Kate Christensen

Kate Christensen

Kate Christensen (born 1962) is an American novelist.

She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for her fourth novel, "The Great Man", about a painter and the three women in his life. Her previous novels are "In the Drink" (1999), "Jeremy Thrane" (2001), and "The Epicure's Lament" (2004).

She is a graduate of Reed College, class of 1986, and the Iowa Writers Workshop.

References

* "Contemporary Authors Online", Gale, 2004
* Robert Smith, "The Art of the Novel," [http://web.reed.edu/reed_magazine/spring2008/features/of_art_and_old_ladies/index.html "Reed Magazine", Spring 2008: 14-15.]

External links

* [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=4902 Random House bio]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0699/christensen/interview.html "Bold Type" interview]


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