Harper seals global deal for flood novel

HarperCollins has scooped world rights to Kassandra Montag’s After the Flood, a “riveting saga about a mother, her daughters, and their struggle to survive”.

The deal was negotiated by Rachel Kahan, executive editor at William Morrow, with Victoria Sanders at Victoria Sanders & Associates.

HC will publish through its Global Publishing Programme, with Borough Press to issue it in the UK. The TV option is with Chernin Entertainment.