An English manor house in the 1920s. Part love story, part mystery — a young poet commits suicide right before a plush society party. The only witnesses are a pair of sisters: one is engaged to the poet; the other may or may not be his lover. They become estranged. At 29, debut novelist Kate Morton is breaking records in her native Australia with advances for The Shifting Fog and her second novel approaching $1 million, with foreign rights sold in eleven countries and a film deal likely, according to The Australian. Jealous?
Record-breaking Aussie Book Deal
Posted by Anneli Rufus at 1:22 pm, Friday, June 16, 2006