New Zealand Writers

LYNCH, Sarah-Kate

LYNCH, Sarah-Kate (1962- ) is a novelist, a journalist, a columnist and an editor.

Lynch was born and raised in Clyde. She moved to Wellington and completed a Diploma of Journalism. Lynch’s successful career in journalism has included work for newspapers, magazines and on radio. At various times in her career she has worked as a journalist, editor, radio presenter and columnist. She is currently a full-time fiction writer.

Lynch’s first book was Stuff It! A Wicked Approach to Dieting (1997) which was followed by the satiric novel Finding Tom Connor (2000). Lynch has since published two more novels, Blessed Are (2002) and By Bread Alone (2003) as well as a collection of columns, The Modern Girls Guide (2002). Lynch is a successful fiction writer; her work sells well both here in New Zealand and abroad. Her success is due, in part, to what Margie Thomson in the New Zealand Herald describes as her ‘distinctive voice at the quality end of the popular-fiction genre. Her plots buzz along (both her previous novels have been optioned by film companies), her characters spring recognisably to life, she's extremely lively and funny (albeit a little glib and overstated at times) especially when she's skewering the world of social flim-flam, but with a feel for language that results in some lovely imagery and, in this latest novel [By Bread Alone], genuine poignancy.’

Sarah-Kate Lynch lives in Queenstown.

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Updated Information

Sarah-Kate Lynch released House of Peine in 2006 (Black Swan).