Actor-musician Jason Segel working on middle-grade book series set in haunted town

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jason Segel is becoming an author.

The star of the TV series “How I Met Your Mother” and “Freaks and Geeks” has a deal with Random House Children’s Books for a middle-grade series set in a haunted town. The series is called “Nightmares!” and will debut in the fall of 2014.

Random House announced Wednesday that bestselling children’s author Kirsten Miller will collaborate with Segel. The publisher is calling the series a story of kids “overcoming their fears.”

The 33-year-old Segel is also known for the films “Knocked Up” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”

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