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scarrow
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 Posted - 16 October 2008 : 6:12:57 PM
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Puffin is very excited to welcome acclaimed thriller writer Alex Scarrow to their list with Streamers, which weaves thriller and time travel together in a truly gripping plot. Shannon Park, Puffin's Senior Editor, agreed a two-book deal for world rights with Rowan Lawton at William Morris Agency. The first book, STREAMERS, which starts on the Titanic as it begins to sink...will be published in paperback in 2010.
Alex Scarrow says, 'STREAMERS is the YA series I've been itching to write for years, since my days as a computer games designer and since I first read Fatherland by Robert Harris and Harry Turtledove's amazing works. STREAMERS is a series that plays fun and games with 'What If' history, features gadgets 'n' gizmos, whacked-out technology and pan-dimensional spooks, an eclectic cast of young characters recruited without a choice from near-death, to fight in the frontline of time...to preserve history as it is.
Most of all, I'm tap-dancing with joy that Puffin are the people who will be bringing it to market. To say I was wowed by their enthusiasm, is simply an understatement.'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31470999@N02/2946729483/
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LeeGregz
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 October 2008 : 6:26:00 PM
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Congrats alex! This is excellent news . Sounds like one hellova fun story!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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AndyCanty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 October 2008 : 11:01:45 AM
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Well done my friend. I know how hard you've been trying to get into this market, there may be hope for EQ yet....!
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Where's my script???
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 October 2008 : 12:40:24 PM
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That is indeed good news - well done Alex!
So when will the first book be in the Scarrowshop? (Grin)
Cheers
John
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Parmenion
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 October 2008 : 5:33:35 PM
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a great concept and well desevred, hard work and talent pays off in the end...good luck Al.
Centurion Parmenion
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE
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KilboFraggins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 October 2008 : 08:40:37 AM
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| Wow! You never mentioned this on the forum, did you? It looks good. I love 'What ifs'. So does this now mean no Ellie Quin, or are we still waiting for that to come out? |
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scarrow
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Posted - 20 October 2008 : 09:00:01 AM
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| The short answer is...I'm still trying to land a deal for EQ. |
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Stomachus Grossus
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 October 2008 : 3:50:13 PM
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Quick uestion what is YA?
Well done Alex
Moriarty: I see that ten years in Britain have not changed your Imperial Roman outlook, Caesar.
Caesar (G): True, Moriartus, always a Roman eye.
Moriarty: Will you take wine?
Caesar: No thanks, I think I'll have a half of mild and a packet of crisps.
*the Goon Show the history of Plinny the elder
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scarrow
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Posted - 20 October 2008 : 4:20:42 PM
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| young adult....the trade term for kid's books |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 October 2008 : 4:41:31 PM
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also used
Little bugg*rs
Little G*ts
Little Monsters
anything else is impolite!! 
Centurion Parmenion
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Ankhsy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 October 2008 : 10:31:32 AM
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I love it! I'm a YA at heart....never grew up!
Great news, Alex! I look forward to it.
"To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for."
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PUFFIN ANNOUNCE - STREAMERS
