Manilla Press wins ‘remarkable’ account of iconic criminal cases from courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg
Manilla Press has won Drawn Testimony: Sketching a Generation’s Most Iconic Criminal Cases by courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg.
Editor Ellie Carr acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, following a two-way auction from Adam Gauntlett at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop for publication on 13th August 2024.
While working as a courtroom sketch artist in America for more than 40 years, Rosenberg has captured the likes of Ghislaine Maxwell, Harvey Weinstein, Sam Bankman-Fried and Donald Trump. In Drawn Testimony, she offers a “moving and discerning view of a courtroom and its cast, focusing on emotion above procedure”. The publisher added: “The result is remarkable and sheds new light not only on the individual cases [Rosenberg] represents, but on the human condition as a whole.”
Rosenberg said: “Since I first took my sketchpad into a courtroom more than 40 years ago, people have been asking me what my job is like. Drawn Testimony is my answer. It takes you with me into the courtroom and beyond it: from lining up outside in the freezing cold to the scramble for a good seat, and the rush to commit the scene in front of me to paper. I hope it shows why this is a job I often love, sometimes hate and continue to be fascinated by, even after all this time.”
Carr added: “Jane is an incredibly talented courtroom artist, but what I have found equally as impressive is her ability to distil this fascinating art form into words....I am absolutely thrilled to publishing this on the Manilla list and cannot wait for readers to have the chance to experience some of the world’s most iconic criminal cases through the eyes of one of the industry’s most respected courtroom artists.”
