Films Rights sold to Dyson Thomas Films, LLC

I’m thrilled to announce that my newest middle grade novel, due out in February, 2012, from Viking, has recently had the film rights sold to Dyson Thomas Films, LLC, a partnership between Dyson Lovell and Thomas Parsekian. Here’s the announcement which will go into Publisher’s Marketplace next week:

"Kathryn Fitzmaurice's A DIAMOND IN THE DESERT, inspired by the true story of a Japanese-American boy who, while interned at a camp during WWII, joins the camp's baseball team, which goes on to beat the state champions, to Dyson Lovell and Thomas Parsekian at Dyson Thomas Films, LLC by Brandy Rivers at Magnet Management on behalf of Jennifer Rofe at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency."

Thank you to Paul Angle (who read the story before it was published and offered immeasurable assistance) for introducing the story to Thomas Parsekian.

Thank you also to film agent Brandy Rivers at Magnet Management and my incredible literary agent, Jennifer Rofe.

The above photo is of Tetsuo Furukawa at age thirteen, taken after baseball practice in Gila River. He sent this, and many other photos, to me while I was writing the book.