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Kate Kellaway | |
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| Born | 15 July 1957 England |
| Occupation | Journalist, literary critic |
| Genre | Journalism, criticism |
Kate Kellaway (born 15 July 1957)[ citation needed ] is an English journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer .
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Kate Kellaway | |
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| Born | 15 July 1957 England |
| Occupation | Journalist, literary critic |
| Genre | Journalism, criticism |
Kate Kellaway (born 15 July 1957)[ citation needed ] is an English journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer .
The daughter of the Australians Bill and Deborah Kellaway, [1] she is the older sister of the journalist Lucy Kellaway. Both siblings were educated at the Camden School for Girls, where their mother was a teacher, [2] and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read English. [3]
Following a period teaching in Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1986, [4] she began her career in journalism at the Literary Review [5] and became deputy to then editor Auberon Waugh around 1987. [6]
Kellaway later joined The Observer, where her posts have included features writer, deputy literary editor, deputy theatre critic and children's books editor. [7] While The Observer's poetry editor, [8] Kellaway was one of the five judges for the Booker Prize in 1995. [9]
Kellaway is married and has four sons and two step-sons. [10]
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