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Catherine Elizabeth Grenville AO (born 1950) is an Australian author. She has published fifteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, and books about the writing process. In 2001, she won the Orange Prize for The Idea of Perfection, [1] and in 2006 she won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Secret River. [2] .
Learn about Kate Grenville, one of Australia's most acclaimed and award-winning writers. Explore her books, including her latest novel A Room Made of Leaves, a fictional memoir of Elizabeth Macarthur.
Kate Grenville, Australian novelist whose works of historical fiction examine class, race, and gender in colonial and contemporary Australia. Her notable works included The Idea of Perfection (1999) and The Secret River (2005). Learn more about Grenville’s life and work.
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Kate Grenville is one of Australia's best-known authors. She's published eight books of fiction and four books about the writing process. Her best-known works are the international best-seller The Secret River, The Idea of Perfection, The Lieutenant and Lilian's Story (details about all Kate Grenville's books are elsewhere on this site).
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Kate Grenville has 37 books on Goodreads with 110276 ratings. Kate Grenville’s most popular book is The Secret River.
I was born in 1950 and grew up in Sydney, Australia, earning an Arts degree from Sydney University. My first job was at Film Australia, editing documentary films. Then I went to Europe and the US for five years, working and studying (I did an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Colorado).
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Kate Grenville imagines a secret memoir by Elizabeth Macarthur, wife of the wool baron John Macarthur, to reveal her hidden life and voice. Explore the background, interviews and extract of this playful and provocative novel that challenges the myths of colonial Australia.
