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Klapperschlange
News | Posted by Carole on Tuesday 28 November 2006
I have just heard that Dragonkeeper (or Huterin des Drachen) has won the German Kalbacher Klapperschlange award. This is my first award outside Australia, so it is very exciting. It’s hard to find out how my books are going overseas, very hard to get sales figures etc. So it is wonderful news.
Klapperschlange means ‘rattlesnake’ and the award is the only German children’s choice award. The winner is selected by a panel of 150 children aged 8 to 13. Previous winners have been fellow dragon-writers Cornelia Funke and Christopher Paolini. I’m looking forward to getting my trophy which I believe is in the shape of a snake!
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Garden in the UK
News | Posted by Carole on Tuesday 14 November 2006
I’ve been getting a few emails from UK readers who are wondering when Garden of the Purple Dragon will be out in that part of the world. Macmillan tell me that it will be out in February next year, along with the paperback edition of Dragonkeeper.
Meanwhile I have to have a second draft of Dragon Moon finished by Christmas. It was all going well until my publisher pointed out a glaring plot flaw in the first draft (not so glaring that I noticed it!). After getting over the cold sweats thinking about ‘what if it had gone to press like that?’, I now have to fix it. Anyone who thinks that having your book edited is a painful process is CRAZY!
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Overseas and alternate covers
Website | Posted by Webmaster on Sunday 5 November 2006
Just a quick note to say that the overseas and alternate covers for Dragonkeeper, Garden of the Purple Dragon, Black Snake, Ramose: Prince in Exile, Ramose and the Tomb Robbers, Ramose: Sting of the Scorpion and Ramose: Wrath of Ra have now been added to the website.