New novel by James Frey

Published: 4:24PM Thursday September 13, 2007

Source: Reuters

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HarperCollins is to publish a new novel by James Frey, the author who admitted fabricating key parts of his best-selling drug and alcohol memoir A Million Little Pieces.

HarperCollins, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., said it would publish Frey's Bright Shiny Morning in summer 2008. It gave no further details about the novel.

"James Frey is an immensely talented writer who has written a truly extraordinary and original novel, one of great breadth and ambition," Jonathan Burnham, HarperCollins senior vice president and publisher, said in a statement.

Frey admitted in January last year that he had made up key parts of A Million Little Pieces, which was the biggest selling nonfiction book in the United States in 2005, with more than 1.7 million copies sold in paperback edition.

The book had been chosen by talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her reading club - a move that often transforms books into best sellers. After Frey's admission, Winfrey apologised to her viewers, saying she felt "duped".