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Harpercollins Uk Fiction Rights Guide London 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS WOMEN’S FICTION ………………………………………...…………...4 LITERARY…………….………………………………..……...…………..27 HISTORICAL………………………………………..……………………33 CRIME,THRILLER & PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER…………………....40 FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION……….……………………..……..54 ROMANTIC COMEDY….……………………………………...………...56 TOLKIEN & FANTASTIC BEASTS………………………………...……..67 SAGA………………………………………………………..……………75 DIGITAL FIRST PUBLISHING: FEEL GOOD…………………..………...82 DIGITAL FIRST PUBLISHING: CRIME & THRILLER………………….….97 RECENTLY PUBLISHED……………………………………………...…111 WOMEN’S FICTION ABOUT THAT NIGHT SOMETIMES IT ONLY TAKES ONE NIGHT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING Elaine Bedell Sharp, amusing women’s fiction perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Nick Hornby and Holly Bourne 25 Jul 2019 About That Night reveals the dark underworld of the TV industry, £7.99 filled with secrets, scandals and salacious rumours 198x129 Paperback 384pp Elizabeth Place might have been jilted by her fiancé on her wedding day About the author one year ago, but at least she’s still got her brilliant job producing one of the biggest shows on TV! Elaine Bedell has been Controller of Entertainment at the BBC and But when larger-than-life TV host, Ricky Clough, dies live on air, her life Director of Entertainment & is sent spinning out of control. And with foul play suspected, the spotlight Comedy at ITV, commissioning is turned firmly on his colleagues – especially Hutch, the man desperate and producing most of the UK’s for Ricky’s job, and who Elizabeth is secretly dating. most popular entertainment As her world comes crashing down around her, Elizabeth realises that including X Factor, Strictly Come perhaps the only person she can really trust, is herself. Dancing, Britain’s Got Talent, Top Gear and Saturday Night Takeaway. She has won a BAFTA and a British Comedy award and is currently the Chief Executive of the Southbank centre. She lives in Hackney and is married with two children. HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 5 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019 THE NEWCOMER Another idyllic Cornish escape with warmth, wit and characterful storytelling Fern is a Sunday Times bestseller. Her last hardback, Coming Home, was her biggest selling novel since her debut, leaping into the Sunday Times list at No.5. It has now sold over 100,000K across formats Fern has had an incredible period of sales growth – her hardback sales doubled last year, making it her best year of chart success 7 Mar 2019 £12.99 Fern’s stories are broadening in scope and this book taps into 234x153 modern women’s fiction themes; from feeling like an outsider, to being a mum of a teen, to breast cancer and a community pulling Hardback together 400pp She was #1 women’s fiction hardback author last spring New beginnings. Old secrets. A summer she’ll never forget… About the author The sun is shining down on the Cornish village of Pendruggan, and, as the Fern Britton is the highly blossom on the trees begins to flower, a newcomer is causing quite a stir. acclaimed author of seven Sunday Reverend Angela Whitehorn wants to make a difference to the parish. Times bestselling novels. Her From organising running mornings to a new women’s club, Angela finds books are cherished for their herself welcomed into the heart of Pendruggan. warmth, wit and wisdom, and have won Fern legions of loyal readers. Though it seems not everyone is happy for her to shake things up, and, Fern has been a judge for the when Angela starts to receive anonymous poison pen letters, she learns Costa Book of the Year Award that the biggest secrets are closer to home. and is a supporter of the Reading Agency, promoting literacy and Praise for Fern Britton: reading. ‘Incredibly atmospheric’ Sun ‘A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement’ Woman & Home ‘A book to truly lose yourself in’ Sunday Times bestseller Milly Johnson Rights sold Previous rights sold to: Proszynski Media (Polish) HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 6 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019 HOW TO SAY GOODBYE A HEART-WRENCHING STORY OF LOVE, LOSS – AND HOW TO SAY GOODBYE TO THOSE WHO AREN’T AROUND TO HEAR IT Katy Colins Emotional, topical contemporary women’s fiction for fans of Hannah Beckerman, Rosie Walsh and Jojo Moyes The story of a funeral arranger, it takes an unflinching look at death and dying as well as introducing a damaged and quirky heroine who’s the perfect heir to Eleanor Oliphant. 13 Jun 2019 Katy Colins’ Lonely Hearts Travel series has sold over 50K in eBook £7.99 and paperback. 198x129 Paperback Katy is a former journalist with over 40K Instagram followers 384pp No-one is ever happy to see Grace Salmon. About the author As a funeral arranger, she’s responsible for steering strangers through Katy sold all she owned, filled a the hardest day of their lives. It’s not a task many would want – but, for backpack and booked a one-way Grace, giving people the chance to say a proper goodbye to the ones ticket to south east Asia and they love is the most important job in the world. never looked back. The acclaimed travel blogger's experiences From the flowers in the church to the drinks served at the wake, Grace inspired her to pen 'The Lonely knows it’s the personal touches that count – and it’s amazing what you Hearts Travel Club' series and saw can find out about someone from their grieving relatives … or their her labelled the 'Backpacking Facebook page. But when she accidentally finds out too much about Bridget Jones' by the global media. someone who’s died, Grace is finally forced to step out of the shadows… www.notwedordead.com and start living. @notwedordead Praise for Katy Colins: ‘Katy writes with humour and heart. The Lonely Hearts Travel Club is like Bridget Jones goes backpacking.' Holly Martin, author of The White Cliff Bay series Rights sold ‘I cannot recommend this book enough. It is beautifully written with a Previous rights sold to: brilliant plot and fantastic characters. READ IT!!’ Blabbering About Books HarperCollins (Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish) HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 7 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019 MUMMY NEEDS A BREAK Susan Edmunds A hilarious story of the ups and downs of unexpected single motherhood, the perfect laugh-out-loud romance for fans of Why Mummy Drinks, The Unmumsy Mum and The Not So Perfect Mum 25 Jul 2019 Extremely relatable story, with a heroine you can’t help warming to £7.99 – even if her revenge plans do get a bit out of hand! Paperback 400pp With a devilish toddler and baby number two on the way, Rachel’s big About the author dream is to one day go to the toilet on her own. So, she’s surprised to discover that her husband has found the time to have an exciting affair Susan Edmunds is a journalist and while she’s been bringing up their family. mother, living and working in New Zealand. Suddenly, Rachel is left wrangling with a child who will only eat crackers and a 35-week bump. She knows even Mumsnet isn’t going to solve this. What Rachel needs is a handsome, good-with-children, single man. But she can barely leave the house without a stain on her top and child on her hip. How on earth can she claim her life back, let alone think about dating? HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 8 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019 THE MOVE Felicity Everett From the author of The People at Number 9, a new story of nightmare neighbours Felicity Everett writes dark, sharp contemporary fiction, exploring relationships in the vein of Jane Fallon and Adele Parks The People at Number 9 has sold over 20K TCM and was a Bookseller 31 Oct 2019 Heatseeker and chosen by Red magazine as a Book of the Year £12.99 234x153 The People at Number 9 is currently in development with Lionsgate as a UK returning series drama Paperback 384pp ‘An exciting, dark novel about friendship; brutally truthful and raw.’ Adele Parks Karen is driving through a strange landscape into a new life. Always a city About the author girl, now she is on her way to an idyllic country cottage, refurbished for her with impeccable taste by her husband Nick. They’re making a fresh Felicity Everett grew up in start. Manchester and attended Sussex University. After an early career in But something is awry in the new house – it’s not just the fact that Karen children’s publishing and freelance and Nick are ill at ease in one another’s company – that their recent writing, which produced more history is far from picture perfect, it’s the whole vibe. The landscape is than twenty-five works of breathtaking by day, eerie by night. If the countryside is supposed to be a children’s fiction and non-fiction, place of peace, far away from curtain twitchers, who is the person Felicity’s debut adult novel The watching them from the hill? And who are their new neighbours? Story of Us was published in 2011. With Karen only recently emerging from a dark place in her life, can she She has just returned from four find the trust in her husband Nick to let go of events that have followed years in Australia and lives in them to their new house? Gloucestershire. Rights sold Previous rights sold to: Beta (Czech), HarperCollins (Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, US English) HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS 9 LONDON BOOKFAIR 2019 RULES OF THE ROAD Ciara Geraghty Pre-empted in Germany and Italy and sold in US and Holland Honest and clear-eyed about family, ageing parents, marriage, life 2 May 2019 and loss – a book that grown-up readers will adore, told with £12.99 warmth and affection 234x153 Paperback 400pp When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, mother and all-round worrier, is convinced something bad has happened.
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