Kate Thompson (author)

Katharine Anna Thompson They have two daughters, Cliodhna and Dearbhla. She is an accomplished fiddler with an interest in Irish traditional music, which is reflected in The New Policeman. She won two major annual awards for The New Policeman (Bodley Head, 2005), set in modern Kinvara and the Irish mythological Tír na nÓg: the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize ==Works==

;For adults • There is Something (1992), poetry • Down Among the Gods (1997) • Thin Air (1999) • An Act of Worship (2000) ;Illustrated books • Highway Robbery (2008) ;Children's novels • Switchers Trilogy :Switchers (1997) :''Midnight's Choice'' (1998) :Wild Blood (1999) • Missing Link or Fourth World trilogy :The Missing Link (2000) :Only Human (2001) :Origins (2002) • The Beguilers (2001) • ''The Alchemist's Apprentice'' (2002) • Annan Water (2004) • New Policeman or Liddy trilogy :The New Policeman (2005) :The Last of the High Kings (2007) :The White Horse Trick (2010) • The Fourth Horseman (2006) • Creature of the Night (2008) • Wanted! (2010) ==References==