From Publishers Lunch:
A Boost for Gardiner from King
The UK edition of crime writer Meg Gardiner's 2002 thriller CHINA LAKE and her full Evan Delaney series is in demand here, in more ways than one, after Stephen King mentioned the books on his blog in December and then wrote about them in a February EW column.
King calls her "the next suspense superstar.... This woman is as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich." (Gardiner lives in the UK now, but she is American and her books are set in Los Angeles.)
Bidding for US rights is underway now.
In current sales, Gardiner's CHINA LAKE, is No. 1 on the Abebooks.com bestseller list, and some of her books rose to the top 100 at Amazon when the King article first appeared. IPG distributes two of her books in the US, KILL CHAIN and CROSSCUT, through their Trafalgar Square unit, on behalf of Hodder.
IPG head Mark Suchomel says they sold out their existing stock quickly, and do not expect to receive more inventory until the end of March. Hodder is reprinting the two books to fulfill US requests, so IPG is still able to accomodate orders.
Separately, Gardiner's blog reports on the develoments, and is entertaining by itself (she tried to give up snark for Lent.)
King column
Gardiner blog
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