Catherine Banner (born 1989) is a British author, born in

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, England and living in

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, Italy. She gained international attention with her first book, ''

The Eyes of a King ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...

'', which she began writing when she was fourteen and still a school student. She studied at

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and went onto be educated at

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. Banner studied English at

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of al ...

, before moving to County Durham where she worked as a secondary school teacher. She has published a trilogy of young adult novels, ''

The Last Descendants The Last Descendants is a series of fantasy novels for young adults written by British author Catherine Banner and published by Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the ...

''. Her debut adult novel, The House at the Edge of Night, was published in 2016. Her work is translated into 22 languages. She lives in Turin, Italy, with her husband.

Bibliography

The Last Descendants

* 2008 - ''Eyes of a King'' * 2009 - ''Voices in the Dark'' * 2015 - ''The Heart at War''

Other novels

* ''The House at the Edge of Night'' (2016)

References

External links

Official website

Catherine Banner @ House Of Legends

''The Eyes of a King''
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Fantasy Fan
1989 births Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Living people British fantasy writers English fantasy writers English women novelists Women science fiction and fantasy writers {{England-novelist-stub