The Quill & Quire reports that Toronto resident Sean Dixon's debut novel, "The Girls Who Saw Everything" has just been purchased by HarperCollins U.K. as part of a two-book, six-figure deal.Oh. My. Allah. How awesome is that?
Sean is known mostly as an actor and a playwright, and I know him as a teacher (he taught at The National Theatre School of Canada). He dramaturged by friend Ryan Griffith's graduating production "Drift" and the resulting play was lovely and sad and full of heart. I'm currently in the process of writing a play called "K" about a young girl lost in a terrible, wonderful place, full of magic and knights and demons and all that jazz, and my dramaturg recommended I read Sean's play "The End of the World Romance" to get a sense of what a fairy tale for adults should sound like.
I read it. It was lovely.
I just wanted to use this space to congratulate Sean for making it happen! For writing what he wants and being rewarded for it.
He gives us young writers hope :).
Jason Maghanoy
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Thanks, Jason. That's very kind of you.
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