Catherine Storr

Catherine Storr
BornCatherine Cole
(1913-07-21)21 July 1913
Kensington, London, England
Died8 January 2001(2001-01-08) (aged 87)
London, England
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Paul's Girls' School
Newnham College, Cambridge
Middlesex Hospital
Notable worksMarianne Dreams
SpouseAnthony Storr (1942–70)
Lord Balogh (1970–85)
ChildrenSophia
Polly
Emma

Catherine Storr, Baroness Balogh (born Catherine Cole; 21 July 1913 – 8 January 2001,[1]) was an English children's writer, best known for her novel Marianne Dreams and for a series of books about a wolf ineptly pursuing a young girl, beginning with Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. She also wrote under the name Helen Lourie.[2]

  1. ^ Eccleshare (2005) gives the date of her death as 8 January; Eccleshare (2001) and Thwaite (2001) give it as 6 January.
  2. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 105.