Kate Kellaway Explained

Kate Kellaway
Birth Date:1957 7, df=y
Birth Place:England
Occupation:Journalist, literary critic
Genre:Journalism, criticism

Kate Kellaway (born 15 July 1957) is an English journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer.

Early life

The daughter of the Australians Bill and Deborah Kellaway,[1] she is the older sister of the journalist Lucy Kellaway. Both siblings were educated at the Camden School for Girls, where their mother was a teacher,[2] and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read English.[3]

Professional life

Following a period teaching in Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1986,[4] she began her career in journalism at the Literary Review[5] and became deputy to then editor Auberon Waugh around 1987.[6]

Kellaway later joined The Observer, where her posts have included features writer, deputy literary editor, deputy theatre critic and children's books editor.[7] While The Observers poetry editor,[8] Kellaway was one of the five judges for the Booker Prize in 1995.[9]

Kellaway is married and has four sons and two step-sons.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Deborah Kellaway. The Guardian. Hester. Robinson. 27 January 2006. 24 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Lucy Kellaway interview for In Office Hours. The Daily Telegraph. Sally. Williams. 25 April 2010. 19 December 2011.
  3. Web site: Prominent alumni. Lady Margaret Hall. 24 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Once upon a time in Africa. The Observer. Kate. Kellaway. 16 April 2000. 24 March 2020.
  5. Web site: Waugh Stories.... The Guardian. Lynn. Barber. Lynn Barber. 21 January 2001. 24 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Comment: It's good to be rude. The Observer. Kate. Kellaway. 8 September 2000. 24 March 2020.
  7. Web site: Literary Festival (2011) - Julie Myerson talks to Kate Kellaway Then . 12 August 2013 . 12 August 2013 . https://archive.today/20130812193649/http://www.ljcc.org.uk/events/1738-font-color-cc0000-julie-myerson-talks-to-kate-kellaway-br-i-then-i-font.html . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: Amis given short shrift as his novel fails to make the shortlist. The Independent. Marianne. MacDonald. John. McKie. 29 September 1995. 24 March 2020.
  9. Web site: 1995. The Booker Prizes. 24 March 2020.
  10. Book: Murray, Jenni. That's My Boy!. Jenni Murray. 30. Vermilion. London. 3 July 2003. 978-0091889647.

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