Transworld scoops three books by memoirist Stroud in six-figure deal

Transworld has scooped three-books by memoirist Clover Stroud, author of Wainwright Prize-shortlisted The Wild Other (Hodder Paperbacks).

Non-fiction publisher Susanna Wadeson acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from agent Robert Caskie of Robert Caskie Ltd in a six-figure deal.

The first book, The Giant on the Skyline: On Home, Belonging and Learning to Let Go, will be published as a Doubleday hardback on 9th May 2024. The synopsis says: "Written in the year before Clover left the UK to join her husband in the United States it examines the questions: What is a home? Where is home when a family is split? And can you make a home wherever you find yourself?"

Wadeson said: "The Giant on the Skyline is a beautiful, magical book that will speak to all and any of us who are homemakers, empty-nesters, saying goodbye to family homes. And it is a gloriously absorbing read. Clover is uniquely brave, honest, and generous in the way she excavates her emotions to explore how we all navigate the world, and her writing becomes ever more powerful with each book she writes."

Stroud added: "I hope that each book I write gets a little closer to expressing more about what it is to be human, and how appalling and luscious all our lives are. In The Giant on the Skyline I’ve gone deep into what home means, and how a sense of place imprints itself in our hearts to form some of our most powerful memories. Working with the team at Doubleday is nothing short of a dream, and especially working alongside Alison Barrow who goes further than anyone in helping me develop strong, creative, rewarding relationships with the wonderful book industry,  making the solitary days of writing all worthwhile.

"I love doing book events, and meeting booksellers and readers, and I’m really looking forward to the spring, for the chance to do more of this."