Nancy Inteli and Megan Ilnitzki at HarperCollins Children's Books acquired North American rights to Hansel and Gretel, a Brothers Grimm reimagining by horror writer Stephen King (l.) and illustrated by late Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak, from the Maurice Sendak Foundation and Liz Darhansoff at Darhansoff & Verrill. The picture book edition of the fairy tale classic will feature art originally created by Sendak in 1997 as set and costume designs for the Engelbert Humperdinck opera of the same name. Publication is set for September.

Bill Thomas at Doubleday procured U.S. rights to Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood from Karolina Sutton at CAA, with Lee Boudreaux set to edit. The book will explore Atwood's life and work, "from her peripatetic childhood in the Canadian far north through the writing of The Handmaid's Tale to her position today as revered truth-teller and literary icon," the publisher said. Publication is set for November, simultaneously with the Canadian edition from McClelland & Stewart and the U.K. version from Chatto & Windus.

Keith Kahla at Minotaur signed a two-book deal with Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Sara Paretsky, picking up North American and audio rights from Dominick Abel of the eponymous shingle. Carolyn Mays at Bedford Square Publishers took U.K. rights. The first book in the deal, Bad Company, releases next fall and follows retired CIA agent Lily Sedarko's adventures after "one of her old operations comes under scrutiny and sends her back into the field, on the run from both the CIA and whoever set her up."

Anna Michaels at Sourcebooks took North American rights to Caroline Darian's I'll Never Call Him Dad Again from Stella Giatrakou at Bonnier. The publisher called the memoir from the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman whose rape trial against her husband and 50 other men made headlines worldwide last year, "a powerful personal account and a call to action against the rising tide of violence against women." The book was published in 2022 in France by JC Lattès and earlier this year in the U.K. by Bonnier Books, and is set for a March release in the U.S.

Tricia Narwani at Del Rey inked a six-book deal with Elise Kova for her bestselling, previously self-published Married to Magic series, securing North American rights from Jenny Bent at the Bent Agency. The series, the publisher said, includes "five linked standalone titles that reimagine classic myths and fairy tales with supernatural and paranormal elements," and includes a new, sixth book. Foreign rights have sold in seven territories. U.S. release dates are forthcoming.