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Kate Constable

b. 1966

Australian writer

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About Kate Constable

Born 1966. Kate Constable is an Australian novelist and young adult author.

Kate Constable (born 1966) is an Australian author. Her first novel was The Singer of All Songs, the first in the Chanters of Tremaris trilogy. It was later followed by The Waterless Sea and The Tenth Power.

Biography Constable was born in Sandringham, Melbourne. When she was six, her family moved to Papua New Guinea for her father's work as a pilot.

She enrolled in an Arts/Law degree at Melbourne University.

Novels Chanters of Tremaris The Singer of All Songs (2002) The Waterless Sea (2005) The Tenth Power (2006) Chanters of Tremaris Trilogy (2009, omnibus of the three novels)

Other novels The Taste of Lightning (2007) Always Mackenzie (2008, book 4 in the Girlfriend Fiction series) Cicada Summer (2009) Winter of Grace (2009, book 10 in the Girlfriend Fiction series) Dear Swoosie (2010, with Penni Russon, book 17 in the Girlfriend Fiction series) Crow Country (2011) New Guinea Moon (2013) The January Stars (2020) Tumbleglass (2023)

Short fiction "Graham Remains" (1993) in Meanjin

Awards and honors Aurealis Awards Best young-adult novel 2007 Nomination for The Taste of Lightning 2009 Short-listed (Best Children's Long Fiction) for Cicada Summer The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards 2003 Notable Book (Older Readers) for Singer of All Songs 2004 Notable Book (Older Readers) for The Waterless Sea 2008 Notable Book (Older Readers) for The Taste of Lightning 2010 Notable Book (Older Readers) for Winter of Grace 2012 Winner: Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers for Crow Country Other awards 2009 joint winner Children's Peace Literature Award for Winter for Grace 2021 short-listed Prime Minister's Literary Award for January Stars

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1966, Sandringham
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Also known as
Katherine Louise Constable

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Who is Kate Constable?

Australian writer

When was Kate Constable born?

Kate Constable was born in 1966 in Sandringham.

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Kate Constable is a novelist and young adult author.

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Kate Constable is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kate Constable

· Wikidata: Q6375443

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