Re: Potter replacement, Will Burrows, boy archaeologist, sort of
- From: stevenspielberg@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:39:06 -0000
On Jun 12, 4:35 pm, Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Fourteen-year oldWill Burrows(Cringe) lives in a hidden world buried
below London (England, I presume). More "Journey to the Center of the
Earth" than Illinois Jones, boy archaeologist. Publishers are almost
like movie people, if they say a kid living in Tunnels (The name of
the book) is a boy archaeologist, then by God he is a boy
archaeologist.
Potter publisher unearths boy archaeologist
Reuters
June 13, 2007
LONDON - The publisher who first signed up J.K. Rowling believes he
may have found another Harry Potter -- but this time it is a boy
archaeologist.
In an industry that revels in hype and is always on the lookout for
the next blockbuster, two unknown authors have amassed advances of
over 500,000 pounds and pre-publication rights in 15 languages.
Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams were signed by Chicken House
publisher Barry Cunningham after he tracked down an early version of
their book "Tunnels" that was self-published.
"I knew from page one that Harry Potter was magic. Reading 'Tunnels'
gave me the same thrill," said Cunningham, who has also achieved
worldwide publishing success with the children's books of German
writer Cornelia Funke.
"Tunnels has it all: a boy archaeologist, merciless villains, a lost
world and an extraordinary journey to the center of the earth,"
Cunningham said after first stirring up interest at the international
children's rights fair in Bologna.
The authors originally met at university but then went on to follow
very different careers -- one as an investment banker, the other as an
artist.
They got together when Gordon was made redundant from his job in
corporate finance. He then sold his house to self-publish a limited
run edition of "Tunnels".
Cunningham, hearing of their success, signed the pair up for a series
of fantasy tales seen through the eyes of 14-year-oldWill Burrowsand
set in a hidden world deep below London.
When working with British publisher Bloomsbury, Cunningham transformed
the publishing industry in the mid 1990s when he signed J.K. Rowling,
whose Potter sagas have now sold more than 325 million copies
worldwide and made her the world's first billion dollar author.
Pottermania is set to scale new heights in July with the last novel in
her Potter saga hitting the bookstands and the latest film being
launched in a deluge of global publicity.
When signing up Rowling, Cunningham famously did warn the struggling
young writer who was a single mother at the time that she was unlikely
to make any money from her tale of a teenage wizard.
Rowling has admitted "If it wasn't for Barry Cunningham, Harry Potter
might still be languishing in his cupboard under the stairs."
this book is going to rule!
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