Fresh contracts for Slater and Gibney with Bookouture

Hachette's Bookouture has signed new contracts to continue publishing two of its biggest selling authors, K L Slater and Patricia Gibney.

Bookouture struck deals for world English language rights with the writers, acquiring two further books from Slater through Camilla Bolton at Darley Anderson and three more from Gibney through Ger Nichol at The Book Bureau.

The two authors have been with Bookouture for more than four years, and in that time have released 20 books between them, amassing sales of over three-and-a-half million copies, according to Bookouture.

They will continue to publish to existing publishing schedules, with Slater's new psychological thrillers due out in May and October 2022 respectively and Gibney's new police procedurals planned for release in January 2024, 2025 and 2026 respectively, continuing her bestselling Lottie Parker series.

Associate publisher Lydia Vassar-Smith said: "K L Slater and Patricia Gibney are dynamic and astonishing writers. K L Slater’s books stand out in the crowded psychological market; each plot is so clever and memorable, and yet the reader really feels that it could happen to them. And in her Detective Lottie Parker series, Patricia Gibney has created an unforgettable series detective, who readers are devoted to, and who they follow from book to book.

"I am so privileged to work with Kim and Patricia – commercial writers of the highest calibre – and to be signing new contracts with them, feels like the beginning of an exciting new chapter."

Fresh contracts have been issued to publish new work from Slater (left) and Gibney 

Slater said she was excited to sign for another two psychological thrillers with Bookouture. "I have a fantastic relationship with my incredibly supportive editor, Lydia Vassar-Smith and indeed the whole talented Bookouture team," she said. "I can’t wait to create more intriguing stories and twisty plots that I hope my amazing readers will love."

Gibney said: "I look forward to continuing to work with my excellent editor Lydia and Bookouture’s dynamic team. It’s a dream come true to see my books published and Bookouture has given me the opportunity to place Lottie Parker on an international stage. I’m grateful to my agent Ger Nichol for all her work on my behalf. Thank you to Bookouture for believing in me and my writing and thank you to everyone who reads my books. I hope I can keep readers entertained with my future books."