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HARPERCOLLINS ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO QUEEN OF THE TEARLING A DEBUT TRILOGY

HARPERCOLLINS ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO QUEEN OF THE TEARLING
A DEBUT TRILOGY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY - February 21, 2013) – Harper Collins has acquired North American rights to Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Erika Johansen’s debut literary fantasy trilogy, Queen of the Tearling. Senior Vice President and Publisher Jonathan Burnham and Maya Ziv, Editor, Harper preempted the rights for publication in 2014. The deal was negotiated with Dorian Karchmar at WME, which has already sold rights in the UK, Brazil, Denmark and Spain, with auctions currently underway in Germany, and France.

Karchmar describes the trilogy as evocative of “a female-oriented Game of Thrones that is also an insightful human story whose heroine is grappling with the both the daily realities of coming-of-age and the ethical dilemmas of ruling justly--all while simply trying to stay alive.” Set three centuries after a small portion of the human race has populated a landmass that mysteriously emerged in the wake of an environmental catastrophe, the series follows nineteen-year-old princess Kelsea Glynn, who must reclaim her deceased mother’s throne and redeem her kingdom, the Tearling, from forces of corruption and dark magic of The Red Queen, the sorceress-tyrant of the neighboring country, Mortmesne. According to Ziv, “Erika’s masterful storytelling, combined with her ability to transport the reader to another fully-realized world, makes her an exciting new talent.”

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HarperCollins Publishers, one of the largest English-language publishers in the world, is a subsidiary of News Corp(NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NNC, NNCLV). Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups around the world in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India. HarperCollins is a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, narrative nonfiction, mystery, romance, reference, pop culture, design, health, wellness, and religious and spiritual books. With nearly 200 years of history, HarperCollins has published some of the world's foremost authors, including winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery Medal, and the Caldecott Medal. HarperCollins is consistently at the forefront of innovation, using digital technology to create unique reading experiences and expand the reach of its authors. You can visit HarperCollins Publishers online at: http://www.harpercollins.com.

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