Kate Christensen

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Kate Christensen
Born (1962-08-22) August 22, 1962 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
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OccupationNovelist
Website katechristensen.net

Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, The Great Man , about a painter and the three women in his life. [1] Her previous novels are In the Drink (1999), Jeremy Thrane (2001), and The Epicure's Lament (2004). Her fifth novel, Trouble (2009), was released in paperback by Vintage/Anchor in June 2010. Her sixth novel, The Astral , was published in hardcover by Doubleday in June 2011. She is also the author of two food-related memoirs, Blue Plate Special (Doubleday, 2013) and How to Cook a Moose (Islandport Press, 2015), the latter of which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir. [2] [ dead link ]

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She is a graduate of Reed College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her essays, articles, reviews, and stories have appeared in many anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times Book Review , Bookforum , Elle , The Wall Street Journal , Vogue , Food & Wine , Cherry Bombe , and The Jewish Daily Forward . [2]

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References

  1. Irvine, Lindesay (2008-03-14). "Former 'chick lit' author wins PEN/Faulkner award". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  2. 1 2 "Maine Writers Talk About…series returns to the Belfast Free Library". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-07-03.

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