The Ending Writes Itself
by V.E. Schwab, Evelyn Clarke, Cat Clarke· 2026
Set on a private island in Scotland, this locked-room mystery pitches six mid-list writers against each other in a high-stakes competition to write the perfect ending to a dead author's unfinished manuscript.
Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives.
‘This is a house of novelists, not murderers. You dream up crimes. You don’t commit them.’ ‘But a writer has. And so, who better than a writer to catch them?’
World famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself.
Fletch’s publisher, Merriweather Press, has invited six authors to Fletch’s private island in Scotland. Authors whose books have never had the big marketing budgets or publicity opportunities. In other words, midlist. And they’re about to be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.
Whoever writes a worthy ending will receive one million dollars, and a further one million dollars for a new three-book contract.
They have just seventy-two hours, with no access to the outside world, just a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write…
Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.
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Set on a private island in Scotland, this locked-room mystery pitches six mid-list writers against each other in a high-stakes competition to write the perfect ending to a dead author's unfinished manuscript. Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives. ‘This is a house of novelists, not murderers. You dream up crimes. You don’t commit them.’ ‘But a writer has. And so, who better than a writer to catch them?’ World famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. Fletch’s publisher, Merriweather Press, has invited six authors to Fletch’s private island in Scotland. Authors whose books have never had the big marketing budgets or publicity opportunities. In other words, midlist. And they’re about to be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Whoever writes a worthy ending will receive one million dollars, and a further one million dollars for a new three-book contract. They have just seventy-two hours, with no access to the outside world, just a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write… Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.
