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Australian author (born 1976)

For the EastEnders character, see Kate Mitchell (EastEnders).

Kate Morton is an Australian author.

She is known for her best-selling novels, including The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, and The Distant Hours.

Morton shares with Goodreads her thoughts on mystery writing in the Internet age and where she stands on happy endings.

Kate Morton is hardly someone who needs my introduction, nevertheless, I am thrilled and honored to be able to share her words with you.

She has received many awards, including the North Carolina Award for Literature, the Southern Book Critics Circle Award, and an Academy Award in.

Excellent writer!

Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of southeast Queensland and now lives with her family in London and Australia.

Her seventh book, Homecoming, was published in April 2023.

Early life and education

Morton is the oldest of three sisters. Her family moved several times before settling on Tamborine Mountain where she attended a small country school.

She enjoyed reading books from an early age, her favourites being those by Enid Blyton.^[1]

She completed a Licentiate in Speech and in Drama from Trinity College London and then a summer Shakespeare course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Later she earned first-class honours in English Literature at the University of Queensland (1999) and won a scholarship to complete a master's degree focussing on tragedy in Victorian literature.^[2]

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