Pan Mac snaps up Kindle bestseller, Kerry Wilkinson

In a three book deal Pan Macmillan has acquired the next three crime novels (and the print and ebook rights to his first three books) from Kindle bestselling author Kerry Wilkinson.  Think of the Children, the fourth in the Manchester-set Jessica Daniel series, will be published in mass market and ebook in February 2013.

Kerry Wilkinson is the first self-published author to beat top sellers including Lee Child and Stieg Larsson to become the bestselling ebook author on Amazon for the last quarter of 2011.

Kerry, a 31-year-old sports journalist from Lancashire, published his first e-book, Locked In, the first in the Jessica Daniel series of crime fiction novels, in July 2011 after which it shot up the iTunes and Amazon charts making it the No 1 Amazon Kindle bestseller without any formal advertising.  He sold its 100,000^th copy on Christmas Eve.    His second and third novels, Vigilante and Woman in Black, were published in September and November 2011; all three have now sold over 250,000 ebook copies.

Editorial Director, Trisha Jackson comments,

“We are delighted and excited to be the publisher to be taking Kerry to a wider market in the physical format and in ebook. His storytelling skills, the plotting and his characters plus his enthusiasm and energy are a recipe for success. I am so looking forward to working with him editorially and developing the Jessica Daniel series.”

Kerry Wilkinson adds,

“I am thrilled to be linking up with Macmillan. Their enthusiasm and dedication to Jessica Daniel as a character has blown me away and I feel very privileged that I will now be able to work with such talented people.

“The fact they have committed to publishing six books in a series that didn't even exist a year ago shows the faith they have in both me as an author and the world I have created.

“I look forward immensely to working at my new home and cannot wait for readers to find out what happens next.”

About the author:

Described by the Daily Express as "The Hottest New Author In Britain", Kerry Wilkinson was born in Bath, Somerset but currently lives in Lancashire.
He has a degree in journalism and is a full-time production worker for a national media organisation in the UK. He has lectured in journalism, volunteers as a magistrate and plays a lot of computer games while he's supposed to be writing.
www.kerrywilkinson.com