name: Cathy Cassidy
genres: Young Adult, Humor
avg_rating: 3.95
ratings_count: 93357
about: I was born in 1962 in Coventry (scarily ancient, I know). I wrote my first picture book for my little brother when I was eight or nine. I loved making comics, too - pages and pages of picture stories, features and competitions.I went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine.I have worked as agony aunt on Shout magazine and also as an art teacher in the local primary &amp; secondary schools, as well as as a freelance illustrator. These days, I am a full-time author.I love my family, I love living in the middle of nowhere and I love my work. Of all my jobs, writing has to be the best - it's the perfect excuse to daydream, after all! I was born in 1962 in Coventry (scarily ancient, I know). I wrote my first picture book for my little brother when I was eight or nine. I loved making comics, too - pages and pages of picture stories, features and competitions.I went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine.I have worked as agony aunt on Shout magazine and also as an art teacher in the local primary &amp; secondary schools, as well as as a freelance illustrator. These days, I am a full-time author.I love my family, I love living in the middle of nowhere and I love my work. Of all my jobs, writing has to be the best - it's the perfect excuse to daydream, after all! ...more