Here are some facts about Cathy Cassidy.
- She was born in Coventry in 1962.
- When she was a girl, she used to write picture books for her younger brother.
- She went to art school in Liverpool and then went on to work as fiction editor on Jackie magazine.
- After marrying her boyfriend, Liam, she trained as an art teacher.
- She taught for a few years in Coventry, and then she moved to Scotland.
- Cathy Cassidy is a vegan.
- She loves vintage clothes and old toys and books.
- Cathy has two grown-up children.
- She enjoys walking her dogs, swimming and gardening.
- When she was a child, she enjoyed reading the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome and Little House on the Prarie by Lauran Ingalls Wilder.
- Her first book, Dizzy, was published in 2004.
- On average it takes her between 4 and 6 months to write one of her books.
- she really admires the YA authors John Green and Meg Rosoff.
- She has written more than 25 books.
- Cathy Cassidy writes a daily blog called Dreamcatcher. Check it out here.
