Are you ready for yet more Twilight mania? Author Stephenie Meyer releases her first book in two years

Her Twilight books are already a global phenomenon to rival Harry Potter. Now booksellers are bracing themselves for a new wave of hysteria after publishers revealed author Stephenie Meyer is releasing her first new work for two years. Thousands are expected to queue overnight to be the first to get their hands on her novella The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner.

Breaking her silence: Twilight author Stephenie Meyer is releasing her first book for two years. The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner will be published in June

It will be published in June and is expected to be the biggest-selling novel of the year. The book will follow the life of Bree, a vampire character that features in the third Twilight title, Eclipse. She forms part of the vampire army which rises up against Twilight’s heroes Bella Swan, who is human, and Edward Cullen and his family, who are ‘vegetarian’ vampires. The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner will be published at 5.05am on June 5 as a hardback priced at £11.99. An e-book will also be available on June 5 from 11am. It is expected many fans will dress up as characters and camp out at stores in a bid to get the book as soon as possible. Miss Meyer is also placing her 192-page novella on a dedicated website, www.breetanner.com, from June 7 to July 5, for fans from around the world to view the story in English in a 'read only' format. Fang-tastic news: In Eclipse, Bree Tanner will rise up against Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), both pictured ‘I'd always considered The Short Second Life Of Bree Tanner as something for the fans,’ said Miss Meyer. ‘They have been so supportive of all things Twilight.’ Publishing insiders have described the Twilight series as the ‘new’ Harry Potter because of the huge sales and interest. Miss Meyer's books have sold more than 45million copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages, with teenagers and children particular fans. The first three books in the franchise Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse have been adapted into films - Eclipse will be out in cinemas in July. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were plucked from obscurity to play Swan and Cullen but have become global stars. ‘A new Twilight Saga book from Stephenie Meyer, no matter how short, is the best news in the world for her legions of fans, and great news for bookshops everywhere - this could be the biggest-selling book of the year,' said Waterstone's children's buyer Sarah Clarke.