Miranda Kennedy

Miranda Kennedy
Born 1975
Citizenship American
Education MFA
Alma mater Bennington College
Occupation Journalist, writer
Employer National Public Radio
Notable work Sideways on a Scooter

Miranda Kennedy (born 1975) is an American journalist and writer. Her first book, Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India, was published by Random House in 2011.[1] Part memoir, part reported nonfiction, it tells the story of several Indian women as a way of explaining the slow pace of social and cultural change in India.[2] The book was reviewed by The Washington Post,[3] Macleans[4] and Kirkus Reviews among others.[5]

Kennedy lived in New Delhi, India for five years, as a reporter covering South Asia for National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace Radio.[6]

In 2007, Kennedy moved to Washington, DC, to work as an editor at National Public Radio's Morning Edition. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College in Vermont and a BA degree from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.com/book/91595/sideways-on-a-scooter-by-miranda-kennedy
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtH7eRY56I
  3. ↑ Lisa Bonos, '“Sideways on a Scooter” is a memoir by Miranda Kennedy', Washington Post, July 14, 2011
  4. ↑ Dafna Izenberg, 'Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India', Maclean's, May 3, 2011
  5. ↑ 'Sideways on a Scooter', Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2011
  6. ↑ http://internationalreportingproject.org/fellows-editors/profile/kennedy-miranda
  7. ↑ http://www.mirandakennedy.com/#!the-author

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