HarperCollins worldwide has bought three new novels set in the ‘Shatter Me’ world created by BookTok sensation Tahereh Mafi. The Shatter Me series has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide with over 250K posts using the #ShatterMe hashtag.
The Shatter Me series has been sold into 32 territories and translated into 28 languages. The new Shatter Me series—The New Republic— will launch with Watch Me, releasing simultaneously in the US and UK on 15 April 2025.
The Iranian American authorsays : “I feel enormously grateful to be able to return to the Shatter Me world. It was a distinct pleasure to build a new series in a familiar universe, introducing new characters to old characters I’ve lived with for years. It was also kind of a relief to return to dystopia; I think some part of my subconscious needed to process the darkness of the real world through this fictional landscape. My aim is always to forge the darkness in search of light, and my wish is that in Watch Me readers will find not only a refuge, but hope.”
Tara Weikum, VP, Publisher, HarperCollins Children’s Books, says:“I am so thrilled that Tahereh is continuing her truly addictive Shatter Me series. Watch Me is a phenomenal story told in such a fresh, compelling way that will delight readers of the original books but will also appeal to readers new to this incredible world.”
North American rights for Watch Me were acquired by Tara Weikum, Vice President, Publisher, HarperCollins Children’s Books from Jodi Reamer at Writers House. Lindsey Heaven, Publishing Director and Asmaa Isse, Commissioning Editor at Electric Monkey, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Alessandra Birch on behalf of Jodi Reamer at Writers House. Translation rights, handled by Writers House, have already been secured in several languages.
Mafi’s parents emigrated from Iran to the US in the Eighties. Mafi is the #1 international bestselling and National Book Award–nominated author of over a dozen books, including the Shatter Me series, the Woven Kingdom series, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, and An Emotion of Great Delight. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Southern California with her husband, fellow author Ransom Riggs, and their daughter.