Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Lying Game, has joined Simon & Schuster UK in a new two-book deal which brings her English-language publishing under one “global roof”. S&S UK will publish The It Girl, the first “unputdownable” book in the deal, in August 2022.

Suzanne Baboneau, adult publishing division m.d. at Simon & Schuster UK, said: “We have long been in awe of Ruth’s triumphs with Scout Press in the US and in Canada, and to become an integral part of her global publishing is a wondrous opportunity.” You can read more about the deal here on The Bookseller.

You can grab Ruth’s latest nail-biting thriller, One by One, here in the UK or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org. In the US, find it here or on Bookshop.org.

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