Kathryn Cave

Kathryn Cave was born in Aldershot in Hampshire. She has three grown-up children and four grandchildren. Kathryn has written more than 20 children's books for all ages. She works for independent publisher Frances Lincoln on the revised edition of the Wainwright walking guides.

In 1997, Kathryn was awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else. Something Else was illustrated by Chris Riddell. It has been turned into an animation for television by TV Loonland and a children's theatre production by Tall Stories (www.tallstories.org.uk).

She lives in Hampstead, north London. For more about her books or to send her an email visit www.kathryncave.com.