In-house enthusiasm for Donnelly’s YA novels, A Northern Light (which won Britain’s Carnegie Medal and a Printz Honor) and Revolution, led Murphy to approach the author to write the series. Though they are magical, they are outgrowths of the human world and the world of the sea.” “These aren’t your clam shell bra-wearing mermaids.
“The bible covers so many details, even what the mermaids eat and wear,” said Murphy. That underwater world began to take shape as staffers compiled a “bible” of nearly 200 pages that contains profiles of the main characters, information about their cultures and lifestyles, the story arc, and copious images of the mermaid world and its inhabitants. We collaborated on building a far-reaching world beneath the oceans where teenage mermaids from different realms battle evil.” “The idea for the Waterfire Saga blossomed from there. “Editors, in-house artists, and designers got together to figure out what we could do on this theme from a creative standpoint,” said Murphy. The Waterfire Saga grew out of a collaborative effort among various Disney Publishing departments, whose staffers had for some years been exploring the idea of doing a project based on a mythology of mermaids. Disney Book Group associate publisher Stephanie Lurie will edit the series. Suzanne Murphy, v-p and global books publisher, acquired world rights to the Waterfire Saga from Steven Malk of Writers House, Donnelly’s agent. Deep Blue will be published simultaneously in the U.K., Italy, and Spain, with yet-to-be-announced additional foreign editions to follow in late 2014 and early 2015, and an audio book recorded by The X-Factor finalist Bea Miller will be released by Listening Library.
A venture that spans various creative groups across DPW, the four-book saga will debut with Deep Blue on May 6, along with an enhanced e-book edition that includes promotional video content and an original song commissioned by the company’s Hollywood Records. Six mermaids attempt to uncover hidden talismans in order to save their undersea world in the Waterfire Saga, a new multi-platform YA series from Disney Publishing Worldwide, written by Jennifer Donnelly.
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