Career
Kent was born in Sydney in 1947 and later moved to Adelaide, returning to Sydney to a position with the Australian Broadcasting Commission following graduation with an Arts degree. [3]
Kent wrote her first book, Out of the Bakelite Box: The Heyday of Australian Radio, while working as a freelance editor. Published in 1983 by Angus & Robertson, it was described by Maurice Dunlevy in The Canberra Times : "This popular social history of Australian radio after World War II is a classic piece of book journalism" and "a buzz from beginning to end". [4] In 1985 she curated an exhibition called "On Air" for the National Film and Sound Archive. [5]
She was appointed to the judging panel for the National Short Story of the Year competition for 1984 [6] and 1985. [7]
In 1985 she met Kenneth Cook, subject of her 2019 memoir, Beyond Words, and author of Wake in Fright . They married and were together until his sudden death in April 1987. [8] [9]
Kent is a frequent contributor to and book reviewer for Australian publications, including Australian Book Review , Meanjin , The Weekend Australian , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age . [1] She has contributed five biographies to the Australian Dictionary of Biography. [10]
In 2007 Kent was awarded a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology Sydney for her thesis, "Artistry Under Oath: Biography and the life story of Hephzibah Menuhin". [11] The following year it was published by Viking as An Exacting Heart. [12]
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