Exclusive: Finding Hopwood, the memoir penned by actor and producer Hopwood DePree, has secured a global publishing deal after an auction. Executive editor Rachel Kahan of William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins USA, landed the book with a six-figure advance.
DePree’s book chronicles his journey moving from Hollywood to northern England to rescue his dilapidated 600-year-old ancestral home, Hopwood Hall Estate. It was developed from his one-hour live stand-up comedy show that toured in 2019 and culminated at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. He has also been chronicling the journey on his Youtube channel.
Rachel Kahan has been the editor of bestsellers including Hidden Figures, which was adapted into an Oscar nominated movie.
Hopwood Hall Estate was lost from the Hopwood family in the early 20th century when the last two male heirs in England were killed in the First World War. DePree rediscovered the building while surfing the web,...
DePree’s book chronicles his journey moving from Hollywood to northern England to rescue his dilapidated 600-year-old ancestral home, Hopwood Hall Estate. It was developed from his one-hour live stand-up comedy show that toured in 2019 and culminated at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. He has also been chronicling the journey on his Youtube channel.
Rachel Kahan has been the editor of bestsellers including Hidden Figures, which was adapted into an Oscar nominated movie.
Hopwood Hall Estate was lost from the Hopwood family in the early 20th century when the last two male heirs in England were killed in the First World War. DePree rediscovered the building while surfing the web,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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