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Kate Sweeney

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Kate Sweeney lives in Atlanta where she writes and creates public radio stories. While pursuing her MFA at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, she spent time with obit writers, funeral directors and ordinary Americans who found themselves involved with death and memorialization. The resulting popular nonfiction book, American Afterlife, will be published by University of Georgia Press in March 2014.

Kate’s radio stories appear regularly on Atlanta’s NPR station, WABE 90.1 FM, and she has won three Edward R. Murrow awards as well as a number of Associated Press awards for her work. Her writing has appeared twice in Oxford American as well as Atlanta Magazine and New South, am ...more

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	American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning 3.78 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Superdog, Supermog and the Cat Burglar by Jo Blakeley, Kate Sweeney (Goodreads Author) 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