Sarah Krasnostein
Sarah Krasnostein | |
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Born | United States of America |
Occupation | Writer, legal academic |
Education | University of Melbourne |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Notable works | The Trauma Cleaner |
Notable awards | Victorian Premier's Prize for Literature |
Spouse | Charlie Pickering |
Website | |
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Sarah Krasnostein is an American-Australian non-fiction writer and legal academic.
Education
Krasnostein completed a BA/LLB (honours) degree from the University of Melbourne in 2005.[1] She worked as a lawyer in the Victorian Department of Justice from 2007 to 2011.[1]
She graduated with a PhD from Monash University in 2016. Her thesis, "Pursuing Consistency: The Effect of Different Reforms on Unjustified Disparity in Individualised Sentencing Frameworks", won her the Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for Law.[2]
Writing
Krasnostein first book, The Trauma Cleaner, was published in 2017.[3] She spent four years researching the book, which is a memoir of Sandra Pankhurst's life and work as a trauma cleaner.[4] It won both the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Prize for Non-Fiction at the 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.[5]
In her second book, The Believer, Krasnostein tells the stories of six people from vastly different backgrounds. It has been shortlisted for the 2021 Nib Literary Award.[6]
Works
Books
- The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster, Text Publishing, 2017 ISBN 9781925410761
- The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death & Faith, Text Publishing, 2021 ISBN 9781922330208
Essay
- "Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia", Quarterly Essay No. 85, 2022[7]
Legal journal articles
- Arie Freiberg; Sarah Krasnostein (2011). "Statistics, Damn Statistics and Sentencing". Journal of Judicial Administration. ISSN 1036-7918. SSRN 2431743. Wikidata Q108744894.
- Sarah Krasnostein; Arie Freiberg (2013). "Pursuing Consistency in an Individualistic Sentencing Framework: If You Know Where You're Going, How Do You Know When You've Got There". Law and Contemporary Problems. ISSN 0023-9186. Wikidata Q108744760.
- Sarah Krasnostein (1 March 2014). "Too Much Individualisation, Not Enough Justice: Bugmy v the Queen". Alternative Law Journal. doi:10.1177/1037969X1403900104. ISSN 1037-969X. Wikidata Q108744710.
- Sarah Krasnostein; Arie Freiberg (9 October 2014), Sentencing Guideline Schemes Across the United States and Beyond, doi:10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780199935383.013.001, SSRN 2507667, Wikidata Q108744809
- Sarah Krasnostein (30 November 2018). "Boulton v The Queen: The Resurrection of Guideline Judgments in Australia?". Current Issues in Criminal Justice. doi:10.1080/10345329.2015.12036030. ISSN 1034-5329. Wikidata Q108744728.
Personal
Krasnostein is married to Australian comedian, Charlie Pickering.[8]
References
- ^ a b Krasnostein, Sarah; Freiberg, Arie (2 October 2014). "Sentencing Guideline Schemes Across the United States and Beyond". Oxford Handbooks Online. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935383.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935383-e-001. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Spotlight on HDR graduates". Faculty of Law. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Kisler, Moraig (17 December 2017). "The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein – Sisters in Crime Australia". Sisters in Crime. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Harmon, Steph (1 February 2018). "Sarah Krasnostein wins $125,000 at Australia's richest literary prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Harmon, Steph (1 February 2018). "Sarah Krasnostein wins $125,000 at Australia's richest literary prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Nib Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Krasnostein, Sarah (18 March 2022). "Not Waving, Drowning". Quarterly Essay. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Baum, Caroline (21 March 2018). "Heart of dirtness: Literary odyssey into the psyche of a hoarder". Plus61JMedia. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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