Ballantine Bantam Dell has acquired a new novel by Elizabeth Kostova, author of the bestsellers The Historian and The Swan Thieves. The publisher acquired North American hardcover, paperback, audio, and e-book publication rights for the new novel, which is not yet titled, from Amy Williams of McCormick & Williams.
Little, Brown published The Historian in June 2005. It was the first debut novel to land immediately at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. More than 1.7 million copies of Kostova’s books have been sold in North America and her novels have been translated in 40 languages.
Jennifer Hershey, editor-in-chief, Ballantine Bantam Dell, will edit the novel, which is scheduled for simultaneous Ballantine hardcover and e-book release in 2013. "Elizabeth is a huge talent whose work represents our favorite kind of writing: stylistic sophistication combined with riveting storytelling," said Hershey. According to Random the new novel will be set in the U.S. and Eastern Europe, and like The Historian will move between past and present, and combine elements of suspense, myth and folklore.
