After January

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Nick Earls popular first young adult novel, After January , now re-released with the story, 'Juliet' that started it all. Originally published separately, 'Juliet' is the prequel to Alex's journey into the summer that changed everything and is now included, for the first time, with the novel After January . "It's though the future is held here. Held at bay, held at more than arm's length. Held just beyond my reach all the long days of summer. And the waiting is everywhere ..." This January is different. School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his tertiary offer only seventeen days away. The waiting is killing him. He's not expecting much from January. So he's not ready for the girl who cuts past him on a wave. Not at all prepared for her perfect balance, her compelling green eyes and gold skin. January is about to change.

Nick Earls is the author of novels including The Fix, Zigzag Street, Bachelor Kisses, The True Story of Butterfish and Perfect Skin and the collection of short stories Welcome to Normal. His work has been published internationally in English and in translation. Zigzag Street won a Betty Trask Award in the UK in 1998, and Perfect Skin was the only novel nominated for an Australian Comedy Award in 2003. 48 Shades of Brown was awarded Book of the Year (older readers) by the Children's Book Council of Australia in 2000, and in the US it was a Kirkus Reviews selection in its books of the year for 2004. 48 Shades of Brown and Perfect Skin have been adapted into feature films, with Solo un Padre, the film adapted from the Italian edition of Perfect Skin, a top-ten box office hit in Italy in 2008. After January, 48 Shades of Brown, Zigzag Street and Perfect Skin have all been successfully adapted for theatre, and the Zigzag Street play toured nationally in 2005. The True Story of Butterfish was also performed as a play. He recently published a collection of stories Welcome to Normal and a novel Analogue Men.