Cathy Coote

Cathy Coote is an Australian author born in 1977.

She began writing at a very young age and achieved early success, winning multiple Young Writer of the Year awards from prominent Australian newspapers while still a teenager.

Coote grew up as the daughter of two doctors and attended Narrabundah College and Australian National University.

Her debut novel, Innocents, was published in Australia in 1999 when she was just 19 years old.

The book's mature themes and complex narrative style garnered significant attention, especially considering the author's youth.

Coote's early accolades and the controversial nature of her first novel established her as a notable figure in Australian literature.