International Sales Halted on $2.4M Debut Novel Over AI Authorship Questions

Hodgman Literary withdrew Jerry Falade's "Call Me, I'll Hide the Body" from international publishers after saying it could "no longer authenticate how the manuscript fully evolved from origin to completion," per Deadline (30 July 2026). The Minotaur/Macmillan deal was roughly $2.4 million. Falade had assured his agency that AI was not used. Foreign rights are pulled; the domestic deal stands.