Shining Girl Beukes lands at HC

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 10:42 HarperCollins UK and Australia have won out in a five-way auction for hotly tipped Frankfurt Book Fair title The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. HarperFiction crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom, together with Shona Martyn of HarperCollins Australia, bought the title in a two-book deal for UK and Commonwealth rights from Oliver Munson at Blake Friedmann, for what is understood to be a high six-figure sum. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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