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Freedom Fire, a new middle-grade imprint headed by Kwame Mbalia, bestselling author of the Tristan Strong trilogy, is in the works at Disney; the imprint is tentatively scheduled to debut in spring 2024.
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Disney Launches An Adult Imprint By Jim Milliot | Apr 16, 2021 Approximately eight years after the Walt Disney Co. sold the lion’s share of its adult book business to Hachette Book Group, Disney Publishing is returning to that market with the launch of Hyperion Avenue. First books from the imprint, directed by Jennifer Leves- que, will come out this summer, with a full rollout in fall 2022—and within five years Disney aims to release 50–60 titles through Hyperion Avenue, according to Tonya Agurto, Disney Publishing’s senior v-p, publisher, imprint and IP develop...
Arden High series by Jamie Green. They have been bought by Kieran Viola and Shakespeare YA Graphic Novels – Twelfth Grade Night and King Cheer In the Arden high graphic novels, Shakespeare's tales get an update at a modern-day high school where magic and fairies are real, the LGBTQ themes of the original plays are more than subtext, and the drama is quite literally Shakespearean. Agents Alex Slater at Trident Media Group represented Molly Horton Booth, Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency represented Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Chad W. Beckerman at the CAT Agency represented Jamie Green. Sha...