Karen Hitchcock is an Australian author and medical doctor who published her first book of short stories in 2009. She has published in both medical[1] and literary journals, including a publication in the "Best Australian Short Stories" and "Best Australian Essays" anthologies.[2]
Her first book Little White Slips (Picador, 2009) was well received in the Australian media[3] and won the 2010 Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, was shortlisted in the 2010 NSW Premiers Literary Award and the Kibble/Dobie award for women writers.
Karen writes a regular column about medicine for The Monthly, and currently works as a physician in a large city hospital in Melbourne.
Bibliography edit
Nonfiction edit
- Hitchcock, Karen (4 February 2020), The Medicine: A doctor's notes, Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd (published 2020), ISBN 978-1-76064-193-1
Short fiction edit
Collections edit
- Hitchcock, Karen (2009). Little white slips. Sydney: Picador Australia.
Essays and reporting edit
- Hitchcock, Karen (August 2014). "Crazy pills : our obsession with vitamins is getting out of hand". The Medicine. The Monthly. 103: 19.[4]
- Hitchcock, Karen (14 March 2015), "Dear Life: On caring for the elderly", Quarterly Essay, Quarterly Essay 57, Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Media Pty Ltd (published 2015), ISBN 978-1-86395-716-8, ISSN 1832-0953
References edit
- ^ Nair, Balakrishnan R.; Mears, Stephen R.; Hitchcock, Karen I.; Attia, John R. (9 December 2002). "Evidence-based physicians' dressing: a crossover trial". The Medical Journal of Australia. 177 (11): 681–682. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb05017.x. PMID 12464001. S2CID 36833163.
- ^ The Best Australian Stories 2009 by Delia Falconer. 4 August 2009.
- ^ First impressions The Australian [dead link]
- ^ Original printed article is untitled.
External links edit
- interview with Richard Fidler ABC Radio National from the Sydney Writer's Festival
- Karen Hitchcock: Little White Slips interview on Radio National's Life Matters
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