RHCB acquires Simon Mayo debut

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 25/03/2011 - 11:55 Random House Children's Books has acquired a debut children's novel by BBC Radio 2 presenter Simon Mayo. Editorial director Kelly Hurst acquired world all language rights in the two-book deal through Sam Copeland at Rogers, Coleridge and White. The book is a thriller about a teenager, Itchingham Lofte, whose obsession with rocks and science leads him to dangerous places and the discovery of a rock which doesn't fit in the periodic table. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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