Thursday, July 24, 2008

Publishing Deal - Zoe Ferraris

Zoe Ferraris's The Night of the Mi'raj, published as Finding Nouf in the US, which was shortlisted for this year's CWA 'New Blood' Dagger is to have a sequel. From Publishers Lunch:
Zoe Ferraris's PILGRIMAGE, a sequel to the recently published literary mystery FINDING NOUF, following a Muslim detective into the Saudi desert as he helps an American woman find her missing husband, and continues to manage the conflict between his religious beliefs and his desire for a family, to Anjali Singh at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, by Julie Barer at Barer Literary (NA).

2 comments:

Roger Cornwell said...

She was actually shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, which is for first books by previously unpublished writers. The Debut Dagger is for unpublished writers, who submit the first 3000 words of their novel.

Roger Cornwell
CWA Webmaster

Karen (Euro Crime) said...

Thanks Roger. I've corrected it.