# Kate Walbert

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{{Short description|American writer (born 1961)}}
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'''Kate Walbert''' (born August 13, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer who lives in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Her novel, ''Our Kind'', was a finalist for the [National Book Award](/source/National_Book_Award) in fiction.<ref>[http://nbafictionfinalists.squarespace.com/blog/2012/6/16/2004-3.html National Book Award]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Her novel ''A Short History of Women'', a [''New York Times'' bestseller](/source/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list), was a finalist for the [''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize](/source/Los_Angeles_Times_Book_Prize) and named one of the ten best books of 2009 by ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feminine Mystique (Published 2009) |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414221409/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Cohen-t.html |archive-date=2023-04-14 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Cohen-t.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles Times announces finalists for its Book Prizes |date=2014-03-07 |website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803215632/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-book-prizes23-2010feb23-story.html |archive-date=2020-08-03 |url-status=live |url=http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-book-prizes23-2010feb23-story.html}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/10-best-gift-guide-sub/list.html New York Times]</ref>

== Life ==
Walbert was born in New York City but raised in [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), [Texas](/source/Texas), Japan, and [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). After graduating from [Choate Rosemary Hall](/source/Choate_Rosemary_Hall), she attended [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University)’s School of Communication before earning a master's degree in English from [NYU](/source/New_York_University). Among other publications, her short fiction has appeared in [The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker), and [The Paris Review](/source/The_Paris_Review), and has twice been included in [The Best American Short Stories](/source/The_Best_American_Short_Stories) and the [O. Henry Awards](/source/O._Henry_Awards).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Walbert |website=[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606090644/https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kate-walbert |archive-date=2023-06-06 |url-status=live |url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/kate-walbert}}</ref><ref>[http://www.theparisreview.org/back-issues/144 The Paris Review]</ref><ref>[http://www.hmhco.com/search?segment=All;mm=all;q=Kate%20Walbert The Best American Short Stories]</ref><ref>[https://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/jury.html  O. Henry Awards]</ref> She has published two short story collection and five novels. Her first novel, ''The Gardens of Kyoto'', received the [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut) Book Award in fiction and was a finalist for the IMPAC/Dublin award.<ref>[http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Connecticut+Book+Award Library Thing]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2003-longlist/ |title=IMPAC Dublin |access-date=2015-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033955/http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2003-longlist/ |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Awards ==
Walbert was a recipient of a [National Endowment for the Arts](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) Fellowship and a Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship.<ref>[http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/walbertkate.html New York State Writers Institute]</ref> From 2011 to 2012, she was a Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the [New York Public Library](/source/New_York_Public_Library).<ref>[http://www.nypl.org/node/209750 New York Public Library]</ref>

==Partial bibliography==

=== Novels ===
* ''His Favorites'' (2018)
* ''The Sunken Cathedral'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/reviews/novel-s-characters-live-in-land-of-what-ifs-none/article_9df2a1be-c034-596b-beaf-12189d70503f.html| title = Novel's characters live in land of 'What ifs,' none of them good {{!}} Book reviews {{!}} stltoday.com}}</ref>
* ''A Short History of Women'' (2009)
* ''Our Kind'' (2004)
* ''The Gardens of Kyoto'' (2001)

=== Short fiction ===
* ''She Was Like That: New and Selected Stories'' (2019)
* ''Where She Went'' (1998)

=== Plays ===
* ''Genius'' 
* ''A Short History of Women'' (an adaptation)
* ''Elsewhere''
* ''Year of the Woman''

== Reviews ==
*Reviewing ''A Short History of Women'', [The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) called Walbert “reminiscent of a host of innovative writers from Virginia Woolf to Muriel Spark to Pat Barker.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Book Review: 'A Short History of Women' by Kate Walbert |website=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208225629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061104519.html |archive-date=2017-02-08 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061104519.html}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
# [http://www.katewalbert.com Kate Walbert's website]
# [http://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-book-prizes23-2010feb23-story.html Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists 2010]
# [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Cohen-t.html Sunday Book Review "A Short History of Women" by Leah Hager Cohen]
# [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061104519.html Washington Post Book Review: A Short History of Women]
# [http://nbafictionfinalists.squarespace.com/blog/2012/6/16/2004-3.html "Our Kind"]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on [http://www.nationalbook.org nationalbook.org]
# [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/books/kate-walbert-on-a-short-history-of-women "Kate Walbert on A Short History of Women" by Eryn Loeb]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} for [http://www.timeout.com/newyork Time Out New York]
# [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4174143 Kate Walbert Interview]  on [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4174143 NPR]
# [http://bitchmagazine.org/post/women-in-search-of-a-voice-an-interview-with-kate-walbert-author-of-ia-short-history-of-womeni Kate Walbert Interview] from [http://bitchmagazine.org bitchmagazine.org]
# [https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/593/kate-walbert Kate Walbert Interview] from [https://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm? bookbrowse.com]

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