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Kate Grenville

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Australian writer and teacher of creative writing

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Catherine Elizabeth Grenville 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, and in 2006 she won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Secret River.

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2021Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
2018Officer of the Order of Australia
2006Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
2001Women's Prize for Fiction
1984The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
honorary doctor of the University of Sydney

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Catherine Elizabeth Grenville 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, and in 2006 she won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Secret River. The Secret River was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Australia
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 75
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18 languages

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