Salute to the HarperCollins team for their support over the years and sensational enthusiasm. To the booksellers and librarians for backing my books, who never seem to get a shout-out, a big hug.
Mum and Dad, you raised me a little ninja and a lot determined, thanks. Bridget and Lleyton, when you filtered into these pages to make them shine, thanks for not minding. Kavalee, we were boyfriend and girlfriend when I first wrote Roxy, and now I will be starting a new chapter as your wife.
Paramount, I need to thank my readers. I love your letters, meeting you and seeing your ninja moves. Feel blessed.
I look forward to meeting again in other books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fifth Dan Taekwondo black belt, athlete, Logie-nominated television personality — there is no doubt Tiffiny Hall has many titles tucked under her black belt. She has a Bachelor of Arts/Media and Communications and a Diploma of Modern Languages in French from the University of Melbourne. Tiffiny worked as a print journalist before writing her first health books Weightloss Warrior, Fatloss for Good: The Secret Weapon and Tiffiny’s Lighten Up Cookbook. Her debut novel, White Ninja, was one of the ‘50 Books You Can’t Put Down’ in 2012. Tiffiny published Red Samurai in 2013. Black Warrior is the third novel in the Roxy Ran series.
www.tiffinyhall.com.au
BOOKS BY TIFFINY HALL
White Ninja
Red Samurai
Black Warrior
Angus&Robertson
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia
First published in Australia in 2014
This edition published in 2014
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Hall, Tiffiny.
Black warrior / Tiffiny Hall.
ISBN: 978 0 7322 9455 7 (pbk)
Hall, Tiffiny. Roxy ran ; 3.
For primary school age.
Martial arts—Juvenile fiction.
A823.4
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Author photograph by Marina Oliphant