Hello Everyone from TK Kenyon
by tkkenyon on January 8th, 2007, 5:26 pm
Hi Folks,
Name: TK Kenyon
Education:
BS -- Microbiology, Arizona State
MFA -- Fiction (English), Univ. of Iowa Writers' Workshop
PhD -- Microbiology (Virology, VZV ORF47 Ser PK, a homologue of CKII) -- Univ. of Iowa
Postdoc -- Neuroscience, CNDR at Univ. of Pennsylvania
Recent stuff: First novel will be released by Kunati Books in April, 2007
Booklist said, "*STARRED REVIEW* A priest, a professor, the professor's wife, and his mistress--it sounds like the set-up for a dirty joke, but debut novelist Kenyon isn't fooling around. What begins as a riff on Peyton Place (salacious small-town intrigue) smoothly metamorphoses into a philosophical battle between science and religion. You would think that in attempting to deal with so many different themes-- shady clergy, top-secret scientific research, marital infidelity, lust, love, honor, faith-- Kenyon would run the risk of overwhelming readers. But, and this is why Kenyon is definitely an author to watch, she juggles all of her story's elements without dropping any of them--and, let's not forget, creates four very subtle and intriguing central characters. This is a novel quite unlike most standard commercial fare, a genre-bending story--part thriller, part literary slapdown with dialogue as the weapon of choice (think Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)-- that makes us laugh, wince, and reflect all at the same time. Kenyon is definitely a keeper." -- David Pitt, Booklist, December 1, 2006
Also writing more stuff, and I like to talk to people with brains in their respective heads. While my 2 year old and I have fascinating conversations; occasionally, I like to discuss things other than "the letter H."
I plan to hang out in the science and philosophy forums. Talk to you there!
TK Kenyon