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Hodder Acquires 3 New Crime Novels And A Collection Of Short Stories By Bestselling South African Novelist, Deon Meyer
Posted at 5:44PM Wednesday 28 Jul 2010
Nick Sayers is delighted to announce the acquisition of 4 new titles by the prize-winning Afrikaans novelist, Deon Meyer through Isobel Dixon at Blake Friedmann.Meyer's most recent novel, THIRTEEN HOURS was published by Hodder in April and received outstanding reviews. The Times described him as, 'one of the sharpest and most perceptive thriller writers around'. Film rights have been sold to Malcolm Kohll and Robert Fig with Roger Spottiswoode (UNDER FIRE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES) attached to direct. Nick Sayers said: 'Deon is already a bestseller in many countries, including his own, of course, and his nomination for the 2010 CWA International Dagger for the year's best crime novel translated into English from another language simply confirms what we already knew – that he is one of the finest crime thriller writers in the world. With these new books, we will bring him to a much wider readership again.' THIRTEEN HOURS will be published in paperback in February 2011. Deon Meyer will be the Translated Featured Guest Author at CrimeFest in May 2011. www.deonmeyer.com
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