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Catherine Fisher

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Welsh children's writer (1957-)

United KingdomWritersBorn 1957 · age 68
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Catherine Fisher is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique, she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry.

Awards 2

2007Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
1995Tir na n-Og Award

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About this person

Catherine Fisher is a poet and novelist for children and Young Adults. Best known for her internationally bestselling novel Incarceron and its sequel, Sapphique, she has published over 40 novels and 5 volumes of poetry. She has worked as an archaeologist, and as a school and university teacher, is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator and has taught at the Arvon Foundation and Ty Newydd Writers' Centres. She lives in Wales, UK.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1957 · age 68
Written about in
7 languages

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