Publishing Deal - Sophie Crockett

News of a publishing deal in today's Bookseller:

Macmillan's Children's Books has won rights to After the Snow by Sophie Crockett.

After the Snow tells the story of 15-year-old Willo as he tries to survive, alone, in an endlessly wintery environment.

Crockett said: "The winter of 2009 was extremely hard. I asked myself: what would happen if winter never ended?".

Macmillan is to publish in hardback in the first half of 2012, with the US to publish simultaneously.

Read the whole article here.