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Kate Jennings,a poet, essayist, and novelist, grew up in the Australian Outback. She attended the University of Sydney in the late 1960s, where she gained notoriety as a feminist activist. She moved to New York City in 1979. Her novelSnakewas aNew York TimesNotable Book of the Year, as wasMoral Hazard,which was based on her experiences as a Wall Street speech-writer. Her work has been in contention for the Booker, IMPAC, andLos Angeles Timesliterary prizes. In her native country, she has won the prestigious Christina Stead and Adelaide Festival prizes and was honored with the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.

Kate Jennings was a student at the University of Sydney in the sixties where she began her career as a poet, essay- ist, and fiction-writer. In 1979 she moved to New York and later became an executive speechwriter for The Wall Street Journal. She has written for Self, Allure, New Woman, and many other magazines. The author of Snake, Women Falling Down in the Street, and Moral Hazard, she lives in New York City.