Scholastic to Publish the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Book Series

By Maryann Yin 

Scholastic LogoScholastic and Scottgames, LLC have established an agreement to publish a Five Nights at Freddy’s-inspired young adult series. The first installment, entitled Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes, was written by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley; this title was self-published back in 2015.

The publisher plans to re-release it as a paperback book in October 2016. Book two will be published in 2017 and book three will follow in 2018.

Debra Dorfman, the vice president and publisher of global licensing and media consumer products at Scholastic, gave this statement in the press release: “We are thrilled to be publishing the Five Nights at Freddy’s young adult book series and to partner with creator Scott Cawthon. This spine-chilling series expands upon unsolved mysteries of the game’s lore as well as bring new fans unfamiliar with the games to a new, hair-raising series to read.”