Kimberley Starr

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Kimberley Starr
Born1970 (age 51–52)
Morgantown, West Virginia
Occupation Novelist, teacher
NationalityAustralian
Notable works
  • The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
  • The Book Of Whispers
  • Torched

Kimberley Starr (born 1970) is an Australian novelist and teacher. Her debut novel, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies, was followed by The Book Of Whispers. Her next novel, Torched, was released by Pantera Press in 2020. [1]

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Biography

Kimberley Starr was born in 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia, moving to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT (now St Mary MacKillop College), before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst. She holds degrees in literature from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Starr currently teaches English at Viewbank College and is a Graduate Researcher in Creative Writing at La Trobe University. [2] She lives in Diamond Creek, in Melbourne.

Starr's 2004 debut novel, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies has been taught as a secondary school text, won the 2003 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for Best Emerging Author, and was chosen for the 2005 "One Book One Brisbane" reading campaign. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

In 2015, Starr won the Text Prize for best manuscript written for young adults and children. The winning manuscript, The Book Of Whispers, was published in October 2016. [8]

Bibliography

Novels

Memoir

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ "Pantera acquires literary crime novel by Kimberley Starr in two-book deal". Books+Publishing. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kimberley Starr". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Fynes-Clinton, Jane. "Build on the basics". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "inCite : May 2005 : Making news". ALIA. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Rosemary, Sorensen (April 7, 2005). "One book makes it to mystery suburb." The Courier-Mail (Brisbane)
  6. ↑ Salter, Rachel (2004). "Dark places; Kimberley Starr, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2004. Hecate's Australian Women's Book Review, 16(2), December 31, 2004.
  7. ↑ Carrie, Hutchinson (September 26, 2004). "On the verge: Kimberley Starr." Sunday Herald Sun Magazine (Melbourne), p. 14
  8. ↑ "Text Prize". Text Publishing. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Halfway through the days of our lives". Griffith Review . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Award-winning and longlisted books". Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "One Book One Brisbane | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Starr wins 2015 Text Prize". Books+Publishing. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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