Author Leigh Bardugo reaches blockbuster deal with publisher

NEW YORK (AP) – Million-selling author Leigh Bardugo has reached a blockbuster deal with Macmillan Publishers, an eight-figure settlement for more than a dozen books across multiple imprints.

According to McMillan, the books will cover “a variety of formats, age groups and genres”. Bardugo is best known for his Grishaverse fantasy novels, which include “Shadow and Bone,” the basis for the Netflix series of the same name that begins its second season this week. She is also the author of the adult fantasy novel “Ninth House” and the recently released sequel “Hell Bent”.

“MacMillan took a chance on me over a decade ago and they’ve been my home ever since. When no one in YA was interested in epic fantasy, they welcomed ‘Shadow and Bone,'” Bardugo said in a statement Tuesday. said in. novel ‘Six of Crows’) trying to pull off an impossible heist.

“And when I wanted to go away, they supported me in welcoming readers to the Ninth House,” she said. “Publishing is a tough business and it is no small thing to be able to write the stories I am most passionate about.”