Krissy Kneen (28 works by)
Born: Established: 1968 ;
Gender: Female

BiographyHistory

Krissy Kneen has an MA in Creative Writing from the Queensland University of Technology. Her short dramas and documentaries have been screened on SBS television and she has worked at Brisbane's Avid Reader Bookshop. In 2007 Kneen co-founded the independent publisher Eatbooks.

Awards for Works

Affection : A Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy , 2009 autobiography single work

'"Colour. I see colour. I feel heat and pressure and the edges of everything become indistinct. I hover at the edge of a thought. When I fall over the edge I am surprised. Pleased. It is as if I have succumbed to colour. I am filled with it, and full of the idea of smell. My body pulses in the aftermath of this transformation.

This is my first orgasm. I can name it now. I can re-live it. But back then, at the beginning of things, there was no line between the colours and the heat and the scent."

When she was a child Krissy Kneen fell deeply, helplessly in love with her own sexuality. As a young woman she pursued her desires down whatever risk-strewn paths they led. Now, middle-aged and happily married, she remains driven by the need for orgasm, racked by obsessive lust, constantly in thrall to the temptation of pornography.

Could this be a problem?

'Affection is the true story of a woman, her body and the extraordinary adventures they've shared. (From the publisher's website.)

2010 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Biography of the Year
2010 shorlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Best Non-Fiction Book
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