Hoag Leaves Bantam for Dutton

Tami Hoag has just signed a two-book deal with Dutton, with publisher Brian Tart acquiring North American rights via Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. Dutton senior editor Ben Sevier will edit the novels.  The books are linked stories involving the family of a serial killer; the first of the two, Deeper than the Dead, will come out in December 2009, and NAL will publish the mass market edition one year later.

This is the first time Hoag has switched publishers in her 20-plus-year career; all of her previous novels, including The Alibi Man and Prior Bad Acts, were published by Bantam. Hoag had reupped with Bantam in July 2007 for three new suspense novels, and Deeper than the Dead, the first title in that deal, was to be due out from Bantam in December 2008.

In a press release, Hoag said, “I am at a point in my career where making a change to a new publisher is very exciting for me. I'm very pleased to be taking this step with the team at Dutton/NAL and I'm looking forward to a great and successful partnership."

Hoag first appeared on the New York Times bestseller list with Night Sins, which was also a mini-series success for CBS, and she rose to #1 with the paperback edition of Kill the Messenger.   Her work has appeared in more than 30 countries.