Lian Hearn

Lian Hearn's well-loved Tales of the Otori series, beginning with ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR, has sold over four million copies internationally. Her recent novel, BLOSSOMS AND SHADOWS, about life in Japan in the 1850s, also sold widely around the world. Lian has made many trips to Japan and has studied Japanese. She read Modern Languages at Oxford and worked as an editor and film critic in England before emigrating to Australia.

Previous Books: BLOSSOMS AND SHADOWS, HEAVEN'S NET IS WIDE, THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON, BRILLIANCE OF THE MOON, GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW, ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR.