The series will release internationally under the Disney publishing imprint. Each darkly romantic story will feature a different infamous villain years before their big-screen debuts, and will tell their heartbreaking journeys of first love. In 2020, Lorie was selected by DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE to write a three-book young adult villain series.

Olivia Twist has been contracted for film development by Lonetree Entertainment. In 2018, Chapters Interactive Stories developed her Doon series into a ‘choose your own ending’ mobile video game. Lorie Langdon is an Amazon best-selling author of YA novels such as: the Doon Series, Gilt Hollow, and Olivia Twist, which has received a starred review from Booklist Magazine and was picked up by Target Stores across the nation.

Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the “proper” life she has built for her herself, while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn’t like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future. Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Why is a society girl helping a bunch of homeless orphan thieves? Even more intriguing, why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew? Jack finds himself wondering if going legit and risking it all might be worth it for love. When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger, and that he and his “aunt” are robbing them blind every chance they get. Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London’s East End to become the adopted “nephew” of a society matron.

But she can’t seem to escape her past … or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble to survive. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress.

Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon