Catherine Storr, Baroness Balogh was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for a series of books about a wolf ineptly pursuing a young girl, beginning with Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. She also wrote under the name Helen Lourie.
Catherine Texier, novelist, journalist, and creative writing professor, was born and raised in France and now lives in New York City. She is the author of four novels, Victorine (2004), Chloé l'Atlantique (1983), Love Me Tender (1987) and Panic Blood (1990), and a memoir, Breakup (1999). She was the coeditor of the literary magazine Between C & D, is a regular contributor to The New York Times, and has written for Newsday, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Nerve.com. She also edited the anthologies Between C and D: New Writing from the Lower East Side Fiction Magazine (1988) and Love is Strange: Tales of Postmodern Romance (1993), both with former spouse Joel Rose.
Catherine II, most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III. Under her long reign, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, Russia experienced a renaissance of culture and sciences, which led to the founding of many new cities, universities, and theatres, along with large-scale immigration from the rest of Europe and the recognition of Russia as one of the great powers of Europe.
Catherine Webb is a British author. She also writes fantasy novels for adults under the name Kate Griffin, and she writes science fiction as Claire North.
Catherine Winkworth was an English hymnwriter and educator. She translated the German chorale tradition of church hymns for English speakers, for which she is recognized in the calendar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She also worked for wider educational opportunities for girls, and translated biographies of two founders of religious sisterhoods. When 16, Winkworth appears to have coined a once well-known political pun, peccavi, "I have Sindh", relating to the British occupation of Sindh in colonial India.
Catherine Anna Yronwode is an American writer, editor, graphic designer, typesetter, and publisher with an extensive career in the comic book industry. She is also a practitioner of folk magic.
Catherynne M. Valente is an American fiction writer, poet, and literary critic. For her speculative fiction novels she has won the annual James Tiptree, Andre Norton, and Mythopoeic Fantasy awards. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous "Year's Best" volumes. Her critical work has appeared in the International Journal of the Humanities as well as in numerous essay collections.
Cathi Hanauer is an American novelist, journalist, essayist, and non-fiction writer. Her novels include Gone (2012), Sweet Ruin (2006), and My Sister's Bones (1996). She conceived and edited the 2002 New York Times best-selling essay anthology The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage and the 2016 sequel "The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and (Getting) Happier," which was an NPR "Best Book" of 2016. She is a co-founder, along with her husband, Daniel Jones, of The New York Times column "Modern Love".
Cathie Linz Baumgardner was an American librarian and a USA Today writer of over 50 romance novels under the pen names of Cathie Linz and Cat Devon. Her romance novels are published worldwide in nearly 20 languages.
