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york, September 27, 1993 -- Last January when she burst on the
scene with her first legal thriller Mitigating Circumstances,
few people outside of the publishing world knew the name Nancy
Taylor Rosenberg. Eight months later, Rosenberg is a New York
Times best-selling author--after only one week on sale, the
Signet paperback Mitigating Circumstances has hit
bestseller lists on The New York Times (#14 for the week of
October 3, 1993), The Washington Post (#2 for the week of
September 26, 1993) and Publishers Weekly (#13 for the week of
September 27, 1993). There are one million copies of the Signet
paperback in print.
From the initial bidding war through the
six-figure film deal, record foreign sales, and a main selection
book club sale to The Literary Guild, Mitigating
Circumstances was the most talked about first novel when it
was published in Dutton hardcover in January, 1993. Praised as
Unstoppable...Presumed Innocent crossed with 'Thelma and
Louise"' by Glamour and a "compulsively readable first
novel" in a starred review by Publishers Weekly, Mitigating
Circumstances hit local hardcover bestseller lists around
the country including The Washington Post. The book was sold to
Tri-Star Pictures with Jonathan Demme (Academy Award winner for
"Silence of the Lambs") slated to direct. Tri-Star has
just hired acclaimed writer/director Agnieszka Holland to write
the screenplay. Holland is currently winning rave reviews for
her first American directorial effort, "The Secret
Garden."
In a field dominated by men, Nancy Taylor
Rosenberg stands out. She continues her success with the her
second novel, Interest of Justice which has just arrived
in bookstores. With a first printing of 95,000, Interest of
Justice is following the same pattern of success with
impressive foreign sales, a Main Selection of The Literary
Guild, and television rights sold to Citadel Entertainment for a
four-hour, two-part miniseries.
Dutton/Signet's publishing program for
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg demonstrates the successful synergy
working between the hardcover and paperback imprints. A national
advertising campaign has been launched to announce the
simultaneous publishing of Mitigating Circumstances in
paperback and Interest of Justice in hardcover, featuring
fullpage ads in People magazine, The New York Times Book Review,
the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post Book World, and
Chicago Tribune Books. In addition to national radio ads,
full-color poster ads have been placed on mass transit buses
throughout New York City and Chicago. Dutton/Signet is also
offering a special rebate with the purchase of both books.
A 12-year veteran of law enforcement in
Texas, New Mexico, and California, Rosenberg has learned
first-hand about the criminal justice system. As an
Investigative Probation Officer in Court Services for the county
of Ventura, she handled major crimes such as homicide and
multiple-county sex-related offenses. Rosenberg recalls her best
work in law enforcement was done with a pen while reviewing
trial transcripts. "They used to say I could write someone
into prison. A public defender once tried to get me removed from
a case because he said I used creative writing like a
weapon."
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg is in the middle of
a 20-city publicity tour this fall taking her across the
country.
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