Kate Kellaway
English journalist and literary critic
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Kate Kellaway (born 15 July 1957)[citation needed] is an English journalist and literary critic who writes for The Observer.
Kate Kellaway | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1957 |
| Occupation | Journalist, literary critic |
| Genre | Journalism, criticism |
Early life
The daughter of the Australians Bill and Deborah Kellaway,[1] she is the older sister of the journalist Lucy Kellaway. Both siblings were educated at the Camden School for Girls, where their mother was a teacher,[2] and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read English.[3]
Professional life
Following a period teaching in Zimbabwe between 1982 and 1986,[4] she began her career in journalism at the Literary Review[5] and became deputy to then editor Auberon Waugh around 1987.[6]
Kellaway later joined The Observer, where her posts have included features writer, deputy literary editor, deputy theatre critic and children's books editor.[7] While The Observer's poetry editor,[8] Kellaway was one of the five judges for the Booker Prize in 1995.[9]
Kellaway is married and has four sons and two step-sons.[10]
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