Book Deals: James Tate Hill's Memoir BLIND MAN'S BLUFF to Norton

This announcement is such an absolute joy.

Back in October, Alison Stine (have you ordered your copy of Road Out of Winter yet?) sent over an email to introduce me to James Tate Hill, a contributing editor at Lit Hub who pens stunning essays and writes excellent bad jokes on Twitter. The memoir he’d written absolutely rocked me.

It was his story of faking sightedness, from high school and long into his adult life, and how his professional career and personal relationships struggled as a result.

You see, James is blind. And he didn’t want people to know.

I loved the book terribly, we signed up to work together, and it went out on submission in March… with an offer coming in just weeks later. And I’m just so thrilled to announce this beautiful book, BLIND MAN’S BLUFF which will be out with Norton in the Summer of 2021.

Here’s the blip from Publisher’s Marketplace:

Literary Hub contributing editor James Hill's BLIND MAN'S BLUFF, about disability, the things we take for granted, and the author's experience attempting to pass for sighted while hiding his blindness for nearly two decades from friends, colleagues, lovers, and even himself, to Amy Cherry at Norton, for publication in summer 2021, by Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency (NA).

It’s such a moving and often times hilarious story of disability, family, and the things we take for granted. James’ story moved me, and I hope it’ll do the same to you next year.

Congrats James. It’s been such an honor.