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MTV Entertainment Group is relaunching MTV Books in partnership with Simon & Schuster. Led by Christian Trimmer, the imprint will publish YA titles with an emphasis on developing those properties for television and film, while also working to identify existing properties for book adaptations.
MTV Books will be part of the Branded Publishing Group at S&S Children's Publishing, which is overseen by v-p and publisher Valerie Garfield. Kara Sargent, director of branded publishing, will be the lead editor on the S&S side. Trimmer, who has served as executive editor at S&S and editorial director at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, will be based in New York and report to Nina L. Diaz, president of content and chief creative officer for MTV Entertainment.
"I could not be more excited to bring my skills as a book publisher and editor to MTV Entertainment," said Trimmer, adding that he looks forward to working with the "incredible team" that MTV has assembled and developing stories "that surprise and delight audiences."
The previous iteration of MTV Books published such titles as The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur.
"Simon & Schuster has a long history working with MTV, as well as significant experience in developing content that can work across multiple forms of media," said Garfield. "Working with Christian and our MTV colleagues to relaunch the MTV Books brand is the perfect melding of both company's well-established strengths."