Hello! I’m Catherine Johnson, a British Ex-pat who moved from an awesome place called Yorkshire 😉 to New Zealand for four years before crossing the pond once again to live in Canada where I am staying (no more moves please – though I do miss NZ and get big pangs for all things English like wellington boots, rainy days, old cottages, sociable train journeys, Countdown, the royals, yorkshire puddings. Okay I’ll stop now *breathesintopaperbag*). I have managed to embrace ice hockey and -20 long winters. The canada geese are beautiful. Go Canada!
I graduated in business on one of those vacation (oops I mean vocation courses) HND Business and Finance and I’m still not business savvy, oh well. I au paired in France and speak un petit peu de francais. I used to be a bit good at Tae Kwon-Do as black belt British Champion. Now I’m so lazy I can just about manage a dog walk, another oh well.
I’m happy to have the opportunity to write and draw at home in these exciting (scary) times of self-publishing. I am the author /illustrator of two poetry books for children, Weirdo Zoo and The Everglades. I seem to have a theme of odd and weird running through, though I did try to write a couple of serene poems in The Everglades. It was loads of fun dreaming up odd combinations of animals to make one weird animal, like Frogoloctopus.
I published both books with CreateSpace and am currently working on a few other stories, including a Zombie poetry book.
I post a lot of poetry on my blog (soon to be moving to HERE and can also be found on:
Weirdo Zoo(about some weird animals at the zoo)
The Everglades(which has some serene moments and some snorty ones)
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
You are a very talented person, Catherine, and multi-faceted too. Best of luck with your books. Nice to meet you. Thank you, Chris, for sharing another fascinating author on your blog.
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Great bio, Catherine! I didn’t know you were an au paire. And I also didn’t know you had a first book! Shows you how under a rock I am. Great knowing you always!
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Catherine, what a great bio about you! You are a hoot! I enjoyed all the tidbits you shared. 🙂 Not only are you a talented writer and illustrator, but you are a comedienne as well! Love it!
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TaeKwon-Do black belts – unite! 😉 WOOT WOOT!!! 😉 Great post, Ms. Johnson!
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Hi ya! Cheers, Erik!
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Thanks so much for having me here today, Chris!
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It was great to have you here Catherine – come back again any time 😀
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Cheers!
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Well, this is a nice surprise – learning more about you Catherine. I enjoy that you stop by at my blog and I enjoy stopping by at yours. However, I had not known your crazy fun sense of humor! But I bet that makes you a most wonderful children’s author.
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It was fun reading about your journey and empathize with you for longing and wishing all things English. At times I miss my home, Guyana; on these gray and depressing days, all I do is sit and write about the love I left behind. Great reading. Kharis Macey
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Kindred spirits unite :0) Do you go back for a visit sometimes Kharis?
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I haven’t been home for awhile, but plan on do so very soon. Thanks for asking and responding. Blessings. Kharis Macey
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Hi Catherine. Such a pleasure to learn more about you. I’ll think of you while I’m in your birth country with my daughter this summer. The U.K. is such a beautiful place!
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Thanks, Piper! Are you going all over? I’ve got so many recommendations. Bath, York and Edinburgh are beautiful cities.
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My daughter and I are going. We’ll see Donna Newton for a couple of weeks. Also visiting friends in Perth. Will spend a couple of days in Edinburgh, too. Can’t wait!
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HI, Catherine. I enjoyed learning more about you. HAPPY WRITING! 🙂
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Cheers, Bette!
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