Cath Howe

Cath Howe writes warm, perceptive contemporary novels for readers aged nine to twelve, published by Nosy Crow. Each is a standalone story rooted in the emotional realities of primary and early-secondary life: the desperate pull to belong, sibling resentment and forgiveness, grief, family upheaval, and the things that go unspoken between people who care about each other. Told with real honesty and a light touch — often through shifting or alternating viewpoints — her books handle serious feelings without ever tipping into bleakness, always finding their way to warmth and hope. From her debut Ella on the Outside through to Two is a Crowd, they form a consistent, quietly powerful body of school-and-family fiction for children navigating friendship, change and finding where they fit.

Warm, honest standalone novels for 9–12s about friendship, family and belonging — quietly powerful contemporary stories that handle real feelings with a light touch.

Primary themes

• Belonging
• Family change
• Forgiveness
• Friendship
• Self acceptance

Tone palette

• Warm
• Bittersweet
• Thought provoking
• Gentle