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'Bitter Greens', Kate's latest novel for adults, will be released in April 2012

'Bitter Greens' interweaves the Rapunzel fairytale with the scandalous life of one of the tale's first tellers, Charlotte-Rose de la Force. Moving from Venice in the 16th century to the glittering court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, in the 17th century, 'Bitter Greens' is a story of desire, obsession, black magic and the redemptive power of love.

The novel 'Bitter Greens' makes up the creative component of the doctorate Kate is studying at the University of Technology in Sydney, while Kate will also be writing a dissertation on the way the Maiden in the Tower tale has changed over the centuries.

'The Starkin Crown'

Kate's latest fantasy adventure for children, 'The Starkin Crown' is now available for sale

Set over the twelve days of Yule, 'The Starkin Crown' is a gripping fantasy adventure that tells the tale of Prince Peregrine and his desperate quest to find the lost Spear of the Storm King.

Peregrine must escape through the Perilous Forest in the midst of a wild snowstorm, guided by a white owl, and accompanied by his faithful squire, Jack, and a beautiful starkin girl named Grizelda. They must endure the bitter cold, ambush, betrayal and murder, in a desperate quest to find the lost spear of the Storm King and rescue Peregrine's parents.

'The Starkin Crown' is the third and last book in the children's fantasy series, 'The Chronicles of Estelliana', following 'The Starthorn Tree' and 'The Wildkin's Curse', though it can be read all on its own.

Deborah Abela says: "A rollicking fantasy with three young heroes at the centre, who encounter fearsome beasts, murder, and betrayal in their desperate desire to protect what is right and save the ones they love most".

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