All of the houses that were approached submitted significant offers on a four-book package, including Penguin Random House. Diverting from the traditional path, Salerno chose not to conduct an auction for Evanovich’s next four books, preferring instead to have private conversations with the heads of several major publishing houses, and laying out detailed plan for the series, including a new cover direction, removing the numbers from the titles, expanding film and television opportunities, growing the co-author program to create new properties and franchise book series, and a new strategic outreach to booksellers. The continued success has made Evanovich a perennial target for major publishers. Her latest Plum adventure, Twisted Twenty-Six, published in November 2019, opened at #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction bestseller list, #1 on the Times combined Print and Ebook Fiction list, and #1 on Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today, Apple, B&N and Audible. The megadeal comes six months after Evanovich signed with Shane Salerno at The Story Factory and comes at a time when demand for her work continues to soar. Libby McGuire, SVP and Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group, said, “It’s a thrill to be reunited with Janet Evanovich, whose brilliant and entertaining books have earned her millions of devoted fans. “I’m also delighted to be working again with Libby McGuire, and to have my new editor, Peter Borland, and a terrific sales team.” “I am excited to be joining Atria and returning to Simon & Schuster where Stephanie Plum got her start,” Evanovich said. The final book in the deal, The Bounty, will be the seventh installment in Evanovich’s bestselling Fox & O’Hare series and will be co-written with New York Times bestselling author Peter Evanovich, who is her son.Īustin Butler Moves From Elvis To Crime Boss Danny Ryan In Sony 3000 Adaptation Of Don Winslow Novel 'City On Fire'ĭeal marks a return to S&S for Evanovich, who wrote the first three books in her Stephanie Plum series for Scribner/S&S, starting with One for the Money, in 1994. The third book in the deal will be the start of a new spin-off series written solely by Evanovich that will be shopped as a film and TV franchise. The first, titled Fortune and Glory, is the 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Two of the books to be published by Atria will feature Evanovich’s hugely popular series character, Stephanie Plum. This is a significant publishing industry move, as she is one of the biggest selling authors in the world with 25 #1 New York Times bestsellers and nearly 100 million books sold.
Evanovich’s books had been published by Penguin Random House for years. Deal is substantial eight-figures for world rights. EXCLUSIVE: Bestselling author Janet Evanovich has pacted to write her next four novels for the Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books.
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