September 18th, 2007

Heroes Original Novel Saving Charlie Details

Ever wished that Hiro was able to save Texas Charlie the Waitress from the evil Sylar in time? And why is it that a guy who can travel through time seems incapable of saving her? Well maybe we’ll find out in the new, original Heroes novel, “Saving Charlie”, written by Aury Wallington, which chronicles the six months Hiro spent in the past trying to save Charlie. Here’s the press release for the novel that just landed in my mailbox.

DEL REY TO PUBLISH NOVEL HEROES: SAVING CHARLIE, BASED ON NBC’S EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED HIT SERIES HEROES AND ITS JAPANESE TIME TRAVELER “HIRO”

NEW YORK, — September 18, 2007 — Del Rey, an imprint of Ballantine Books at the Random House Publishing Group, announced plans to publish a novel based on NBC’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Heroes. HEROES: SAVING CHARLIE (Del Rey Hardcover; $23.95; on sale December 26, 2007) by Aury Wallington will be an original novel based on the characters Hiro Nakamura (Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated Masi Oka) and Charlie (Jayma Mays), created by executive producer/creator Tim Kring. It is developed through a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group.

“One of the more memorable relationships in Season One was Hiro’s first love, the waitress Charlie. We were as smitten as Hiro by that story and seized the chance to tell the full adventure of Hiro’s six months in the past. Aury Wallington was hand picked by the writers of the show for her brilliant voice for these characters. The novel is a welcome addition to the Heroes family,” said Tim Kring, creator-executive producer, “Heroes.”

The novel, written with the full cooperation and consultation of the show’s creatorswill tell the story of Japanese office worker Hiro, who, through the use of his ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time, bravely catapults himself into the past to save Charlie, a small-town Texas waitress with an extraordinary memory, from being brutally murdered by super-powered serial killer Sylar (Zachary Quinto). While fans of the television series were given only a brief glimpse into Hiro and Charlie’s relationship as it grew into love over six time-changing months, but their history is told here with the depth and insight that only a novel will allow.

Del Rey celebrated the announcement of its Heroes book at the 2007 San Diego International Comic-Con by asking fans to help make 1,000 cranes at their booth by the end of the show. Interest was high and the goal of 1,000 was surpassed.

About the Author

Aury Wallington has written for the television shows Sex and the City and Veronica Mars. She is the author of the novel Pop!, which was named one of the New York Public Library’s “Books for the Teen Age.” Aury lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Tuesday. Visit her website at www.aurywallington.com.

Mark your calendars if you’re interested in the novel, it comes out December 26, 2007.

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