NEW YORK (AP) — Million-selling author Leigh Bardugo has struck a blockbuster deal with Macmillan Publishers, an eight-figure agreement that will More than a dozen books involving multiple publishing houses.
According to Macmillan, the titles will include “a variety of formats, age categories and genres”. Bardugo is best known for her Grishaverse fantasy novels, including “Shadow and Bone,” the basis for the Netflix series of the same name, which began its second season this week. She is also the author of the adult fantasy novel Nine Houses and its recently released sequel, Inferno.
“Macmillan took a chance on me over a decade ago, and they’ve been my home ever since. When nobody in YA was interested in epic fantasy, they welcomed ‘Shadow and Bone,'” Bardugo said in a Tuesday statement. said the statement. “When everyone wanted books about kings and queens, they rolled the dice on my team of six outcasts (in her novel Six Crows) trying to pull off an impossible heist.”
“They supported me in welcoming readers to House Nine when I wanted to go to darker places,” she added. “Publishing is hard work, and being able to write the stories I’m most passionate about is no small feat.”
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