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30 May 2011

Oksa is # 10 in Germany!

Oksa is # 10 on the Dein Spiegel bestseller list:

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18 May 2010

Film rights - Communiqué

Bernard Fixot, CEO of EDITIONS XO, and Thierry Desmichelle, CEO of SND, have reached an agreement for the sale of film rights for the OKSA POLLOCK series by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf.

SND, a company which is part of the M6 group, is a shareholder of SUMMIT Entertainment, producers of TWILIGHT.

This branch of the M6 Group has distributed 16 films in movie theaters nationwide in 2009 which have sold over 12.4 million tickets at the box office. This historical success is due not only to the promotion of TWILIGHT with its phenomenal repercussions - a series of films based on nvels by Stephenie Meyer, which have sold over 40 million copies worldwide - but also on the release of various films such as KNOWING, THE READER, UNDERWORLD 3, etc.

18 May 2010

Oksa Pollock throughout the world!

Many foreign publishers have also become pollockmaniaks and have acquired the rights of the series:

Oetinger Verlag (Germany)
Sperling & Kupfer (Italy)
Planeta (Spain - Castilian)
Columna (Spain - Catalan)
Nishimura (Japan)
Sodam & Taeil (Korea)
Suma (Brazil)
Czarna Owca (Poland)
Artemis (Turkey)
Presenca (Portugal)
Rabén&Sjögren (Sweden)
Sun Color (Taiwan)
Olma Media (Russia)
Jota (Czech Republic)
Allfa (Romania)
SPN Mlade Leta (Slovakia)
Könyvmolyképző Kiadó (Hungary)
Nha Nam (Vietnam)
Dani Books (Israel)
Skolska Knjiga (Croatia)
Riva (Bulgaria)

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The authors

Anne Plichota

42 years old, born in Dijon, has lived in various parts of France... After studying the Chinese language and culture, she spent some time in Korea and worked in China. She has had several jobs: Chinese teacher, nurse’s aide, public letter writer, and is currently a librarian.

She loves her work; English and American literature; Gothic literature; listening to people and hearing about their stories, their destiny.

She lives in Strasbourg with her twelve-year-old daughter.

Cendrine Wolf

41 years old, born in Colmar, she studied sports and worked in the socio-cultural sector, in so-called "problem" neighborhoods.

Dynamic, spontaneous and determined, she loves illustration, which she discovered late and taught herself, speed in every shape and form, and fantasy literature.

She lives in Strasbourg.

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Oksa Pollock

The series

Oksa Pollock

Volume 1 – The Last Hope

Oksa’s life is turned upside down on the day she starts her new school in London. Alone in her room and feeling nervous about starting a new high school, Oksa is suddenly taken aback by strange occurrences: her desk catches on fire, her unpacked boxes explode... And she realizes that it is HER OWN doing! She had always dreamed of becoming a ninja, and all of a sudden she has supernatural powers! Lost and scared, she doesn’t dare tell anyone about what’s happened... 

But the strange events are far from over. On the same night, a strange mark appears on her stomach. Oksa confides her eccentric grandmother Dragomira and learns about her secret birthright: the Pollock family comes from Edefia, an invisible former utopia hidden somewhere on Earth. Oksa is their last hope, their only chance of going back.

Her life will never be the same again. Despite help from her friend Gus, how is she going to balance her ordinary high school life with fulfilling her stunning destiny?!

The adventures of Oksa Pollock were first self-published by the authors for three years and wowed young readers to such a point that they contacted XO directly to make sure the publishing house knew about this exceptional series. Bowled over by what they read, the strength of the characters and the imaginative world of the two authors, XO immediately decided to rise to this new challenge and to publish Oksa Pollock.

Interview with the Authors

How do you spend your day?

Anne Plichota: First the struggle to get up, a whistling kettle, a steaming cup of very sweet tea, then my day can start for real: work, break for lunch, work, come home, work at home, read, bed.

Cendrine Wolf: pretty much like everyone else. A nice cup of fragrant tea then off to work.

Your main character trait?

Anne: Troubled but good-humored. Calm but quick. Hardworking, but not against having a little nap or sleeping in.

Cendrine: Melancholy and enthusiastic, which don’t tend to go hand in hand, but that’s me. I can be very outgoing with the right people, but I’ve always liked my own company. I have the ideal temperament for a writer, because I don’t need to be surrounded by people all the time.

What subjects have you studied?

Anne: Chinese language and culture...

Cendrine: Teaching sports. Nothing to do with writing!

Your favorite occupation?

Anne: Lying on a sofa or under a tree with a book and a packet of sweets within easy reach.

Cendrine: Drawing, reading and writing or writing and reading!

Press Reviews

"Let’s just come out and say that this novel is wonderful, fantastic and should be read immediately!" librairiesandales.hautetfort.com - Les Sandales d’Empédocle

"Are the new JK Rowings French?" ELLE

"Pollockmania is born." Le Point

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Publication date : 2010

496 pages

EAN 13 : 9782845634527

Foreign Publishers Brazil: Suma / Santillana group Bulgaria: Riva Catalunia: Columna Croatia: Skolska Knjiga Czech Republic: Jota Germany: Oetinger verlag Hungary: Könyvmolyképző Kiadó Israel: Dani Books Italy: Sperling & Kupfer Japan: Nishimura Korea: Sodam & Taeil Poland: Czarna Owca Portugal: Presenca Romania: Allfa Russia: Olma Media Slovakia: SPN Mlade Leta Spain (World Castilian and Catalan): Planeta Sweden: Rabén and Sjögren Taiwan: Sun Colors Turkey: Artemis / Alfa Group Vietnam: Nha Nam

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