Exclusive: Grandview has brought in manager Becca Rodriguez to work within the company’s growing intellectual property department. She joins from Curate, where she oversaw books to film as a book manager, and will continue that focus in her new position.
Rodriguez brings with her clients including Philip K. Dick Award nominee Rebekah Bergman; Pushcart Prize nominee Lucie Britsch, who has multiple novels under option and in development; New York Times bestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan; International Latino Book Award winner Ann Dávila Cardinal; Pen America/Hemingway Award-winning author Oscar Hokeah; USA Today bestseller Jessica Joyce; Pen/Faulkner Award-winning author Deesha Philyaw, whose collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, she is co-adapting for Tessa Thompson’s Viva Maude and Max; Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Marcie Rendon; debut novelist Hattie Williams; and Locus Award finalist Hannah Yang.
Prior to Curate, Rodriguez worked at The Gotham Group.
Rodriguez brings with her clients including Philip K. Dick Award nominee Rebekah Bergman; Pushcart Prize nominee Lucie Britsch, who has multiple novels under option and in development; New York Times bestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan; International Latino Book Award winner Ann Dávila Cardinal; Pen America/Hemingway Award-winning author Oscar Hokeah; USA Today bestseller Jessica Joyce; Pen/Faulkner Award-winning author Deesha Philyaw, whose collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, she is co-adapting for Tessa Thompson’s Viva Maude and Max; Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee Marcie Rendon; debut novelist Hattie Williams; and Locus Award finalist Hannah Yang.
Prior to Curate, Rodriguez worked at The Gotham Group.
- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Author Deesha Philyaw, whose short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies earned a Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, has signed with Curate Management.
Recently, Philyaw sold her next two books to HarperCollins imprint Mariner Books in a 7-figure deal, with her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, which centers on a megachurch leader, due out in 2025. This will be followed by Girl, Look, which is described by the publisher as a “vivid snapshot of the interior lives of Black women across generations.”
In Hollywood, Philyaw, along with playwright Tori Sampson, will adapt Church Ladies for television, with the project set up at HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing.
Philyaw joins a Curate author clients roster that includes Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel, Oscar Hokeah (Calling for the Blanket Dance), and Chantal V.
Recently, Philyaw sold her next two books to HarperCollins imprint Mariner Books in a 7-figure deal, with her novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, which centers on a megachurch leader, due out in 2025. This will be followed by Girl, Look, which is described by the publisher as a “vivid snapshot of the interior lives of Black women across generations.”
In Hollywood, Philyaw, along with playwright Tori Sampson, will adapt Church Ladies for television, with the project set up at HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing.
Philyaw joins a Curate author clients roster that includes Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel, Oscar Hokeah (Calling for the Blanket Dance), and Chantal V.
- 9/22/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ursa Short Fiction, named by Apple Podcasts as one of its "Shows We Love" for 2022 and described as a "game-changer" for short stories, is returning for Season Two on March 29, with a very special episode celebrating the 20th anniversary of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, the acclaimed short story collection by Zz Packer that has inspired so many writers and kicked off a renaissance for short fiction.
Co-hosts Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies) and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev) go in-depth with Packer about the origin of her collection and the writers who inspired (and continue to inspire) her own work.
Deesha: So many of our interviews and stories have led us to this very exciting moment. In all of the conversations we've had here on Ursa Short Fiction, there are a few books and a few writers who keep coming up over and over...
Co-hosts Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies) and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival Of Opal & Nev) go in-depth with Packer about the origin of her collection and the writers who inspired (and continue to inspire) her own work.
Deesha: So many of our interviews and stories have led us to this very exciting moment. In all of the conversations we've had here on Ursa Short Fiction, there are a few books and a few writers who keep coming up over and over...
- 3/29/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Three Women and Hunters writer Tori Sampson will co-create HBO Max’s Tessa Thompson-produced adaptation of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
Sampson will work with Deesha Philyaw, the author behind the book, and the pair will write and exec produce the drama series project, which is in development.
It comes after Deadline revealed that that the Westworld star had set up her own production company Viva Maude, with a first-look deal at HBO and HBO Max and had set The Secret Lives of Church Ladies adaptation as one of the first projects that she has in the works with the streamer.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies was published in September 2020 and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. It contains nine stories about Black women, church, and sexuality.
The short story collection explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls...
Sampson will work with Deesha Philyaw, the author behind the book, and the pair will write and exec produce the drama series project, which is in development.
It comes after Deadline revealed that that the Westworld star had set up her own production company Viva Maude, with a first-look deal at HBO and HBO Max and had set The Secret Lives of Church Ladies adaptation as one of the first projects that she has in the works with the streamer.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies was published in September 2020 and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. It contains nine stories about Black women, church, and sexuality.
The short story collection explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls...
- 10/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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