Kate Morton Biography
Kate Morton is the eldest of three sisters. She was born in South Australia
and moved with her family numerous times before settling, finally, on Tamborine
Mountain. There she attended a tiny country school and spent much of her
childhood inventing and playing games of make-believe with her sisters.
Kate fell avidly in love with books very early. Her favorites were those by Enid
Blyton, and Kate escaped many times up the Faraway Tree or with the Famous Five
into smugglers' cove. It was a love deeply felt, for it is still mysteries and
secrets that dance around the edges of Kate's mind, keeping her awake deep into
the night, turning or typing pages.
When she finished school, Kate studied and earned a Licentiate in Speech and
Drama from Trinity College London. After an ill-fated attempt to 'do something
sensible' and obtain an Arts/Law degree, she went on to complete a summer
Shakespeare course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and for
sometime believed her future lay in theatre. Until one day, quite simply and
clearly, she realized that it wasn't performing she was in love with. It was
words.
Although she'd read and scribbled from before she could remember, it hadn't
occurred to Kate, until that time, that real books were written by real people.
She began writing in earnest and completed two full length manuscripts (which
lie deep and determinedly within a bottom drawer) before settling finally into
the story that would become The Shifting Fog (The House at Riverton),
which has been published in 26 countries to date.
Concurrently, Kate enrolled in a degree in English Literature at the University
of Queensland, graduating with First Class Honors. On that basis she won a
scholarship and proceeded to complete a Masters degree focusing on tragedy in
Victorian literature. Kate is currently enrolled in a PhD program researching
contemporary novels that marry elements of gothic and mystery fiction.
Kate is married to Davin, a composer, and they have two young sons. All four
live together in a nineteenth-century home replete with its own ghosts and
secrets. Kate's second novel, The Forgotten Garden was published in 2008. Her third novel, The Distant Hours, was published in 2010.
This biography was last updated on 08/16/2011.
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