Bonnier’s Auschwitz ink tale makes its mark

Publishers across Europe have pre-empted translation rights to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris from Bonnier Zafffre, which has world rights.

The novel, based on the true story of Lale Sokolov, who is forced to tattoo numbers on his fellow concentration camp detainees’ arms, has been pre-empted in Germany (Piper), the Netherlands (HarperCollins) and Poland (Marginesy), with an auction ongoing for Italian rights.