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HarperFiction's publishing director Lynne Drew has signed Headline's outgoing editorial director Harriet Evans in a three-book deal. The deal, for "a good six-figure sum", was agreed with Jonathan Lloyd at Curtis Brown. Harper holds British and Commonwealth rights.
Evans left Headline this week to work full-time on the novels. Her first, Going Home, was published in 2005.
Drew said: "Harriet is one of our best-loved authors both in-house and with readers, for her warm, funny and captivating novels spanning the generations and capturing our hearts . . . She has very quickly become one of the core authors on our list."
The first book in the deal, Evans' fourth, is entitled I Remember You and will be published in hardback this November. It is set in Wiltshire and Rome, and described as "'Room with a View' meets 'Roman Holiday'".
Evans said: "I am really thrilled about this deal and to know I will be working with Lynne and all my friends at HarperCollins for my next three books. It is super exciting and I look forward to the future with them."