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Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Liana was the inaugural winner of the Hachette Mentoring Program and was mentored by New York Times best-selling novelist, Sean Williams. Most recently, she was a writer’s room consultant on the Australian Broadcasting Network Television dramedy ‘White Fever’ about a Korean-adoptee attempting to ‘decolonise her libido’ now streaming on ABC iView.
Her debut novel, WHEN THE BLUE MOON WAKES (book 1 of the Celestial Lore trilogy), was supported in its early stages of development by the prestigious Wheelers Centre for Writing’s Kat Muscat Fellowship for its themes of DEFIANCE, EMPATHY and FEMINISM. With this fellowship, Liana was able to conduct in-country research into the story’s history, mythology, and setting. UK&C rights were snapped up by Bonnier UK and the trilogy will also be published in Australia and New Zealand by Bonnier imprint Echo.
She lives in Melbourne with her partner-in-crime, who also happens to be a creative artist (actor), and their delightful fur-baby who keeps them sane.
(Photo credit: Leah Jing McIntosh)
Represented By: Sallyanne Sweeney
Liana was the inaugural winner of the Hachette Mentoring Program and was mentored by New York Times best-selling novelist, Sean Williams. Most recently, she was a writer’s room consultant on the Australian Broadcasting Network Television dramedy ‘White Fever’ about a Korean-adoptee attempting to ‘decolonise her libido’ now streaming on ABC iView.
Her debut novel, WHEN THE BLUE MOON WAKES (book 1 of the Celestial Lore trilogy), was supported in its early stages of development by the prestigious Wheelers Centre for Writing’s Kat Muscat Fellowship for its themes of DEFIANCE, EMPATHY and FEMINISM. With this fellowship, Liana was able to conduct in-country research into the story’s history, mythology, and setting. UK&C rights were snapped up by Bonnier UK and the trilogy will also be published in Australia and New Zealand by Bonnier imprint Echo.
She lives in Melbourne with her partner-in-crime, who also happens to be a creative artist (actor), and their delightful fur-baby who keeps them sane.
(Photo credit: Leah Jing McIntosh)
Author: Liana Kim Skrzypczak
Genre: Genre Fiction
The first in the CELESTIAL LORE trilogy, this epic fantasy set in Ancient Korea follows protagonist Shin’s heroine’s journey from low-born Riverland girl to accidental imperial palace infiltrator after she assumes her male childhood friend’s identity for survival.
Along the way, she harnesses her matrilineal aquatic powers and teams with the palace’s other misfits to save the crown prince and protect the three Kingdoms from political despoliation.
Featuring folklore, myths and legendary creatures, When the Blue Moon Wakes is an ode to a turbulent and lesser known period in Korea’s vast and fascinating history.
For fans of R.F. Kuang’s THE POPPY WAR, S.L. Huang’s THE WATER OUTLAWS and Samantha Shannon’s THE PRIORIY OF THE ORANGE TREE. Retells Korean history and mythology with lyricism, originality and feeling, making it ideal supplementary reading to Hwang Sok-Yung’s PRINCESS BARI.