Karen Hitchcock (author)
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Karen Hitchcock is an Australia
n author
and medical doctor who published her first book of short stories
in 2009. She has published in both medical and literary journals, including publication in the "Best Australian Short Stories" anthologies.
Her first book Little White Slips (Picador, 2009) was well received in the Australian media 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.
Australia
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Author
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and medical doctor who published her first book of short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
in 2009. She has published in both medical and literary journals, including publication in the "Best Australian Short Stories" anthologies.
Her first book Little White Slips (Picador, 2009) was well received in the Australian media 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.
External links
- http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/06/17/2929585.htm interview with Richard Fidler ABC Radio NationalRadio NationalABC Radio National is an Australia-wide non-commercial radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Radio National broadcasts national programming in areas that include news and current affairs, the arts, social issues, science, drama and comedy...
from the Sydney Writer's Festival - Karen Hitchcock: Little White Slips interview on Radio NationalRadio NationalABC Radio National is an Australia-wide non-commercial radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Radio National broadcasts national programming in areas that include news and current affairs, the arts, social issues, science, drama and comedy...
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