Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson is one of the most exciting authors writing for young people today for she is a born storyteller, highly original and thought provoking in her ideas. She has travelled widely in the USA and India and studied law in London. After living in County Clare, she moved to Kinvara in County Galway and there, three years ago, she discovered her passion for playing the fiddle. She is now an accomplished player and also has a great interest in restoring instruments.
Kate is the only author to win the Children's Books Ireland Bisto Book of the Year award four times - in 2002 for The Beguilers, in 2003 for The Alchemist's Apprentice, in 2004 for Annan Water and in 2006 for The New Policeman.
The New Policeman also won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2005, the Whitbread Book Award Children's category 2005, the Children's Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards in March 2006 and has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
Her latest book The Last of the High Kings, is a beautiful and haunting story that delves deep into the magic of Irish myth and folklore. In March 2008, The Last of the High Kings was shortlisted for the 2008 Children's Books Ireland Bisto Award.
Books by Kate Thompson
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Highway Robbery
by Kate ThompsonA wonderful beautifully illustrated short story for young readers featuring the most famous highwaymen of them all and his wonderful horse, Black Bess.
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Wanted!
by Kate ThompsonA pacy, exciting adventure through the streets of Ancient Rome for younger readers, with beautiful illustrations that really bring the story to life.
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Creature of the Night
by Kate ThompsonFrom this multi-award winning author comes a gritty, hard-hitting tale of disaffected youth, but not without a hint of Kate's signature fantasy.
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The Last of the High Kings
by Kate ThompsonThe spellbinding sequel to the multi-award-winning The New Policeman - full of fairy magic, fiddles and Irish folklore!
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The Fourth Horseman
by Kate ThompsonAn exciting and cautionary tale about playing with the mechanics of life and death.
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The New Policeman
by Kate ThompsonA wonderfully intriguing story going right to the heart of Irish magic, folklore and music, from the twice honoured recipient of the Irish Children`s Book of the Year Bisto Award.
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Annan Water
by Kate ThompsonAgainst a fascinating background of horse dealing and competitive riding, Kate Thompson` explores the dilemma of teenager Michael Duggan experiencing his first love affair and a strong but bewildering need for independence.
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Switchers Trilogy
by Kate ThompsonThree outstanding novels in one volume bring together the adventures of the Switchers (children who can change shape to become another creature) to make a tremendous read.
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The Alchemist's Apprentice
by Kate ThompsonA historical picaresque novel by master storyteller Kate Thompson recounting the adventures of a boy trying to understand what really matters in the world.
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Switchers
by Kate ThompsonA brilliant novel about two children able to assume any animal shape at will, and the vital mission they undertake to stop the world from being destroyed
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The Beguilers
by Kate ThompsonA mystical tale from the multi-award-winning author of The Switchers Trilogy and The New Policeman
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Midnight's Choice
by Kate ThompsonThe second book in the powerful Switchers trilogy. A sequel which has all the same power and magic, plus some added horror.
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Wild Blood
by Kate ThompsonThird in the series of Kate Thompson's highly acclaimed novels about the adventures of Tess, and the fellow Switchers she meets, whose gift is to take the form of any animal they choose.
