Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, is launching a young adult trade paperback imprint called Underlined.
The imprint is a collaboration between Random House Children's Books and Underlined, an online community for YA books and creative writing created by RHCB. Wendy Loggia, senior executive director at Delacorte, will be in charge. The imprint's first title, The Wild by Owen Laukkanen, is due out in May, followed by I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre in June; Escape Room by Maren Stoffels in July; and The Game by Linsey Miller in August.
"Watching how our streaming culture has increased the expectation for fast delivery of content, we wanted to reach teens in a similar way," said Beverly Horowitz, senior v-p and publisher of Delacorte Press. "Our new line of Underlined books will be published on a rapid, regular schedule, delivering highly commercial, portable and affordable reads under the recognizable and trusted Underlined brand."