Cate Tiernan | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1961-07-24)July 24, 1961 (age 64) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Fantasy, adventure |
| Notable works | Sweep Series |
Cate Tiernan (born July 24, 1961) is the pen name ofGabrielle Charbonnet, an American author.
Writing as Cate Tiernan, she is best known for herSweep series, which follows theWiccan adventures of a cast of high school students.[1] The stories are sold as theWicca series in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Australia, and asWhite Magic (Magie Blanche) in Italy and France. Under her own name, she is chiefly known for children's books in thePrincess,American Gold Gymnasts, andDisney Girls series.[2] In 2008 and 2009, Charbonnet collaborated with authorJames Patterson on two "young adult" novels,Sundays at Tiffany's[3] andWitch & Wizard.[4]
Charbonnet was born inNew Orleans,Louisiana in 1961.[5] She began her college education atNew York University studying writing and Russian language and literature, then transferred toLoyola University in New Orleans, where she graduated with a degree in Russian. She began her career as an assistant to the head of the Juvenile Audio and Video department atRandom House inNew York City, where she wrote her first children's books.[5] She also participated in the editing ofThe Secret Circle byL.J. Smith during this period.[6]
After eight years in New York, Charbonnet and her husband moved back to New Orleans, where they began a family (two children) and she embarked on herSweep series. While not a Wiccan herself, she asserts that she "can really relate to Wicca", and appreciates its "woman-centeredness and its essentially female identity."[6]
After five years in New Orleans, Charbonnet moved toDurham, North Carolina, where she now lives with her husband Paul, two children, two stepsons, a poodle, and "an unfortunate number of cats."[7]
Charbonnet has written about 75 books under her own name, her pseudonym Cate Tiernan, and miscellaneous other pen names as aghost writer.[8]
(Scholastic Inc., 1995)
(Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1996)
(Disney Press, 1998–99)
(PutnamPenguin, 2001–2003)
(PenguinRazorbill, 2005–2007)
