Miranda Kennedy

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Miranda Kennedy
CitizenshipAmerican
Education MFA
Alma mater Bennington College
OccupationJournalist, writer
Employer National Public Radio
Notable work
Sideways on a Scooter

Miranda Kennedy is an American journalist and writer. Her first book, Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India, was published by Random House in 2011. [1] Part memoir, part reported nonfiction, it tells the story of several Indian women to describe the slow pace of social and cultural change in India. [2] The book received praise from The Washington Post , [3] Macleans [4] and Kirkus Reviews among others. [5]

Kennedy lived in New Delhi, India for five years, as a reporter covering South Asia for National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace Radio. [6]

Kennedy is a Supervising Senior Editor at NPR. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College in Vermont and a BA degree from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. [7]

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References

  1. Sideways on a Scooter by Miranda Kennedy | PenguinRandomHouse.com . Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. Relationships Between Tradition and Modernity, International Reporting Project, June 21, 2011, retrieved September 6, 2021
  3. Bonos, Lisa (July 14, 2011). ""Sideways on a Scooter" is a memoir by Miranda Kennedy". The Washington Post . Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. Dafna Izenberg, 'Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India', Maclean's, May 3, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. 'Sideways on a Scooter', Kirkus Reviews , January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  6. "Kennedy, Miranda — International Reporting Project". internationalreportingproject.org. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. "Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist". Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist. Retrieved September 6, 2021.