Paterson, Katherine (Personal Name)

Her The sign of the chrysanthemum, 1973.

Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2012 (an American author of children's novels; b. in Quingjiang, China; B.A., English, King College in Tennessee, 1954; M.A., Bible and Christian education, Presbyterian School of Christian Education)

Katherine Paterson @ Terabithia.com, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2012 (won the Newbery Medal in 1978 for Bridge to Terabithia, and again in 1981 for Jacob Have I Loved)

Information converted from 678, Nov. 30, 2015 (born Katherine Womeldorf [no publs. in LC database], Oct. 31, 1932 in China; lived in Takoma Park, Md. and Norfolk, Va.; now in Barré, Vt.; husband John Paterson is a Presbyterian minister)

My brigadista year, 2017: back flap (Katherine Paterson is the daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries, who grew up in china. When she returned to the United States, she and her family kept moving frequently. She is well known for her work on behalf of children and children's literacy in the United States and around the world. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont)