Paul Tremblay’s YA debut goes to Quill Tree Books, St. Martin’s signs an exploration of Taylor Swift’s Nashville years, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint Atom has netted the debut YA novel from crime writer and Guardian critic Laura Wilson, writing under the name Jamie Costello. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 11:37:41 UTC ]
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has swooped for Promise Boys, the debut YA thriller by award-winning filmmaker Nick Brooks, in a seven-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-18 02:50:43 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s Books has scooped Lies Like Wildfire, the “compulsive and explosive” debut YA novel from Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 03:46:12 UTC ]
Hot Key has acquired crime writer Chris Whitaker's YA debut The Forevers – a book in which the world is on a collision course with a giant asteroid and a group of teens make a pact to rewrite their future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 23:38:35 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children's is to publish Legendborn by debut novelist Tracy Deonn this autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 23:03:05 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are Robin Desser’s first acquisition in her new role as editor-in-chief at Random House and Delacorte’s purchase of Kelly Oxford’s YA debut. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Independent YA and children's publisher Firefly Press will publish Grow by debut author Luke Palmer, described as a "powerful" novel on right-wing radicalisation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 21:17:58 UTC ]
Lime Pictures has acquired television rights for Malcolm Duffy's young adult debut novel, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me., about a young boy trying to make sense of his mother's abusive relationship. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 00:42:15 UTC ]
Titan Books will publish Joan He’s YA debut, a Chinese-inspired fantasy novel about a princess whose father is murdered. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-22 02:49:33 UTC ]
Hampshire indie Chaplin Books is to publish The Road to Apple Dumpling Bridge, a YA debut in which woodland creatures run the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 11:54:36 UTC ]
Fiona Kennedy, publisher at Head of Zeus’ Zephyr imprint, has acquired a historical adventure YA by debut author Kat Dunn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-30 19:51:30 UTC ]
S&S lays down six figures for a YA debut, Dutton buys four new titles, Abrams goes for a graphic depiction of Guantanamo, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Rooted in West African mythology, Tomi Adeyemi's YA debut is a colossal hit. She talks about activism, Harry Potter, and writerly perseverance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A former porn star lands at Picador, Delacorte nabs a YA debut from poet Morgan Parker, and more in this week's book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK has acquired two books by American YA debut author Erin Stewart following a five-publisher auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Delacorte nabs a YA debut for six figures; a Bloomsbury staffer sells her first book to Soho Teen; George Pelecanos re-ups with Little, Brown; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon James Green’s YA debut, Noah Can’t Even, has been optioned for TV by Urban Myth Films. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marisha Pessl sells her YA debut, Raybourn re-ups at Berkley for six figures, a medical mystery memoir from the Daring Book for Girls author goes to Pegasus, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year, with the launch of the Rains Brothers, an alien-meets-zombie series from Tor Teen, Gregg Hurwitz, author of the bestselling Orphan X series for adults, made his YA debut. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]