Faber signs Andy Briggs' TARZAN
June 29, 2010
Faber has signed a new children's series, TARZAN by Blake Friedmann client, Andy Briggs with the full backing of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate. Julia Heydon-Wells, publishing director of children's fiction at Faber successfully bid for the series which is set in modern Africa and will be aimed at 9-11 readers with the first book being published in 2011 and the second in 2012, during the official Tarzan centenary celebrations.
Heydon-Well said: 'I am thrilled to welcome the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate and Andy Briggs to the Faber list...Andy Briggs's superb writing and exciting vision for Tarzan promises to create a cracking new series full of both the adventure of the original stories and themes that will connect with the contemporary reader.'
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