Lian Tanner

Lian Tanner
Born (1951-03-17) 17 March 1951 (age 73)
Tasmania, Australia
OccupationWriter
Period2009–present
GenreChildren's fiction
Website
liantanner.com.au

Lian Tanner (born 17 March 1951 in Tasmania, Australia[1]) is an Australian children's author who lives in southern Tasmania.[2]

Tanner is the author of the fantasy Keepers trilogy of children's books. Museum of Thieves the first book in the series was published in 2010. It has been published in Australia, the US and India and translated into German, Turkish, Chinese characters, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian.[3]

Prior to writing fiction Tanner held a number of jobs including as a teacher in Australia and Papua New Guinea. She has also worked as a journalist, editor and an actor.[3] Tanner was in the feminist folk band The Ovarian Sisters in the 1970s and 80s.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Tanner, Lian". Library of Congress Name Authority File. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Lian Tanner: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Museum of Thieves: The Keepers 1 - Lian Tanner". Allen & Unwin - Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "What do a crime solving chicken and a 1970s feminist folk band have in common?". ABC Radio. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ THE OVARIAN SISTERS 'Beat Your Breasts' (full album), retrieved 11 December 2021