Black & White signs teenager's Wattpad trilogy

Scottish independent publisher Black & White Publishing has acquired a three-book series by 17-year-old Estelle Maskame, which has already had 4m hits on Wattpad. Maskame has more than 125,000 Twitter followers and her Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) trilogy has had 4m hits on digital platform Wattpad. Maskame started writing at the age of 13 and completed the DIMILY trilogy when she was 16. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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