Miranda Kennedy | |
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Kennedy in 2014 | |
Citizenship | American |
Education | MFA |
Alma mater | Bennington College |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
Employer | National Public Radio |
Notable work | Sideways on a Scooter |
Miranda Kennedy 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. Part memoir, part reported nonfiction, it tells the story of several Indian women to describe the slow pace of social and cultural change in India. The book received praise from The Washington Post, Macleans and Kirkus Reviews among others.
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.
Kennedy is a Supervising Senior Editor at NPR. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College in Vermont and a BA degree from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.
References
- Sideways on a Scooter by Miranda Kennedy | PenguinRandomHouse.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- Relationships Between Tradition and Modernity, International Reporting Project, June 21, 2011, retrieved September 6, 2021
- Bonos, Lisa (July 14, 2011). ""Sideways on a Scooter" is a memoir by Miranda Kennedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- Dafna Izenberg, 'Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India', Maclean's, May 3, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- 'Sideways on a Scooter', Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- "Kennedy, Miranda — International Reporting Project". internationalreportingproject.org. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- "Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist". Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
External links
- Kennedy's 2011 article in The Guardian about arranged marriage
- Kennedy's interview on NPR's Morning Edition about "Sideways on a Scooter"
- List of Kennedy's India stories on Marketplace Radio