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Kathryn Lomer, author of Two Kinds Of Silence, Extraction Of Arrows, Night Writing, Camera Obscura, The Spare Room, What Now, Tilda B?, and The God In The Ink

Kathryn Lomer

Biography

Kathryn Lomer grew up in north-west Tasmania and lives in Hobart. She has published across the genres of novel, short story, young adult fiction and poetry. Her books have received a number of awards, including a NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the Anne Elder Award and the Margaret Scott Prize.

Sunday Tasmanian

‘Lomer is a versatile writer. She is both a novelist and poet who also demonstrates ... a fine facility for compressing emotion.’

The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Lomer has an assured style, with thoughtfully paced sentences and a contemplative, analytical view …’

The Canberra Times

‘The Tasmanian poet Kathryn Lomer is an artist who relies on the accumulation of lyrical detail and is very much able to think her way into a situation – then recreate it for us with impressive dramatic skill.’

Titles by Kathryn Lomer

What Now, Tilda B? by Kathryn Lomer

What Now, Tilda B?

Kathryn Lomer
Two Kinds Of Silence by Kathryn Lomer

Two Kinds Of Silence

Kathryn Lomer
Camera Obscura by Kathryn Lomer

Camera Obscura

Kathryn Lomer
The Spare Room by Kathryn Lomer

The Spare Room

Kathryn Lomer
The God In The Ink by Kathryn Lomer

The God In The Ink

Kathryn Lomer