Cassandra Clare scoops £1m for first adult novels

The author, an established star of YA fiction with her Mortal Instruments series, has signed a two-book, seven-figure deal with Pan MacmillanThe writer Cassandra Clare, whose stories of the half-angel shadowhunters in the Mortal Instruments series have won her legions of teenage fans, has landed a book deal worth more than £1m for her first venture into writing for adults.Clare’s Sword Catcher books will, said the author, tell of “a young man raised to be the body double for an unworthy prince, [and] a young woman destined to change the world”. Pan Macmillan said it “fought off stiff competition” to win UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in two books, for which it paid seven figures. North American rights in the books have been acquired by Del Rey for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picoult to Write Second YA Novel with Daughter

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Novels and John Green Ruled Overseas in August

The top three bestselling novels in France last month were new to the country’s fiction list, with Emmanuel Carrère’s "The Kingdom" coming in first. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Amis's novel 'A Zone of Interest' gets rave reviews, but is dropped by French and German publishers

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookscan: Graphic Novels Up 10% In 2014 So Far

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Agent Q&A: Clare Wallace, UK

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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