HarperCollins to Publish Amy Tan's Next Novel

Posted on March 31, 2011

HarperCollins Publishers announced it has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to publish Amy Tan's latest novel, The Valley of Amazement. In the U.S. the deal was negotiated by Daniel Halpern, President and Publisher of Ecco, and by Tan's agent, Sandra Dijkstra, President of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. A release date for the book was not provided in the release.

Amy Tan says, "The Valley of Amazement is a story about 1890-1940 San Francisco, Shanghai and the valley in-between. A painting called the 'Valley of Amazement' is passed along through three generations of women of the same family. Despite vast differences in their upbringing, culture and circumstances, each of the women is drawn to discover the meaning of the painting and the unknown histories of their mothers. I am delighted to be at Ecco and to be publishing my new novel with such an esteemed literary house."