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Kate
Kruimink

Kate Kruimink is a writer from the Huon Valley. Her 2020 novel, "A Treacherous Country", won the Vogel of that year. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Literature and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in the UK. Kate Kruimink was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists in 2021. Her shorter works have been published in a number of journals, including "Island" and "Going Down Swinging".


Kate Kruimink is a writer from the Huon Valley. Her 2020 novel, "A Treacherous Country", won the Vogel of that year. It was also shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Award for Literature and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in the UK. Kate Kruimink was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists in 2021. Her shorter works have been published in a number of journals, including "Island" and "Going Down Swinging".


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by Kate Kruimink
16 Jun 2023

You could always hang surplus criminals, but there were murmurings that that was maybe a bit inhumane ...

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