The Chocolate Box Girls Pack Award-winning author Pack by Cathy Cassidy (author)

Author/Illustrator

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy Cassidy’s stirring teen novels have a huge following. Their optimism, realism and empathy explain their popularity, especially with girls, and are perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.

More about Cathy: “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’d sell my homemade comic to a friend for 5p, then claim it back and sell it again to someone else,they didn’t have photocopiers back then!

I went to Art College in Liverpool, then got a job as fiction editor on the fab and legendary Jackie magazine. Later, I married my boyfriend Liam, went back to college and trained to be an art teacher. I taught in a Coventry secondary school for a few years, which I loved, then moved to Scotland with Liam to start a family.

My kids are 13 and 14 years old now, and the four of us live in a cottage in the Galloway hills with sheep and cows for neighbours. As well as writing books, I am the agony aunt on Shout magazine and sometimes teach art in the local primary schools, which is great fun and keeps me sane. (Well, maybe!)

I’ve been veggie for 30 years, and was vegan for 8 of them – a chocolate-eating vegan, like Storm! I love old clothes, old toys, cars, books. We have three cats, two rabbits and a mad, hairy lurcher called Kelpie (the model for Leggit in my book Dizzy).

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!”

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1. minions2543
   on 1 March 2015

   The books are really good. I would definitely recommend them to anyone!

2. bookgeek914
   on 27 October 2014

   I love Cathy Cassidy in these 3 books so much drama happens. The whole family goes through ought times especially Honey.

3. n807
   on 19 July 2014

   Amazing!

   5 out of 5

4. peace0
   on 14 June 2014

   Theses are so amazing! i love that as well as family troubles there is love! i couldnt put them down cc is 100% my fav author cant wait for sweet honey!

   5 out of 5

5. pink-lemonade-cupcake
   on 2 June 2014

   so sweet. must read

   5 out of 5

6. ozzyozlem
   on 8 March 2014

   One of my favs books definitely has to be Summers dream, its a really hearts felt and touching story that brings you to tears in a good way:)

7. aapatel
   on 6 March 2014

   love these books read all of them i would definitley give it an 10/10

8. Puffinmole
   on 30 June 2013

   I’ve read and re-read these books multiple times. I am soon to be 14, yet I still absolutely love these books. I am collecting the whole series in hardback so I can keep them in perfect condition forever. I seriously re foment these to girls of all ages for a great read:)

   5 out of 5