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Kate Morton

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KATE MORTON grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland and now lives with her family in London and Australia. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, and harboured dreams of joining the Royal Shakespeare Company until she realised that it was words she loved more than performing. Kate still feels a pang of longing each time she goes to the theatre and the house lights dim.

"I fell deeply in love with books as a child and believe that reading is freedom; that to read is to live a thousand lives in one; that fiction is a magical conversation between two people - you and me - in which our minds meet across time and space. I love books that conjure a world around me, bringing their characters and settings to life, so that ...more

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I have now read all 5 of your books. You certainly have a way of weaving a story, and I love how you shift from the past and then into the present day. I have truly never read any books quite like yours. I often pride myself on figuring out a mystery within the story, but I have to say your endings are so surprising. When is your next book coming out? You are such a gifted writer.

Kate Morton Thanks for your lovely note, Cheryl -- I especially love that you used the verb 'weaving', because that's just what it feels like when I'm writing. I'…moreThanks for your lovely note, Cheryl -- I especially love that you used the verb 'weaving', because that's just what it feels like when I'm writing. I'm deep in edit on another book at the moment (which happens to be the part of the process that most resembles weaving, as all of the threads are loosened and stitched back together in a tighter, more pleasing way) and will have news very soon. Happy reading in the meantime, Kate (less)

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One of your writing strengths that I've noticed is your ability to completely transport the reader to a new locale or time period. Is this something you consciously worked at or did you hone that ability through reading favorite authors that do the same?

Kate Morton Thanks for your lovely comment, Lizabeth! There are so many vital elements in a good story (plot... character... setting...!), but I think one of most…moreThanks for your lovely comment, Lizabeth! There are so many vital elements in a good story (plot... character... setting...!), but I think one of most important is sense of place. At least, it is for me. When I was a very young child and had just started reading for myself, I used to lose myself completely in the world of my book. I still chase that feeling when I'm reading and when I'm writing.

At the very beginning of a project, when I'm working with my notebooks, scribbling down ideas, researching, and letting the story come to life in my imagination, one of the aspects I'm keenest to discover is the world in which the action takes place. The setting is part of it, but it’s more than that, too: it’s a texture, a flavour, an atmosphere. I need the world to feel vivid and real and dense—the sort of place in which you and I can both become lost.

I can’t actually begin writing until I reach this point. It’s a matter of truth, I suppose. If the book feels flimsy or pretend, I lose faith in it very quickly. I have an idea, too, that unless the book feels real for me, I won’t be able to convey the sense of being transported to you, which is my greatest aim as a writer! Once I finally get there, though, the drive to start writing is so strong I can’t resist it. (This period of dreaming and imagining is one of my favourite parts of being a writer, by the way -- it's a bit like being a child. Free and unbounded play!)
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Average rating: 4.03 · 758,703 ratings · 77,046 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forgotten Garden 4.14 avg rating — 213,262 ratings — published 2008 — 172 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Keeper 4.15 avg rating — 153,120 ratings — published 2012 — 132 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake House 4.07 avg rating — 112,228 ratings — published 2015 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House at Riverton 3.95 avg rating — 113,105 ratings — published 2006 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clockmaker's Daughter 3.75 avg rating — 89,287 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Distant Hours 3.88 avg rating — 75,678 ratings — published 2010 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden & The Distant Hours 4.46 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden 4.47 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homecoming 4.29 avg rating — 455 ratings — expected publication 2023 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Were From the Mountains 3.87 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I’m thrilled to announce three virtual events being held in April to celebrate Homecoming’s release. Events are open to US and Canadian readers, and are presented by Mariner Books, Simon & Schuster Canada, and some of the finest booksellers around; I’ll be in conversation each evening with a bookseller or fellow writer, before taking part in a moderated audience Q&A.

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“It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments that should have been allowed to be evaporate into the past; should exist only in memories, glimpsed through the fog of events that came after. Photographs force us to see people before their future weighed them down....”
― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton

tags: art, past, photography

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“You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

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“Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

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March Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll

Top 5 books will move onto Final poll

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

14 votes, 32.6%

The Clockmaker's Daughter

by Kate Morton

13 votes, 30.2%

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan

5 votes, 11.6%

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager

4 votes, 9.3%

The Woods

by Harlan Coben

2 votes, 4.7%

Miss Jane

by Brad Watson

2 votes, 4.7%

A Certain Age

by Beatriz Williams

1 vote, 2.3%

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

1 vote, 2.3%

Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

by Mark Dunn

1 vote, 2.3%

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

by Kathleen Rooney

0 votes, 0.0%

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