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1y
White Tiger
Pymble
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Voyager
,
2006
Z1291056
2006
single work
novel
fantasy
mystery
Kylie Chan creates a fast and furious story balanced between the celestial and the mortal, the powerful and the innocent ...
Emma Donahoe has just started her new job as nanny to Simone, the daughter of John Chen, a very rich Hong Kong businessman. She understands that Simone may be a target for kidnappers but she does not expect to be drawn into a world of martial arts, magic and extreme danger, where both gods and demons can exist in the mortal domain.
When John and his American bodyguard, Leo, teach Emma their particular style of martial arts, they begin to realise that Emma herself is more than she seems ...(Backcover)
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2y
Red Phoenix
Pymble
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Voyager
,
2007
Z1380435
2007
single work
novel
fantasy
'Continuing a fabulous debut fantasy adventure ... a trilogy based on Chinese mythology, set in modern-day Hong Kong, where an ancient god falls in love with a young Australian woman ...Emma's mysterious powers are becoming more apparent as her training with John and Leo enters a new phase. She makes a dangerous pact with the King of the Demons to keep John's beloved daughter Simone safe for the rest of her life. But not even Emma's own family is safe and her parents become hostages to be swapped for John's head by an ambitious and ruthless demon prince. ' (Publication summary)
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3y
Blue Dragon
Pymble
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Voyager
,
2007
Z1451136
2007
single work
novel
fantasy
When Emma's relatives come to visit her, they are totally freaked out by what they learn ... Emma's beloved, John Chen, is a 3000 year old Chinese god. Not only that, John is becoming weaker by the day. Demons pursue him relentlessly, hoping to use Emma, and his child, Simone, as bargaining tools against him. Emma battles to defend Simone as John's energy is drained by the effort of both living in the mortal world and protecting them. (Back cover, Pymble 2007)
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Works about this Work
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Diversity in Fantasy
Stefen Brazulaitis
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 92 no. 4 2013; (p. 28) 'Stefen Brazulaitis spoke to Kylie Chan, author of a fantasy series that began with White Tiger in 2006.' -
With All Due Respect
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 211 2011; (p. 6-7) 'How can a writer write from a perspective outside of their cultural experience, and do it well? Should you write Indigenous stories if you are not of that indigenous culture? Should you appropriate minority groups' experiences if you're not of that minority group? Sharon Dunne investigates.' (p. 6)
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With All Due Respect
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , September no. 211 2011; (p. 6-7) 'How can a writer write from a perspective outside of their cultural experience, and do it well? Should you write Indigenous stories if you are not of that indigenous culture? Should you appropriate minority groups' experiences if you're not of that minority group? Sharon Dunne investigates.' (p. 6)
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Diversity in Fantasy
Stefen Brazulaitis
(interviewer),
2013
single work
interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , February vol. 92 no. 4 2013; (p. 28) 'Stefen Brazulaitis spoke to Kylie Chan, author of a fantasy series that began with White Tiger in 2006.'
Last amended 6 Dec 2007 14:34:29
