Ebury Press to publish Hynde memoir

Ebury Press is to publish the memoir of Chrissie Hynde, frontwoman of The Pretenders, acquired in a “major deal”. Publisher and deputy m.d. Jake Lingwood bought world English and translation rights, excluding North America, while Gerry Howard, v.p., executive editor at Doubleday, Penguin Random House USA, bought North American rights in a co-deal from Creative Artists Agency (CAA) on behalf of Chrissie Hynde and Quietus Management. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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