Kate McCaffrey Australia

Bio
Born in Liverpool, England, Kate McCaffrey immigrated to Australia in 1972. Her first young adult novel is entitled Destroying Avalon (2006), which focuses on the destructive phenomenon of cyber bullying. Her second novel, In Ecstasy (2008), is about teenage relationships and party drug culture. An English teacher at St Stephens School Carramar, she lives with her partner Jason, their two daughters, a dog, a cat, a rabbit and five chickens on 11 acres outside Perth in Western Australia. Her next young adult novel is due for release in April 2010.



What book would you like to snuggle under covers with, and why?
"When I was fourteen I read Gone With the Wind - I remember feeling quite empty once it was finished. It was a novel that traced a huge part of history and of course had the interesting, yet dysfunctional relationships throughout [the story]. It was a novel you could get under covers with - on a rainy day and not want to emerge from until it was over."

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