PW Daily reports today that after fifteen years with HarperCollins, New York Times bestselling thriller writer Lisa Scottoline has inked a four-book deal with St. Martin’s Press. Her last book with HarperCollins, LADY KILLER, will be published in February 2008. “I’m just thrilled about the group of people at St. Martin’s and the plans they have for me,” Scottoline told PW. “It’s a big change but I’m looking forward it. I think this will be an interesting, fun and exciting time. They’re very creative and dynamic people with a real esprit. I feel caught up in their enthusiasm.”
Scottoline’s new editor at St. Martin’s Press will be vp and associate publisher Jen Enderlin. “I’ll miss Carolyn Marino, who was so wonderful an editor at HarperCollins,” said Scottoline. “But I hope to have an equally wonderful relationship with Jen. She’s so enthusiastic about my writing and has new ideas for my books.”