Quick reads 2009 New Authors Announced Friday, October 10, 2008 - 19:41

Published on World Book Day, 5th March 2009, at £1.99 each

The UK's leading crime fiction novelist, chart topping best-selling writers and one of the nation's favourite television personalities are amongst the authors announced today, Monday 18 August, as the new Quick Reads authors for 2009.

Now in its fourth successful year, Quick Reads are short, fast paced books by bestselling writers. They are perfect for people looking for an introduction to reading or regular readers who want a bite-sized book. Demand for the books in 2008 has been unprecedented and sales of the series exceed three-quarters of a million copies. A third of the British population has never picked up a book but research shows that nine out of ten people who have read a Quick Read say they will go on to read other books.

The 2009 authors offer an exciting new mix of seven fiction and three non-fiction titles which have been specially written for the Quick Reads campaign. The books will be published on World Book Day, Thursday 5 March 2009, at just £1.99 each.

A Cool Head by Ian Rankin (Orion)
The Cave by Kate Mosse (Orion)
Black-Eyed Devils by Catrin Collier (Accent Press)
The Dare by John Boyne (Transworld)
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Games by Jacqueline Rayner (BBC Books)
The Tannery by Sherrie Hewson (Macmillan)
All These Lonely People by Gervase Phinn (Penguin)
101 Ways to get your Child to Read by Patience Thomson, with an introduction by Michael Morpurgo and celebrity tips (Barrington Stoke)
Reaching for the Stars: How you can make your dreams come true by Lola Jaye (HarperCollins)
Dragons' Den: Your Road to Success by The Dragons with Evan Davis (HarperCollins)

The fiction list includes a new title from the UK's number one best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin, multi-million book selling author Kate Mosse, Welsh historical novelist Catrin Collier, award winning Irish writer John Boyne, hugely popular Gervase Phinn and the author of six Doctor Who novels Jacqueline Rayner. The list also includes the debut novel from Coronation Street actress/Loose Women presenter Sherrie Hewson, following her win of the BBC's crime writing reality programme Murder Most Famous.

The non-fiction range includes tips on how to engage your child with reading, debut novelist and councilor Lola Jaye showing you how to achieve your goals and insider secrets of success from the popular BBC series Dragons' Den.