Katharine Holabird

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Katharine Holabird (born January 23, 1948, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American-born, British-based children's writer, best known for creating the popular adventures of Angelina Ballerina, the ballet-dancing mouse.

Holabird grew up in Chicago, Illinois and studied literature at Bennington College in Vermont which inspired her to take up a writing career. Upon graduation from Bennington, she worked as a literary editor for a year, before staying on in Rome, Italy after a holiday where she learned Italian and worked as a writer for film magazine Variety's Rome office.

In 1974, Holabird moved to London, England where she worked as a nursery school teacher and had two daughters and a son. In 1982, she joined forces with English illustrator Helen Craig to create the first in a series of Angelina Ballerina books. She has collaborated with Craig on several other children's books.

She currently lives in North London with her family.