‘Glee’-ful: Chris Colfer has multi-book deal, plans 2 more ‘Land of Stories’ volumes

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FILE - In this Saturday, May 11, 2013, file photo, actor Chris Colfer arrives at Wango Tango 2013 at The Home Depot Center, in Carson, Calif. Publisher Little, Brown and Company said Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, that Colfer, the actor best known for his role in “Glee,” has a multi-book deal. Colfer has two more “Land of Stories” installments planned, the fourth and fifth of his best-selling middle grade series, coming in July 2015 and July 2016. Both are currently untitled. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Chris Colfer is planning many return trips to the Land of Stories.

Publisher Little, Brown and Company said Monday the actor best known for “Glee” has a multi-book deal. Colfer has two more “Land of Stories” installments planned, the fourth and fifth of his bestselling middle grade series, coming in July 2015 and July 2016. Both are currently untitled.

He also has agreed to write two picture books based on the “Land of Stories” characters and two companion volumes to the series that will be included in a holiday box set scheduled for next year.

The 24-year-old Colfer also is working on a novel for teens, a coming-of-age story about a young actor and his fans on “a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country road trip.”

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