Guillermo Arriaga, screenwriter of 21 Grams, Amores Perros and others, sold thrillers entitled The Sweet Smell of Death and The Guillotine Squad to Atria. Laura Dail of the Laura Dail Literary Agency represented the author.
While no one can deny the Harry Potter craze and the amazing numbers it generates, there is a dispute brewing over just how many of those door-stopper novels are going to be returned. The Independent reported in an article on October 30 that there are 2.5 million copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince…