Author kate morton biography
Author kate morton biography
Kate morton author...
Kate Morton
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.
Her seventh book, Homecoming, was published in April 2023.
Early life and education
Morton is the oldest of three sisters.
Author kate morton biography wikipedia
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]