Kate Thompson (author) facts for kids

Kate Thompson (born November 10, 1956) is a talented writer from Ireland and Britain. She is most famous for her amazing children's novels. Many of her books are fantasy stories. Some of her books also explore ideas about genetic engineering, which is about changing living things.

About Kate Thompson

Kate Thompson's full name is Katharine Anna Thompson. She was born in Halifax, a town in Yorkshire, England. She was the youngest child of E. P. Thompson and Dorothy Towers. Her parents were historians and worked for peace.

Since 1981, Kate has lived in Ireland. Many of her stories are set there. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked with horses. She also traveled in India. In 1984, she settled in Inagh, a place in the west of Ireland. She lives there with her partner, Conor Minogue. They have two daughters named Cliodhna and Dearbhla.

Kate is also a very good fiddle player. She loves Irish traditional music. This love for music even shows up in her book, The New Policeman.

Awards for Her Books

Kate Thompson has won many important awards for her books. Her book, The New Policeman, won two big awards in 2005. These were the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. This book is set in modern Kinvara and the magical Irish land of Tír na nÓg. It also won the Dublin Airport Authority Children's Book of the Year Award in 2005.

She has won the Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award four times! She won it for The Beguilers, The Alchemist's Apprentice, Annan Water, and The New Policeman. Her book Creature of the Night was also nominated for the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize and the 2009 Carnegie Medal.

Kate Thompson's Books

Kate Thompson has written many books for different ages. She is best known for her exciting children's novels.

Children's Novels

• Switchers Trilogy (a trilogy is a series of three books)
  • Switchers (1997)
  • Midnight's Choice (1998)
  • Wild Blood (1999)
• Missing Link or Fourth World trilogy
  • The Missing Link (2000)
  • Only Human (2001)
  • Origins (2002)
• The Beguilers (2001)
• The Alchemist's Apprentice (2002)
• Annan Water (2004)
• New Policeman or Liddy trilogy
  • The New Policeman (2005)
  • The Last of the High Kings (2007)
  • The White Horse Trick (2010)
• The Fourth Horseman (2006)
• Creature of the Night (2008)
• Wanted! (2010)

Other Books

• For adults
  • There is Something (1992), a book of poetry
  • Down Among the Gods (1997)
  • Thin Air (1999)
  • An Act of Worship (2000)
• Illustrated books
  • Highway Robbery (2008)