Random House Gets Nightmares from Actor Jason Segel

Random House Children’s Books has acquired Nightmares!, an engaging new middle-grade fiction series from actor and multi-talented creative artist Jason Segel and New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller.

The deal was announced today, April 24, by Barbara Marcus, president and publisher, Random House Children’s Books.

Among the many successful films Jason Segel (pictured above) has written, starred in, produced, or written and performed songs for are The Muppets; Jeff Who Lives at Home; The Five-Year Engagement; I Love You, Man; and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

He has also starred in the hit television series How I Met Your Mother and the classic Freaks and Geeks. Nightmares! marks his debut as an author. Kirsten Miller is the author of the acclaimed Kiki Strike trilogy, as well as the New York Times bestselling The Eternal Ones.

Both scary and funny, Nightmares! is an adventure story about a group of kids who realize it’s up to them to save their town from fear, which has manifested itself in the form of nightmare creatures that have slipped into the everyday world. At its heart, Nightmares! is about kids overcoming their fears.

Says Segel, “I couldn’t be more excited that Nightmares! has found a home at Random House. Ultimately, it’s a story about learning that we can accomplish anything, as long as we are brave enough to try. These are the types of stories that always inspired me.”

The deal for North American rights to a trilogy and a companion book was negotiated by Beverly Horowitz, VP and publisher, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, with WME and Abrams Entertainment on behalf of Segel.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The series will be edited by Krista Marino, executive editor, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers. The first book is scheduled for release in Fall 2014.

Random House Children’s Books is the world’s leading English-language children’s trade book publisher.