Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, above all Bridge to Terabithia, which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. She also wrote Jacob Have I Loved and The Great Gilly Hopkins, and her work has earned her a second Newbery Medal along with two National Book Awards. In 2010 and 2011 she served as the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. She lives in Vermont.