Banner, Catherine

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Name (Hebrew)
באנר, קתרין, 1989-
Name (Latin)
Banner, Catherine
Other forms of name
Banner, Catherine, 1989-
בנר, קתרין, 1989-
Date of birth
1989
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 80628260
Wikidata: Q2490518
Library of congress: n 2008026648
Sources of Information
  • Banner, Catherine. The eyes of a king, 2008:ECip t.p. (Catherine Banner)
  • catherine-banner.com, viewed on 06-22-2015:(Catherine Banner; Catherine Banner was born in Cambridge, UK, in 1989. Her first young adult novel, The Eyes of a King, was published in 2008, followed by Voices in the Dark (2009) and The Heart at War (2015), a loosely-connected trilogy following the interweaving stories of a family over several generations in a country troubled by war. Her young adult writing is published by Penguin Random House in English and has been translated into Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Polish, Estonian, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Spanish, Thai and Simplified Chinese. In 2006, her portrait was included in the Exceptional Youth exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, and she was a 2008 Amazon Rising Star. Catherine studied English at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and has worked as a teacher in schools in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Stockton-on-Tees. In 2012 she moved to County Durham in the North East of England, where she lives with her fiance. Her debut adult novel, a work of literary historical fiction following one family across 95 years of European history, is The House at the Edge of Night.)

Wikipedia description:

Catherine Banner (born 22 April 1989) is a British author, born in Cambridge, England and living in Turin, Italy. She gained international attention with her first book, The Eyes of a King, which she began writing when she was fourteen and still a school student. She attended Coleridge Community College and Hills Road Sixth Form College. Banner studied English at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, before moving to County Durham where she worked as a secondary school teacher. She has published a trilogy of young adult novels, The Last Descendants. Her debut adult novel, The House at the Edge of Night, was published in 2016. Her work is translated into 22 languages. She lives in Turin, Italy, with her husband.

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