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Patrick Skene Catling
, b. 1925
British journalist, author and reviewer, Patrick Skene Catling was born in London. Educated in the UK and the United States, he served as a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force and began working as reporter for the Baltimore Sun during the late 1940s, detailing his experiences in his memoir Better than Working (1960). Now based in Ireland, he continues to write for a range of newspapers, including the Spectator and the Telegraph.
Best known for The Chocolate Touch, Catling has published extensively both for adult and juvenile readers, including several other books about the adventures of John Midas. In John Midas in the Dreamtime (1986), the hero visits the Australian outback and travels thousands of years back in time to encounter an Aboriginal tribe. Catling has also revisited the theme of the chocolate touch in Chocolate Magic (1997), this time featuring Mary Midas, a female protagonist.
Sources:
Profile at goodreads.com (accessed: December 10, 2019)
Profile at encyclopedia.com (accessed: December 10, 2019)
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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