在最新的卡通人物大战中，原本扯不上关系的斯蒂芬妮·梅尔和JK罗琳将化身女主角进行PK。两名畅销书作者预计会在年底来一次“正面交锋”，因为她们的卡通传记小说都排在了那时发行。

身着紫色露肩礼服，颈戴金色项链，罗琳的卡通形象似乎比身着V字领的套头外衣的梅尔更加迷人。这两本卡通书将分别于12月和11月由美国发行商Bluewater Productions发行，如此的（造型）安排是否会更加吸引读者就要届时才见分晓了。

罗琳的卡通自传将延续她的“平民富翁传奇”，Bluewater 表示，故事将由她在中产阶级家庭的成长历程讲起，包括她在葡萄牙教授英语的经历以及她如何“迅速蹿红”成为畅销书作家圈中的一员。作者Adam Gragg说罗琳是一位“杰出并且多面的女人”。“了解她是怎样的人、她是如何奋斗并取得成功使人深受启迪，”他说，“她曾被12位出版商拒之门外，要不是有一位英国出版商的女儿喜欢《哈利波特与魔法石》的第一章，我们可能就见不到哈利波特了。”

Bluewater 的总裁 Darren G Davis说，梅尔的故事将由一个吸血鬼来讲述，口吻将“十分有趣、恭敬并且独特”。

目前，该出版商正在为其卡通书系列挑选另外两名知名女性作家，出版商表示他们将在托妮·莫里森（Toni Morrison）、安·兰德（Ayn Rand）、玛格丽特·阿特伍德（ Margaret Atwood）、 乌苏拉·勒奎恩（Ursula LeGuin）、 哈珀·李（Harper Lee）、安妮·赖斯（Anne Rice）、碧翠丝.波特（Beatrix Potter）和弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫（Virginia Woolf）之中进行选择。这些书将被当做是其“女性力量”系列的一部分发行，此前该系列已经出版了莎拉·佩林、米歇尔·奥巴马和希拉里·克林顿的卡通传记。

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The latest in comic book warfare pits two unlikely heroines against each other: JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer. The bestselling authors are set to go head-to-head at the end of the year, when graphic novel biographies of each writer are lined up for publication.

Dressed in a purple off-the-shoulder dress and a golden necklace, Rowling's comic persona is somewhat more glamorous than that of Meyer, who sports a grey v-neck jumper. Whether this will prove more enticing to readers of the comics, which are scheduled for release in December and November respectively by US publisher Bluewater Productions, remains to be seen.

The Rowling graphic biography will follow her "rags to riches story", said Bluewater, from her middle-class upbringing, to her time in Portugal teaching English and her "meteoric rise" to bestsellerdom. Author Adam Gragg said Rowling was "a remarkable and multi-dimensional woman". "Learning about who she is and how she struggled to become a success was a truly enlightening experience," he said. "Twelve publishers turned her down. If it weren't for the daughter of a British publisher who liked Rowling's first chapter of Philosopher's Stone, we might never have met Harry Potter."

Meyer's story, meanwhile, will be narrated by a vampire "in a very fun, respectful and unique way", according to Bluewater president Darren G Davis.

The publisher is currently in the process of selecting two other prominent female authors for its comic book series, and said it was deliberating between Toni Morrison, Ayn Rand, Margaret Atwood, Ursula LeGuin, Harper Lee, Anne Rice, Beatrix Potter and Virginia Woolf. The books are being published as part of its Female Force series, which has already featured biographies of Sarah Palin, Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton.

 

 

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