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Kate Jennings was born in Australia but has lived in New York since 1979. She has written and published volumes of poetry, essays and two novels. 
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Kate Jennings, a poet, essayist, and novelist, comes from the Riverina. She attended Sydney University in the late 1960s, where she gained notoriety as a feminist activist. She moved to New York City in 1979. Her novel Snake (1996) was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, as was Moral Hazard (2002), which was based on her experiences as a Wall Street speechwriter.
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Kate Jennings' work has been in contention for the Booker, IMPAC, and Los Angeles Times literary prizes. She has won the prestigious Christina Stead and Adelaide Festival prizes and been honored with the Australian Literary Society’s gold medal. In 1998, she was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal, acknowledging her work as a consistently outstanding Australian writer. Her novel Moral Hazard was awarded the 2003 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award.
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