Kate Christensen
Kate Christensen | |
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| Born | August 22, 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Website | katechristensen |
Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, The Great Man, about a painter and the three women in his life.[1] Her previous novels are In the Drink (1999), (2001), and The Epicure's Lament (2004). Her fifth novel, Trouble (2009), was released in paperback by Vintage/Anchor in June 2010. Her sixth novel, The Astral, was published in hardcover by Doubleday in June 2011. She is also the author of two food-related memoirs, Blue Plate Special (Doubleday, 2013) and How to Cook a Moose (Islandport Press, 2015), which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir.[2]
She is a graduate of Reed College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her essays, articles, reviews, and stories have appeared in many anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Elle, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Food & Wine, Cherry Bombe, and The Jewish Daily Forward.[2]
Works[]
Fiction[]
- In the Drink, Doubleday, 1999, ISBN 9780385494502
- Jeremy Thrane, Broadway, 2001, ISBN 9780767908016
- The Epicure's Lament, Doubleday, 2004, ISBN 9780767910309
- The Great Man, Doubleday, 2007, ISBN 9780385518451
- Trouble, Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 9780385527309
- The Astral, Doubleday, 2011, ISBN 9780385530910
- The Last Cruise, Doubleday, 2018, ISBN 9780385536288
Non-fiction[]
- Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites, Doubleday, 2013, ISBN 9780385536264
- How to Cook a Moose: A Culinary Memoir, Islandport Press, 2015, ISBN 9781939017734
References[]
- ^ Irvine, Lindesay (2008-03-14). "Former 'chick lit' author wins PEN/Faulkner award". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maine Writers Talk About…series returns to the Belfast Free Library". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2004
- Robert Smith, "The Art of the Novel", Reed Magazine, Spring 2008: 14–15.
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