Australian - Writer | 1985 -
I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would write my own stories.
Hannah Kent
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
SnowNeverSeenInterestBecause
Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.
UnknownClearRatherMostThanAny
There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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