EDITOR'S NOTE: Welcome to our third installment of Book Keeping, a monthly feature for AG members focusing on the business of how authors, editors, and publishers bring book projects to life. This month: It's rare that the publication of a first novel drastically changes the life of the writer. But in the case of Kalisha Buckhanon, the deal did just that. When St. Martin's Griffin offered her a mid-six-figure deal for two novels -- starting with Upstate, released in spring 2005 -- Buckhanon went from an author's assistant fresh out of an MFA program to a novelist ...

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