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The joys of book blogging: Meeting the authors. L-R: Clodagh Murphy, Maria Duffy, Caroline Finnerty, Fionnuala Kearney, Claire Allen, Margaret Madden. |
As a book blogger, there are times when I get to hear some news before the readers do. Often it is a sneak peek at an unseen book cover; a debut that is tentatively dipping its toes into the world of early readers; a snippet of an established author's upcoming novel. But recently I have been privy to some seriously juicy information! Today, all can be revealed...
Thanks to Harper Collins in Ireland and Avon Books UK, I am delighted to announce that Claire Allen has signed with Avon! Here are the official details:
AVON
ACQUIRES CLAIRE ALLAN
Avon Books is delighted
to have signed a two-book deal with Claire Allan. Phoebe Morgan acquired World
All Language rights to two psychological thrillers from Ger Nichol at The Book
Bureau. Claire’s first release with Avon, about a woman who sees a young mother
die and begins to inveigle herself into the space left behind will be her first
thriller and is slated for publication summer 2018.
Phoebe Morgan,
Commissioning Editor at Avon said: ‘I’m so excited to start working with such a
talented author. The moment Claire’s manuscript came in I was hooked – it
explores some very dark themes and will make each and every one of us question
what it really means to have a perfect life.’
Claire Allan said: ‘I'm beyond
thrilled to be working with such a talented and dedicated team for my next two
books. Getting this deal with Avon really is a dream come true – and there is
no one I would rather launch the next chapter of my career with. Avon's
reputation really does speak for itself. The shift to writing psychological
thrillers has been a challenge but one I am loving – and I look forward to
unleashing more of my dark side over the next few years!
‘Huge
thanks goes to my agent, Ger Nichol, who sensed that Phoebe at Avon and I would
be a good match. I look forward to getting these new books out into the
world.’
Claire Allan is from Northern Ireland and is the bestselling author of
eight books. A mother of two, she spent 18 years as a journalist with the Derry
Journal working on high profile cases. She has previously sold over 100,000
copies of her women’s fiction and lives in Derry with her family.
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Our first meeting |
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