Hope does a double for Headline

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 21/04/2011 - 10:27 Headline senior commissioning editor Alexander Hope has scooped up a double set of two-book deals, for titles from debut authors Matthew Quirk and Claire McGowan. Hope bought thriller The Five Hundred, as well as a second book, by Quirk, acquiring British Commonwealth rights from Nancy Wiese at Hachette US. The book follows Mike Ford, a reformed confidence man who is recruited to join a "cut-throat" Washington DC consulting firm. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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