Hanover Square Signs Eight Books from U.K. Thriller Star Jack JordanThe HarperCollins imprint will become Jordan’s U.S. and Canadian publisher starting in 2027 with
Conviction, a legal thriller being developed into a Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss.
John Glynn acquired North American rights from
Madeleine Milburn, who has an eponymous agency, in a “major” deal.
More New Book Deals of NoteAmong this week’s offerings are a history of the Strand Bookstore from
New York Times journalist
Sam Roberts; two more titles in
Jack Friday’s Peter Key mystery series; and Black Flag frontman
Henry Rollins’s coming-of-age memoir.
The Latest in Children’s and YA DealsNew projects this week include
Cursed and Crowned, first in a high fantasy duology by
Immortal Consequences author
I.V. Marie, in which a young woman cursed to never tell a lie must leave the magical museum she was raised in after a valuable artifact is stolen, pitched as
Ella Enchanted meets
Baldur’s Gate III;
Kakenya’s Dream by
Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya and
Elana K. Arnold, a YA story about Kakenya’s experience growing up in the Maasai community and her quest for personal and universal education; and
Daughter of the Sun by
Sayantani DasGupta, her first YA fantasy, about a 16-year-old girl born part flesh and part machine, who was raised secretly as a boy in a kingdom that hunts girls like her, pitched as
Iron Widow meets
An Ember in the Ashes.
Bartz’s Next Thriller Tackles AI
