Sniff and Scurry are being normal mice and are frantically searching for the cheese. Eventually, one of them deals with it successfully and writes what he has learned from his experience on the Maze walls.

In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change. The “Maze” is where you look for what you want- the organization you work in, your family, or community you live in. “Cheese” is a metaphor for what you want to have in life-whether it is a good job, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind. It is about 2 mice, Sniff and Scurry, and 2 “Littlepeople” – beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson.

How will businesses survive? Do I need to change my processes? What will the next 6 months bring for businesses and our health? I don’t know the answers to most of these questions, but I recently read a book that has opened my eyes and thoughts. There are many things going through my mind. As his publisher of 20 years we are immensely proud of the part we have played in helping him become one of the most influential self-help authors of all time.As I write this, we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Johnson is sadly missed but he leaves behind an impressive legacy that will continue to inspire generations of readers for years to come. He inspired millions of people with his characters searching for cheese in the maze and we are sure Out of the Maze will become a new classic.

Susanna Abbott, publishing director of Vermilion, said: 'The publication of Spencer Johnson’s new fable is going to be a major international event. The deal for UK and Commonwealth rights was done by Susanna Abbott, publishing director of Vermilion, with Tom Dussel at Portfolio, Penguin Random House US. It publishes on 4th September, alongside Portfolio in the US, as a £9.99 hardback and coincides with the 20th anniversary of Who Moved My Cheese?. It went on to sell more than 28 million copies worldwide.Įbury has promised the sequel to the book will be 'a major international event'.

Johnson, who died last July, wrote the blockbuster Who Moved My Cheese? in 1998. The parable - featuring two mice, 'Sniff' and 'Scurry', and two little people, 'Hem' and 'Haw' - is about embracing change, and grew out of a story Johnson had told family and friends and used in speeches. The posthumous sequel, entitled Out of the Maze, includes many of the characters from the original self-help phenomenon and will help readers learn how to adapt their beliefs and achieve better results in any field. Vermilion has acquired a new fable by Spencer Johnson, author of Ebury’s all-time bestseller Who Moved My Cheese?

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