Cathy Cassidy

Dizzy is a fantastic first novel; it tells the story of Dizzy who hasn’t seen her mum since she was tiny. Every year on her birthday, Dizzy receives a special something in the post addressed in her mum’s loopy writing, but her twelfth birthday present is more special than any before as Storm, her mum, lands on her doorstep. Storm whisks Dizzy away into a world of music, crystal-healing, bean-soup-eating on the summer festival circuit. But all is not as wonderful as it seems…
Cathy Cassidy says she was once a chocolate eating vegan like Storm who loved the idea of the traveller lifestyle but never managed to try it.
Cathy Cassidy writes with real immediacy and her characters are soon taking over and demanding sympathy.

THE BASICS
Born: June 13th 1962
Jobs: Fiction editor on Jackie magazine and Junior Education, art teacher,
freelance writer, agony aunt
Lives: Galloway, Scotland

First published book: Dizzy

THE BOOKS
Dizzy is a strong book of travel, dreams, family, love and growing-up – and much more. It’s the sort of book that can’t be put down as it draws the reader into the alternative world of the festival travelers. A book of today that touches many emotions as much as it entertains.

Indigo Blue is an addictive new read about family, friends and what it feels like to get the blues. There’s lots of sad stuff going on in Indigo’s mum’s life – who can she turn to to help?

Driftwood is a powerful tale about friendship and bullying, set by the sea in Dumfries and Galloway, where Cathy herself lives.
Scarlett (June 2006)