Books
Sarah’s third novel, Blackberry Winter, will debut from Penguin (Plume) on September 25, 2012. Complete with cover praise from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand, rights to the book have already been sold in Italy at auction.
About the book: The story, which takes its title from a late-season, cold-weather phenomenon, continues Jio’s rich exploration of the ways personal connections can transcend the boundaries of time.
Seattle, 1932. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, goodnight and departs to work the night-shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May-Day snow has blanketed the city, and that her son has disappeared into the heart of the storm.
Seattle, 2010. Seattle Herald reporter Claire Hanson is assigned to cover the May 1 “blackberry winter” storm and its predecessor that occurred on the same date nearly eighty years earlier. Learning of the unsolved abduction, Claire vows to unearth the truth—only to discover that she and Vera are linked in unexpected ways.
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Sarah’s second novel, The Bungalow, will be released from Penguin (Plume) on December 27, 2011, and later by Heyne Verlag, a division of Random House in Germany, for their Diana Verlag list. The book was praised by Woman’s Day, First for Women, Marie Claire, as well by #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Kristin Hannah, Carol Cassella, Karen White and Sarah McCoy.
About the book: A sweeping saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting… In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fiance, she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island. under the thatched roof of an abandoned beach bungalow, the two share a private world–until they witness a gruesome crime, Westry is suddenly redeployed, and the idyll vanishes into the winds of war. A timeless story of enduring passion, The bungalow chronicles Anne’s determination to discover the truth about the twin losses–of life and, and of love–that have haunted her for seventy years.
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The Violets of March, was released from Penguin (Plume) on April 26, 2011. Praised by Jodi Picoult, called “engrossing” by Redbook and featured in Coastal Living, Glamour, First for Women, Self.com, Costco Connection magazine, Violets was a Costco Book Buyer Pick and a Target Emerging Author Selection (to read more praise and media attention, click here). The novel was also published in hardcover by Heyne Verlag, a division of Random House in Germany, for their Diana Verlag list. Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian and French rights have been sold.
About the book: In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after. Ten years later, the tide has turned on Emily’s good fortune. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated 1943, whose contents reveal startling connections to her own life. A mesmerizing debut with an idyllic setting and intriguing dual story line, The Violets of March announces Sarah Jio as a writer to watch. To view the book trailer, click here.
For rights inquiries, contact:
US: Elisabeth Weed, Weed Literary (elisabeth AT weedliterary DOT com)
Foreign: Jenny Meyer, Meyer Literary (jenny AT meyerlit DOT com)
Film: Dana Borowitz, United Talent Agency (BorowitzD AT unitedtalent DOT com)
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