Cathy Hopkins

Cathy Hopkins

"For the The Apprentice (UK) candidate, see Katie Hopkins"

Cathy Hopkins (born 1953 in Manchester) is an English novelist, best known for her teenage books Mates, Dates series.

Early life

Hopkins lived in Kenya until she was eleven. When she was eighteen, her parents returned from Africa and she went to study at Manchester Art College, dropping out after a year to join a rock and roll band named "Driving Rock and the Rockettes", which toured local colleges and universities as the warm up band to groups such as Wizard and The Average White Band. [http://www.piccadillypress.co.uk/pages/book-categories/bios/hopkins.html]

Hopkins worked as an occupational therapist in a mental hospital before returning to college and gaining a degree in comparative religion. She started writing books in 1986, and trained as an aromatherapist to supplement her writing.

Books

She has had 49 books published in 30 different countries, including the Mates, Dates series, the "Truth, Dare, Kiss or Promise" series, the "Cinnamon Girl" series (published by Piccadilly Press) and the Zodiac Girl series (published by Kingfisher/Macmillan) and Holy Moley, I'm a Dead Dude for Chickenhouse.

External links

* [http://www.cathyhopkins.com/ Author's official website]
* [http://www.piccadillypress.co.uk/pages/book-categories/bios/hopkins.html Cathy Hopkins page on the Publisher's website]
* [http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/0689870620.asp Review of "Mates, Dates and Tempting Trouble"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hopkins (Name) — Hopkins ist ein Familienname und ein Vorname aus dem angelsächsischen Sprachbereich. Bekannte Namensträger des Familiennamens Inhaltsverzeichnis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cathy Caruth — (born 1955) is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Literature and English and chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at Emory University. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1988 and is the author of… …   Wikipedia

  • Cathy Davidson — Cathy N. Davidson (born 1949) received her B.A. from Elmhurst College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She also has done postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago and was presented with Honorary… …   Wikipedia

  • Cathy L. Lanier — is the Chief of Police with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). Washington, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Lanier to replace outgoing Police Chief Charles Ramsey. Lanier is the first female MPDC chief.Lanier …   Wikipedia

  • Johns Hopkins University — Infobox University image size=185px name=The Johns Hopkins University motto= Veritas vos liberabit (The truth shall make you free) established=1876 type=Private coeducational calendar=Semester president=William R. Brody| city=flagicon|USA… …   Wikipedia

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine — Infobox University name = The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine established = 1893 type = Private dean = Edward D. Miller city = Baltimore state = Maryland country = U.S. students = 1,240 (482 MD and 758 PhD) cite… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Johns Hopkins University people — Notable alumni= Nobel laureates*Peter Agre Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003 *Richard Axel Nobel Prize in Medicine, 2004 *Joseph Erlanger Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1944 *Robert Fogel Nobel Prize in Economics, 1993 *Herbert Spencer Gasser Nobel Prize… …   Wikipedia

  • Mates, Dates series — Mates, Dates is a series of books written for teenagers by Cathy Hopkins. The characters later cross over into her other popular book series Truth, Dare, Kiss or Promise. The Mates, Dates series is about four best friends, Lucy, Izzie, Nesta and …   Wikipedia

  • Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy) — Articleissues refimprove=September 2008 in universe=October 2008Infobox character name = Jack Ryan first = The Hunt for Red October (1984) last = The Teeth of the Tiger (2003) gender = Male born = 17 May 1950 occupation = US President, CIA… …   Wikipedia

  • Getting By — Infobox Television show name = Getting By caption = aka = genre = Sitcom creator = William Bickley Michael Warren director = Judy Askins Richard Correll Judy Pioli Joel Zwick starring = Telma Hopkins Cindy Williams Merlin Santana Deon Richmond… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”