What is Katherine Dunn?
{{Infobox person | name = Katherine Dunn | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Katherine Karen Dunn | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|10|24}} | birth_place = [[Garden City, Kansas]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|05|11|1945|10|24}} | death_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S. | death_cause= [[Lung cancer]] | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Writer | alma_mater=[[Reed College]]<br>[[Pacific University]] | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''[[Geek Love]]'' }} '''Katherine Karen Dunn''' (October 24, 1945 &ndash; May 11, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[novelist]], [[journalist]], voice artist, radio personality, book reviewer and [[poet]]. She was born in [[Garden City, Kansas]], but was raised in [[Portland, Oregon]]. She was best known for the novel ''[[Geek Love]]'' (1989). Dunn died of [[lung cancer]] on May 11, 2016 in Portland, aged 70.<ref>{{cite news | title=Katherine Dunn, Author of Geek Love, Dies at 70 | first=Nigel | last=Jaquiss | work=Willamette Week | date=May 12, 2016 | url=http://www.wweek.com/news/2016/05/12/katherine-dunn-author-of-geek-love-dies-at-70/ }}</ref><ref name=TribObit>{{cite news | title=Award-winning Portland writer Katherine Dunn dies at 70 | date=May 12, 2016 | work=Portland Tribune | url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/306619-184653-award-winning-portland-writer-katherine-dunn-dies-at-70 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/1071/on_the_beauty_of_violence/ An interview with ''Guernica Magazine'' about her new book, ''One Ring Circus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618055353/http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/1071/on_the_beauty_of_violence/ |date=2009-06-18 }} *[http://litreactor.com/columns/what-the-hell-ever-happened-to-katherine-dunn/ What The Hell Ever Happened To... Katherine Dunn?] LitReactor, 2012 *[http://sf-encyclopedia.com/Entry/dunn_katherine Entry] in ''[