Catherine Butler (born 25 January 1963 in

Romsey Romsey ( ) is a historic market town in the county of Hampshire, England. Romsey was home to the 17th-century philosopher and economist William Petty and the 19th-century British prime minister, Lord Palmerston, whose statue has stood in the t ...

, Hampshire; formerly Charles Cadman Butler) is an English academic and author of

children's fiction Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. Butler's most important academic work, ''Four British fantasists : place and culture in the children's fantasies of

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, and

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'' won the

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given annually for outstanding works in the fields of myth, fantasy, and the scholarly study of these areas. Established by the Mythopoeic Society in 1971, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Awar ...

(2009) in the Mythopoeic Scholarship category and is in 236 libraries according to

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, and has been reviewed in the standard book review sources and academic journals. Another academic work, ''Teaching Children's Fiction'' is in 148 libraries. Of Butler's fiction, ''Timon's Tide'' is the most widely held and reviewed: over 300 libraries & reviews.''

Voice of Youth Advocates ''Voice of Youth Advocates'' (''VOYA'') is a bimonthly magazine that provides book reviews and information for librarians with a focus on young adult materials. History and profile ''VOYA'' was established in 1978. The founders are Dorothy Brode ...

'' June 2000 v23 p123 Among her other fiction, ''Death of a Ghost'', ''The Fetch of Mardy Watt'', ''Calypso Dreaming'', ''The Lurkers'', are each in about 100 libraries and with journal reviews.

Other publications

Butler's works include:
*As Charles Butler: **''Female Replies to Swetnam the Woman-Hater'', ed. (Thoemmes, 1995) **''The Darkling'' (Orion, 1997) **''Timon's Tide'' (Orion, 1998) **''Calypso Dreaming'' (HarperCollins, 2002) **''The Fetch of Mardy Watt'' (HarperCollins, 2004) **''Death of a Ghost'' (HarperCollins, 2006) **''The Lurkers'' (Usborne, 2006) **''Teaching Children's Fiction'', ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) **''Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper'' (Scarecrow, 2006) **''Kiss of Death'' (Barrington Stoke, 2007) **''Hand of Blood'' (Barrington Stoke, 2009) *As Catherine Butler: **''Reading History in Children's Books'', with Hallie O'Donovan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) **''

Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...

: A New Casebook'', ed. with Ann Alston (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) **''Twisted Winter'', ed. (A & C Black, 2013) **''

Philip Pullman Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy ''His Dark Materials'' and ''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''The ...

: A New Casebook'', ed. with Tommy Halsdorf (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) **''Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction'', ed. with Kimberley Reynolds (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) **''Literary Studies Deconstructed: A Polemic'', (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)

Personal life

Butler is the sister of Martin Butler and the granddaughter of

Montagu C. Butler Montagu Christie Butler (25 January 1884 – 5 May 1970) was a British academic, librarian, lexicographer, musician, and Esperantist. A winner of several prizes at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he was a harpist and a versatile music ...

References

External links

Catherine Butler's Web Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Charles Cadman 1963 births Living people People from Romsey Alumni of the University of London Alumni of the University of York British fantasy writers British children's writers Academics of the University of the West of England, Bristol