Author Archive | mmilburn
Eleanor Oliphant chart success and award nominations
Eleanor Oliphant Is Complete Fine by Gail Honeyman continues its run at the top of the charts, as well as being nominated for more domestic… Read More
Publication day: The Electricity of Every Living Thing by Katherine May
Katherine May’s narrative memoir The Electricity of Every Living Thing is published in hardback today by Orion / Trapeze. “My world is made up of tiny shocks.… Read More
Paperback publication: Now You See by Max Manning
Max Manning’s startling debut Now You See is published in paperback in the UK today by Headline / Wildfire, following a digital first release… Read More
Highlights of the week: 7th – 13th April
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman is No.1 again this week in both the paperback and e-book charts. I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll was… Read More
Hard Pushed by Leah Hazard acquired in seven-way auction
Leah Hazard’s memoir Hard Pushed: Notes of a Midwife has been acquired by Hutchinson (Penguin Random House) in a six-figure deal following a hotly contested… Read More
UK rights for Namina Forna’s YA trilogy purchased by Usborne
Following the significant six-figure pre-empt by Penguin Random House / Delacorte Press in the US, Usborne has acquired the UK & Commonwealth rights to… Read More
Film rights for The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles optioned by New Regency
New Regency, whose award-winning productions include 12 Years a Slave and Fight Club, have acquired the feature film rights to The Boy at the Keyhole… Read More
Publication day: The Holiday Cottage by the Sea by Holly Martin
The first novel in a charming new series set in Sandcastle Bay, The Holiday Cottage by the Sea by award-winning romance novelist Holly Martin is published today… Read More
Charlie Bird’s Mindful Murders series bought by Constable
Krystyna Green, Publishing Director at Constable (Little, Brown) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights for three titles in Charlie Bird’s Mindful Murders series. The… Read More