Puffin has signed a "major" eight-book deal across fiction, picture books and novelty, with Adam Kay and Henry Paker as the "ultimate pairing for young readers of all ages".
As part of the deal Puffin is anticipating two new middle-grade books from the duo with the first in the series, Dexter Proctor: The Ten-Year-Old Doctor, publishing in hardback in autumn 2024. Publishing director Ruth Knowles acquired world rights to the text from Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown and illustration rights from Paul Moreton at Bell Lomax Moreton.
Paker said: “I’m delighted to continue expanding the Kay/Paker Universe! I’m going to need a new pen!”
Kay added: “Bloody hell? What? I’ve got to write eight more books?”
The full trade announcement can be found here (£).