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Kate Foster (other)
Kate Foster may refer to: * Kate Foster (snowboarder) (born 1985), British Olympic athlete * Kate Foster (diplomat) Kate Foster is a British diplomat. In 2021 she became the United Kingdom's ambassador to Somalia. She is based at the British embassy in Mogadishu, but no consular services were offered there as of 2022. Life From 1999 to 2004 she was emplo ..., British diplomat * Kate Foster (writer) (born 1974/5), Scottish novelist and journalist See also * Kat Foster, American actress {{hndis, Foster, Kate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Foster (snowboarder)
Kate Foster (born 16 August 1985) is a British snowboarder. She has won the British half-pipe championship three times and she competed in the women's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Life Foster was born in Canada and her brother James Foster (snowboarder), James Foster is also a successful snowboarder and coach. She competed in the women's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2011 she won the British Halfpipe Championship for the third time. She also gained a silver at snowboardcross at the same event. References External links * 1985 births Living people British female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Great Britain Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Toronto {{UK-snowboarding-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Foster (diplomat)
Kate Foster is a British diplomat. In 2021 she became the United Kingdom's ambassador to Somalia. She is based at the British embassy in Mogadishu, but no consular services were offered there as of 2022. Life From 1999 to 2004 she was employed by private companies before she joined UNHCR working in Liberia and Sierra Leone supporting youth work with refugees. In 2006 she left to work for the International Rescue Committee, and by 2011 she was working for the charity Save the Children where she was a Programme Director with an interest in South Sudan. She also worked for the International Rescue Committee across Africa. In 2014–15 she led the United Kingdom's response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa as their Director of Operations. She returned to work for the Department for International Development leading work in Africa and Yemen in particular. Foster became the British Ambassador to Somalia taking over from Ben Fender; the changeover was in February 2021 and the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Foster (writer)
Kate Foster (born ) is a Scottish writer. She was a journalist for 25 years before publishing her first novel at the age of 48. Foster won the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect award in 2020 (when the festival took place online). Her first novel, ''The Maiden'', won her the 2023 Scottish Crime Debut of the Year and was longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. Foster describes it as "a feminist retelling of a 17th century Edinburgh murder", and it concerns the murder of Lord James Forrester by Lady Christian Nimmo in Corstorphine in 1679. Her second novel, ''The King's Witches'', was included by '' The Herald'' in "the 10 best new historical fictions" in May 2024. It is set in the context of Anne of Denmark's betrothal to James VI and the North Berwick witch trials of 1590. In January 2024 the publisher Mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: *Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |