Katrina Strickland has been writing about the arts for fifteen years, for the past six as arts editor of the Australian Financial Review. Prior to that she worked at The Australian for eleven years, filling various roles including arts editor, deputy arts editor, national arts writer and marketing writer. She holds arts and law (honours) degrees from Melbourne University, is a former World Press Institute fellow and joint winner of the 2010 Trawalla Foundation Arts Journalism Scholarship. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two cats.
A lively and spirited book, accessible in its language, and generally based sound on scholarship. It is a provocative book that engages with a number of very sensitive and controversial issues and it is gratifying to remember that Strickland's first qualification was an honors degree in law. --Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times A lively and spirited book, accessible in its language, and generally based sound on scholarship. It is a provocative book that engages with a number of very sensitive and controversial issues and it is gratifying to remember that Strickland s first qualification was an honors degree in law. Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times