Emily Giffin Jumps to Ballantine Books

By Jason Boog 

Bestselling novelist Emily Giffin will publish her next two books with Random House’s Ballantine Books imprint. Most recently, she had published Where We Belong with St. Martin’s Press.

Park Literary Group agent Theresa Park negotiated the deal for North American rights with Ballantine Bantam Dell editor-in-chief Jennifer Hershey. The first book is scheduled for a 2014 release and Hershey will edit.

According to the release, Griffin has sold more than seven million copies of her six novels in North America. Those books include: Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, and Heart of the Matter.