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Sarah A. Parker

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Sarah is an international bestselling autho?r who? grew up on a farm in New Zealand, where she spent her days getting lost amongst the rolling pasture, building forts in the hedge, climbing trees, and exploring the forest pathways - making up elaborate stories that never lost their grip on her. ?She now lives in Australia with her husband?, dog, three children, and countless plants, and spends her days pouring her stories onto paper rather than throwing them to the wind. Her genre of choice is epic fantasy romance, and she thrives off dreaming up? real, ??complex characters?? and immersive worlds to get lost amongst.

Madeleine Thien

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Madeleine Thien was born in Vancouver. She is the author of the story collection (2001) , and three novels, (2011) , shortlisted for Berlin's International Literature Prize and winner of the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis; and (2016) , about musicians studying Western classical music at the Shanghai Conservatory in the 1960s, and about the legacy of the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations. Her books and stories are published in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, and have been translated into 25 languages. won the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize, the 2016 Governor-General's Literary Award...