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Kate Pullinger is a Canadian
novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
and
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of
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fiction, and a professor of Creative Writing at
Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. The insti ...
, England. She was born 1961 in
Cranbrook, British Columbia Cranbrook ( ) is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary River (British Columbia), St. Mary's River. It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the ...
, Canada, and went to high school on
Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are o ...
. She dropped out of
McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
,
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, after a year and a half and subsequently worked for a year in a
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in the
Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
. She then travelled and settled in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, where she now resides.


Career

Pullinger won the 2009
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for her novel ''The Mistress of Nothing'', a fictionalized tale of Sally Naldrett, lady's maid to
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, who traveled with her mistress to Egypt in Victorian times. Pullinger's earlier books include the novels ''When the Monster Dies'' (1989), ''Where Does Kissing End?'' (1992), ''The Last Time I Saw Jane'' (1996), ''Weird Sister'' (1999) and ''A Little Stranger'' (2004 in Canada and 2006 in the UK), as well as the short-story collections ''Tiny Lies'' (1988) and ''My Life as a Girl in a Men's Prison'' (1997). She co-wrote the novelization of the film ''
The Piano ''The Piano'' is a 1993 historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role, the film focuses on a Elective mutism, mute Scott ...
'' (1993) with director
Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a tot ...
. Pullinger also writes for film and for the digital media. Her most recent digital works are ''Flight Paths'' (2007–), a "networked novel" created in collaboration with worldwide participants, and ''Inanimate Alice'' (2005–), a series of
multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradition ...
novels, both created with writer/artist Chris Joseph, and ''The Breathing Wall'' (2004), experimental fiction that responds to the reader's rate of breathing, made with collaborators Stefan Schemat and Chris Joseph. Pullinger was the lead writer on the ''24hr Book Project'', a project to write, edit and produce a novel in 24 hours, which was managed by CompletelyNovel.com in collaboration with ''if:book'' (a book industry think tank), the Society of Young Publishers and Spread the Word (a writer development agency). Pullinger has been writer-in-residence at the
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, the
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, the prisons
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and HMP Maidstone, and in
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itself. She was Judith E. Wilson Visiting Writing Fellow at Jesus College,
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(1995/96), and the Visiting Writing Fellow at
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,
London Metropolitan University London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public university, public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (f ...
(2001/03). She was Research Fellow for The trAce Online Writing Centre Arts and Humanities Research Board project ''Mapping the Transition from Page to Screen'', where she investigated new forms of electronic narrative (2002/03). She taught on the MA in Creative Writing and New Media at
De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was tak ...
,
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, UK, where she was Reader in Creative Writing and New Media. She is a member of the Production and Research in Transliteracy (PART) group at De Montfort, researching
transliteracy Transliteracy is "a fluidity of movement across a range of technologies, media and contexts" (Sukovic, 2016). It is an ability to use diverse techniques to collaborate across different social groups. Transliteracy combines a range of capabilities ...
. She is the
Royal Literary Fund The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) is a benevolent fund that gives assistance to published British writers in financial difficulties. Founded in 1790, and granted a royal charter in 1818, the Fund has helped an extensive roll of authors through its long ...
Virtual Fellow and Professor of Creative Writing at
Bath Spa University Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire. The insti ...
. Pullinger is an atheist.Kate Pullinger, "Extremadura's Moorish tendency", ''The Independent'', 18 November 1989, Weekend Travel, p. 49.


Selected bibliography


Novels

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Short stories

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References


External links


Kate PullingerKate Pullinger biography
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Literature
Dr Kate Pullinger page at De Montfort University, Leicester
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