The Distant Hours is the third novel from Australia

Australia

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n author Kate Morton

Kate Morton

Kate Morton is an Australian author, who has enjoyed domestic and international success with her novels The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden. Morton's third novel, The Distant Hours, was published in 2010.-Early life and education:Morton is the eldest of three sisters...

. Published in the UK

United Kingdom

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 by Pan Macmillan, the hardback edition came out in Autumn 2010 and the paperback

Paperback

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 is due to be published in May 2011. The Distant Hours was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller in hardback.

Author Kate Morton

Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia. She has degrees in Dramatic Art and English Literature and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland

University of Queensland

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. Kate lives with her husband and young son in Brisbane

Brisbane

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. Her first novel, The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton

The House at Riverton is the first novel by Australian author Kate Morton, published in the United Kingdom by Pan Macmillan in June 2007. It has been selected as a Summer Read by the Richard & Judy Book Club, and was featured on Channel 4's Richard & Judy Show on Wednesday 18 July 2007....

, won the 2007 Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

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 Summer Read. Her second novel The Forgotten Garden

The Forgotten Garden

The Forgotten Garden is a 2009 novel written by the Australian author Kate Morton. Morton has published four other works that include: The House at Riverton, The Shifting Fog, Miscellanea, and The Distant Hours.-Plot/review:...

was a Sunday Times number one bestseller.

External links

• The Distant Hours on the Kate Morton website, 29 May 2010