Orion to publish Breaking Bad's Cranston

Orion Books is to publish the autobiography of “Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston. Amanda Harris, deputy publisher, Non-fiction at Orion Books bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in Say My Name, from Julian Alexander of Lucas Alexander Whitley. 58-year-old Cranston is best known for his television roles in “Seinfeld”, “Malcom in the Middle” and as Walter White in the American crime drama series “Breaking Bad”, for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]

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