Katie Davies
Katie Davies knows a thing or two about animal disasters. She is the author of The Great Dog Disaster, The Great Cat Conspiracy, The Great Rabbit Rescue, and her first book, The Great Hamster Massacre, which was inspired by true events - when she was twelve years old, after a relentless begging campaign, she was given two Russian Dwarf hamsters for Christmas.
She has yet to recover from what happened to those hamsters. Katie lives with her family in North London.
Books
The Great Cat Conspiracy
Author: Katie Davies
Illustrator: Hannah Shaw
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+
Tom's cat likes to kill small animals. When it kills the Vicar's expensive Koi carp, Mum is so cross that the cat is locked out of the house. But then it goes missing...
The Great Hamster Massacre
Author: Katie Davies Illustrator: Hannah Shaw
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 7+
According to Anna's mum, hamsters are BAD NEWS. But that doesn't stop Anna and her friends from hatching a plan to persuade Mum to let them get a hamster.
The Great Rabbit Rescue
Author: Katie Davies Illustrator: Hannah Shaw
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 7+
Davies attracts young readers with her familiar plot, engaging characters, and understanding of nine year-olds' minds.