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Razorbill acquires
New York Times
bestselling vampireseries for teen boys
In a fiercely fought auction, Aman
da Punter, Publisher at Penguin‟
s brand new youngadult imprint, Razorbill, successfully acquired five titles in the
New York Times
bestselling series,
The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
by Heather Brewer.Already a publishing phenomenon in the US, with well over a million in print, theseries follows teen Vladimir Tod
–
reluctant vampire - through high school as he facesnot only the day-to-day challenges of being the unpopular kid, overlooked by the girlhe adores, but also contending
with a vampire killer who is closing in fast…
A massive and devoted fanbase, who playfully call themselves Heather's
„
Minions
‟
, isalready out there, desperate for the next book. What sets apart the fans of these booksfrom the readers of other paranormal titles is the number of boys
who can‟t get
enough of the series. Woefully neglected right now, teenage boys have found acharacter they can really identify with in Vlad. Teen girls are also finding
TheChronicles of Vladimir Tod
a refreshing alternative to the many
Twilight
-esque series,
coming as they do from a boy‟s point of view
.Amanda Punter says of the books:
‘We’re sure that
these compulsively readable, fast-paced stories and their appealinganti-hero as well as their fantastic, sophisticated package will mean the books are assuccessful in the UK as they
have been in the United States’
The UK deal was agented by Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein Ltd on behalf of LaurenAbramo at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management and Heather Brewer isrepresented by Michael Bourret at DGLM who has said that,
“We‟re thrilled for Heather and Vlad to be joining the “fangtastic” new Razorbill UK imprint, and we‟re
eager for UK readers
to get their hands on this exciting series.”
Razorbill will be launching with the first two titles in the series,
Eighth Grade Bites
and
Ninth Grade Slays
in February 2011 and will be publishing at an excitingaccelerated schedule of a book every two months. Book 5,
Twelfth Grade Kills
, willsee Razorbill in the UK and Dutton in the US publish simultaneously in paperback inAutumn 2011. Penguin Australia will be publishing in 2010.A huge online marketing drive for the books in the US is already underway with thelaunch of www.VladTod.com in February 2010, as well as extensive Facebook,
cinema, video gaming and Twilight fan site advertising.
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