What is Katherine Paterson?
{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name = Katherine Paterson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1932|10|31}} | birth_place = [[Jiangsu]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Novel]]ist | nationality = [[United States|American]] | period = 1966– | genre = Children's and Young Adult Fiction | subject = | movement = | signature = | website = {{url|http://www.terabithia.com/index.html}} }} [[File:Katherine Paterson-- Flint Heart (Children's and Teens' Department) (6191952393).jpg|thumb|Katherine Paterson (2011)]] '''Katherine Paterson''' (born October 31, 1932) is a [[Newbery Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] author of books for children. ==Selected works== In a [[wikt:summary|summary]] of writings by and about Katherine Paterson, [[OCLC]]/[[WorldCat]] includes roughly 200+ works in 1,100+ publications in 29 languages and 99,000+ library holdings. <ref>[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities]: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-74318 Paterson, Katherine]</ref> * ''The Sign of the Chrysanthemum'' (1973) * ''Of Nightingales That Weep'' (1974) * ''The Master Puppeteer'' (1975) * ''[[Bridge to Terabithia (novel)|Bridge to Terabithia]]'' (1977) * ''The Great Gilly Hopkins'' (1978) * ''Jacob Have I Loved'' (1980) * ''Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom'' (1983) * ''Come Sing, Jimmy Jo'' (1985) * ''Park's Quest'' (1988) * ''Lyddie'' (1991) * ''Flip-Flop Girl'' (1994) * ''Jip, His Story'' (1996) * ''Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight'' (1998) * ''Preacher’s Boy'' (1999) * ''The Same Stuff as Stars'' (2002) * ''Bread and Roses, Too'' (2006) * ''The Day of the Pelican'' (2009) ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.terabithia.com/index.html Katherine Paterson's Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110