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Author Website
www.macphailbooks.com
Catherine was born and brought up in Greenock in Scotland where she still lives. She started off writing short stories for magazines and radio, as well as two romantic novels. She loves comedy and has had two comedy series on BBC Radio 2. She never even considered writing for children until something happened to her daughter, Katie, which sparked off her first novel for teenagers, Run Zan Run. It was published in 1994 and won the Kathleen Fidler Award for a first novel.
Her second, Fighting Back was one of the first winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Award in 1999. Roxy’s Baby is Cathy’s twentieth book which recently won the Royal Mail award for a Scottish Children’s Book. Her latest series is called Nemesis and is a crime thriller over four books that follows Ram, a boy in search of his identity.
Author Facts
- Catherine MacPhail’s wrote all kind of stories from horror to romance until she realized that comedy was her forte.
- Her first novel for Bloomsbury, Missing, was shortlisted for the Angus Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award and it won the South Lanarkshire Book Award.
- Though her books are character led, they confront big issues head on.
- She is a huge fan of the new Doctor Who TV programme.
Recommended Reads
Nemesis
Into the Shadows
Bloomsbury
0747582688
Nemesis 2
The Beast Within
Bloomsbury
0747582696
Nemesis 3
Sinister Intent
Bloomsbury
074758270X
Publisher
Bloomsbury