Books by Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell
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Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell, born on 10 July 1987, is an English author and academic known for her celebrated children's books and literary contributions. Her book Impossible Creatures was named Book of the Year in 2023. Another notable work, Rooftoppers, won both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award in 2015 and was a Carnegie Medal finalist. Rundell, a Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programs like Start the Week and Poetry Please.

Her other books include The Girl Savage (released as Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms in the U.S.), which won the 2015 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for fiction, The Wolf Wilder, and The Explorer, winner of the 2017 Costa Book Award for children’s books. In 2022, her book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne won the Baillie Gifford Prize, making her the award’s youngest recipient.

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The Poisoned King

The Poisoned King

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2025
The Golden Mole

The Golden Mole

And Other Living Treasure: 'A rare and magical book.' Bill Bryson

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2025
Impossible Creatures

Impossible Creatures

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2024
The Golden Mole

The Golden Mole

And Other Vanishing Treasure

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2023
Impossible Creatures

Impossible Creatures

INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2023
The Zebra's Great Escape

The Zebra's Great Escape

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2023
Super-Infinite

Super-Infinite

The Transformations of John Donne - Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2023
The Golden Mole

The Golden Mole

And Other Living Treasure: 'A rare and magical book.' Bill Bryson

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2022
The Zebra's Great Escape

The Zebra's Great Escape

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2022
Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers

Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2020
The Wolf Wilder

The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2020
The Good Thieves

The Good Thieves

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2020
The Book of Hopes

The Book of Hopes

Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2020
The Good Thieves

The Good Thieves

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2020
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
One Christmas Wish

One Christmas Wish

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2019
Coeur de loup

Coeur de loup

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2019
The Explorer

The Explorer

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2018
The Explorer

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2018
One Christmas Wish

One Christmas Wish

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2017
The Explorer

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2017
Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell
Paperback
Published: 2014
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2014
Rooftoppers

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell
Hardcover
Published: 2013