Kathrine holabird author biography

American writer

Katharine Holabird (born January 23, 1948) is an American writer, best known as the author of the Angelina Ballerina series, illustrated by Helen Craig, and the Twinkle series, illustrated by Sarah Warburton.

Early life and education

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second of four daughters, Holabird grew up in an artistic home in Chicago, and her family spent many summers in Michigan.^[1] In 1969, she received a B.A.

in literature from Bennington College in Vermont and then worked at Bennington College as a literary editor for a year after her graduation.

Career

Holabird then found herself in Italy as a freelance journalist where she met her husband, Michael Haggiag.

The two married in 1974 and moved to London, where she continued to write and worked at a nursery school. She has two daughters, Tara and Alexandra. Later, Holabird met Helen Craig, a London photographer and artist whose illustrations have been inspir