Author Salla Simukka’s worldwide smash YA thriller success, the Snow White Trilogy, is being published around the world this spring. Rights to the trilogy have been sold in 41 territories, most recently in Vietnam!
This month the first part in the series, As Red as Blood (Punainen kuin veri, Tammi 2013), has been published in Poland by Foksal (translator Sebastian Musielak), in Greece by Metaichimio (translator Maria Martzoukou), in Hungary by Athaeneum (translator Zsóka Panka), and in the Netherlands and Belgium by Clavis (translator Sophie Kuiper). Pegasus in Estonia will publish the book next week (translator Kadri Jaanits).
This week Simukka paid a visit to Sweden, where the book will be published in the fall, to promote the trilogy with the Rabén & Sjögren team. She will also appear at Estonia’s Prima Vista literary festival in May. So far As Red as Blood has been published in Norway by Gyldendal, in Romania by Trei and in the Czech Republic by Egmont.
Salla Simukka (b. 1981) is a translator and author of juvenile fiction. She is the winner of the 2013 Topelius Prize for the best Finnish youth novel for Without a Trace (Jäljellä, Tammi Spring 2012) and Elsewhere (Toisaalla, Tammi Fall 2012), as well as the 2013 Finland Prize. The Snow White Trilogy comprises As Red as Blood, As White as Snow (Valkoinen kuin lumi, Tammi 2013) and As Black as Ebony (Musta kuin eebenpuu, Tammi February 2014).
RIGHTS SOLD:
Original publisher: FINLAND, Tammi
ALBANIA, Botime B-Books
ARAB WORLD, Arab Scientific
BELGIUM, Clavis
BRAZIL, Novo Conceito
BULGARIA, Egmont
CATALAN, La Galera
CHINA, Modern Press
CROATIA, Znanje
CZECH, Egmont
DENMARK, Gyldendal
ESTONIA, Pegasus
FRANCE, Hachette Livre
GEORGIA, Bakur Sulakauri
GERMANY, Arena
GREECE, Metaichmio
HUNGARY, Athenaeum
ICELAND, Forlagid
INDONESIA, Kompas Gramedia/Bhuana Ilmu Populer
ISRAEL, Yedioth
ITALY, Mondadori
JAPAN, Nishimura
KOREA, Gimm Young
LATVIA, Zvaigzne
LITHUANIA, Alma Littera
MALAYSIA, Buku Fixi
NETHERLANDS, Clavis
NORWAY, Gyldendal
POLAND, Foksal/WAB
PORTUGAL, Presença
ROMANIA, Trei
RUSSIA, Eksmo
SERBIA, Vulkan
SLOVENIA, Mladinska
SPAIN, La Galera
SWEDEN, Rabén & Sjögren
TAIWAN, Emily Publishing
THAILAND, Nanmee Books
TURKEY, Altin Kitaplar
UK, Hot Key Books
U.S, Amazon Publishing/Skyscape
VIETNAM, Alpha Books
Reading material:
Full English text of book 1
German sample of book 1
Italian sample of book 1
Complex Chinese sample of book 1
Simplified Chinese sample of book 1
Finnish editions of books 1-3
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