Mel Heflin
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Keith R.A. DeCandido:
Your books from the Supernatural series are SO good. Do you think you'll ever do another from that series?
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Probably not, but neither is anyone else. Titan's contract has ended, and with the show off the air, they're unlikely to renew it.
Tie-in books don't start with the writer, they start with the publisher. What happens is a book publisher (Titan in the case of Supernatural) buys the rights from the people who own the property (Warner Bros. in the case of Supernatural) and then they hire writers (like me, Tim Waggoner, John Passarella, Alice Henderson, Yvonne Navarro, Christa Faust, etc.) to write the books.
Having said that, while it used to be a truism that TV tie-in books didn't survive the end of the show with very rare exceptions, those exceptions are less rare all the time (viz. recent books based on things like MacGyver and Firefly), so who knows?
Tie-in books don't start with the writer, they start with the publisher. What happens is a book publisher (Titan in the case of Supernatural) buys the rights from the people who own the property (Warner Bros. in the case of Supernatural) and then they hire writers (like me, Tim Waggoner, John Passarella, Alice Henderson, Yvonne Navarro, Christa Faust, etc.) to write the books.
Having said that, while it used to be a truism that TV tie-in books didn't survive the end of the show with very rare exceptions, those exceptions are less rare all the time (viz. recent books based on things like MacGyver and Firefly), so who knows?
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