In the category of “better late than never,” I’m very pleased to share that last summer I sold Samuel Marquis’s Empire and Frontier: Colonel Peter Schuyler and the Valiant Iroquois in King William’s War: 1689–1701 to Pegasus Books. The book will be published on August 4, which means this is less a traditional deal announcement than a timely nudge to preorder 😉

I’m thrilled to share that two Sinsheimer Literary authors have been nominated for 2026 James Beard Media Awards. Marion Nestle’s What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters has been nominated in the Food Issues and Advocacy category. Published by North Point Press, the recently relaunched Farrar, Straus and Giroux imprint devoted to literary nonfiction, What to Eat Now is a fully revised and dramatically expanded update of Marion

I have concluded a best-offer auction for Christopher St. Cavish’s story-driven cookbook, MIAN: Travels Through China's Noodle Culture.

I'm woefully behind on my deal announcements, but I hope to get through at least one or two more before the end of the year! First up is Justin Vibbert's The Last Whale Hunter , which happily sold to Evan Phail at Diversion Books. The Last Whale Hunter transports readers to the remote island of Bequia—a volcanic speck in the Lesser Antilles—and into a battle for the soul of the Caribbean. As China’s Belt and Road Initiative reshapes the region and U.S. developers scramble t