She also presented the 2016 Inter-School Readers’ Cup for the Sunshine Coast region (on behalf of the Children’s Book Council of Australia). Lynette Noni Akarnae (The Medoran Chronicles Book 1): Medoran Chronicles Book 1 Paperback 1 February 2015 by Lynette Noni (Author) 757 ratings Book 1 of 6: Medoran Chronicles See all formats and editions Kindle 6.64 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 43.68 10 New from 38. Lynette’s engaging author talks and writing workshops make her a sought after presenter for schools, both local and interstate, and for National Youth Week activities. She is the author of the bestselling YA fantasy series, The Medoran Chroncles, as well as a second YA series (the first book entitled Whisper) which was released internationally in 2018.Ī regular panelist at national and local events, Lynette has featured at Sydney Writers’ Festival, Emerging Writers’ Festival (as part of the National Writers’ Conference), Supanova Pop Culture Exhibition, GenreCon, the National Young Writers’ Festival, Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, Voices on the Coast, and the Australian National Speculative Fiction Convention. Having studied both journalism and academic writing at university, Lynette Noni completed a degree in human behaviour before venturing into the world of fiction.
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Henry-esque plot twists will delight fans of classic horror like The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt, or modern masters like filmmaker M. But from that day on, his luck changes and the numbers bring him only bad luck, sending him inexorably into an abyss that he might not recover from. The man goes in search of the woman and the money. Otts often wordless comics feature a dark, grim atmosphere he works mainly with cutters and scratchboard. His comics have been published in German-speaking countries, France, the United States, Spain, Denmark, Italy and other places. He gets to know a woman, falls in love with her, and one night, in a casino, he wins a huge amount of money when gambling on these numbers.īut the next morning, the woman and money have disappeared. Thomas Ott (born 10 June 1966) is a Swiss comic artist. And the numbers signal a radical change in his luck. 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Polo's mother died when he was young, and his father and uncle, successful jewel merchants Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, were in Asia for much of Polo's youth. Although he was born to a wealthy Venetian merchant family, much of Polo’s childhood was spent parentless, and he was raised by an extended family. Around 1292, he left China, acting as escort along the way to a Mongol princess who was being sent to Persia. Polo traveled extensively with his family, journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295 and remaining in China for 17 of those years. Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer known for the book The Travels of Marco Polo, which describes his voyage to and experiences in Asia. At its core, it was still the story of a girl wanting to forge her own path and find love. When I read Hans Christian Andersen, I was mesmerized by its dark beauty – I loved discovering that the tale I’d grown up thinking I knew was so much more sinister than I originally thought. What was your favorite part of either story, and how did they influence you when writing To Kill a Kingdom? It’s easy to see your love of the classic tale of The Little Mermaid in this book, both the Disney and the original Hans Christian Andersen version. Read on to learn about the inspiration for her first published book, scenes that had to be cut from the book, and even whom she would cast if the book were ever made into a film! This book is available now from Fierce Reads, and MuggleNet jumped at the chance to read a review copy and to also provide a copy to one lucky reader! We also seized the opportunity to interview the author of this darkly beautiful and twisted tale, Alexandra Christo. To Kill a Kingdom presents an alternative telling of The Little Mermaid, one much darker than we’ve ever seen before. 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Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store-for both of us. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.ĭaniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romanceĭon’t you love when you give a book a try, even when your expectations are low, and end up loving it? I certainly do and that’s what happened to me this time. |