Lian Tanner

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Lian Tanner
Born (1951-03-17) 17 March 1951 (age 72)
Tasmania, Australia
OccupationWriter
Period2009–present
Genre Children's fiction
Website
liantanner.com.au

Lian Tanner (born 17 March 1951 in Tasmania, Australia [1] ) is an Australian children's author who lives in southern Tasmania. [2]

Contents

Tanner is the author of the fantasy Keepers trilogy of children's books. Museum of Thieves the first book in the series was published in 2010. It has been published in Australia, the US and India and translated into German, Turkish, Chinese characters, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian. [3]

Prior to writing fiction Tanner held a number of jobs including as a teacher in Australia and Papua New Guinea. She has also worked as a journalist, editor and an actor. [3] Tanner was in the feminist folk band The Ovarian Sisters in the 1970s and 80s. [4] [5]

Awards

Tanner's book Museum of Thieves attracted a number of accolades. It won the 2010 Aurealis Award Excellence in Fiction: Children's Long Fiction, [6] was a Notable Book in the 2011 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the 2010 Australian Independent Booksellers' Award and the Australian Speech Pathologists' Award. [6] In addition Museum of Thieves was selected by Bank Street Children's Book Committee as one of the Best Children's Books of the Year. It was one of the "50 Books You Can’t Put Down" in the 2011 Australian "Get Reading!" Campaign, [7] and was named as a "White Raven" by the International Youth Library in Munich. [8] [9]

City of Lies, the second book in the Keepers trilogy, won the 2011 Aurealis Award for Children's Fiction. In 2020 Tanner and illustrator Jonathan Bentley won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Ella and the Ocean. [10] Tanner won the 2021 Children's crime novel Davitt Award for A Clue for Clara. [11]

Books

The Keepers series:

The Hidden series:

The Rogues trilogy:

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References

  1. ↑ "Tanner, Lian". Library of Congress Name Authority File. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lian Tanner: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Museum of Thieves: The Keepers 1 - Lian Tanner". Allen & Unwin - Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "What do a crime solving chicken and a 1970s feminist folk band have in common?". ABC Radio. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ↑ THE OVARIAN SISTERS 'Beat Your Breasts' (full album) , retrieved 11 December 2021
  6. 1 2 CircleSoft. "Museum of Thieves (#1 The Keepers)". The Women's Bookshop. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "50 Books You Can't Put Down 2011". Better Reading. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ↑ says, Romi (22 March 2011). "Aurealis Award Shortlist - and White Ravens · Lian Tanner". Lian Tanner. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lian Tanner". Book Series in Order. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Davitt Awards winners announced". Books+Publishing. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2004). Rats!. Lothian. ISBN   0734406606.
  13. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2019). Ella and the Ocean. illustrated by Jonathan Bentley. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9781760633691. OCLC   1110722590.
  14. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2020). A Clue for Clara. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9781760877699. OCLC   1154423898.
  15. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2022). Rita's Revenge. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin Childrens Books. ISBN   978-1-76106-600-9. OCLC   1317747911.
  16. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2010). Museum of thieves. Delacorte Press. ISBN   9780385739054.
  17. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2011). City of Lies. Delacorte Press. ISBN   9780385739061.
  18. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2012). Path of beasts. Delacorte Press. ISBN   978-0385907705.
  19. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2013). Ice Breaker 1. Allen&Unwin. ISBN   9781743314340.
  20. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2014). Sunker's Deep. 2. ISBN   9781743435427.
  21. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2016). Fetcher's song. A & U Children. ISBN   9781743319420.
  22. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2018). Battlesong. Faber & Faber. ISBN   978-1250158710.
  23. ↑ Tanner, Lian. "Are Fetcher's Song and Battlesong the same... — Lian Tanner Q&A". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018. yes, they're the same book. (comment by author)
  24. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2017). Accidental Heroes. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9781760293529. OCLC   999396579.
  25. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2018). Secret Guardians. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9781760293536. OCLC   1043087606.
  26. ↑ Tanner, Lian (2019). Haunted Warriors: The Rogues 3. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9781760293543. OCLC   1111182835.
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