Book deal for 1D fan fiction

Publishers Simon and Schuster have signed a six-figure deal for a series of novels based on "sexual" stories written online by a One Direction fan about her fantasy romance with singer Harry Styles.

Anna Todd published the stories, called After, on an online sharing site for writers where they have been read millions of times.

She said the books, which contain “detailed sexual scenes” and “explicit language”, are a trilogy that “tells the story of Tessa Young, an optimistic freshman at Washington State University, and the dark, troubled guy who has stolen her heart”.