Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author sued by publisher

Publishing giant Hachette is taking author Seth Grahame-Smith to court over latest manuscript they say is ‘in large part an appropriation of a 120-year-old public domain work’Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith is being sued by his publisher for delivering a manuscript that Hachette claims is “an appropriation of a 120-year-old public-domain work”.Grahame-Smith, who unleashed the zombie mashup on the world with the surprise 2009 hit Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and went on to write the bestseller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, is being taken to court by Hachette for breach of contract. The complaint, which was posted online by Publishers Marketplace, says that the author and publisher made a $4m (£3m) deal in 2010 for Grahame-Smith to deliver two new works, with an initial instalment of $1m paid to the author. Related: Literary mash-ups: why stop at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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