Young adult author Laini Taylor has inked a three-book deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Taylor (pictured, via) has become well-known for the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.
Editor-in-chief Alvina Ling negotiated the deal with Eyebait Management literary agent Jane Putch. For the first new book, Taylor will write a fantasy novel entitled The Muse of Nightmares. The publication date has been scheduled for Fall 2016.
In the press release, Taylor described the story as one where “there was a war between men and gods, and men won. The few surviving children of the gods have grown up in hiding, dreading the day they know must come: when humans find them, and end them. That day is at hand.”