Karen Hitchcock (author) explained

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

Short fiction

Collections

• Book: Hitchcock, Karen . Little white slips . Sydney . Picador Australia . 2009 .

Essays and reporting

• Hitchcock, Karen . Aug 2014 . Crazy pills : our obsession with vitamins is getting out of hand . The Medicine . The Monthly . 103 . 19 . ^[4]

External links

• 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

Notes and References

1. Nair. Balakrishnan R.. Mears. Stephen R.. Hitchcock. Karen I.. Attia. John R.. 2002-12-09. Evidence-based physicians' dressing: a crossover trial. The Medical Journal of Australia. en. 177. 11. 681–682. 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb05017.x. 12464001. 36833163.
2. Book: The Best Australian Stories 2009 by Delia Falconer. 2009-08-04. en.
3. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/first-impressions-karen-hitchcock-author/story-e6frg8nf-1225766721345 First impressions
4. Original printed article is untitled.