NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Million-selling author Leigh Bardugo has reached a blockbuster deal with Macmillan Publishers, an eight-figure agreement for more than a dozen books across several imprints.
According to Macmillan, the books will comprise a 鈥渧ariety of formats, age categories and genres.鈥� Bardugo is best known for her Grishaverse fantasy novels, which include 鈥淪hadow and Bone,鈥� the basis for a Netflix series of the same name that begins its second season this week. She also has written the adult fantasy novel 鈥淣inth House鈥� and its recently released sequel 鈥淗ell Bent.鈥�
鈥淢acmillan took a chance on me over a decade ago and they鈥檝e been my home ever since. When no one in YA was interested in epic fantasy, they welcomed 鈥楽hadow and Bone,鈥�" Bardugo said in a statement Tuesday. 鈥淲hen everyone wanted books about kings and queens, they rolled the dice on my team of six outcasts (in her novel 鈥楽ix of Crows鈥�) trying to pull off an impossible heist.鈥�
鈥淎nd when I wanted to go someplace far darker, they backed me in welcoming readers to Ninth House,鈥� she added. "Publishing is a tough business and it鈥檚 no small thing to be able to write the stories I鈥檓 most passionate about.鈥�
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