Kimberley Starr Explained

Kimberley Starr
Birth Date:21 January 1970
Birth Place:Morgantown, West Virginia
Occupation:Novelist, teacher
Nationality:Australian
Notableworks:
  • The Book Of Whispers
  • Torched

Kimberley Starr (born 1970) is an Australian novelist and teacher. Her debut novel, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies, was followed by The Book Of Whispers. Her next novel, Torched, was released by Pantera Press in 2020.[1]

Biography

Kimberley Starr was born in 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia, moving to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT (now St Mary MacKillop College), before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst. She holds degrees in literature from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Starr currently teaches English at Viewbank College and is a graduate researcher in creative writing at La Trobe University.[2] She lives in Diamond Creek, in Melbourne.

Starr's 2004 debut novel, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies has been taught as a secondary school text, won the 2003 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for Best Emerging Author, and was chosen for the 2005 "One Book One Brisbane" reading campaign.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

In 2015, Starr won the Text Prize for best manuscript written for young adults and children. The winning manuscript, The Book Of Whispers, was published in October 2016.[8]

Bibliography

Novels

Memoir

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pantera acquires literary crime novel by Kimberley Starr in two-book deal. Books+Publishing. 30 August 2019. 28 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Kimberley Starr. scholars.latrobe.edu.au. 2019-10-29.
  3. Web site: Fynes-Clinton. Jane. Build on the basics. The Courier-Mail. 10 October 2012.
  4. Web site: inCite : May 2005 : Making news . ALIA . 10 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426060725/http://archive.alia.org.au/incite/2005/05/making.news.html . 26 April 2012 .
  5. [Rosemary Sorensen|Rosemary, Sorensen]
  6. Salter, Rachel (2004). "Dark places; Kimberley Starr, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2004. Hecate's Australian Women's Book Review, 16(2), December 31, 2004.
  7. Carrie, Hutchinson (September 26, 2004). "On the verge: Kimberley Starr." Sunday Herald Sun Magazine (Melbourne), p. 14
  8. Web site: Text Prize. Text Publishing. 29 May 2015.
  9. Web site: Halfway through the days of our lives. Griffith Review. 2019-10-29.
  10. Web site: Award-winning and longlisted books. 2012-10-28. Australian Women Writers Challenge Blog. 2019-10-29.
  11. Web site: One Book One Brisbane AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. www.austlit.edu.au. 2019-10-29.
  12. Web site: Starr wins 2015 Text Prize. Books+Publishing. 29 May 2015. 28 October 2020.

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