Michael Joseph has ensured at least one high-profile comic memoir will be published in autumn 2011 with the acquisition of a memoir by Lee Evans.

Katie Follain, publisher for non-fiction at MJ, bought UK and Commonwealth rights for one book from Addison Cresswell at Off the Kerb Productions. The book, as yet untitled, will follow Evans...

Michael Joseph has bought the rights for four thrillers by US author Mary Burton. Kate Burke acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Dorie Simmonds at the Dorie Simmonds Literary Agency on behalf of Burton’s US publishers, Kensington.

Burke said: "This multi-book deal gives us the opportunity to build Mary’s sales...

Penguin imprint Michael Joseph has bought UK and Commonwealth (including Europe) rights for Faking It by journalist Charlotte Kymberley Walsh.

Michael Joseph's Kate Burke bought the debut title from Geraldine Nichol at the Book Bureau. The title is due out next summer.

Faking It tells the tale of Katie, an...

Michael Joseph and Puffin have made a joint acquisition of a series of crossover titles written by two anonymous authors, one of whom is thought to be James Frey.

The first in the series, I Am Number Four, is the  tale of nine gifted children and their guardians who have settled on Earth after a bitter war on their home...