Victoria Aveyard (pictured, via) has signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Executive editor Kristen Pettit negotiated the deal with New Leaf Literary and Media agent Suzie Townsend. The first of Aveyard’s two books will be the fourth installment of the Red Queen series. The publication date has been scheduled for 2018.
According to the press release, the Red Queen universe “focuses on a world divided by blood. Those with Red blood are commoners and serve the Silver-blooded elite, who have been gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare Barrow is scraping by as a thief until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court, where she discovers she has an ability all her own—even though her blood is Red. The second book in the deal, a to-be-determined novel, is scheduled for release in 2019.”