Kate Gordon grew up in a very booky house, with two librarian parents, in a small town by the sea in Tasmania. She also spent much of her time dreaming about being a writer and spent many a lunch hour walking around the playground reciting poetry. After studying performing arts and realizing she was a terrible actor, Kate decided to give in to genetics and study to be a librarian herself. She never stopped writing and, in 2009, with the encouragement of her husband, she applied for and won a Varuna fellowship, which led to all sorts of lovely writer things happening.
