Catherine Johnson is a novelist and screenwriter. She has written ten novels for young adults including Stella, Landlocked and Face Value.

Her book for Barrington Stoke, Arctic Hero, was published in February 2008. Her newest book, A Nest of Vipers, is published in April 2008 by Corgi. Catherine also has a story in Unheard Voices, a collection of stories edited by Malorie Blackman.

She was co-writer on the hugely acclaimed award winning British film Bullet Boy, directed by Saul Dibb and starring Ashley Walters.

Catherine also works as a mentor for the British Council and was writer in residence in Holloway prison. She was Reader in residence at the Royal Festival Hall's Imagine Children's Literature festival and runs creative writing workshops in secondary schools.

Catherine was born and brought up in London, by her Welsh mother and Jamaican father.She now lives in Hackney with her partner and teenage children.

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