Kiwis rule - but only if it's ok with the rest of you

Aotearoans take note - the following from Russell Kirkpatrick's Blog -
"I've been told by my US publisher that my debut novel, 'Across The Face Of The World', is the US's best-selling debut fantasy/scifi novel of 2008."

Compare that to the rather poor sales his work has had at home. I guess the ol' cultural cringe is alive and well. Perhaps we should give him more awards to compensate.