Harper launches YA imprint

In the UK, HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) is launching a new YA imprint, Harper Fire, reports the Bookseller.

HarperCollins said the new imprint would be a chance to ‘publish standout, quality books that represent all YA readers, authors, and stories’ and that Harper Fire will launch with a distinct social media presence. The first book to be published under the imprint is Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw, on 29 February. HCCB said major acquisitions will be published under the new imprint, including S F Williamson’s A Language of Dragons, Salomey Doku’s Brielle & Bear and Lauren Wilson’s The Goldens.

Harper Fire will be led by publishing director Natalie Doherty, who said: ‘We’re delighted to launch Harper Fire, which becomes home to a list of truly stellar voices, with much more to come. Harper Fire allows us to put the very best YA directly into the hands of readers who are as passionate about standout, quality storytelling as we are.’

The new imprint comes after HarperCollins US closed its middle grade and YA imprint Inkyard Press.

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