Francesca Simon, the author of the Horrid Henry children’s series, has signed a joint deal with publishers Faber and Profile for a new children’s novel aimed at slightly older readers.
The books is as yet untitled and won’t be published until 2011, but Simon has revealed that the book will be about the Lewis (or Uig) Chessman, the 12th century walrus ivory and whale tooth chess pieces discovered in the Outer Hebrides in 1831.
Horrid Henry Robs the Bank, the latest in her bestselling series, is shortlisted for the WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year at the Nibbies. Simon won the same prize last year, for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.
She faces stiff competition from, amongst others, the undisputed champion of children’s publishing, J K Rowling, and her latest challenger for global bookshop domination, Stephenie Meyer. And it’s still not too late to vote – you have until Friday.
Would-be Horrid Henrys and Henriettas will be glad to know that Simon also intends to keep writing her Horrid Henry titles, which have now sold at total of over 12 million copies, and that a new deal with Orion, the publisher of the series, should be confirmed shortly.
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