Kathryn Cave

Kathryn Cave (born 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England – 3 December 2021 ) was a British children's book author. She was awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else. The book was later made into a TV comic series by TV Loonland. A theatre company, Tall Stories, has adapted Something Else as a children's production, and they ran a UK tour in Autumn 2009.

She studied PPE at Somerville College, Oxford, then philosophy at MIT.

She lived in Hampstead, North London.

Books Dragonrise (1984) Just My Luck (1987) Poor Little Mary (1989) Henry Hobbs, Alien (1990) Running Battles (1992) Andrew Takes the Plunge (1994) Best Friends for Ever (1994) Jumble (1995) The Emperor's Gruckle Hound (1996) William and the Wolves (1999) Septimus Similon, Practising Wizard (2000) Henry Hobbs, Space Voyager (2001) Henry Hobbs and the Lost Planet (2002)

Picture books Out for the Count (1991) illustrated by Chris Riddell Something Else (1994) later cartoon (2001) illustrated by Chris Riddell Horatio Happened (1998) illustrated by Chris Riddell W is for World (1998) illustrated by Oxfam Henry's Song (2000) illustrated by Sue Hendra The Boy Who Became an Eagle (2000) illustrated by Nick Maland The Brave Little Grork (2002) illustrated by Nick Maland One Child, One Seed (2002) illustrated by Oxfam You've Got Dragons (2003) illustrated by Nick Maland That's What Friends Do (2004) illustrated by Nick Maland Friends (2005) illustrated by Nick Maland

Awards 1997 Die Kinder- und Jugendbuchliste (RB/SR) in Germany for Something Else 1997 UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else