In an ongoing battle between a publisher and a romance novelist, the Massachusetts district court partially granted summary judgment in the publisher’s favor, stating that the writer’s reasoning for selecting the wrong forum “runs contrary to common sense.”
The author, Marci Clark, is a successful romance novelist who published novels with other publishing houses before entering into a literary agency and representation agreement with RedRock Literary. David Grishman, RedRock’s founder and president, became Clark’s agent. According to the opinion, Grishman contacted Jeanne De Vita, who referred him to Pink Sand, where she was working as a developmental editor. De Vita sent Grishman a proposed publishing agreement for the acquisition of Clark’s titles.
