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The Phantasmic Detective Agency
By Julian Leatherdale Illustrated by David Allan ISBN: 9780648194538 Published by Eagle Books, an imprint of Christmas Press Publication date: April 30 2020 RRP: $19.99 The Phantasmic Detective Agency is a gripping, original historical fantasy adventure novel for readers 10+. With bucketloads of colourful history, all the magic of the theatre and excitement galore, The Phantasmic Detective Agency is a cavalcade of imaginative steampunk delight! (Michael Pryor) Find out more about the book here: https://eaglebooksadventure.com/the-phantasmic-detective-agency/ Available in all good bookshops around Australia. You can also buy the book online here. |
About the author:
Julian Leatherdale was a novelist, scriptwriter and playwright. His theatre work includes four comedy cabarets, two musicals (Alex in Videoland and The Golem of Prague), a monologue for Breaking Bread and the black comedy The Man Who Became Santa. He wrote animation scripts for children’s TV with SquareZero, London and researched and co-wrote two Film Australia-ABC TV history documentaries The Forgotten Force and Return to Sandakan. His adult historical fiction novels are Palace of Tears (A&U, 2015 and Harper Collins Germany, 2016), The Opal Dragonfly (A&U, 2018), and Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club(A&U, 2020). He lived in the Blue Mountains with his family. The Phantasmic Detective Agency is his first novel for young readers.