Lian Hearn

Lian Hearn studied modern languages at Oxford University and worked in London before settling in Australia. A lifelong interest in Japan led to the study of the Japanese language and many trips to Japan. This fascination culminated in Lian writing Across the Nightingale Floor which is the first in the Tales of the Otori series. Grass for his PillowBrilliance of the Moon and The Harsh Cry of the Heron follow. This series has been sold into 36 territories and has sales of two million copies. Film rights have been sold to Universal Studios for Kennedy Marshall. Lian Hearn has also written as Gillian Rubinstein.

 

Lian Hearn studied modern languages at Oxford University and worked in London before settling in Australia. A lifelong interest in Japan led to the study of the Japanese language and many trips to Japan. This fascination culminated in Lian writing Across the Nightingale Floor which is the first in the Tales of the Otori series. Grass for his PillowBrilliance of the Moon and The Harsh Cry of the Heron follow. This series has been sold into 36 territories and has sales of two million copies. Film rights have been sold to Universal Studios for Kennedy Marshall. Lian Hearn has also written as Gillian Rubinstein.

 

Books Published

The Harsh Cry of the Heron

Hodder (Sydney) - 2006

The Storyteller and His Three Daughters

Hachette Australia

Sydney - 2013

Heaven's Net is Wide

Hodder

Sydney - 2007

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