Karen Hitchcock is an Australian author and medical doctor who published her first book of short stories in 2009.[1] She has published in both medical[2] and literary journals, including publication in the "Best Australian Short Stories" anthologies.[3]
Her first book Little White Slips (Picador, 2009) was well received in the Australian media[4] and won the 2010 Steele-Rudd Prize in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, was shortlisted in the 2010 NSW Premiers Literary Award and the Kibble/Dobie award for women writers. Picador will publish her first novel in 2012.[5]