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    Lian Tanner: The Keepers Trilogy

    It has been an exciting twelve months for Tasmanian children’s author, Lian Tanner, as these items from the Publishers Lunch website show:

    June 5, 2009
    Children’s: Fantasy

    Lian Tanner’s Museum of Thieves, the first in a trilogy about a young girl who escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary living Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she meets up with an eccentric cast of characters and evolves into a courageous and resourceful heroine who saves her city from destruction, to Michelle Poploff at Delacorte, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Jill Grinberg of Jill Grinberg Literary Management, on behalf of Margaret Connolly (NA).

    January, 2010

    Hachette India has signed a trilogy of children’s books, The Keepers, a fantasy tale by Lian Tanner that takes Goldie Roth, a brave girl from the tyrannical city of Jewel, on a thrilling journey of destiny and danger.

    The three-book deal for the Indian subcontinent was negotiated by Vatsala Kaul Banerjee, Editorial Director, Hachette India, for an undisclosed sum with Margaret Connolly, the author’s Australian agent. This is the first international book or series to be acquired while still at the manuscript stage by an Indian children’s publisher.

    Earlier, Jill Grinberg, handling US rights on behalf of the author and Margaret Connolly, had accepted a handsome six-figure offer from Random House/Delacorte for North American rights. Allen and Unwin won a tough Australian auction that included translation rights. The German rights have recently been sold to Arena Verlag.

    The first book, Museum of Thieves, is scheduled for international publication in fall 2010.

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