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Lian Hearn

Legal name:  Rubinstein, Gillian Margaret Hanson

Birth place:  Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

Birth date:  29 August 1942

Language:  English

Bibliographic comments: Only Lian Hearn’s genre titles related to Asia are listed here.

Biographic comments:  

Novels

Emperor of the Eight Islands

2016

<  First US edition, 26 April 2016

FSG Originals

ISBN 978-0-374-53631-2

Trade paperback, xi+251 pages

$14.00 / C$19.50

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'The Tale of Shikanoko' series #1.

  >   Library edition

Autumn Princess, Dragon Child

2016

<  First US edition, 7 June 2016

FSG Originals

ISBN 978-0-374-53632-9

Trade paperback, 267 pages

$14.00 / C$19.50

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'The Tale of Shikanoko' series #2.

  >   Library edition

Lord of the Darkwood

2016

<  First US edition, 9 August 2016

FSG Originals

ISBN 978-0-374-53633-6

Trade paperback, 220 pages

$13.00 / $18.00

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'The Tale of Shikanoko' series #3.

  >   Library edition

The Tengu’s Game of Go

2016

<  First US edition, 27 September 2016

FSG Originals

ISBN 978-0-374-53634-3

Trade paperback, 235 pages

$13.00

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'The Tale of Shikanoko' series #4.

  >   Library edition

Across the Nightingale Floor

2002

<  1st US edition, September 2002

Riverhead Books

ISBN 1-57322-225-9

Hardcover, 287 pages

$24.95

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' series #1.

Grass for His Pillow

2003

<  1st US edition, August 2003

Picador

ISBN 1-57322-251-8

Hardcover, 20+292 pages

$24.95

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' series #2.

Brilliance of the Moon

2004

< January 2017 edition

Picador

ISBN 978-1-5098-3782-3

Trade paperback, 368 pages

£7.99

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' series #3.

The Harsh Cry of the Heron

2006

< April 2017 edition

Picador

ISBN 978-1-5098-3779-3

Trade paperback, 640 pages

£7.99

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' series #4.

Heaven’s Net Is Wide

2007

< April 2017 edition

Picador

ISBN 978-1-5098-3779-3

Trade paperback, 640 pages

£7.99

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' series #5 / prequel.

  •  Winner of the 2007 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

Orphan Warriors

2020

< December 2020 edition

Ligature

ISBN 978-1-925883-36-7

Trade paperback, 300 pages

£13.99

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'Children of the Otori' series #1.

  •  Winner of the 2022 Imaginaire Award for Best Foreign Young Adult Novel.

Sibling Assassins

2020

< December 2020 edition

Ligature

ISBN 978-1-925883-35-0

Trade paperback, 274 pages

£13.99

Notes:

  •  'Tales of the Otori' / 'Children of the Otori' series #2.