S&S Children's acquires "Arthurian" series

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 08/02/2011 - 08:20 Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired an adventure series inspired by Arthurian legend. Venetia Gosling, fiction editorial director at Simon & Schuster, bought world rights to eight books from Ben Horslen at Hothouse Fiction, who has developed the series concept. The Spell Sisters series is written by "a very successful children's author", according to S&S, who will be writing under the pseudonym Amber Castle. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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