A+E Studios in Overall Deal to Develop YA Novels for Film, TV

A+E Studios has entered into a two-year exclusive overall development and production deal with Macmillan Publishers’ YA imprint Swoon Reads.

Swoon Reads is a crowd-sourced young-adult label that uses its online community of readers to help select the next bestseller. Gaining access to Swoon Reads’ library of titles, A+E Studios will develop and produce select YA novels for television and film.

“All of us at Macmillan have believed in the Swoon Reads model as a way of discovering new voices,” said Jean Feiwel, senior VP and publisher of Swoon Reads. “We are a community of writers and readers engaged in a common goal: looking for an opportunity to be read, to be critiqued and published. And now, with A+E Studios—possibly seen!”

“A+E Studios has fast distinguished itself from competitors as an independent studio that fosters creativity, collaboration, and innovation,” said Barry Jossen, head of A+E Studios. “Joining forces with Swoon Reads is a strong statement of the entrepreneurial spirit of our companies. Our mutual mission to source the best creative talent and deliver exceptional content that will resonate with the coveted YA audience will be realized by this partnership.”