Rights have reverted to me, the author of this blog, for a number of my books. Here’s the info on me and the books available…
Edgar finalist Libby Sternberg has been writing for more than 20 years and has already sold a rom-com (written under the name Libby Malin) to Fox Studios. She has been published by Harlequin, Sourcebooks, Five Star/Cengage, Bancroft Press, Dorchester. The works whose dramatic rights are available include:
- Death Is the Cool Night (mystery): Set in 1941 at a music conservatory. A troubled pianist cannot recall the night his nemesis was murdered. Booklife Prize gave it 10 out of 10 in every category but one.
- “Superior prose carries this story of a brooding pianist alcoholic who worries that he might be guilty of killing a loathsome conductor. Musicians and murder make for an especially neurotic entanglement of suspects. Bravo!” BookLife
- “Blending operatic drama, sumptuous description, and noir, Sternberg gracefully puzzles out her tormented characters’ actions and motivations in each book. The author is an Edgar Award nominee” Publishers Weekly
- Lost to the World (mystery): Anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists aren’t new. In 1954, on the eve of the Salk polio vaccine trials, radio host Walter Winchell warned Americans of the coming vaccine trials, even going so far as to “report” that thousands of white coffins were being stockpiled for the children who were likely to die after being administered the vaccine. In this work of fiction, a polio researcher is slain on the eve of the Salk vaccine trials. Was the murder motivated by ant-Semitism, greed, or something else?
- “Very well written, the prose is immersive, engaging, and emotion-provoking. Set amidst both a true and a fictitious world, the novel divulges something unique. The premise for the murder, and all the intertwined stories in between, do not seem like an echo of any other mystery/thriller novel readers have encountered before. The author has presented the characters in such a way that readers cannot help but become attached to them and their stories.” BookLife
- Sloane Hall (historical fiction): Retelling of Jane Eyre set in old Hollywood. One of only 14 books featured in a Huffington Post article on the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth. Praised by Bronte experts.
- “The story is gripping, one of the most successful of this season’s entries. The book has the feel of earlier romance novelists like Daphne DuMaurier, Mary Stewart.” BookLife
- “Libby Sternberg’s intelligent and intriguing Jane Eyre reimagining has achieved two of the most difficult goals in a novel: being a page turner and paying a worthy tribute to Charlotte Brontë’s immortal story.” — THE BRONTE BLOG
- “Sternberg never loses sight of the story she’s re-telling, but this novel is definitely her own. Readers have things to figure out and look forward to. Her prose flows beautifully with vivid descriptions of people and places, bringing to life a Los Angeles of times gone by. Fans of historical fiction and Jane Eyre in particular will relish this novel, and readers who enjoy a love story should definitely pick this one up.”—KATHERINE PETERSON, FRESH FICTION
- After the War (historical fiction): Set in 1955, a cast of six characters deal with emotional and physical wounds ten years after World War II. One of them, a young nun, suffers a nervous breakdown that sets in motion tension and resolution in other characters’ lives.
For information or copies of any of these books, contact the author directly through email:
LibbyMalinSternberg@gmail.com
If you are interested in talking about an option or purchase of dramatic rights, she will put you in touch with the law firm that negotiates her rights.
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