Authors Families

  • Cathy Hopkins

    Cathy Hopkins

    Cathy Hopkins lives in North London with her husband and two cats. She had a varied career before she settled down and became a writer. She trained to teach art, sang with a rock and roll band (Driving Rock and the Rockettes), worked as an occupational therapist, script writer and reader, news...

  • Cathy Cassidy

    Cathy Cassidy

    Cathy Cassidy was born on June 13th 1962 and lives in Galloway, Scotland, with her husband Liam and their two children. Her first book 'Dizzy' was published by Puffin in June 2004 but she first started writing at the age of eight or nine, producing piture books for her younger brother. ...

  • Cathryn Constable

    Cathryn Constable

    Cathryn Constable read Theology at Cambridge University before working for Vogue, W, Elle Decoration, Elle and The Independent. She also wrote for a number of publications including Tatler and The Sunday Times before turning her hand to writing for children. The Wolf Princess, Cathryn's...

  • Catherynne M.Valente

    Catherynne M.Valente

    Catherynne M. Valente is a New York Times Bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction novels, short stories, and poetry. She lives on a small island off the coast of Maine with her husband and a large collection of animals. She has written over a dozen volumes of fiction and poetr...

  • Catherine Rayner

    Catherine Rayner

    Author and illustrator Catherine Rayner studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of art, where she still lives with her husband and young son, as well as a handful of pets including Shannon the horse, Ena the grey cat and a goldfish called Richard. Her first picture book, Augustus and...

  • Catherine Johnson

    Catherine Johnson

    Catherine Johnson was brought up in North London and is of Welsh/Jamaican descent. She studied film at St Martin's School of Art where her final piece was a remake of Rapunzel. Catherine has worked as a horse wrangler, as writer-in-residence at Holloway Prison, and was reader-in-residence at t...

  • Catherine Forde

    Catherine Forde

    Catherine Forde was discovered on the slush pile. Before turning to writing full time, she worked as a lexicographer for Collins and taught in secondary schools. She lives in Glasgow with her husband and two sons. Fat Boy Swim was shortlisted for the 2004 Blue peter Book Award and the Booktrus...

  • Simon Cheshire

    Simon Cheshire

    Simon Cheshire grew up in Warwickshire. He was always the quiet kid at the back of the class, and spent a lot of time staring out of the window. His first book appeared in 1997, and since then his books have been published in many countries around the world, and in several languages. He...