Katherine Rundell
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About
Author who broke out with the novel Rooftoppers, which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She has gone on to release acclaimed books like The Explorer, which won the children's book prize at the Costa Book Awards.
Before Fame
She spent ten years living in Harare, Zimbabwe as a child. At age fourteen, she and her family moved to Brussels.
Trivia
She has had a lifelong infatuation with heights, having participated in tree climbing, roof walking and tightrope walking.
Family Life
Her father was a diplomat.
Associated With
She wrote her doctoral thesis on poet John Donne.
