Based on the success of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (it was an Oprah pick and a besteller) author David Wroblewski is writing two more sequels.
One of publishing's brightest beacons in 2008 was The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (No. 19 this week), whose fortunes were boosted when Oprah Winfrey picked the debut novel for her book club. Author David Wroblewski has been signed by Ecco to write the second book in what will be a trilogy about the Sawtelle clan and its dogs. Book 2 will center on John Sawtelle, the family patriarch.
Wroblewski, 49, isn't setting any publication dates. (It took him more than a decade to write Edgar Sawtelle.) He's calling the series "a triptych. I think of these stories as somewhat loosely coupled but intersecting." He is also editing a 2010 non-fiction anthology highlighting new research into the relationship between dogs and people. Any canine advice for the Obama family? "I think a mutt is a great choice."
Let's hope it doesn't take him another decade to deliver the next manuscript in the series.
