For more award-winning works by Kennedy, see: her debut collection, Dark Roses; her poetry collection, The Taste of River Water; her novel, The World Beneath; and her short story, “Cold Snap”.
In interviews, Kennedy has cited the following people and works as sources of inspiration: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Lewis Hyde’s The Gift, Anton Chekov, Peter Carey, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Roald Dahl.
Contemporary short story writers who focus on style and topics similar to Kenndey include: Raymond Carver, Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Denis Johnson, George Saunders, and Alice Munro.
