![]() ![]() In Innocents Coote's schoolgirl narrator, who remains unnamed, has always felt herself to be different from her peers. Her touch is a ruthless finger in a wound."Ĭoote, who grew up in Australia, the daughter of two doctors, told the ACT Writers Centre: "I have ever since I was old enough to hold a pencil." While still in her teens, she received three Young Writer of the Year Awards-one from the Sydney Morning Herald and two from the Canberra Times- and had stories and columns published in other Australian newspapers. She damns and absolves her characters in the space of a minute. ![]() Erika Krouse wrote in the New York Times Book Review that "Coote is a natural, wryly dissecting the workings of human desire. The disturbing tale of a sixteen-year-old Australian schoolgirl who seduces her high school English teacher, Innocents received critical acclaim both in Australia and in the United States. WORK IN PROGRESS:Ĭathy Coote wrote her debut novel, Innocents, at the age of nineteen. Innocents, Grove Press ( New York, NY), 1999.Ĭolumnist for Sun Herald, 1996 writing also published in Canberra Times and Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year, 1995 Canberra Times Young Writer of the Year, 19. ADDRESSES:Īgent-c/o Cameron Cresswell Management, 5/2 New McLean St., Edgecliff, Sydney 2027, Australia. Education: Attended Narrabundah College and Australian National University. ![]()
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