Garth Nix is the New York Times best-selling author of the Seventh Tower series, as well as the acclaimed novels SABRIEL, LIRAEL, and ABHORSEN. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and children.
Scholastic will feel the force once again. The New York-based kids
pubco has inked a deal to publish a new title for Lucasfilm imprint
LucasBooks. The only book to come out of the deal-according to
Scholastic PR, the two companies haven't discussed collaborating on
additional titles-called The Seventh Tower (L)S$4.99), is scheduled
to hit stores in June in paperback. Penned by Australian author
Garth Nix, The Seventh Tower is a fantasy series targeted to
readers in the eight to 12 range. Scholastic will release the
second book in the series in September, to be followed by two
quarterly releases. Starting in April, Scholastic will kick off its
marketing campaign in support of the series, which includes a
national print ad campaign, a Seventh Tower Web site, and a Seventh
Tower kids hotline. Also in April, Scholastic will distribute one
million Seventh Tower teaser booklets to kids in the U.S. through
its network of school book clubs. The deal marks the second time in
the last year Scholastic and Lucas have worked together. Last year,
Scholastic published a range of titles based on Lucas's Star Wars
prequel The Phantom Menace. SA
Scholastic will feel the force once again. The New York-based kids
pubco has inked a deal to publish a new title for Lucasfilm imprint
LucasBooks. The only book to come out of the deal-according to
Scholastic PR, the two companies haven't discussed collaborating on
additional titles-called The Seventh Tower (L)S$4.99), is scheduled
to hit stores in June in paperback. Penned by Australian author
Garth Nix, The Seventh Tower is a fantasy series targeted to
readers in the eight to 12 range. Scholastic will release the
second book in the series in September, to be followed by two
quarterly releases. Starting in April, Scholastic will kick off its
marketing campaign in support of the series, which includes a
national print ad campaign, a Seventh Tower Web site, and a Seventh
Tower kids hotline. Also in April, Scholastic will distribute one
million Seventh Tower teaser booklets to kids in the U.S. through
its network of school book clubs. The deal marks the second time in
the last year Scholastic and Lucas have worked together. Last year,
Scholastic published a range of titles based on Lucas's Star Wars
prequel The Phantom Menace. SA
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