New Deal: The Scientific Brilliance of Rosalind Franklin

Shaina Olmanson at Lerner/Zest Books has bought Debbie Loren Dunn and Janet Fox‘s The Real Rosalind: The Scientific Brilliance of Rosalind Franklin, a YA biography of the woman who discovered DNA’s double helix, and whose essential contributions were ignored in favor of those of three male scientists in the awarding of the 1962 Nobel Prize. Publication is scheduled for spring 2025; Erin Murphy at Erin Murphy Literary Agency brokered the deal for world rights.