Audrey Niffenegger Auctions Second Book for $5 Million

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Here’s a piece of news I picked up from the New York Times. It turns out Audrey Niffenegger, author of her debut novel ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife‘ has sold the manuscript to her second novel for a reported $5 million at auction.  According to the American newspaper, the book was quickly sold to Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, titled “Her Fearful Symmetry” with the U.S. hardcover set to be released this fall.

It is also noted that this large sum comes at a time of economic turndown for the publishing industry. Nevertheless, to date ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ has sold 1.3 million paperback copies alone under the Harcourt imprint and the film adapation will soon be released by New Line Cinema staring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. Now I haven’t read her first novel but it’s been on my list for a long time now. Plus it’s always nice to see an author get such large sums of money. Here’s to you Ms. Niffenegger!