Kitty_Fitzgerald

Kitty Fitzgerald

Kitty Fitzgerald

Irish born writer

Kitty Fitzgerald (born 25 September 1946) is an Irish born writer.

Quick Facts Born, Occupation ...

Kitty Fitzgerald was born in Ireland. She grew up in Yorkshire and lives in Northumberland. She gained a degree in English as a mature student and went on to become a full time writer shortly after that. She is a novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 4 radio plays for the BBC, eight plays for the theatre and film, as well as fiction and poetry. She also worked as editor for IRON Press. Fitzgerald has been awarded Hawthornden Castle Fellowship. For her film Dream On she won the award of the most original screenplay at La Baule Film Festival. Fitzgerald won the Short Story Competition in Notes from the Underground/Latitude Festival in 2009. She has also won a Time to Write Award and a Hosking Houses Trust Writing Award. In 2015 Fitzgerald was Writer-in-Residence for the University of Manitoba in their Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Selected publications

  • Marge (Sheba)
  • Snapdragons (Brandon)
  • Small Acts of Treachery (Brandon)
  • Pigtopia (Faber)
  • Miranda’s Shadow (IRON Press, 2013)

References

  1. [1]
    "Kitty Fitzgerald". The Winnipeg International Writers Festival. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture - KITTY FITZGERALD WELCOME EVENT PHOTOS". University of Manitoba (in Kinyarwanda). 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    Ness, Patrick (21 October 2005). "Review: Pigtopia by Kitty Fitzgerald". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Writer Interviews: Kitty Fitzgerald - Wonder Woman of Writing". Wendy Robertson Life Twice Tasted: Writer Interviews: Kitty Fitzgerald. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Kitty Fitzgerald". Northern Writers Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Kitty Fitzgerald". The Royal Literary Fund. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. [7]
    "BnF Catalogue général". BnF Catalogue général (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2020.


Stub icon

This article about an Irish writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kitty_Fitzgerald, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.