Yuan Liou, Taiwan, have bought Ruth Ware’s novels In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10. So 41 territories now publish her debut…

…and The Woman in Cabin 10 has just been sold to two more foreign publishers:Salamandra in Spain and Hermes in Bulgaria.

Jane Kirby, Rights Director at Vintage says: “Representing Ruth Ware’s cracking debut novel and stylish follow up The Woman in Cabin 10 has been an absolute pleasure and a highlight for the whole Vintage rights team. Securing 41 international sales for a debut writer is sensational and we can safely say that the response from overseas has been a triumph. Ruth Ware has taken the international rights markets by storm and we couldn’t be more delighted for her.”

In A Dark, Dark Wood is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller; a W.H. Smith Richard & Judy book club pick in the UK; and the film rights have been bought by New Line Cinema.  In a Dark, Dark Wood was shortlisted for The Bookseller Industry Awards Debut Novel of the Year Award and longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award.

In A Dark, Dark Wood has now been on the NYT bestseller list for 24 weeks.

Ruth Ware’s second standalone thriller, The Woman In Cabin 10, published in the UK and US this summer, was a Sunday Times bestseller and has spent 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list since publication.

Buy the US version here

and the UK here