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Kathryn Cave

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Kathryn Cave
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
DiedDecember 2021 (aged 72–73)
NationalityBritish
OccupationAuthor

Kathryn Cave (born 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England – December 2021[1][2]) was a British children's book author. She was awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else.[3] The book was later made into a TV comic series by TV Loonland. A theatre company, Tall Stories, has adapted Something Else as a children's production, and they ran a UK tour in Autumn 2009.

She studied PPE at Somerville College, Oxford, then philosophy at MIT.[2] She married Martin Cave in 1972.[2] She had three children, Eleanor, Joseph, and Alice, and six grandchildren. Kathryn had previously worked as an editor for Penguin and Basil Blackwell, and then worked under contract for Frances Lincoln, an independent publishing house in North London.[4]

She lived in Hampstead, North London.[4]

Books

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Picture books

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Awards

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  • 1997 Die Kinder- und Jugendbuchliste (RB/SR) in Germany for Something Else
  • 1997 UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else

References

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  1. ^ "Kathryn Cave". David Higham Associates. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituaries". issuu. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ 1997 Winners UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance
  4. ^ a b "Kathryn Cave - Puffin Books Authors - Puffin Books". 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2024.