Kathleen Ferguson

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Kathleen Ferguson (born 19 August 1958 in Tamnaherin, County Londonderry)[1] is an Irish author known for The Maid's Tale[2] which won the 1995 Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction.[3] Educated at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. It was praised by the London Independent for its "wonderful candour" and the "lovely Derry idiom".[4] Kathleen Ferguson is married and lives in Rome, Italy.[1]

Published works

  • The Maid's Tale. Torc. 1994. ISBN 978-1-898142-04-1.
  • Waiting for Dad (1998)
  • Storia di una perpetua (2001)[5]
  • Xuanzang: Chinese Hero (2005)[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Levy, Eric P (2004). "The Mastering of Selfhood in Kathleen Ferguson's The Maid's Tale". New Hibernia Review. 8: 93–106. doi:10.1353/nhr.2004.0027. S2CID 145202690. Project MUSE 169612.
  2. Foster, John Wilson (2006). The Cambridge companion to the Irish novel. Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-521-86191-5. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  3. Tabor, Mary B. W. (11 October 1995). "Book Notes". The New York Times.
  4. Blake, Robin (8 April 1995). "Paperbacks". The Independent (UK).
  5. Library Thing catalogue
  6. GoodReads website, Xuanzang: Chinese Hero