Kate Rhodes (born 1964, in
London
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) is a British
poet
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and
novelist
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.
In 1993 she completed a Ph.D. on the work of
Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...
at the
University of Essex, and has worked as an English teacher in a sixth form college and as a university lecturer. In 2004 she was granted a fellowship by the Hawthornden Literary Institute. Her debut collection ''Reversal'' was published in 2005 by Enitharmon Press. ''Reversal'' was the inaugural volume of the Enitharmon New Poets Series.
Publications
Alice Quentin
*''Crossbones Yard'' (2012, Mulholland Books)
*''A Killing of Angels'' (2013, Mulholland Books)
*''The Winter Foundlings'' (2014, Mulholland Books)
*''River of Souls'' (2015, Mulholland Books)
*''Blood Symmetry'' (2016, Mulholland Books)
*''Fatal Harmony'' (2018, independently published)
Ben Kitto
*''Hell Bay'' (2018, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''Ruin Beach'' (2018, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''Burnt Island'' (2019, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''Pulpit Rock'' (2020, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''Devil's Table'' (2021, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''The Brutal Tide'' (2022, Simon & Schuster UK)
*''Hangman Island'' (2023, Simon & Schuster UK)
External links
Enitharmon Presswebsite
Independent on Sunday – Poem by Kate Rhodes – Bluebellswebsite
website
website
The story behind The Winter Foundlings - Online Essay by Kate Rhodeson Upcoming4.me
1964 births
Living people
21st-century English poets
English women poets
Alumni of the University of Essex
21st-century English women
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