Catherine Butler

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Catherine Butler
Born
Charles Cadman Butler

(1963-01-25) 25 January 1963 (age 61)
Romsey, Hampshire, England
EducationUniversity of London
University of York
Occupation(s)Reader, Cardiff University

Catherine Butler (born 25 January 1963 in Romsey, Hampshire; formerly Charles Cadman Butler) is an English academic and author of children's fiction.[1]

Butler's most important academic work, Four British fantasists : place and culture in the children's fantasies of

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (2009) in the Mythopoeic Scholarship category and is in 236 libraries according to WorldCat,[2] and has been reviewed in the standard book review sources[3][4][5] and academic journals.[6][7][8] Another academic work, Teaching Children's Fiction is in 148 libraries. Of Butler's fiction, Timon's Tide is the most widely held and reviewed: over 300 libraries & reviews.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Among her other fiction, Death of a Ghost, The Fetch of Mardy Watt, Calypso Dreaming, The Lurkers, are each in about 100 libraries and with journal reviews.

Other publications

Butler's works include:

  • As Charles Butler:
    • Female Replies to Swetnam the Woman-Hater, ed. (Thoemmes, 1995)
    • The Darkling (Orion, 1997)
    • Timon's Tide (Orion, 1998)
    • Calypso Dreaming (HarperCollins, 2002)
    • The Fetch of Mardy Watt (HarperCollins, 2004)
    • Death of a Ghost (HarperCollins, 2006)
    • The Lurkers (Usborne, 2006)
    • Teaching Children's Fiction, ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)
    • Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper (Scarecrow, 2006)
    • Kiss of Death (Barrington Stoke, 2007)
    • Hand of Blood (Barrington Stoke, 2009)


Personal life

Butler is the sister of Martin Butler and the granddaughter of Montagu C. Butler.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Charles Butler". HarperCollins. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  2. OCLC 607799625
    – via Worldcat.
  3. ^ CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Dec 2006 v44 i4 p645,
  4. ^ School Library Journal Oct 2006 v52 i10 p192
  5. ^ Reference & Research Book News August 2006
  6. ^ Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 32, no. 3 (2007): 273–275,
  7. ^ Children's Literature Annual 2008 v36 p251(6)
  8. ^ Marvels & tales. (Wayne State University Press) 21, no. 1, (2007) 172
  9. ^ Publishers Weekly 3 July 2000
  10. ^ Center for Children's Books Bulletin Sept 2000 v54 p9,
  11. ^ Kirkus Reviews 1 June 2000 v68 p792
  12. ^ School Library Journal June 2000 v46 i6 p142,
  13. ^ School Librarian Summer 1999 v47 p98
  14. ^ Voice of Youth Advocates June 2000 v23 p123

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