Catherine Fisher

Named as the first Young People's Laureate for Wales inOctober 2011, Catherine Fisher is an internationally acclaimed poet and author of children's fiction, regularly lecturing and giving readings to groups of all ages. She leads sessions for teachers and librarians and is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator. She lives in Newport, Gwent. Catherine has won many awards for her work, including The Cardiff International Poetry Prize. The Oracle was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Prize and Incarceron was The Times Children's Book of the Year.