Catherine Storr | |
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Born | Catherine Cole 21 July 1913 Kensington, London, England |
Died | 8 January 2001 London, England | (aged 87)
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Education | St Paul's Girls' School Newnham College, Cambridge Middlesex Hospital |
Notable works | Marianne Dreams |
Spouse | Anthony Storr (1942–70) Lord Balogh (1970–85) |
Children | Sophia 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]