“Fans of angst and spice will devour Brodie’s tale. This one’s for the yearners.” — Booklist
Emma Brodie is the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Blue, a Reese’s Book Club Pick, and Songs in Ursa Major which received the American Book Award.
She is an executive editor at Clarkson Potter, and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars program. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband and their very good dog, Freddie Mercury.
Emma's Featured Titles
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic, decades-spanning love story that blazes through the worlds of acting and comedy and charts a connection unlike any other.
“INTOXICATING.”—TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of Atmosphere
“SMART AND ROMANTIC.”—GABRIELLE ZEVIN, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“DEEPLY MOVING.”—KEVIN WILSON, author of Nothing to See Here
This stunning hardcover features beautiful graphic endpapers and a deluxe, embossed jacket!
“The truth is there’s no such thing as a normal life. There’s just the time you get and how you spend it.”
In the summer of 2000, AJ Graves dreams of writing for Saturday Night Live; instead, she’s stuck working in a video rental store, with slim odds of escaping her small Massachusetts town. Then in walks Noah Drew, the enigmatic and intense scion of the Drew acting dynasty, and her life changes forever. Despite wildly different upbringings, the two forge a deep, cosmic bond, first as friends, then as acting partners—until one day, Noah disappears without a word.
Seven years later, in New York City, AJ is shocked to find herself cast in the same intergalactic TV production as Noah, by then a well-known Hollywood heartthrob. As their on-screen characters grow closer every day, the lines between reality and acting begin to blur. Unable to stay away from each other, AJ and Noah are forced to confront the truth of what happened years ago—and the devastating secret that will send their lives careening apart, even as fate continues to draw them together.
Blending unforgettable characters, explosive chemistry and yearning, and profound emotion, Into the Blue is a journey unlike any other—one that asks: What does it mean to diverge from the script to forge your own story?
A scintillating debut from a major new voice in fiction, Songs in Ursa Major is a love story set in 1969, alive with music, sex, and the trappings of fame.
Raised on an island off Massachusetts by a mother who wrote songs for famous musicians, Jane Quinn is singing in her own band before she’s old enough to even read music. When folk legend Jesse Reid hears about Jane’s performance at the island’s music festival, a star is born–and so is a passionate love affair: they become inseparable when her band joins his on tour. Wary of being cast as his girlfriend–and haunted by her mother’s shattered ambitions– Jane shields her relationship from the public eye, but Jesse’s star power pulls her into his orbit of fame. Caught up in the thrill of the road and the profound and lustful connection she has with Jesse, Jane is blind-sided by the discovery she makes about the dark secret beneath his music. Heartbroken and blackballed by the industry, Jane is now truly on her own: to make the music she loves, and to make peace with her family Shot through with the lyrics, the icons, the lore, the adrenaline of the early 70s music scene, Songs in Ursa Major pulses with romantic longing and asks the question so many female artists must face: What are we willing to sacrifice for our dreams?
Whether we’ve binged every season of Rent the Runway, religiously read our own horoscope for decades, or never missed a Patriots game, we’re all experts in something (whether we realize it or not). Using examples from both Into the Blue and Songs in Ursa, this is a talk about mining your own untapped areas of mastery to spark creativity.
An honest look at the publishing journey from someone who has worn both hats for the past fifteen years, this is a talk that’s full of practical takeaways about editing craft and approaching book publishing as a business.
This wildly popular seminar teaches you writers to describe their work in terms that will catch the interest of publishing professionals, using strong sales positioning and phrasing that will make insiders sit up and listen.
“An achingly romantic, compulsively readable love story—with chemistry that burns up every page. Emma Brodie has rendered an intoxicating portrayal of the power and intensity of human connection.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Atmosphere
“The perfect blend of sexy, angsty and gut-wrenching . . . Tragically compelling and deliciously poignant.” — NPR
“Into the Blue is intoxicating and heart-wrenching, a romance packed with tension.” — USA Today
“Smart and romantic, with fine observations about theater and life. The final act will stay with me.” — Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Thought-provoking and emotional, this love story lingers.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Emma Brodie is the dopest editor in town.” — Awkwafina, rapper, actor, and author of AWKWAFINA’S NYC
“Emma took a google doc filled with run on sentences and vague ideas and sculpted them into a real book that makes sense. She is the grit behind my softness.” — Marlee Grace, author of HOW TO NOT ALWAYS BE WORKING
“I will be forever indebted to my brilliant editor Emma Brodie who took a lot of unbridled passion for the former Soviet Union and shaped it into a narrative. This book would not have been possible without her generous guidance, patience, kindness, and vision, and throughout the process she has been a snake charmer, coaxing out the best that I am capable of.” — Audrey Murray, author of OPEN MIC NIGHT IN MOSCOW
New York Times bestseller
USA Today bestseller
Winner of the American Book Award
Executive Editor at Clarkson Potter (an imprint of PRH)
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