by Lian Tanner
With each book published, I find myself thanking mostly the same people, which is as it should be, because they contribute so much to the process, and to my life as an author. So, as always, many thanks to Peter Matheson, my first reader, for his generous critiques, to Kate Whitfield, who continues to be an insightful and amazing editor, and to my stalwart agent, Margaret Connolly, for her encouragement and wise advice.
Thanks once again to Sher Rill Ng and designer Joanna Hunt for the brilliant cover.
And for the first time, thanks to Anna McFarlane, my new publisher at Allen & Unwin, for embracing Duckling and Pummel so enthusiastically.
Lian Tanner has worked as a teacher, a tourist bus driver, a freelance journalist, a juggler, a professional actor and an editor. She has been dynamited while scuba diving and arrested while busking. She once spent a week in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, searching for a Japanese soldier left over from the Second World War. It took her a while to realise that all this was preparation for becoming a writer. Nowadays Lian lives by the sea in southern Tasmania with a handsome tomcat called Harry-le-beau, and a bountiful garden.
PRAISE FOR THE ROGUES
‘Lian Tanner returns her readers to the world of the Keepers, but delivers a new adventure/fantasy brimming with likeable characters and a page-turning plot.’
The Age
‘Lots of fun … Action, adventure, and wild magic await readers aged 9 to 13 who are looking for something different in their fantasy.’
Reading Time
‘A wonderfully gripping tale with believable characters and interesting twists … all the key ingredients of another spellbinding adventure.’
Books + Publishing
‘The Rogues is a delight. Thrilling, mysterious and highly original, with characters who breathe warmth and humour into every page.’
Jaclyn Moriarty
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