Kerri Sackville is an Australian Jewish author and columnist. [1] She writes columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and its related publications, [2] and has published five non-fiction books mainly focused on lifestyle and advice.
Kerri Sackville is an Australian Jewish author and columnist. [1] She writes columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and its related publications, [2] and has published five non-fiction books mainly focused on lifestyle and advice.
Sackville is a third-generation Australian of Russian and Polish Jewish descent, and attended a Jewish school as a child. [1] [3] In her childhood in the 1980s and into her youth, Sackville was an actor. [4] [5] After the birth of her first child she returned to education and completed a BA in English and linguistics. [6] [5]
After gaining her degree and the birth of her second child, Sackville began to have articles accepted in newspapers and parenting magazines. Soon was writing regularly for multiple publications, including a regular column in the Australian Jewish News for 12 years. [5]
Her writing career took off while she still had young children, but faced an 18-month hiatus due to a loss in the family in 2007. [5] She got back to writing by using Twitter and eventually started her blog Life & Other Crises in 2009, which she ran until 2016.
A major theme of her work is embracing imperfection, both in domestic life and the personal realm. [1] Sackville has published five books, and contributed to other published works.
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