There will be a sixth Stravaganza!

[A_I_13]

Just finished rereading city of ships.... Suddenly July seems soo far awayy!!

[Mary Hoffman]

Oh dear! It seems very close to me when I think of all I have to do before then!

[A_I_13]

Mary, the product description for city of swords on amazon talks about the book like it is going to be the last in the series... Please tell me that this is just a misunderstanding on their part!! There is going to be another book...isn't there?

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

Mary, the product description for city of swords on amazon talks about the book like it is going to be the last in the series... Please tell me that this is just a misunderstanding on their part!! There is going to be another book...isn't there?

I'm afraid Bloomsbury are not publishing any more so City of Swords will be the last - at least for the time being.

Never say "never"!

[MusicEm]

Hi Mary,

I'm a Dutch girl and I like the Stravaganza-books very much. I'm sorry for my English, if I make mistakes in my grammar or vocabulary.
I'm excited that there is going to be a new book! I can't wait very long for it but I fear the Dutch translation is ready in 2013?
I hope you are going to write more Stravaganza-books because they are extremely good written! So I hope Bloomsbury is going to publish all (I hope) 12 books for each city (Are you going to write them in the future?)...
Are there going to be more babies in City of the Swords? A baby for Geatano and Fransesca? And are we going to hear more about Beatrice and Arianna?

Greetings,

Emma

[FireDragon-16]

Extremely excited, I put the book on hold at the library and I'm number 3 on the list!

Granted I do have to wait until July, but I'm glad I'm on the list and really close to the front!

[A_I_13]

I will be abroad when it comes out, so I am going to have to wait until September...

I seriously hope that Bloomsbury will come to their senses and commission books for the rest of the cities already!! I don't like having the future of one of my favourite book series hanging in the balance...it's too stressful

Mary, jut in case this is the last book, it doesn't end on a cliffhanger or set up a new plot line, does it? because I think that that would really kill me...having the new plots but no books to follow up...

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by A_I_13

I will be abroad when it comes out, so I am going to have to wait until September...

I seriously hope that Bloomsbury will come to their senses and commission books for the rest of the cities already!! I don't like having the future of one of my favourite book series hanging in the balance...it's too stressful

Mary, jut in case this is the last book, it doesn't end on a cliffhanger or set up a new plot line, does it? because I think that that would really kill me...having the new plots but no books to follow up...

OK, I am going to try to answer your points and others' points honestly. Publishing is a commercial industry where decisions are made now almost entirely on how many copies the previous books have sold. Stravaganza has done very well for a series but they don't think they would sell enough copies to justify six or even three more books.

So, although I love and support libraries and have campaigned to save them for over 20 years, I have to say that when my books are borrowed from libraries, that does not count as a sale and contributes towards the publisher's decision. (This is not in my hands, you understand).

I knew before finishing Swords that there would not be any more books (unless a miracle like a film happens). So the ending should be fully satisfactory, although something does happen that does leave the way open for my idea of what books 7-12 would be.

I hope that answers your questions. I am thrilled that my Dutch publishers have taken Swords without having read it in order to keep the publishing schedule on track.(I met them in Bologna last month) Also that I have had the same Dutch translator for all six books.

[Lexell_Cassini]

I've seen the cover of City of Swords and it's amaaaaazing.
If it's the last book or not, I'm sure it will be great.
And there will be more Andrea, riiiiight?

[Mary Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Lexell_Cassini

I've seen the cover of City of Swords and it's amaaaaazing.
If it's the last book or not, I'm sure it will be great.
And there will be more Andrea, riiiiight?

Um, not really. Sorry!

[Lexell_Cassini]

So, not riiiiight!

Hahahaha.

Thanks for the answer.

[A_I_13]

Spoilers in White. I have a question....

Do you think that fabrizio will realize that if he accepts beatrice into his family again, then classe will sort of be under di chimici rule?

[Mary Hoffman]

Not in this book!

[Mary Hoffman]

Publication is very close now, at least in the UK. 5th July just after I get back from Panama.

To keep you going until then, Luciano and Arianna ahve started a blog charting their relationship with extracts friom the books.

Here is the first real post: http://luciano-and-arianna.blogspot....t-meeting.html

And they Tweet as @LCrinamorte and @ARossiDuchessa!

American hardback 21st August.

[FireDragon-16]

Finished Swords last night. Loved it!

If the series is truly over, I think it was a very good way to end the series. That being said, is there someway we can appeal to Bloomsbury to continue or do we need to wait for some sort of a movie deal to come through for them to reconsider?