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About Kate Christensen
American novelist and memoirist
Kate Christensen is an American novelist and memoirist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, The Great Man, and is also known for her food-related memoirs. Her fiction includes The Great Man, a novel about a painter and the three women in his life. She has also written Blue Plate Special and How to Cook a Moose; the latter won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir. Her eleventh novel, Good Company, is due from HarperCollins in June 2026.
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- “There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is…”Kate Christensen
- “I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful.…”Kate Christensen
- “I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and…”Kate Christensen
- “I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.”Kate Christensen
Writing: more sayings
- “It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characte…”Jesmyn Ward
- “People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons fo…”Karen Traviss
- “I mean, sitcoms shouldn't be doing 'Saturday Night Live.' You can't just do bit after bit after bit. You have…”Joyce DeWitt
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Books by Kate Christensen
The Great Man
2007
Trouble
2009