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Kate Thompson (born 10 November 1956) [1] is a British Irish writer best known for children's novels. Most of her children's fiction is fantasy but several of her books also deal with the consequences of genetic engineering.
Feb 17, 2023 · Set in 1944, The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson follows twenty-five-year-old Clara Button, a young widow working as a librarian in the underground library in the Bethnal Green Tube Station and her close friend and assistant Ruby Munroe.
Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and adults.She has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since 1981. She is the youngest child of the social historians and peace activists E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers.
Biography. Kate Thompson was born in Halifax and grew up in Leamington Spa and Worcester. She has lived in Ireland since 1981. She spent some years working with racehorses in England and the US, also travelling to India during which time she worked as a volunteer in an orphanage.
Kate Thompson - Author. 11,773 likes · 39 talking about this. Documenting social history. Fiction. Non-fiction. Ghostwriting. Podcast: From The Library With Love
Apr 9, 2024 · Kate Thompson. 4.31. 2,104 ratings392 reviews. From enchanting cliff tops and white sandy bays to the pretty cobbled streets of St Helier, Jersey is known as the land of milk and honey.
'A storyteller of genius'- Irish Times. Tess and Kevin are Switchers - they can change into any creature at will. And when they discover they share this gift, they find that together they have powers beyond belief, enabling the two of them to save the world from threatened destruction.
Stand Alone Novels. Winner of the CBI Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award 2001. Beguilers. There is a dire warning never to peep out at them. There are stories of people who succumbed to their voices and walked out into the night, never to be seen again.
Kate Thompson is a children’s author in West Sussex, described as ‘an exciting new voice in picture books’. Kate is a passionate advocate for the importance of reading and writing for pleasure, and hopes to inspire both through her children’s books and author events.
'If you buy nothing else for your children (or yourself) this summer, buy Kate Thompson's The New Policeman . . . Witty, entrancinly romantic and rooted in an ancient Celtic myth, this is a parable about not having enough time which hits hard' - Independent
