Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville is an Australian author best known for The Idea of Perfection, which won the Orange Prize in 2001, and for The Secret River, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her novels are historical and literary fiction, and include The Lieutenant and A Room Made of Leaves. She has also written non-fiction and books on the writing process.