Authors Families
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Simon Mason
Simon Mason's young adult novel Moon Pie was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize, and his first book in The Quigleys series was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award. The first Garvie Smith Mystery, Running Girl, was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Aw...
