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The Dress | Kate Kerrigan | Talks at Google

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Kate Kerrigan: The Dress
Recorded in London, August 2015

Kate Kerrigan is a New York Times bestselling author living and working in Ireland. Her novels include the international bestseller Recipes for a Perfect Marriage which has been translated into 15 languages and the Irish American Ellis Island trilogy. Her latest novel, The Dress, is published by Head of Zeus in September 2015.
Kate is the pen name of Morag Prunty. Morag had a unique career path. Leaving school at 15 with no exams she worked in a hairdressing salon for four years before blagging her way into the world of women's magazines. She went on to become  the youngest ever person to edit a national magazine and an award-winning editor of iconic titles such as more! and Just Seventeen - during which time she helped launch the career of a fledgling Take That.

In 1991 Morag walked out on a media career to fulfil a personal ambition to move to Ireland, where she became the editor of Irish Tatler. During her tenure there she began to write fiction, then, in 2000, had her first book published under her own name. Dancing With Mules bawdy chick-lit and earned her an unprecedented advance from Pan Macmillan in the UK and Harper Collins U.S.
 
In 2006, tired of writing comedy, Kate changed her style of writing completely to a more serious/emotional ben and became Kate Kerrigan. Her first book, Recipes for a perfect Marriage, was translated into 20 languages including Japanese.

In her new novel, The Dress, Kate references her magazine days with a dual timeline story of a magnificent couture gown made in 1950s New York which is replicated by a young vintage blogger in present day London.

The Dress can be purchased on Google Play here -
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kate_Kerrigan_The_Dress?id=Xm3JCQAAQBAJ&pcampaignid=MKT-AC-global-none-all-OO-oth-bk-GoogleTalks-Jul1415-1

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