Kathy Hoopmann

Kathy Hoopman has written over twenty books for children and adults, including picture books, novels and nonfiction, with translations into as almost as many languages. All up she has around fifty books in different languages on her shelf. She has won, and been shortlisted for, numerous literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia Award, the ALCS Educational Award (UK), the Living Now Award (US) and has five times been awarded a Nautilus Award (US) which is granted to ‘books that change the world’. She is best known for her writing on neurodiversity, and her photo illustrated books are bestsellers worldwide. All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome and the updated version All Cats are on the Autism Spectrum have sold around 200,000 copies. All Dogs Have ADHD has sold over 100,000 copies. All Birds Have Anxiety was selected as part of the Reading Well Scheme to promote awareness of Mental Health in Children all over the UK.