Kathi Burke

Kathi Burke, better known by her penname Fatti Burke, is an Irish Waterford-based non-fiction artist, illustrator and author. She is best known for Irelandopedia, Historopedia and Foclóiropedia; a trilogy of mini-encyclopedias she created with her father John Burke and the Little Library series of books.

Biography Burke was born in Dunmore East, County Waterford and studied visual communications at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin for 4 years from 2008–2012. After finishing NCAD, she worked in graphic design for a year before she focused on Illustrating. In 2014, she began volunteering for a confidential domestic abuse helpline once a week. She received a master's degree in Children's Literature at Trinity College Dublin in 2023.

In 2015, Burke was included on the Irish Independent's "Rising Female Stars of 2015" list, where she said that "International Women's Day was a reminder that there is still so much for women to work towards in terms of the roles we demand in society." The Irelandopedia won the RTÉ Audience Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards in 2015 and the Merit Award at the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards in 2016.

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Awards + Award Year Title Book Irish Book Awards 2015 RTÉ Audience Choice Award Irelandopedia Irish Book Awards 2016 Children's Book of the Year (Junior) (Nomination) Historopedia Irish Book Awards 2016 Book of the Year Award (Nomination) Historopedia Irish Book Awards 2017 Children's Book of the Year (Junior) (Nomination) Foclóiropedia Irish Book Awards 2025 Specsavers Children's Book of the Year (Senior) Animalopedia