Sara Gran breaks out

Well, not yet, but she's certainly being situated to do so very soon:

Sara Gran's DOPE, a genre-bending exploration of noir that takes us deep into the hellish heroin culture of New York in the 1950s, described as "Patricia Highsmith meets William Burroughs," to Dan Conaway at Harper, by Simon Lipskar at Writers House (NA).

Harper also acquired reprint rights to the author's previous novel, COME CLOSER, from Soho Press paperback, which is being jointly developed for film by Harvey and Bob Weinstein's new company and Disney, with a script by Hossein Amini (The Wings of the Dove).

I'd already heard some rumblings about this book as the UK deal (with Atlantic) was reported first. And COME CLOSER, which was a creepy, utterly unnerving psychological thriller, was a marvel. I'd wondered what Gran was working on next, and hopefully it won't be too long before DOPE is in stores.

Interestingly, Lipskar and Conaway are developing into quite the team, as they are jointly responsible for Michael Gruber (TROPIC OF NIGHT and VALLEY OF BONES) as well.

Comments

[Jason Starr]

Hey, I don't know if Sara reads this blog, but this is great news--congratulations. Also, great that COME CLOSER has the pb deal--I loved that book!!

[Sara Gran]

Hello Sarah Weinman and Jason Starr,

First, Sarah, thank you for your kind words, and for mentioning me on your blog -- which I think has an hourly readership higher then that of all my books combined, so it's quite a coup for me! I really appriciate it.

And Hi, Jason, and thank you too! You started a wave of good mojo for me when you gave me my first positive response to the book.

Best wishes,

Sara Gran