Katherine Barnes is the author of The Higher Self, about Australian poet Christopher Brennan, which won the Walter McRae Russell award in 2007 and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's prize for literary scholarship in 2008. She holds a PhD in Australian literature from the Australian National University and formerly lectured at the Australian Defence Force Academy, where she taught creative writing and English literature, including the literature of war. She lives in Canberra.
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