Cathy Macphail

Scottish author Cathy McPhail won the Kathleen Fidler Award for her first novel, Run Zan Ran, which she wrote after her daughter Katie was bullied at school. Cathy now loves writing for children.

Asked what she'd do if she wasn't a writer, she says: "If I wasn't paid to write, I'd still write books. What do I do in my spare time? I write. What is my hobby? Writing. I just love it. So, what would I be if I wasn't a writer? Bored stiff. "

Cathy is the author of the heart-stopping and highly original crime thrillers Nemesis Boys. Reluctant readers in particular will be drawn to the whole package – the dramatic cover look, the short time frame in which all four thrillers are set, the short, pacy chapters, the cliff hangers and the dynamic, independent, resourceful boy hero.

Nemesis is the junior Bourne Identity so parents who are fans of Robert Ludlum’s writing will appreciate just how good and suitable the Nemesis quartet is for their late tween and teen offspring.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Cathy Macphail

Grass
Cathy Macphail
Winner of the Scottish Book Award 2010 (Older Readers category). Tension mounts and there is no escape in this gripping thriller about gang violence. Leo and his best friend Sean have been brought up knowing how to avoid danger from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/08/2009
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Hide and Seek
Cathy Macphail
Reading age 8, interest age 12+. Chilling from start to finish this is a brilliant, fast moving and spooky story. When new girl Destiny arrives at school she asks if it is really haunted… Everyone knows it isn’t but tricking...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/06/2009
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Nemesis 4: Ride Of Death
Cathy Macphail
This is the final thriller in the Nemesis quartet and certainly one not to be missed. A heart-stopping and highly original crime thriller series from the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Catherine McPhail. Nemesis : Ride of Death sees a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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Nemesis 3: Sinister Intent
Cathy Macphail
The third in the Nemesis quartet, a heart-stopping and highly original crime thriller series from the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Catherine McPhail. Nemesis : Sinister Intent sees people going missing and each one of them is known by Ram;...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/10/2007
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Nemesis 2: The Beast Within
Cathy Macphail
The second in the Nemesis quartet, a heart-stopping and highly original crime thriller series from the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Catherine McPhail. Nemesis : The Beast Within finds Ram cheating death not once but four times, but despite that...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007
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Worse Than Boys
Cathy Macphail
Hannah loves being part of the Lip Gloss Girls. They operate as a gang – mostly challenging the Hell Cats and always standing up for each other. But, when Hannah’s accused of betraying the Lip Gloss Girls, she soon finds...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2007
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Nemesis 1: Into The Shadows
Cathy Macphail
The first in the Nemesis quartet, a heart-stopping and highly original crime thriller series from the award-winning and highly acclaimed author Catherine McPhail. Nemesis : Into the Shadows introduces Ram, who has no memory of who he is, how he...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006
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