16.04.13 | Charlotte Williams - The Bookseller
Swedish thriller Chain of Events by scriptwriter Fredrik T Olsson has attracted a rush of attention at LBF, attracting eight pre-empt deals around the world, with film rights already optioned by Warner Bros.
Represented by agent Jonas Axelsson, who was previously a publisher at Albert Bonnier Forlag and who launched his agency Partners in Stories yesterday (15th April) at the fair, the début is the first in a series. It features a washed-up former military cryptologist who gets pulled into an international conspiracy involving DNA sequencing and a new global pandemic.
In the UK, Ed Wood at Little, Brown imprint Sphere acquired world English rights in Chain of Events and one other book by Olsson, making a pre-empt based on a 74-page sample of the first novel less than 24 hours after submission. L,B will also publish in the US, with Laura Tisdel editing. Sphere will release Chain of Events in late 2014.
Meanwhile, further international territories have been pre-empting since Friday, with rights now sold to Tammi in Finland; Hr Ferdinand in Denmark; Piper Verlag in Germany; Luitingh-Sijthoff in Holland; Sperling & Kupfer in Italy; Modan in Israel; and Companhia das Letras in Brazil.
Speaking from LBF, Axelsson said he anticipated further deals to be closed shortly in France, Spain, Japan, Greece and Turkey.
Represented by agent Jonas Axelsson, who was previously a publisher at Albert Bonnier Forlag and who launched his agency Partners in Stories yesterday (15th April) at the fair, the début is the first in a series. It features a washed-up former military cryptologist who gets pulled into an international conspiracy involving DNA sequencing and a new global pandemic.
In the UK, Ed Wood at Little, Brown imprint Sphere acquired world English rights in Chain of Events and one other book by Olsson, making a pre-empt based on a 74-page sample of the first novel less than 24 hours after submission. L,B will also publish in the US, with Laura Tisdel editing. Sphere will release Chain of Events in late 2014.
Meanwhile, further international territories have been pre-empting since Friday, with rights now sold to Tammi in Finland; Hr Ferdinand in Denmark; Piper Verlag in Germany; Luitingh-Sijthoff in Holland; Sperling & Kupfer in Italy; Modan in Israel; and Companhia das Letras in Brazil.
Speaking from LBF, Axelsson said he anticipated further deals to be closed shortly in France, Spain, Japan, Greece and Turkey.
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