One Direction fanfic author inks worldwide book deal

Following the success of Anna Todd's After series, the wildly popular stories starring the boy band will be published at the end of the year Is fan fiction something to be feared? And where did it all begin?Simon & Schuster have inked a deal for worldwide rights to One Direction fanfic. Anna Todd's wildly popular After series, which was inspired by Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, will begin making its way to bookshops in November of this year. Todd began writing After in 2013, publishing on the free story website Wattpad. It's the tale of Tessa Young, an 18-year-old whose "simple life" is "shattered ... [by] a rude boy named Harry". Tessa falls for Harry's good looks and his love of Jane Austen; she also meets Harry's friends Niall, Liam, Zayn and Louis. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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