Transworld scoops deep dive into Swift’s discography by Hämeenaho-Fox  

Transworld has snapped up rights to a deep dive into the discography of Taylor Swift, Into The Taylor-Verse, by Satu Hämeenaho-Fox. It will be published by Bantam in May 2024, just before Swift’s UK leg of the record-breaking Eras Tour begins.

Stephanie Duncan, senior editor in the non-fiction team, acquired world all-language rights from Maddalena Cavaciuti at David Higham Associates.

Into The Taylor-Verse will give a comprehensive overview of Swift’s life and work, aimed at new fans and diehard enthusiasts alike. “By fans and for fans”, it is being worked on by a team of Swifties, from author Hämeenaho-Fox, to agent Cavaciuti, to illustrator Maddalena Carrai. It will follow Swift’s journey from young rising star in the country music scene to Time magazine’s Person of the Year, featuring “detailed song profiles, studies of Taylor’s musical craft and her political engagement to biographies of her cats and a playlist of Taylor Swift songs which are not about boyfriends”.

Hämeenaho-Fox is the co-founder of the Swiftian Theory newsletter and has previously written books on other pop culture icons including Harry Styles, Zendaya and Lady Gaga.

She said: “I’m very happy to be publishing this book all about Taylor Swift and her songwriting genius, from her inspirations (crushes; crushing her enemies) to how she has inspired change in the music industry. I love spending time in Taylor’s world and I hope Into the Taylor-Verse acts a portal into her imaginative universe for Swifties.”