Catherine Bateson is an Australian writer. Catherine Bateson grew up in a second-hand bookshop in Brisbane. She attained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland, with a major in art history. Her first published novel was Painted Love Letters, a portrait of a family coping with death. She has published two volumes of poetry, and three verse novels for young adults using a variety of poetic forms including haiku, free verse, free renga and acrostic. Catherine has taught creative writing for the past thirteen years, and has been a guest writer at many schools. Her work has been read on radio and featured on television. She has also appeared at various poetry and writers festivals throughout Australia. She coordinated La Mama Poetica at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne. Catherine is the mother of two children, Alasdair, born in 1991 and Helen, born 1992. She currently teaches creative writing at GippsTafe, Victoria and lives in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. 

January 1st, 1960 in Brisbane (Age 64)