Rights to this series sold in USA (Poisoned Pen), France (Univers Poche), Russia (Bookclub 36.6) and Germany (Bertelsman), with ongoing interest from around the world. The thirst for Phryne Fisher is unabated. With each new title, sales figures rise. Recommend energetically to any reader who loves the fun and sexiness of Janet Evanovich and the perfect plots of Agatha Christie. Continued vigorous promotional support for both Kerry Greenwood as author and Phryne as character. Includes appearances by Greenwood at literary festivals and promotion of the website, www.phrynefisher.com.au (where readers can subscribe to receive the latest Phryne Fisher information). Kerry Greenwood is also the author of the sassy new contemporary crime series that began with great sales and wonderful reviews in January '04 with Earthly Delights and has continued in January '05 with Heavenly Pleasures.

Kerry Greenwood is the author of twenty-seven novels and the editor of two collections. Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Cocaine Blues, Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, Death on the Victoria Dock, Blood and Circuses, The Green Mill Murder, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial, Raisins and Almonds, Death Before Wicket, Away with the Fairies, Murder in Montparnasse, The Castlemaine Murders and Queen of the Flowers. She is also the author of several books for young adults and the Delphic Women series. When she is not writing she is an advocate in Magistrates' Court for the Legal Aid Commission. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered Wizard.