Catherine Johnson (novelist)

This article is about Catherine Johnson, novelist and screenwriter. For Catherine Johnson, playwright and screenwriter, see Catherine Johnson. For the U.S. Navy ship, see USS Catherine Johnson (SP-390).

Catherine Johnson (born 1962) is a British author and screenwriter. She has written several Young Adult novels and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 drama film Bullet Boy (directed by and co-written with Saul Dibb).[1]

Background

Catherine Johnson was born in London in 1962. Her father was Jamaican and her mother was Welsh. Johnson grew up in North London and attended Tetherdown Primary School. Later she studied film at St Martin's School of Art before turning to writing.[2] Her first book, The Last Welsh Summer, was published by Welsh publisher Pont Books in 1993. She has since written and published fourteen novels. In 1999 her book Landlocked was honoured as an International Youth Library White Raven book.[3]

Catherine Johnson has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the London Institute, a Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison and a Reader in Residence at the Royal Festival Hall’s Imagine Children’s Literature Festival.[4]

Bibliography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Bullet Boy: Making Of". Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Catherine Johnson. "About Catherine". Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "White Ravens". International Children's Digital Library. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Catherine Johnson". The British Council. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
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