Book Biz Shocker: Flight Attendant-Turned Phenom Author T.J. Newman Makes Jump To Little Brown
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: T. J. Newman, the flight attendant who hung up her wings to become the bestselling author of the movie-bound action thriller novels Falling and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, is catching her next flight with Little Brown.
In a publishing industry shocker, Newman has left Simon & Schuster and signed a new deal multi-million mega deal with Little Brown.
Newman’s first novel for Little Brown is called Worst Case Scenario and it debuts August 13. Screen rights will be auctioned before the novel gets a big push from her new publisher.
Newman stays in her wheelhouse – it all starts with a commercial flight – but the book veers into tent pole territory that might draw comparisons to Independence Day or War of the Worlds meets Chernobyl.
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