Authors

I've always wanted to be an author, so when my first children's book, Dizzy, was published in 2004 it was a real dream come true. More books followed... Indigo Blue, Driftwood, Scarlett, Sundae Girl, Lucky Star, Ginger Snaps... and the ideas keep coming! I live in the Galloway countryside with my husband, kids, a bunch of unruly pets, and a tepee in the garden. I'm not a Scot by birth, but Scotland has been home for most of my adult life... it has the wildest countryside, the coolest cities, the best festivals! 


Edinburgh is always buzzing with energy, excitement and possibilities... it was an honour to write something for OneCity.


Visit Cathy’s own website at www.cathycassidy.com


An extract from Friends Forever By Cathy Cassidy

It’s one of those hot, sunny days you sometimes get in May, the kind of day when school drags on forever and all you really want to do is be outside. You want the feel of grass under your bare feet, the cool slide of sun cream on hot shoulders, the warmth and the laughter and the drifts of soft, pink cherry blossom on every pavement.
   It is a perfect day to turn eleven.
   I’ve brought in punnets of strawberries to share with my classmates, and Miss McCall lets us eat them at our desks, so our lips are stained scarlet and the sweet juice drips down on to our spelling test papers.
   ‘I can’t wait,’ Mina Khalid whispers. ‘I just cannot wait until the picnic!’

Read the full story in Our City, available from Polygon in November 2008.