HARPERCOLLINS ACQUIRESWORLD ENGLISH RIGHTS TO #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
New York, NY (Wednesday, August 7) – William Morrow,
an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, today announced it has acquired World
English rights to two books by #1 international bestselling author Patricia
Cornwell. HarperCollins Publishers will publish Cornwell
around the world in the English language including in the UK, Australia/New
Zealand, Canada, and India. The first book will be published in fall of
2014. The deal was negotiated by David Highfill, Vice President and Executive
Editor at William Morrow with Esther Newberg of ICM Partners.
Before joining William Morrow in 2005,
David Highfill edited Portrait of a Killer, Cornwell’s news-breaking
bestseller about Jack the Ripper, as well as several of Cornwell’s Kay
Scarpetta novels including Trace, Blow Fly, and Predator.
Cornwell says, "I am extraordinarily excited
about the opportunities ahead, and really looking forward to working with the
innovative and talented team at William Morrow and HarperCollins."
Fox 2000 Pictures President Elizabeth Gabler, who is
developing a film based on Cornwell’s novels, says, "We are tremendously
excited about bringing Kay Scarpetta to life in the feature film adaptation of
Patricia Cornwell's fantastic books. Scarpetta is one of those rare,
larger than life characters - brilliant, intuitive, tough, and sexy – and
it is one of our greatest priorities to begin production on the film as soon as
possible."
David Highfill says,
“Patricia didn’t break the mold with her Kay Scarpetta novels; she made it. She
is the one many are compared to—not the other way around. And it’s no surprise
that Scarpetta is one of the most charismatic and passionate heroines ever.
It’s a tremendous pleasure to have the opportunity to work on these superlative
novels with her again, and I couldn’t be more excited about the potential, both
in the US and abroad.”
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