Critically-acclaimed Author Margot Hunt Signs Two-book Deal With Mira Books

NEW YORK - Oct. 6, 2016 - PRLog -- MIRA Books today announced the signing of critically-acclaimed author Margot Hunt to a six-figure, two-book deal.

Hunt will craft two dark, domestic thrillers for MIRA Books, with the first title set to be published in 2017.

"We're absolutely delighted to be publishing Margot Hunt," said Margaret Marbury, Vice President of General Fiction Editorial at "These pageturners will focus on vivid, complex portraits of contemporary women—their lives, friendships, struggles—and will capture readers' imaginations.

Hunt's first title, Best Friends Forever, is a gripping novel that explores how powerful the friendships women form can be, and how devastating it is when those friendships fall apart.

The deal was negotiated by MIRA Books Senior Editor Denise Zaza and Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Agency. MIRA Books acquired world English rights in the deal. Zaza will edit the books.

Margot Hunt is the pseudonym for chick lit and women's fiction author Whitney Gaskell, who has also published several Young Adult books as Piper Banks.

About MIRA Books

Featuring a lineup of some of the bestselling authors across North America as well as industry anticipated debut authors, MIRA Books is committed to publishing the very best in commercial fiction, including women's fiction, suspense and psychological thrillers, literary bestsellers, and historical. In 2015, 24 MIRA Books titles placed on bestseller lists (New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly) for a total of 194 weeks. MIRA publishes approximately 100 books per year in hardcover, mass-market and trade paperback formats.