In a deal described as a Disney/ABC strategic partnership, Hyperion and the Disney Interactive Media Group have signed Food Network star and bestselling author Sandra Lee and her imprint, SL Books, to a five book deal. Hyperion publisher Ellen Archer acquired world rights.
The deal includes two cookbooks, an entertaining and lifestyle book and two novels; with the first books scheduled to be published in Fall 2011. The first books will be released to mark the relaunch of Lee’s TV Show, “Sandra’s Money Saving Meals.” The first book, Money Saving Meals and Round-2 Recipes, will be released in October 2011; the second book, Easy Entertaining at Home, will be published in November. And in her first attempt at fiction, books three and five will be released in summer 2012 and summer 2013. The novels will delve into the food world and include recipes. Book four, the second cookbook, will be called, 365 Easy Family Meals, and will be published in 2012.
Archer said, “Sandra Lee is a creative force of nature. We are thrilled to be publishing her cooking and entertainment books and are looking forward to expanding her brand to fiction, adding a new genre to her impressive repertoire and introducving her to a whole new audience.”
