Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens. The winner receives US$15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US$5000. Fi ...

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 Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), a given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...

'' (2001), and '' The Epicure's Lament'' (2004). Her fifth novel, ''

Trouble Trouble may refer to: Film and television * ''Trouble'' (1922 film), an American silent comedy-drama film directed by Albert Austin * ''Trouble'' (1933 film), a British comedy film * ''Trouble'' (1977 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Trouble'' ...

'' (2009), was released in paperback by Vintage/Anchor in June 2010. Her sixth novel, '' The Astral'', was published in hardcover by Doubleday in June 2011. She is also the author of two food-related memoirs, '' Blue Plate Special'' (Doubleday, 2013) and '' How to Cook a Moose'' (Islandport Press, 2015), which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir. She is a graduate of

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

and the

Iowa Writers' Workshop The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a celebrated graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. The writer Lan Samantha Chang is its director. Graduates earn a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Wri ...

. Her essays, articles, reviews, and stories have appeared in many anthologies and periodicals, including ''

The New York Times Book Review ''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...

'', ''

Bookforum ''Bookforum'' is an American book review magazine devoted to books and the discussion of literature that was based in New York City, New York. The magazine was founded in 1994 and announced in December of 2022 it would cease publishing after ...

'', ''

Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

'', ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'', ''

Vogue Vogue may refer to: Business * ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine ** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine ** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine ** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine ** ''Vogue China'', ...

'', ''

Food & Wine ''Food & Wine'' is an American monthly magazine published by Dotdash Meredith. It was founded in 1978 by Ariane and Michael Batterberry. It features recipes, cooking tips, travel information, restaurant reviews, chefs, wine pairings and season ...

'', '' Cherry Bombe'', and ''

The Jewish Daily Forward ''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, '' ...

''.

Works

Fiction

* ''In the Drink'', Doubleday, 1999, * ''Jeremy Thrane'', Broadway, 2001, * '' The Epicure's Lament'', Doubleday, 2004, * '' The Great Man'', Doubleday, 2007, * ''

'', Doubleday, 2009, * '' The Astral'', Doubleday, 2011, * ''The Last Cruise'', Doubleday, 2018, * ''The Change'', TBA

Non-fiction

* '' Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites'', Doubleday, 2013, * '' How to Cook a Moose: A Culinary Memoir'', Islandport Press, 2015,

References

* ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2004
Robert Smith, "The Art of the Novel", ''Reed Magazine'', Spring 2008: 14–15.

External links

Official website

Random House bio

1962 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American novelists Reed College alumni Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni 21st-century American novelists PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners Waldorf school alumni American women novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers {{US-novelist-1960s-stub