Catherine Butler facts for kids

Catherine Butler (born January 25, 1963, in Romsey, Hampshire) is an English academic and author. She writes exciting stories for children. Before becoming Catherine Butler, she was known as Charles Cadman Butler.

Catherine Butler is a Reader at Cardiff University. This means she is a senior academic who teaches and does research. She is well-known for her work on children's books and fantasy stories.

Academic Achievements

Catherine Butler has written important books about children's literature. Her book Four British Fantasists is one of her most famous academic works. It explores the fantasy worlds created by four well-known British authors: Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper.

This book won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in 2009. This award celebrates excellent writing about myths and fantasy. Four British Fantasists is available in many libraries around the world. Another of her academic books, Teaching Children's Fiction, is also widely used by students and teachers.

Popular Children's Books

Catherine Butler has written several popular fiction books for young readers. Her book Timon's Tide is one of her most widely read stories. It is available in over 300 libraries and has received many reviews.

Other exciting books she has written include Death of a Ghost, The Fetch of Mardy Watt, Calypso Dreaming, and The Lurkers. These books are also popular and can be found in many libraries.

List of Works

Catherine Butler has written and edited many books. Here are some of her publications:

As Charles Butler

• The Darkling (1997)
• Timon's Tide (1998)
• Calypso Dreaming (2002)
• The Fetch of Mardy Watt (2004)
• Death of a Ghost (2006)
• The Lurkers (2006)
• Teaching Children's Fiction, editor (2006)
• Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper (2006)
• Kiss of Death (2007)
• Hand of Blood (2009)

As Catherine Butler

• Reading History in Children's Books, with Hallie O'Donovan (2012)
• Roald Dahl: A New Casebook, editor with Ann Alston (2012)
• Twisted Winter, editor (2013)
• Philip Pullman: A New Casebook, editor with Tommy Halsdorf (2014)
• Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction, editor with Kimberley Reynolds (2014)
• Literary Studies Deconstructed: A Polemic (2018)
• British Children's Literature in Japanese Culture: Wonderlands and Looking-Glasses (2023)