AN author whose first book was shortlisted for a national award has won a four-book deal with a new publisher.

Jonathan Lee, 41, of Great Broad Ing, Redbrook, author of The Radio and The Page, has signed the deal with Solopreneur Publishing based in Hemsworth.

The first book to be penned under the new deal will be the last instalment of a trilogy in which the previous two instalments The Radio and The Page sold a total of 20,000 copies.

It is due out next year and will compound all the characters into one story.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle dated June 5. **