by: Katherine Laidlaw
The elusive Lemony Snicket, also known as Daniel Handler, has signed a deal with HarperCollins Canada to follow up his last bestselling series, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
His new series will include four hardcover tomes, and the first will be released in 2012.
Being released in 2011 is Daniel Handler’s first young adult book, which will be published under his actual name rather than his nom de plume.He’ll work with picture-book illustrator Maira Kalman, who also blogs for the New York Times.
“For an entire decade, HarperCollinsCanada has insisted on publishing my dreadful books, despite my strenuous protestations and, I’m told, equally strenuous results,” Mr. Snicket said in a press release. “I hereby wash my hands of the entire matter, and wish HarperCollinsCanada, as I might wish hikers in a Saskatchewan blizzard, the best of luck in their foolhardy endeavor.”
His last series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, has sold more than 60 million copies, been translated into more than 40 languages, and was made into a film starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep.
From: National Post
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