* Film rights to Land of the Living have been sold to Courtenay Valenti of Warner Bros.* Nicci French's previous novel, The Red Room, was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 8/01. The mass market edition was published by Warner Books in 7/02 with a first printing of 300,000 copies.* Beneath the Skin (Mysterious Press, 5/00) has 450,000 hardcover and paperback copies in print combined. It won rave reviews in national publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, and People, among others. Film rights were sold to Casey Silver (Hidalgo, Rebels) and Gone Fishin' Productions.* Killing Me Softly (Mysterious Press, 7/99) became a national bestseller and has 350,000 hardcover and paperback copies in print combined.