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Leah Kaminsky

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Melbourne, Australia

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Leah Kaminsky, is a physician and award-winning writer. Her debut novel The Waiting Room won the Voss Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Helen Asher Award. The Hollow Bones, won the 2019 International Book Awards in both Historical Fiction & Literary Fiction Categories. Doll's Eye will be published in 2023. We’re all Going to Die has been described as ‘a joyful book about death’. She edited Writer MD and co-authored Cracking the Code. Her poetry collection, Stitching Things Together, was a finalist in the Anne Elder Award. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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Average rating: 3.58 · 1,179 ratings · 228 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hollow Bones 3.32 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writer, M.D.: The Best Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction by Doctors 3.73 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doll’s Eye 3.63 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We're All Going to Die 3.78 avg rating — 138 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animals Make Us Human by Leah Kaminsky (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Keneally (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 91 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Differential Diagnosis 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disorders of the Blood 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stitching Things Together it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Childs Health : A Manual for Australian Parents by Leah Kaminsky (Goodreads Author), Frank Oberklaid it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Differential Diagnosis: Doctors on the Job 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Leah Kaminsky and 1 other person liked Jacquie Garton-Smith's review of Disorders of the Blood: "Leah Kaminsky’s “disorders of the blood” is a treasure. Kaminsky is a magician with words, drawing on the deepest humanity and reality. I tried to mark a favourite poem and I’ve tagged so many, it’s impossible for one to claim victory. Each of the fo" Read more of this review »
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Leah Kaminsky liked Gavan's review of Doll’s Eye: "I would have given this 4 stars for writing, but some aspects didn't work for me: the links to Hitler lacked credibility (and the practical aspect of passing notes); some of the characters at Birdum felt too caricature / stereotypical / predictable. " Read more of this review »
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Leah Kaminsky liked Efrat's review of Doll’s Eye: "The literary achievement of this great book reminds me of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Here too, a war time epoch is unfolding through the lenses of the protagonists. This incredible book seems to merge together with much delicacy, subtleness and wisdom " Read more of this review »
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Leah Kaminsky liked Yvonne Sanders's review of Doll's Eye: "Born with heterochromia (two different coloured eyes) at just the wrong time and place in history, Anna Winter finds herself the subject of intrigue and evil intent in the brewing calamity of 1930s Germany. At the insistence of her widowed father, sh" Read more of this review »
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“If I don't journey forward along these tracks then you will never be born. Then who will there be to tell my story?”
― Leah Kaminsky, The Waiting Room

tags: bearing-witness, love, mothers-and-daughters

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“Loving each other began with longing, weaving her loneliness into his.”
― Leah Kaminsky, The Waiting Room

tags: loneliness, love, relationships

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