Newman signed a seven figure two book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press last week. Newman “used everything from an iPad to the backs of napkins while writing ‘Falling.'”Also Read: Blumhouse Wins Bidding War for NY Times Miriam Rodriguez Kidnapping Revenge Article“Falling” centers on a crowded flight from New York to L.A., with 140-plus passengers who don’t know that their pilot’s family was kidnapped a half-hour before takeoff.