Kimberley Starr

Kimberley Starr (born 1970) is an American novelist and teacher, best known for her novel The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies.

Biography
Starr was born in 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia, later moving to Australia as a young child. She began her education at the Armidale Demonstration School, moving on to Garran Primary School, and Padua Catholic High School, ACT (now MacKillop Catholic College), before completing her secondary education at Loreto Normanhurst. She holds degrees in literature from the University of Sydney and Macquarie University. Starr currently teaches English and creative writing classes at Eltham High School. She currently lives in Diamond Creek, in Melbourne.

Her 2004 debut novel, The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies has been taught as a secondary text, won the 2003 "Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for Best Emerging Author", and was chosen for the 2005 "One Book One Brisbane" reading campaign.

Novels

 * The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies (2004)

Short Fiction

 * Halfway through the days of our lives

Awards and nominations

 * 2003 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Emerging Queensland Author - for The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies. Winner.
 * 2005 - Dobbie Award - best first novel by a female author. Shortlisted.
 * 2005 - One Book One Brisbane. Winner.