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Thriller writer Frederick Forsyth, 86, died on June 9 after a brief illness. He wrote 18 espionage thrillers and 24 books in all, which have sold more than 75 million copies worldwide according to the NYT. Many of Forsyth’s novels, including The Day of the Jackal (1971) and The Odessa File (1972), were inspired by his days as a journalist and working with MI6. Putnam will publish the sequel to The Odessa File, REVENGE OF ODESSA, co-written by Tony Kent, on November 18. “Frederick Forsyth was one of the undisputed true giants of international suspense fiction. We shall miss him …
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Author of WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE Maria Semple's GO GENTLE, about a divorced philosopher who's living her best New York life, relishing her teenage daughter and the bliss of finally being solo, only to have her world upended by a handsome stranger who pulls her into a web of international intrigue, to Lindsay Sagnette at Putnam, at auction, for publication in spring 2026, by Anna Stein at CAA (NA). Rights also to Lettice Franklin at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, by Sarah Harvey at CAA (UK).
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