Kate Jennings

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Kate Jennings, (born May 20, 1948), in Temora, New South Wales,Australia) is a writer, poet and novelist. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the University of Sydney, during which time she was active in feminist and left-wing politics. She left Australia in 1979 for life in New York where she worked as an editor and speechwriter for a major investment bank.

Her novels have been well-received, with Snake reported to have just missed the Booker Prize shortlist, and Moral Hazard which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Award.


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[edit] Awards

The Miles Franklin Award Moral Hazard, shortlisted 2003
Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Moral Hazard, 2003
New South Wales Premier's Literary Award Moral Hazard, 2003
NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks, 1993
Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award Women Falling Down in the Street, 1991

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

[edit] Short Story Collections

  • Women Falling Down in the Street (1990)

[edit] Poetry

  • Come to Me My Melancholy Baby (1975)
  • Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks (1993)

[edit] Edited

  • Mother I'm Rooted (1975)
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