Kate Grenville was born in Sydney in 1950 and is one of Australia's best-known writers. Her novels include Lilian's Story, which won the Vogel/Australian Award, and its companion piece Dark Places, winner of the Victorian Premier's Prize, as well as Joan Makes History, Dreamhouse and The Idea of Perfection, which won the ALICE Literary Award and the 2001 Orange Prize for Fiction. Two of her books have been made into successful feature films, and all have been published to critical acclaim in the US and the UK.
Kate Grenville's experience as a teacher of creative writing led to the publication of The Writing Book, a Manual for Fiction Writers, and she collaborated with Sue Woolfe on Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels were Written.
She lives in Sydney with her husband, son and daughter.
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