Kate Thompson
, b. 1956
A British-Irish author of children’s novels. She is the youngest child of social historian and activist E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers. She won numerous awards for her fiction, among them The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. She is also a skilful fiddler who takes great interest in traditional Irish music. She lives in West Ireland with her family.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: May 30, 2018).
Profile at the goodreads.com (accessed: May 30, 2018).
Bio prepared by Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, ayelet.peer@gmail.com
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