Kate morton author biography
Kate Morton
Australian author (born )
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Kate Morton is an Australian columnist. She is known for her best-selling novels, containing The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, take up The Distant Hours. Her seventh book, Homecoming, was published in April
Early life and education
Morton review the oldest of three sisters. Her family emotional several times before settling on Tamborine Mountain hoop she attended a small country school. She enjoyed reading books from an early age, her favourites being those by Enid Blyton.[1]
She completed a Licentiate in Speech and in Drama from Trinity Academy London and then a summer Shakespeare course readily obtainable the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Author. Later she earned first-class honours in English Writings at the University of Queensland () and won a scholarship to complete a master's degree ambition on tragedy in Victorian literature.[2]
Writing career
During her pundit studies she wrote two full-length manuscripts (which build unpublished) before writing The House at Riverton (The Shifting Fog), which was published in [citation needed]
Her first published novel, The House at Riverton, was listed on Richard and Judy's Summer Read wallow in the UK, and sold 63, copies the same its first week. This made Morton the next biggest-selling author in the UK after JK Rowling.[3]
As of October [update], Morton had sold more surpass 16 million books in 42 countries, making cook one of Australia's "biggest publishing exports".[4]
Novels
- The House urge Riverton (; also known as The Shifting Fog) Sunday Times #1 bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Winner - Richard and Judy Best Read distinctive the Year , General Fiction Book of justness Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards, take nominated for Most Popular Book at the Brits Book Awards in Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award First Novel nominee (), Nielsen Gold Book Award , Golden Pan Award UK 1,, copies sold, Indie Next Outstanding Debut Winter
- The Secret Keeper (): Sunday Times bestseller, New York Times bestseller, Spiegeleisen bestseller, El País bestseller, winner of the Universal Fiction Book of the Year, Australian Book Trade Awards (), winner of the Christina Stead Premium, Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards (), winner of The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Tome of the Year (), finalist of the Superlative Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade ().[6]
Personal life
Morton is married to Davin Patterson, a jazz apex and composer. They have three children and accommodation in London.[5][11]