Amazon Publishing to Launch Brand New Series from Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell
May 29 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
International bestselling, award-winning, and
groundbreaking author Patricia Cornwell will introduce a new
heroine for the technological age with Quantum, coming from Thomas
& Mercer in 2019
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon
Publishing, today announced it has closed a two-book deal with #1
New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, and will
launch a new series from the groundbreaking writer beginning with
Quantum in late 2019.
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Thomas & Mercer acquired World English rights in the deal
and will launch Cornwell’s new series with Quantum in 2019, with a
second book planned for 2020. Cornwell is represented by Jeremy
Barber, Partner, United Talent Agency. Thomas & Mercer
Editorial Director Grace Doyle will serve as Cornwell’s editor.
Quantum weaves military action, espionage, and space age
technology into the story of a young NASA test pilot/aerospace
engineer, Captain Calli Chase, whose quest to uncover the secrets
behind her fighter pilot twin sister’s murder takes her to the
highest echelons of power: from NASA’s Langley Research Center to
the White House to Scotland Yard to INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon,
France. And beyond.
“Patricia Cornwell’s all-in approach to writing her iconic Dr.
Scarpetta series catapulted forensic science into pop culture,
paving the way for an explosion of entertainment featuring all
things forensic across film, television, and literature, and if her
current adventures at NASA are any indication—she’s learning to
spacewalk—we’ll all be experts on space science and exploration
very soon,” says Mikyla Bruder, Publisher, Amazon Publishing. “We
can’t wait to introduce Patricia’s new heroine to readers next
fall.”
“I wanted the very best publisher in the galaxy to launch
Captain Chase,” says Patricia Cornwell. “I couldn’t be more excited
about taking this journey with Amazon Publishing.”
“Patricia is a groundbreaking author and a leader in her field.
The emergence of Amazon Publishing as a global presence marks
a significant shift within the publishing landscape,” says Jeremy
Barber, Partner, United Talent Agency. “I'm excited by the
potential this relationship has to reach readers worldwide.”
Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, in 1990, while
working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond,
Virginia. It went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and
Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure
prize—the first book to claim all of these distinctions in a single
year. Today, Cornwell has sold over 100 million books, and her
novels and iconic characters are known all over the world.
Also known for her investigation into the Jack the Ripper case,
Thomas & Mercer published Cornwell’s #1 Wall Street Journal
bestseller Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a FutureBook
Book of the Year winner.
www.amazon.com/quantum
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