So … it's 2022. Now what?
This year, Transworld at Penguin Random House (which should have been called Random Penguin but wasn't and I'll never understand why) will be publishing HOW TO FIND YOUR WAY IN THE DARK if they manage to select a cover. Which is no longer assured as they seem to be on cover design version 302 or something. In any case, those in the Commonwealth will get it this summer.
Under the brilliant leadership of Bill Scott-Kerr, they have also bought Norwegian by Night and The Girl in Green from Faber and Faber where the latter, in particular, was languishing in indifference. Now, I'm hoping that novel (what should be a classic war novel of that period) will find some of the audience it deserves. It did take about seven years to write, after all. I am very attached to that book and it is very alive for me.
Those of you who listened to my Audible Original, QUIET TIME, might remember the short stories of Beatrice Livingston. I'm happy to announce that I'm in negotiations with Norwegian publishers to create a children's book from Beatrice's story THE CHRISTMAS TREE WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK which I'll produce with Icelandic illustrator Bjørg Thorhallsdottir (https://bjorgsunivers.no).
I have also submitted a new novel to my agents called THE CURSE OF PIETRO HOUDINI. I hope it will find a publisher this year and an audience in 2023.
And, of course, I am working on another book. The working title is THE WOMAN WHO RUINED EVERYTHING, inspired by the interpolated novel The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious by Miguel Cervantes in Don Quixote. Mine is set where I got married: In Sestri Levante, Italy.
A big year. I hope you stick with me and spread the word about these novels and stories that mean so much to me and, I'm pleased to say, so much to many others too.
Happy New Year.
Derek.
Under the brilliant leadership of Bill Scott-Kerr, they have also bought Norwegian by Night and The Girl in Green from Faber and Faber where the latter, in particular, was languishing in indifference. Now, I'm hoping that novel (what should be a classic war novel of that period) will find some of the audience it deserves. It did take about seven years to write, after all. I am very attached to that book and it is very alive for me.
Those of you who listened to my Audible Original, QUIET TIME, might remember the short stories of Beatrice Livingston. I'm happy to announce that I'm in negotiations with Norwegian publishers to create a children's book from Beatrice's story THE CHRISTMAS TREE WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK which I'll produce with Icelandic illustrator Bjørg Thorhallsdottir (https://bjorgsunivers.no).
I have also submitted a new novel to my agents called THE CURSE OF PIETRO HOUDINI. I hope it will find a publisher this year and an audience in 2023.
And, of course, I am working on another book. The working title is THE WOMAN WHO RUINED EVERYTHING, inspired by the interpolated novel The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious by Miguel Cervantes in Don Quixote. Mine is set where I got married: In Sestri Levante, Italy.
A big year. I hope you stick with me and spread the word about these novels and stories that mean so much to me and, I'm pleased to say, so much to many others too.
Happy New Year.
Derek.
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Jan 08, 2022 10:04AM
Very much looking forward to all those new works!!
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I have read all your books and recommended them to everyone I know. I love your writing-- the characters are very real to me, the plots are fascinating, and the wry and dry humor is finely tuned to my particular palate. I can't wait for the next book(s)! Thank you for helping through this pandemic.
