Miranda Kennedy
Kennedy in 2014
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMFA
Alma materBennington College
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
EmployerNational Public Radio
Notable workSideways 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.[1] 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.[2] The book received praise from The Washington Post,[3] Macleans[4] and Kirkus Reviews among others.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sideways on a Scooter by Miranda Kennedy | PenguinRandomHouse.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ Relationships Between Tradition and Modernity, International Reporting Project, June 21, 2011, retrieved September 6, 2021
  3. ↑ Bonos, Lisa (July 14, 2011). ""Sideways on a Scooter" is a memoir by Miranda Kennedy". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ Dafna Izenberg, 'Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India', Maclean's, May 3, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ 'Sideways on a Scooter', Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kennedy, Miranda — International Reporting Project". internationalreportingproject.org. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist". Miranda Kennedy / Author & Journalist. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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