Author Description

An Australian memoir published to critical acclaim worldwide, <i>In My Skin</i> is the true story of Kate Holden's life as a prostitute and a heroin addict. <p>Kate was a nice middle-class girl: a dreamy bookworm, a classics scholar and an innocent. In this memoir she chronicles in frank and beautifully crafted prose her descent into drug addiction and then prostitution. She depicts the harsh honesty of the life she led in Melbourne's streets and brothels. The hardship and the friendships, the day to day struggle to survive. And she tells how, ultimately, she overcame her addiction to forge a new life for herself. </p> <p>'Quite simply in a class of its own. <i>In My Skin</i> is the work of a stunningly talented writer who both graces and surpasses her material.' <i>Guardian</i></p> <p>Kate Holden is the author of <i>In My Skin: A memoir</i> and <i>The Romantic: Italian Nights and Days</i>, published by Text. For six years she wrote a column for <i>The Age</i> and has published essays, short stories, and reviews in <i>Griffith Review</i>, <i>Meanjin</i>, <i>The Weekend Australian, The Monthly</i>, <i>The Saturday Paper</i> and others.</p>