Kate Thompson
Agent: Kate Burke
Assistant:Sian Ellis-Martin
Biography: Kate is an award-winning journalist, ghostwriter and novelist. She spent five years’ working on national newspapers such as the Daily Express and Daily Mail, and also on all the major national woman’s magazine titles.
Over the past seven years, she has concentrated on writing ten fiction and non-fiction titles. Her debut novel, SECRETS OF THE SINGER GIRLS, was a Sunday Times bestseller in , with first week sales of over 10, It has recently been optioned by Bandit Television.
Kate's first non-fiction book ,which uncovers the lives of extraordinary women of wartime East End, THE STEPNEY DOORSTEP SOCIETY, was published by Penguin (Michael Joseph) in February and reached number one in the history categories on Amazon.
Hodder published THE WARTIME BOOK CLUB in February Seven Dials will publish A MOTHER’S PROMISE, a powerful and inspiring story of Holocaust survival from Renee Salt, written with Kate Thompson, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation in February
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About Me
My name is Kate Thompson and I am a children's author. If you are looking for the Kate Thompson who writes historical fiction, or one of the other many many Kate Thompsons out there, I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere!
I spent most of my childhood reading, off on exciting bookish adventures with hobbits and dragons and crime-solving detectives. I started writing and illustrating picture books when I was about 5 years old.
The first complete book I ever wrote (and illustrated) was this one:
It even had a little finger puppet inside that I'd made (loosely based on another children's book I'd read at the time!):
I decided then and there that when I grew up I was going to be a children’s author (while doing some detective work on the side).
However, instead when I grew up I became a lawyer. I was good at this job, and it did involve lots of reading and writing, and sometimes even a bit of detective work, but it never felt quite right for me.
But then I was lucky enough to become a mum to two lovely boys and from my very first bedtime story session, I fell back into love with picture books and storytelling.
It took lots of ha
Kate Thompson
Born
in Halifax, Yorkshire, The United KingdomJuly 23,
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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young Adult
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Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since She is the youngest child of the social historians and peace activists E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers. She worked with horses and travelled in India before settling in the west of Ireland with her partner Conor. They have two daughters, Cliodhna and Dearbhla. She is an accomplished fiddler with an interest in Irish traditional music, reflected in The New Policeman.
While Kate Thompson's children's fiction is primarily fantasy, several of her books also deal with the consequences of genetic engineering.
She has won the BLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Kate Thompson is an award-winning writer for children and has lived in Ireland, where many of her books are set, since She is the youngest child of the social historians and peace activists E. P. Thomp
Kate Thompson
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History, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction
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Kate Thompson was born in London and worked as a journalist for twenty years on women's magazines and national newspapers. She now lives in Sunbury with her husband, two sons and two rescue dogs. After ghost writing five memoirs, Kate moved into fiction.
Kate's first non-fiction social history documenting the forgotten histories of East End matriarchy, The Stepney Doorstep Society, was published in by Penguin. She is passionate about capturing lost voices and untold social histories.
Today Kate works as a journalist, author and library campaigner. Her most recent books, The Little Wartime Library () and The Wartime Book Club () by Hodder & Stoughton focus on two remarkable libraries in wartime. Her libraries project, celebrKate Thompson was born in London and worked as a journalist for twenty years on women's magazines and national newspapers. She now lives in Sunbury with her husband, two sons and two rescue dogs. After ghost writing five memoirs, Kate moved into fiction.
Kate's first non-fiction
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