HCCB acquires three more from Gold

HarperCollins Children’s Books has snapped up three new books from award-winning author Hannah Gold. 

Nick Lake, publisher of fiction and author brands, acquired world rights in a three-book contract from Claire Wilson at RCW, with the first novel to be released in 2023. Multi-award-winning artist Levi Pinfold will continue to illustrate.  

Gold’s debut, The Last Bear, won both the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award, with rights sold into 20 territories and counting. Her second novel, The Lost Whale, published in hardback in March and saw a 40% increase in sales on The Last Bear in the first month of publication, according to the publisher.  

Lake said: “We knew the instant we read The Last Bear that Hannah Gold had a unique storytelling talent. Profoundly moving and immersive, written directly from the heart, her novels are also urgent yet hopeful battle cries for our planet and its animals—and it is no surprise that they have been embraced so immediately by young readers, by critics and by award judges. These are thrilling, important stories and we couldn’t be prouder to be adding three more to the HarperCollins Children’s Books list.”  

Gold added: “My publication journey so far has been the stuff of dreams and I could not be happier to write three more stories under the expert guidance of the entire wonderful team at HarperCollins Children’s Books. They are an absolute joy to work with and have turned my author dreams into something truly special. I’m also delighted that illustrator extraordinaire Levi Pinfold is happy to keep on making my books look so breathtakingly beautiful. May the next heartfelt animal adventure begin!”