Catherine Wilkins
Catherine Wilkins, author of My Best Friend and Other Enemies, is a writer and comedian. She grew up in Hertfordshire and now lives in London. She writes jokes and stories which she performs around the country to strangers in the dark, trying to make them laugh. Catherine has always wanted to write funny stories for children and is finding the whole process more exciting than that time she bungee jumped. Which is pretty exciting. If you think about it.
Books
My Best Friend and Other Enemies
Author: Catherine Wilkins
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+
The first children's book from comedian Catherine Wilkins is told from the point of view of 11-year-old Jessica, whose best friend Natalie may have just become her worst enemy.
The Weird Friends Fan Club
Author: Catherine Wilkins
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 12-15
Reading age: 10+
Grace micro-manages her life and friends to make sure her online identity is super-attractive and super-cool (#blessed). Written as diary entries, emails and texts, Grace and Erin’s story is unpredictable, revealing and very funny.
You're Not the Boss of Me!
Author: Catherine Wilkins
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Interest age: 9-12
Reading age: 9+
When a group of boys refuse to let Amy get involved in the school comedy show, she's detemined to stand her ground! A laugh-out-loud story that introduces young readers to big ideas around sexism and feminism.