{"id":530443,"date":"2021-05-20T17:06:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530443"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:06:06","slug":"stacey-abrams-gets-publishing-deal-for-two-political-thrillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-gets-publishing-deal-for-two-political-thrillers\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Gets Publishing Deal For Two Political Thrillers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstacey-abrams-gets-publishing-deal-for-two-political-thrillers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/StaceyAbrams.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has been granted not one, but two publishing deals for her political thrillers. The deals come 20 years after her first novels were published.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voting rights activist, grassroots organizer and former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate has a deal for two political thrillers, Doubleday and Anchor Books announced Thursday,\u201d reported The Associated Press. \u201cThe new novels will bring back the gifted and intrepid law clerk Avery Keene from Abrams\u2019 current work, \u2018While Justice Sleeps,\u2019 which came out last week and is already a No. 1 New York Times bestseller with more than 100,000 copies in print.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier this month, Berkley announced it was reissuing a trilogy of romance novels Abrams published through Harlequin in the early 2000s under the penname Selena Montgomery,\u201d the report added. \u201cMeanwhile, NBCUniversal International Studios has optioned the rights for a television series based on \u2018While Justice Sleeps,\u2019 with Abrams serving as producer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abrams hailed Avery Keene as \u201can exciting and brilliant\u201d protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to continue the story of Avery Keene \u2013 an exciting and brilliant protagonist \u2013 with Doubleday,\u201d Abrams said in a statement. \u201cAvery began her adventures in \u2018While Justice Sleeps,\u2019 and now we can follow her as she discovers what\u2019s next for her and those she loves in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-scores-tv-deal-for-new-book\">profiled<\/a> in early May, the plot of \u201cWhile Justice Sleeps\u201d centers on \u201cAvery Keene, a young law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynne, the liberal swing vote in a number of highly-contested rulings. After Wynne falls into a coma, Keene must work to unravel the conspiracy that put him there and stop his enemies from influencing the outcome of a major case.\u201d Abrams said she wrote the book to \u201cexplore what it means to have authority but no real power.\u201d Justice Wynne is a black man in the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter weathering the competitive storm to secure Stacey\u2019s novel, we are elated to have come out on top,\u201d said Working Title Television co-chairman Tim Bevan. \u201cThis is one of those rare moments when the opportunity feels right, and we look forward to developing this thrilling project with the multihyphenate Abrams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universal, Working Title\u2019s parent company, hailed Abrams for bringing a \u201clevel of authenticity, cultural representation and universal storytelling\u201d to the series. \u201cAs the media landscape continues to flourish with infinite content, we are excited to embark on this journey with Stacey, who has played an instrumental role in the American narrative and now, television industry,\u201d Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe said.<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams initially supported the boycotts in Georgia over its voter integrity law, but seemed to walk her support back after the MLB pulled the All-Star game from Atlanta, possibly fearing political fallout in the upcoming Senate elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian Kemp and Georgia Republican lawmakers are singularly responsible for any job that is lost and any dollar that goes out of Georgia, because they prioritized suppressing voters of color over the economic well-being of all Georgians,\u201d Fair Fight, the voter organization founded by Stacey Abrams, spokesman Seth Bringman told Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge events, productions, and businesses to come to Georgia and support the very communities that will [sic] whose access to the ballot will be hurt by Senate Bill 202. Come to Georgia and speak out against voter suppression. Stay and fight,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-scores-tv-deal-for-new-book\">Stacey Abrams Scores TV Deal For New&nbsp;Book<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has been granted not one, but two publishing deals for her political thrillers. 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