Born in Kent in 1987, author and academic Katherine Rundell grew up in London, Zimbabwe and Belgium. She studied English at Oxford University and in 2008 became a fellow of All Souls College, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for children include Rooftoppers (2013), The Wolf Wilder (2015) and The Explorer (2017), winner of the Costa children’s book award. Earlier this year she published The Golden Mole, a catalogue of extraordinary endangered animals, and Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction earlier this month.
