Background
Kimberley Starr was born in 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia, later moving to Australia as a young child.
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Kimberl Starr
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University of Sydney.
Career
She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT (now Street 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 and creative writing classes at Viewbank College.
She currently lives in Diamond Creek, in Melbourne.
The winning manustcript, The Book Of Whispers, is due to be published in 2016. 2003 Queensland Premier"s Literary Awards, Best Emerging Queensland Author.
Achievements
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2003 Queensland Premier"s Literary Awards, Best Emerging Queensland Author. Winner, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies 2005 Dobbie Award - best first novel by a female author Shortlist, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies 2005 One Book One Brisbane. Winner, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies 2015 Text Prize. Winner, The Book Of Whispers.
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Australia