Rebecca Lim
1986
Rebecca Lim is the noteworthy author and illustrator of the young adult, science fiction, fantasy, and children’s book genres. She hails from Melbourne, Australia and has written a number of successful novels in her writing career. Before becoming a novelist, Rebecca used to work as a commercial lawyer. She continued with the profession for several years after her education. When she developed her interest in writing novels, she left the job as a lawyer and went on to become a full time writer. Rebecca has written a total of 16 books in her career for the young adult readers as well as children. For her excellent writing styles in her successful novels, she has been nominated for a few prestigious awards. She was the finalist for the Aurealis award and the Davitt award. Many of her novels have been translated into a number of foreign languages like French, German, Portuguese, Polish, and Turkish. Rebecca’s excellent works have been included in the long run of several other awards like Gold Inky Award, CBCA Book of the Year Award, and the David Gemmell Legend Award. The novels written by author Rebecca Lim have been divided into a couple of series, Mercy and Whiffy Newton. The Mercy series written by her consists of a total of 4 novels published between the years 2010 and 2012. All the novels of the series depict the main characters, Mercy and Ryan. The first novel of the series was published under the title ‘Mercy’. It was published by the HarperCollins publishing house in the year 2010. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, Mercy is depicted as waking up on a school bus which was bound for Paradise, a tiny town.