIAMONDS ACE. BBC Scotland are currently considering a documentary based on the book.

And Finally...

Adèle Lang is flying to LA to appear on the US TV show, The Other Half, with her co author Susi Rajah. Their book HOW TO SPOT A BASTARD BY HIS STAR SIGN has just been sold to a Spanish publisher leaving only France and Japan to discover how to spot bastards!

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