HarperCollins in Production Deal with Fox TV
In the first deal of its kind, HarperCollins publishers has agreed to provide current and back listed books to Fox for TV programming, reports the Book Standard. The agreement covers mystery and romance titles initially, but could expand to other genres.
Fox, which produces the series Bones, based on the forensic detective series by Kathy Reichs, has a dearth of successful fiction programming of late.
The first novels to be adapted into a series will be Lisa Scottoline's legal thrillers set in Philadelphia.