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Katie Kitamura

Katie Kitamura
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Katie Kitamura

Katie Kitamura is a writer based in London and New York. She was educated at Princeton University (A.B.) and University of London (MRes, PhD). She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the London Consortium. She has written for numerous... Read full bio

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Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. I don't think I would - that's too much like tempting fate.
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Gone to the Forest will be released on August 07, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Feb 05, 2012
Oct 08, 2009
The Longshot will be released on August 11, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Aug 11, 2009
The Longshot is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Aug 11, 2009
The Longshot will be released on August 11, 2009 in eBook
Aug 11, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Longshot
Jun 10, 2009
Jun 05, 2009
The Longshot is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 02, 2009
The Longshot is now available in eBook
Jun 01, 2009
Apr 04, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Who is your favorite fictional hero?
Apr 04, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
Who is your favorite fictional villain?
Apr 04, 2009
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your biggest pet peeve?
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Katie Kitamura Revealed

Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Gilbert Osmond (The Portrait of a Lady) Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A soft pelt Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Being on time Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Tardiness Learn more about Katie Kitamura

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Spectator, January 23, 2012
...or risk arrest by Rajasthan authorities. By Saturday evening Kunzru was in Bangkok with his fiancée, the novelist Katie Kitamura, who had also been scheduled to speak at the festival. She said in an email that 'the situation developed incredibly fast,...
Asian Age, November 13, 2011
...a tad nervously, that his extended Kashmiri pandit family in Delhi would be meeting his Japanese-American fiancee, author Katie Kitamura, for the first time that evening. The cross-cultural tensions continue, part of his life and work. We end the...
Guardian.co.uk, August 7, 2011
...religious practices for their child they would have earlier despised." Kunzru lives with his Japanese-American novelist girlfriend Katie Kitamura , so heaven knows what kind of cultural differences they may have to work through if they have kids. The...
Screendaily, May 12, 2011
...The script about the iconic travel writer is being written by Hari Kunzru and Katie Kitamura. Film4 is teaming up with producers Rachael Horovitz and James Wilson to develop a feature about travel writer Bruce Chatwin and his relationship with his wife...
dovegreyreader scribbles, July 31, 2011
...of events went completely out of the window, as once I'd heard Lynne's first session (with Katie Kitamura and Hari Kunzru) I was hooked. This was book talk as it should always be – relaxed and informal, people joining in when they had something to say,...
dovegreyreader scribbles, July 26, 2011
...well I think they were praying for a ground-swallow-me-up moment.Intrepid first footer in the dovegreyreader tent was Katie Kitamura, and she and I persuaded her partner Hari Kunzru out of the back row to come and join her for our conversation. The...
dovegreyreader scribbles, July 10, 2011
...to atone for my book-sorting decisions and move on. I was sent not one but two copies of Katie Kitamura's first novel The Longshot back in 2009 when it was published. One copy went off in the twenty-eight bags that go to the charity shop every so often...
Winstonsdad's Blog, May 19, 2011
...Today on twitter it was suggested by two good twitter friend I am Amro and rob around books I start listing books mention on translation thus on the blog   .I start this small meme last year and it is slowly growing and seems a great way to find new...