Julie Buxbaum (right), Miss Hot Young Author Chick 2007, is back in the news, as Above the Law passes the word from Publishers Marketplace that the two books she sold here in the States for $500K+ just went to UK publisher Transworld for a similar amount.

Meanwhile, hottie literati Josh Kilmer-Purcell did so well for Harper Perennial with his memoir, I Am Not Myself These Days, that they've signed him back up for his first novel (working title: Candy Everybody Wants) and a second book of nonfiction which "promises to be as powerful and as insightful" as his debut, according to the press release. "It is a rare breed of people that can look past the obvious marketing challenges of a drag queen/crackhead male escort love story*, and can succeed in turning it into a national bestseller," says Kilmer-Purcell of his publishing team. "To be able to work with them again is an exciting honor."

*For the uninitiated, as the photographic record shows, Kilmer-Purcell's the drag queen half of that equation, but based on the ending of his memoir, he won't be repeating that act. Well, maybe in the novel, who knows?