Catherine Fisher


Catherine Fisher is a Welsh poet and children's novelist who writes in English. She has also worked as a school and university teacher. She lives in the city of Newport, Wales.

Work experience

Fisher's former jobs include working as a primary-school teacher and as an archaeologist. She also taught writing for children at the University of Glamorgan.

Writing

When Fisher began writing poetry, she had several poems published in anthologies before three collections of her work appeared with Seren Publishing. The collection Immrama won the Welsh Arts Council Young Writers' Prize in 1989. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in the same year.
Since the late 1980s she has been writing children's fantasy. Her novels have been translated into 17 languages, and many of her works have won or been shortlisted for literary awards.

Poetry