Chris Colfer’s next book is sort of inspired by “Glee” so it’s time to start Gleeking out!
Chris Colfer is a crazy-talented children’s author but his next book is definitely different from what his fans are used to. In fact, Colfer’s next book was partially inspired by Glee — and we can’t wait to read it.
The former Glee star has been a best-selling author since he wrote his first book in his children’s series, The Land of Stories, back in 2012. Colfer is now ready to branch out into the YA novel realm, but that doesn’t mean The Land of Stories doesn’t have one more book in the works as well.
On Sunday, Colfer attended EW’s PopFest and talked all about his new book series, Stranger Than Fiction, which will be hitting selves in 2017, plus he dished about his next book in the Land of Stories series, so fans have a lot to get excited about.
Stranger Than Fiction, is geared towards young adults as it revolves around four kids after high school, who have a life-long obsession with one TV series.
“It’s about these four friends and they decide to go on a road trip to spend the last few days they have together and really celebrate their friendship before they go off to school and as a joke they invite the actor from the television show [that they’ve all been obsessed with],” Colfer explained to Entertainment Weekly and the fans at the pop-culture festival.
“He shows up the next day ready to go on the road trip and he instantly is the world’s worst Mary Poppins. He gets them drunk, he gets them stoned, he’s using bad words.”
A photo posted by Chris Colfer (@hrhchriscolfer) on Oct 17, 2016 at 1:51pm PDT
This upcoming tale is loosely inspired by the actor’s time on Glee, he admitted, but it’s definitely not an autobiography!
“It’s not an autobiography by any means, but it’s definitely based on a lot of things that I went through being on a television show… the experiences that I went through being a part of this huge, huge phenomenon were so unique, I thought it’d be a really interesting voice to add to the YA world,” he explained.
A book inspired by Colfer’s time as Kurt Hummel? Sign us up!
His Land of Stories series however, isn’t over just yet, and it continues to center on the fantasy world and the fairytales you grew up reading. Colfer revealed that he is currently thinking about what he wants to do next in the imaginative series and has begun planning the next installment’s title.
Just got my first copy of #TLOStreasury! Can't wait for October 18th! #BedtimeStoriesGalore
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“I’m working on the title…I think it’s going to be called The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide. I think that’s going to be the title of the sixth book, and it’s going to be the sixth and final book in the series,” he told the audience.
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Colfer also talked about how he knew the sixth book would be the last for The Land of Stories series saying, “I almost don’t know if I decide. I think it’s like this creative alter ego deciding. I think books one through six tell a very good, complete story and I don’t want to drag it on.”
A photo posted by Chris Colfer (@hrhchriscolfer) on Oct 18, 2016 at 12:20pm PDT
As for even more distant writing ventures, Colfer teased, “I’m sure there’s a saucy adult novel in me somewhere.”
Oh, Chris you are our bookworm hero!
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