HarperCollins Buys Series from James Frey
By MOTOKO RICHA week after submitting a young adult novel anonymously to editors, James Frey, the notorious author of “A Million Little Pieces,” and a writing partner, Jobie Hughes, have agreed to sell North American rights to “I Am Number Four” and three subsequent books in a planned series to HarperCollins, Mr. Frey’s most recent publisher of his adult novel, “Bright Shiny Morning.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.