Lian Hearn

Lian Hearn is widely recognized for her Tales of the Otori series, which blends historical fiction with fantasy elements set in a feudal Japan-inspired world.

The Tales of the Otori series should be read in the following order: Across the Nightingale Floor, Grass for His Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon, The Harsh Cry of the Heron, and Heaven's Net is Cast Wide.

Lian Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubinstein, who also writes children's books under her real name.

Across the Nightingale Floor, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was adapted into a BBC Radio 4 drama.