Katherine Rundell, author portrait
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Katherine Rundell

KATHERINE RUNDELL is the internationally bestselling author of Impossible Creatures. Her other books for children include Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, and The Good Thieves. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. For adult readers, Rundell has written Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures and Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She was the recipient of the British Book Award for Book of the Year and Author of the Year.
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Fri Sep 26 | 04:00 PM
Indigo Yorkdale
3401 Dufferin St.
Toronto, ON M6A 2T9
Google Map

Sat Sep 27 | 01:00 PM
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium, 101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20540
Google Map

Wed Oct 01 | 06:30 PM
BOSWELL BOOK COMPANY
2559 N Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211-4242
Google Map

Thu Oct 02 | 06:00 PM
ANDERSON'S BOOKSHOP
5112 Main St.
Downers Grove, IL 60515-4601
Google Map

Sun Oct 05 | 02:00 PM
Barnes and Noble (Upper West Side)
2289 Broadway
NY, NY 10024
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Mon Oct 06 | 06:30 PM
St. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131-3598
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Wed Oct 08 | 05:30 PM
The King's English
Bryant Junior High School, 40 South 800 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
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